The High School Summer Program is held by Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) and aims to introduce high school students to university life and to introduce the study programs available in UPH through workshops and company visits. The program was held on July 4-6, 2018. Participants have the freedom to choose between 3 clusters – art, science, and social, to focus their studies according to their preference. The 29 participants come from a wide array of places – from Tangerang to more faraway places such as Bandung, Semarang, and Surabaya. 10 of the 29 students chose to explore the social cluster at camp.

In the second day of high school summer program, these 10 participants got the chance to learn ‘How to Build a Business’ from one of UPH’s Business School – Management lecturers, Danet A. Patria. Danet explained the strategies of starting a business, the concept of entrepreneurship, the essentials that are needed to start a business, and the motto of entrepreneurship.

Danet also reminded the students to not wait too long to start a business – he motivated them to start a business early.

“The core capital of starting a business is creativity. We should always look for something different. Skills and hobbies are also essential in start a business. We can start our business from something that we enjoy doing (our hobbies). One whose hobby is fashion, for example, can become a designer, and those who like to travel can try blogging. We are used to the paradigm that we should finish our education and then take up office jobs. Why not start your business early? You don’t have to wait until you graduate,” Danet encouraged.

In addition to learning about business through UPH Business School, the participants of the social cluster also got the chance to try out vlogging, directed by Gunady Fausitinus from Communication Science 2017. He showed some of his vlogs and explained the process of vlog-making. He also introduced participants to the equipment used to record vlogs. Students are then given the chance to try making their own one-minute vlog, either individually or with other participants.

This event is a fun experience that gives new insights to the students. Verena, a participant in the social cluster from Trinitas High School, Bandung, testified that this program benefitted her a lot. “I have never made my own video or vlog, so this chance to try out is something very interesting to me.”