Our Mission and Purpose

The idea of establishing the Iluni UI USA Chapter began in 2011 when several friends who resided in the Washington DC metro area, who all happened to be UI alumni, gathered. Between partying and talking about politics, they liked to play music and sing songs we learned as freshmen in college. "Genderang UI", "Hymne Almamater Universitas Indonesia", "Gaudeamus Igitur", "Rayuan Pulau Kelapa" are some of the songs that many thousands of first-year students, as well as graduates, sing together every year at the main hall, Balairung. 

They always fondly remember those times. During a visit in April 2012, AG Soedibyo, or as we like to call him "Mas Dibyo", the conductor who teaches first-year students to sing during their acceptance ceremony and again when they graduate, encouraged them to found and extend the ILUNI UI organization to a chapter in the US. 

One year later, on April 21, 2013, at Wisma Indonesia (the ambassador's residence) in DC, 19 alumni members gathered to discuss the possibility of forming such an organization. On September 21, 2013, the Iluni UI USA Chapter was established in the Inaugural Night event attended by the UI Alumni Relations Team from Jakarta. 

Iluni UI USA Chapter commits to providing the space that connects the alumni in the US with themselves and with the university.