UNS — The Alumni Association (IKA) of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta held a National Discussion (Munas) in FEB UNS Auditorium, Saturday (29/1/2022) offline. The National Discussion under the theme of “With FEB Alumni Building UNS Independence and Excellence” was attended by the Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho; Chairman of IKA UNS, Ir. Budi Harto; Dean of FEB UNS, Prof. Djoko Suhardjanto; the Chairman of Board of Commissioners (DK) Financial Service Authority (OJK), Prof. Wimboh Santoso; Chairman of IKA FEB UNS, Doni Primanto Joewono, M.Si.; President Director of (Dirut) PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Didiek Hartantyo; and tens of other FEB UNS alumni.
In his opening remark, Prof. Djoko Suhardjanto appreciated the discussion and stated that alumni have a contribution to the development of an educational institution. “Let us together create achievements for better FEB and UNS,” he stated.
Didiek Hartantyo, one of FEB UNS alumni, stated that what he learned during his university years greatly helped him in the workplace. “Statistics, marketing management, that (I) thought was trivial turns out equipped me (in the workplace). I am grateful for FEB for equipping me with the basic logic. This experience makes UNS graduates be able to compete in the workplace and contribute to society,” the President Director of PT KAI stated.
The following remark was delivered by the Chairman of IKA UNS, Ir. Budi Harto, who hoped that the national discussion could benefit the alumni and FEB UNS academic members. He also added that this event could build new networking among the alumni of FEB UNS. Especially that the event also brought stand expo for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) owned by FEB UNS students and alumni.
Prof. Wimboh Santoso mentioned that the greater the knowledge acquired by someone, the larger is their opportunity to achieve success. Prof. Wimboh also shared his gratitude to FEB UNS for its role in building his career and that strong partnership between alumni and university could create great collaboration. “Let us support each other to be stronger and widen the networking developed,” Prof. Wimboh stated.
Before officially opening the discussion, Prof. Jamal appreciated all UNS alumni, especially FEB UNS, for supporting UNS in achieving its vision to be a World-Class University. “I recorded several achievements accomplished by FEB UNS, among others in QS-Asia Ranking, distribution of voting for UNS is dominated from economics and business. In terms of contribution and support from FEB UNS alumni for the country, (FEB UNS) alumni are sitting in strategic posts in the government,” Prof. Jamal explained.
Several FEB UNS alumni who hold an important position in the government are Prof. Wimboh Santosa, Chairman of Board of Commissioners of OJK; Dr. Abdul Kharis Almasyhari, Vice-Chairman of Commission I DPR RI; Didik Hartantyo, President Director of PT. KAI; Doni Primanto Joewono, M.Si., Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI); Sigit Widyawan, M.Akt., Independent Commissioner of BNI; A Iskandar Zulkarnain, M.M., Member of Hajj Financing Board, and many others. Humas UNS
Reporter: Bayu Aji Prasetya
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