Taking steps with Confidence : Diponegoro University’s Performance in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020

Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Semarang – Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: tri.handayani@live.undip.ac.id

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a span-new pneumonia that is known to initially wide-spread from Wuhan city, the capital of Hubei Province, in the Mainland of China. This virus promptly dispersed around the world. In Indonesia, the first infection case took place in Depok, at the beginning of March of 2020. As a recent virus, Covid-19 did not yet have its antidote. The government rapidly acted on by implementing lockdown, as well as system preparation in order to get people working from home, as school and university students also learn from home. This policy was performed to cut the spread of Covid-19 virus. Various restrictions to limit social interaction has been highly impacting Indonesian citizen within the daily life. The restriction of direct interaction has also predisposed the implementation of tasks within the university setting. Diponegoro University-as an incorporated state university- follows the government regulation when it comes to proceed its tasks. Nearly all activities of the affected universities, namely administration service, assembly, learning service, research, and community service had changed due to the requirement to apply the health protocol. This paper focuses on how Diponegoro University confronted the Covid-19 pandemic, and how this college maintain its performance.