3. Good Health and Well Being

UNY’s 61st Anniversary Fun Bike: Celebrating Health, Unity, and Joy

On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) celebrated its 61st anniversary with a vibrant Fun Bike event. The event commenced at the UNY Rectorate courtyard, where approximately 400 participants—including university leaders, faculty members, students, staff, and local community members—gathered to embark on a 10-kilometer cycling route through major streets of Yogyakarta. UNY Rector Prof. Dr.

UNY Forms K3 Team to Strengthen Workplace Safety and Well-being on Campus

Recognizing that a healthy and safe work environment is essential for productivity and well-being, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) has taken a significant step by establishing an Occupational Health and Safety (K3) Team. Officially formed under Rector’s Decree No. 6.2/UN34/I/2025, this team is entrusted with planning, executing, and evaluating all safety and health-related initiatives at UNY.

Food processing innovation: biscuit made of tempe

To strengthen food security, UNY encourages various innovative efforts in processing various alternative food ingredients. Five UNY students consisting of Siti Nursipa Wulida (Culinary Education); Nur Evirda Khosyiati (Culinary Education); Rifki Refiyandi (Elementary School Teacher Education); Putri A. Panggabean (Accounting); and Syifaun Nuha A (Management) successfully developed tempe-based biscuits for toddlers named Bistbox.
 

Turning Banana Peel Waste into Healthy Snacks

Sumbersari Village, Purworejo Regency, is one of the banana-producing villages. Currently, some MSMEs specialize in processing bananas into chips. "Unfortunately, the waste in the form of banana peels is usually thrown away. Therefore, we initiated to manage banana peel waste into valuable foodstuffs through the Educreative Entrepreneurship class program," said Aji Aryo Prayoga, head of the UNY student community service team in Sumbersari village on December 15, 2023.

Celebrating UNY Anniversary with 5.9K Running Competition

A total of 135 participants consisting of lecturers and education staff of UNY participated in the 5.9K run in order to enliven UNY's 59th Anniversary. This race exceeded the target of the committee which targeted 100 participants. The race was held in the rectorate yard near the Kembara statue recently.

Health Promotion to Improve the Fitness of Elderly Hajj Pilgrims

"The number of Indonesian pilgrims aged 60 years and over reaches 25.31%. For these elderly pilgrims, if the departure is not well prepared, there will be various risks of health problems," said Prof. Dr. Yudik Prasetyo, M.Kes. AIFO, during his inauguration as a professor on May 6, 2023 at the Performance Hall of the Faculty of Language and Cultural Arts UNY.

Computer-Based Admission Examination for National Selection Based on Test Year 2023 at UNY Runs Smoothly

As in the previous year, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta(UNY) hosted the Computer-Based Admission Examination for National Test-Based Selection in 2023.  This exam is a national selection pathway for prospective students who are interested in continuing their education at state universities in Indonesia.

Fun Fitness Exercise Model to Increase Muscle Strength and Endurance in the Elderly

Based on data from WHO, the number of elderly people tends to continue to increase, reaching 1 billion in 2019, then increasing in 2030 with an estimate of 1.4 billion and in 2050 reaching 2.1 billion.

UNY Promotes a Healthy Lifestyle through Sports Competition among Faculties and Units to Celebrate The 59th Anniversary

UNY held a series of sports matches between faculties/units in the framework of its 59th Anniversary. This series of activities began with a badminton match on May 2-3, 2023. The Rector of UNY, Prof. Dr. Sumaryanto, officially opened this series of activities by hitting the shuttlecock toward the line of players. "We hold this series of sports matches to have fun.

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