The SPIRIT team from three Asian countries, namely Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and three European countries, namely Spain, Cyprus, and Portugal, held a sports education curriculum syllabus on 15-22 June 2022 at the Universitas Sumatera Utara. SPIRIT stands for Sport and physical education as a vehicle for Inclusion and Recognition in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, which aims to increase the knowledge of young people or students about increasing exercise and physical activity to prevent non-communicable diseases. On June 21, 2022, the entire SPIRIT team who was visiting USU celebrated World Yoga Day by doing yoga together at the Hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara. The yoga movement was led by a yoga instructor from Lovely Professional University, Ms. Sakshi Sadhu, Assistant Professor (India), and began with a warm-up on the Maumere Dance by Dr. dr. Yetty Machrina, M. Kes, AIFO-K, SpKKLP (Indonesia). Yoga movements provide a good stretch for the body and calm for those who do it. Yoga movements also require high concentration so that the goal of this sport is achieved.

The activity to celebrate World Yoga Day is part of the SPIRIT Team's activities in preparing the sports education curriculum. The SPIRIT team will issue a curriculum guide to help students understand sports education. The outputs produced by this project are study programs, courses, and modules that can be integrated into the higher education curriculum. In this case, the Universitas Sumatera Utara is fully involved in supporting the training program for the preparation of this sports education syllabus.
USU's SPIRIT Coordinator, Prof. Dr. dr. Dina Keumala Sari, M. Gizi, SpGK (K) stated that the activities carried out for six days, not only resulted in learning objectives in the form of learning outcomes that could later be used as e-learning facilities between countries but also established collaborations between faculties in Asian and Asian countries. Europe. This aims to increase the capacity building of universities that are included in the SPIRIT project, funded by ERASMUS plus under the European Union.

The SPIRIT team from three Asian countries, namely Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and three European countries, namely Spain, Cyprus, and Portugal, held a sports education curriculum syllabus on 15-22 June 2022 at the Universitas Sumatera Utara. SPIRIT stands for Sport and physical education as a vehicle for Inclusion and Recognition in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, which aims to increase the knowledge of young people or students about increasing exercise and physical activity to prevent non-communicable diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the entire world's population to maintain health and most activities are carried out at home. Physical activity is also reduced and exercise is done outside is very limited, this causes the possibility to increase the incidence of diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and heart-blood vessel disease is much greater.
For this reason, the SPIRIT team is trying to issue a curriculum guide to help students understand sports education. The outputs produced by this project are study programs, courses, and modules that can be integrated into the higher education curriculum. In this case, the Universitas Sumatera Utara is fully involved in supporting the training program for the preparation of this sports education syllabus.
Rector of the Universitas Sumatera Utara Dr. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si, stated in the opening of the training on the preparation of the SPIRIT sports education syllabus that the most important thing is how we can respond to the phenomena that occur in the world today where health greatly affects various aspects of human life, so disease prevention is not necessary. infectious is necessary. The younger generation is a major milestone in disseminating to the public and implementing in their daily lives that increasing physical activity is very important in maintaining health. The great hope is that Indonesia will be free from the high number of deaths and illnesses caused by the disease. USU's SPIRIT Coordinator, Prof. Dr. dr. Dina Keumala Sari, M. Gizi, SpGK (K) stated that the activities carried out for six days, not only resulted in learning objectives in the form of learning outcomes which could later be used as e-learning facilities between countries but also collaborated between faculties in Asian and Asian countries. Europe. This aims to increase the capacity building of universities that are included in the SPIRIT project, funded by ERASMUS plus under the European Union.

2022 is the second year for USU to join the IISMA program. In 2021, USU successfully delivered the best five students to take part in the IISMA program. The number of students joining the program in 2022 has increased twofold. Thus, USU has gained ten best students to have an opportunity to learn in one of the best 300 world-class universities. They come from various fields of study. Sixteen faculties at USU enthusiastically sent their best students to compete in the IISMA selection.
IISMA awardees from USU will have a chance to spend one semester abroad at a host university. This program is fully funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia. The credits obtained from the host universities can be transferred to USU academic credit system.
USU commits to ultimately supporting the IISMA program by providing the host university with necessary administrative requirements and documentation. USU held a special big farewell event for the awardees of IISMA before their departure to the designated country.

In supporting the SPIRIT project in collaboration with India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka with ERASMUS Plus funding, which aims to increase physical activity and healthy nutrition to prevent non-communicable diseases in Indonesian society, especially young people such as students. The Universitas Sumatera Utara and all SPIRIT project partner countries plan to develop student sports clubs. This effort is contained in the formation of the SPIRIT Club to raise the spirit of sports among students.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most student activities were carried out online, decreasing physical activity. In addition, the closure of public sports facilities and restrictions on activities launched by the government made students' physical activities increasingly limited.
However, entering 2022 and in line with the decline in COVID-19 cases, the Chancellor of the Universitas Sumatera Utara formed the management of the SPIRIT Club, consisting of USU students. Establishing this SPIRIT Club aims to encourage physical activity exercise and increase the understanding of healthy nutrition among students. The decision to form the SPIRIT Club is contained in the Rector's Decree dated February 8th, 2022, Number 315/UN5.1.R/SK/KPM/2022, which decides on the formation of the USU SPIRIT Club.
As the Chairperson of the SPIRIT Club is M. Daffa Abiyyu and M. Siddik Nasution's deputy from the Faculty of Medicine, the secretary is Dessy Ramasari, and the treasurer is Ahya Zayyani Akmal from the Faculty of Dentistry. The SPIRIT Club consists of 26 students from all faculties at Universitas Sumatera Utara.
The plan for this SPIRIT Club program is to hold an online seminar on sports and nutrition planned in April 2022, holding sports competitions both general sports and traditional sports. In addition, there will be a healthy cooking art competition in the following month. In addition, another focus is to socialize sports not only among healthy people but also vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled. To visit SPIRIT Club Instagram please click:

https://instagram.com/spiritclub_usu?utm_medium=copy_link.