On the faculty meeting room, Dakwah and Islamic Communication Faculty (FDKI) Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kudus welcomed a distinguished guest, Assist. Prof. Rica Mae Guarin from Mindanao State University Illigan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), the Philippines, (20/12/2022). This was a special occasion as this was the first time the collaboration between FDKI and MSU-IIT made into offline activity. The MoU between the two educational institutions have already been done in 2021. Due to the government restriction pertaining the pandemic, the interaction between two institutions was done online.

The discussion was attended by more than 30 people. The Dean of FDKI, Dr. Siti Malaiha Dewi, S.Sos., M.Si. gave a welcoming speech and shared her excitement of the upcoming programs between the two institutions. Assist. Prof. Rica Mae Guarin discussed about the mitigations of disaster in The Philippines. This topic attracted many more questions from the audience. Acting as the moderator of the event is Novian Uticha Sally, M.A. (Islamic Political Thought department lecturer), who raised a question about local wisdom of disaster mitigation in the Philippines which triggers some other questions from the audience. Some lecturers and students of FDKI IAIN Kudus engaged in the question and answer session that lasted up to an hour after the explanation given by Assist. Prof. Rica.

The fruitful discussion also initiated another program, which is teaching collaboration in next semester. The department of community development found the same interest as the expertise and experience of Assist. Prof. Rica. The dean of the faculty, Dr. Malaiha gave her message pertaining the event,  "We hope that in the future the collaboration between us will be beneficial for all of the departments and faculty members." The event was closed by giving token of appreciation, taking photographs together, and taking testimonial video from Assist. Prof. Rica. (Sally)