Young Professionals in Motion: The GET Team’s Strategic Involvement in the Official Launch of CILEM 2025 and Its Global Trajectory through Institutional Collaboration, Technical Planning, and International Program Execution
Cirebon, July 2, 2025 — In the final stretch before the grand launch of CILEM 2025 (Center of Islamic Law and Ethics of Mubadalah), all eyes turned toward the Global Engagement Team (GET), a dynamic group of young professionals from the International Office (IO) at UIN Siber Syekh Nurjati Cirebon. Under the visionary direction of Lala Bumela, Ph.D., these students transformed into a highly disciplined, mission-oriented taskforce. Their responsibilities extended far beyond routine student tasks: they were entrusted with handling complex institutional communications, drafting formal reports, submitting high-level proposals, executing creative production (flyers, promotional videos, and press materials), managing technical rehearsals, and ensuring every single element for the launch was executed to international standards. “This is a generation that doesn’t wait to be told, they step forward, take the lead, and redefine what excellence looks like,” praised Lala Bumela Sudimantara, Ph.D.in his opening remarks.
This was not just a project, it was a pressure test. And the GET Team passed with precision and professionalism. While many institutions outsource their international event management, UIN SSC trusted its young talent to carry the weight. What they delivered was not simply support, but ownership. The team responded to deadlines with autonomy, initiated solutions to logistical gaps, and consistently demonstrated composure under pressure. Their workflow was structured, their judgment mature, and their collaboration seamless. This group of students shattered outdated assumptions about youth passivity; they became the living embodiment of applied international education. Through them, the university did not just prepare for a launch, it rehearsed its own institutional maturity.
Crucially, the GET Team’s involvement was embedded within a wider culture of mutual respect and institutional synergy. CILEM, as an autonomous academic body with a strong ethical and intellectual mission, found in GET a strategic ally, one that could translate vision into action with agility and care. The collaboration was not one-directional; it was dialogic. Task mapping was done with precision, role clarification with transparency, and event alignment with shared purpose. While CILEM carried the message, GET shaped the medium. And in doing so, they delivered what few student teams in Indonesia – and even globally – are trusted to manage: a high-profile international launch that integrated diplomacy, protocol, digital execution, and academic aesthetics.
Throughout the preparation, Lala Bumela Sudimantara, Ph.D. served not only as a director but as a mentor; cultivating leadership, pushing for excellence, and grounding the team’s work within a global strategic framework. “You’re not supporting the launch of CILEM, you’re writing a chapter of how global universities emerge,” he told the team. His perspective consistently framed the project not as a ceremonial event, but as a living test of global-readiness, intellectual responsibility, and strategic communication. Under his guidance, the GET Team came to understand that behind every letterhead, every lighting setup, every translated abstract, there lies the deeper work of diplomacy, care, and trust.
What unfolded through this preparation was nothing short of spectacular. Students who began as interns and volunteers became operational leaders, navigating institutional hierarchies, shaping international-facing content, coordinating with academic bodies, and ensuring that every detail mirrored the prestige the event demanded. Their fingerprints are on every milestone: from the first draft of the speaker invitation to the final formatting of the event rundown. This is what young professionalism looks like in motion: not just delivering tasks, but elevating the institution they represent. Their work shows that age does not limit excellence – preparation, trust, and mentorship do the opposite: they unleash it.
As the launch date for CILEM 2025 draws near, the GET Team stands not just as support staff, but as architects of visibility. Their work has redefined what it means to be “students” in international spaces: they are planners, designers, strategists, and diplomats. “When we empower young people with real responsibility, they surprise us, not because we expect little, but because they always give more than we imagined,” concluded Lala Bumela Sudimantara, Ph.D. The story of this launch will be remembered not only for its speakers or ceremonies, but for the power of young professionals who turned a vision into an institutionally transformative reality.
Author: Muhammad Azkiya Bahtsulkhoir