UNS — Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta students achieved another international level accomplishment. Andri Aulia Rahman and Alif Sholihin from the Fine Art Education Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) won 2nd place in an international poster competition.
The Plastic Free Art Ocean Contest competition was held by Albatross Designs It, Australia, on 3-20 January 2022. In their poster, Andri and Alif discussed the sustainability of sea biodiversity. Their poster aims to educate the community to protect the marine ecosystem by not throwing wastes into the sea.
“We also included Indonesia cultural ornaments as the nation’s identity, for example, traditional clothing and iconic places in Indonesia,” Andri or Andre explained to uns.ac.id, Tuesday (15/2/2022).
Although Andre is currently studying in his last semesters and Alif was just graduated from UNS; however, both have high spirits to participate in student competitions. One hundred and sixty participants from six countries competed in the poster competition, and the winners were announced through pos-el and Instagram account @albatross_sailling.
“The first impression when announced as the winner was delighted because before we reached this (achievement), we went through many losings that built our spirit to participate in other competitions and win again,” Andre stated.
They hoped that through the poster, community members could participate in maintaining the marine ecosystem because it is one of the most significant sources of people’s livelihood and balancing other organisms on earth. Humas UNS
Reporter: Bayu Aji Prasetya
Editor: Dwi Hastuti