Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Newcastle - Australia
(Indonesian-Australian Student Society Newcastle)
PPIA Newcastle
PPIA (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia-Australia or
Indonesian-Australian Student Society) is an Indonesian
student organization of Newcastle University, Australia.
The members are mostly Indonesian Student and community,
but anybody including Australian who wants to make friends
and know Indonesian culture are welcomed to join.
Our club promotes Indonesian socio-cultural heritage, and
promotes friendship through many activities.
Most activities are social functions such as welcoming for
new student and farewell for just graduated student, BBQ,
and Indonesian Independence celebration.
PPIA-NC is actively involved in many activities run by
University such as Cultural Awakening, and United Games.
We also hold many social functions such as gathering for
new student, BBQ, seminars, sport-for-fun and Indonesian
Independence celebration.
20 Desember 2007, PPIA Newcastle mengadakan acara perpisahan untuk Pak Heri atau dokter Heri dari makasasar yang telah menyelesaikan Master Degree-nya. Pada saat yang bersamaan rombongan dari Konsulat Jenderal (Konjen) Sydney juga datang. Bu Opie (Siti Sofia Sudarma) yang bertanggung jawab masalah Information, Social & Cultural Affairs akan segera kembali bertugas di Indonesia. Pengganti sementaranya, Bu Sylvi (Sylviati Suyadi), juga turut datang mendampingi.
Acara dibuka oleh Pak Didiek, dan segera diikuti dengan makan siang bersama. Sesudahnya dilanjutkan dengan sepatah dua patah kata sambutan dari Bu Rita (wapres PPIA), Bu Opie, Bu Sylvi, Pak Heri, Bu Rona, dan Bu Catherine. Dan setelah pemberian foto kenang-kenangan dari PPIA untuk Pak Heri dan Bu Opie, dilanjutkan dengan foto bersama.
