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Topics, Concerns, Planning

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  • Belum in life and the workplace translates to “not yet”, “maybe tomorrow”, “maybe next week”, “maybe next year”, “maybe never” – permeates Indonesian life, work, and culture
  • Things will evolve and happen in their own good time
  • Be flexible, go with the flow
  • You will likely have an Indiana Jones moment. Roaches? Rats? Ask yourself, what would Indy do?
  • Remember, you are NOT in control of your schedule as you are at home
  • Keep the group with whom you are working on track as your time with them is very short
  • Work can start in the early morning; Indonesians are up at sunrise for prayer
  • Do not attempt working lunches; eating is for enjoying the food, not talking; lunch time must accommodate mid-day prayer

Personal Safety

Immunizations, Intestinal Distress, and Diseases – ES

Planning your trip – EX; ES

Transportation

Accommodations

 

Travel Tips for Indonesia – Dechow’s Diaries

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This blog is named after Dr. Sue Dechow, a long-serving OSU staff member and Founding Director of USINTEC.

AUTHORS AND PURPOSE:

The blog is written by faculty and student frequent travellers to Indonesia who want to offer advice they think will be helpful to first-time travellers. Opinions expressed here are opinions of individual contributors and don’t necessarily represent the opinion of The Ohio State University. Prejudice against anyone for anything is not tolerated on the blog. It’s hard to represent a country as large as Indonesia in a short blog so there are a lot of generalizations that may not apply in certain places or situations so go and find out for yourself.

The purpose of the blog is to offer enough information to novice travellers so you can enjoy your trip and stay well, stay out of jail, not make any offensive cultural mistakes that you can’t fix, and learn new things.

Expert traveller? See EX = Expert Tips

Not much time? See ES = Essential Tips

ORGANIZATION

The blog is divided into 5 parts:

  1. Topics and Concerns – Common topics potential travellers are interested in and concerns expressed by those interested in travelling to Indonesia with answers.
  2. Weekly Countdown – Organizes things you need to do by week in preparation for your trip.
  3. International Travel
  4. First Impressions – Things you wonder as you arrive in Indonesia.
  5. City Guide – City-specific information for those transiting or living in the largest 15 Indonesian cities and en route transit cities.

Visiting Scholars

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USINTEC promotes scholars coming to the USA to engage in scholarship. The traveling faculty member usually obtains funding from scholarships, such as the ‘Scheme for Academic Mobility – SAME’ program in Indonesia, government ministries, a Provincial Government, or other funding source. This funding covers travel and accommodations, and a bench fee to cover the costs of the USA University partner.

At the same time as the faculty member is looking for funding, the faculty member should contact USINTEC so a USA faculty member mentor can be found and paper work can be completed.

Visiting Scholars are usually professors, senior lecturers, or lecturers with a PhD who are developing teaching or learning materials, beginning or finishing a book, developing a research proposal or international paper, planning or conducting joint research with partner university professors, or preparing papers for international presentation or publication.

Visiting Scholars receive:

  • Arrival Orientations and campus tours. Library orientation. J1 Visiting Scholar status. Living in the US Program Activities.
  • Faculty mentor who provides regular meetings, advice, and assists with research design, library and other academic resources, and possible community visits to schools, universities, or industry settings.
  • Possible field work at local or national educational sites or conferences when relevant to the scholars interests.
  • Program support as needed.

Interested scholars should write a one sentence email expressing their interest and send to this email to start the process: usintec@osu.edu

Propose a Program

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If you want to Propose a program, we are interested. Send an email to usintec@osu.edu and tell us:

  • What you want to do, Who will do it, and Where you want to do it.
  • When you want to do it.
  • How your idea connects to teaching, research, or service for schools or universities.
  • How it will be funded.

We will have a look at your idea and share it with others in the USA who may be interested.

Consultant or Reviewer

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If you are looking for a consultant or reviewer, check out the list below. USINTEC is in contact with a large number of faculty who work with Indonesian students or have traveled to Indonesia.  You can email these faculty yourself or we can forward your message:

  • Jackie Goodway, Physical Education, Kinesiology and Physical Development, OSU
  • David Stein, Work Force Development and Instructional Technology, OSU
  • Karen Irving, Science Education, OSU
  • Azita Manoucheri, Mathematics Education, OSU
  • Adrian Rodgers, Teacher Education, Literacy and Professional Development, OSU
  • Bryan Warnick, Morals Education, History of Education, OSU
  • Laura Fernandez, Law, OSU
  • Dennis Heldman, Agriculture, OSU
  • Elisabeth Root, Geography, Epidemiology, Health across geographic space, OSU
  • William Liddle, Political Science, OSU
  • Jan Pierskalla, Political Science, OSU
  • Margaret (Peg) Sutton, Comparative Education, U. of Indiana

If your area is not listed above email us at usintec@osu.edu and we will find a faculty member working in your area.

Introduction Sandwich Program

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USINTEC promotes access to come to the USA as visiting scholars. Graduate students usually obtain funding from scholarships, such as graduate  ‘Sandwich-like’ programs or Provincial Government Programs or other funding sources. This funding should cover travel and accommodations, and a bench fee to cover the costs of the USA University partner.Depending on needs, Visiting Scholars may receive:

  • Arrival Orientations and campus tours. Library orientation. J1 Visiting Scholar status. Living in the US Program Activities.
  • Faculty mentor who provides regular meetings, advice, and assists with research design, library and other academic resources, and possible community visits to schools, universities, or industry settings.
  • Attendance at meetings of communities in the USA, at the university or in the city.
  • Possible field work at local or national educational sites or conferences when relevant to the scholars’ interests.
  • Program support as needed.

At the same time as a scholar is looking for funding, the student should contact USINTEC to help find a faculty member mentor and with the paper work. Interested scholars should write a one sentence email expressing their interest and send to this email to start the process: usintec@osu.edu

Introduction US volunteers

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As a Professional Educator Volunteering to travel to Indonesia you will have many questions. It’s highly recommended that before you get to far in planning your trip that you:

Click here to view our ‘Travel Tips for Indonesia’

In the travel tips you will find helpful information including medical requirements, predeparture planning, plane tickets, airport transit information and routing, and presentation and teaching tips.

Click here to see the brochure for Indonesian Host Universities to host volunteers from the USA.

You can also VOLUNTEER for future opportunities by googling ‘Ohio State Volunteer Match Alumni Association’ and search for ‘Indonesia Volunteers’.

Professional Educators volunteering to travel to Indonesia usually:
– Have an assignment in one or more cities on a particular topic, often ESL.
– Have the option to be a guest speaker, often in a transit city on any topic.
– May be asked to give advice to potential students who hope to apply to a US Graduate program. See the tab for ‘Inbound Students to the US’. There is a lot of advice there intended for applicants that may not always be understood, and you can help by reviewing this material with the potential student.
DO NOTE that invitations from the Indonesian side are often vague on details. In early discussions, be clear with the Indonesian side on:

– dates, times, places, length of presentations or workshops, audience size and their ability to understand English, who is in the audience (students, teachers, or faculty).
– What costs the Indonesians are covering including air (International air fare? Or only domestic air fare?), hotel and hotel quality, meals, or transit hotels.
– Expect to be asked to do additional work such as guest lecture, or give a presentation to students. Consider taking power points or other materials with you to easily respond to these requests.

A complete directory of Indonesian partner faculty and staff is available on request if you are looking for collaborators in a particular area of scholarship.

Click here to register for volunteering opportunities in Indonesia

Introduction – US faculty

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As a US Faculty member travelling to Indonesia you will have many questions. It’s highly recommended that before you get to far in planning your trip that you:

Click here to view our ‘Travel Tips for Indonesia’

US Faculty travelling to Indonesia usually travel as:

  1. Guest Speakers at conferences.
  2. Leaders of program activities such as Education/Study Abroad courses.
  3. Teachers of short or condensed courses.
  4. Volunteers to teach in outreach efforts or partnership activities. (See the tab on this www site for Volunteers).
  5. Researchers working with faculty or former/current students.
  6. Tourists, sometimes on a ‘working’ vacation.

In the travel tips you will find helpful information including medical requirements, predeparture planning, plane tickets, airport transit information and routing, and presentation and teaching tips.

DO NOTE that invitations from the Indonesian side are often vague on details. In early discussions, be clear with the Indonesian side on:

– dates, times, places, length of presentations, audience size and their ability to understand English, who is in the audience (students versus faculty).
– What costs the Indonesians are covering including air (International air fare? Or only domestic air fare?), hotel and hotel quality, meals, registrations, visa fees, transit hotels. If you will need the help of Indonesians as ‘fixers’ to translate, or book travel include this in your travel estimate.
– Ask if there is an honorarium for your presentation. Honoraria are not common, but when offered may be between $50 (for a seminar to students) up to $500 (for a government sponsored key note). This may help defer some of your travel costs.
– Expect you will be requested to sign an MOU for future work. This frees funds on the Indonesian side. See your College-level International Programs Director to address this issue.
– Expect to be asked to do additional work such as guest lecture, or give a presentation to students. Consider taking power points or other materials with you so that you can respond easily to these requests.
A complete directory of Indonesian partner faculty and staff is available on request if you are looking for collaborators in a particular area of scholarship.