The Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho, who also attended the ceremony, mentioned that IKA UNS needs a leader who is strong and dedicated, which he sees in Ir. Budi Harto. This message was delivered by Prof. Jamal in his opening remark that also mentioned that IKA UNS Chairman would lead more than 200 thousand UNS graduates all over Indonesia and worldwide. IKA UNS is also demanded to contribute to advancing the community and UNS students in need during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Because leading of more than 200,000 alumni is not easy, requires high commitment for UNS alumni association. The Central Management of IKS UNS led by Pak Budi has succeeded in performing their positive and active role for the development of UNS,” Prof. Jamal mentioned in his opening remark.

Further, Prof. Jamal admitted that he would be delighted if the next management of IKA UNS was also led by Ir. Budi Harto. Firmly, the Rector supports Central Management of IKA UNS 2021-2025 to contribute more for UNS and the community, especially that UNS now needs tremendous support to achieve its vision as World Class University (UNS). This vision could be achieved if all of its alumni in state institutions, government institutions, and private institutes support UNS.

“Therefore, the current managing board could be re-elected,” Prof. Jamal stated.

On a different occasion, Vice-Rector for Planning, Partnership, Business, and Information Affairs UNS Prof. Sajidan hoped that Ir. Budi Harto could bring IKA UNS to be always solid and work together with UNS. Supporting Prof. Jamal, Prof. Sajidan also considers Ir. Budi Harto is a successful person who could be trusted in leading IKA UNS.

“Congratulation to Ir. Budi Harto as the Chairman of IKA UNS 2021-2025. Good luck and success,” Prof. Sajidan stated.

Supports from Young Alumni

In an interview after the ceremony, Ir. Budi Harto said that he is grateful to be re-elected to lead IKA UNS. He hoped that the young alumni could contribute to the Central Management of IKA UNS 2021-2025.

“Currently and in the future, the demand is for the young generation. Young alumni need to show off. Thus, we hope this management could be filled by young alumni to (achieve) better management, and in the future, they could come forward to be the new leaders,” Ir. Budi Harto stated.

Further, the graduate of Civil Engineering Program Faculty of Engineering (FT) UNS 1983 also stated that the presence of young alumni in the association could strengthen the synergy among the UNS alumni. Ir. Budi Harto also hoped that other UNS alumni could support the presence of young UNS alumni in the management board of IKA UNS 2021-2025 so that they could learn and receive new experiences.

“There will be a good collaboration; the seniors shared experiences with the young, that will benefit them in community services. Then with the alma mater, we could (build) better (relationship),” he concluded. Humas UNS

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The offline and online event was attended by the Chairman of Central Management of IKA UNS Ir. Budi Harto, Secretary-General (Sekjen) of Central Management of IKA UNS Drs. Bambang Dwi Wahyudi, Vice-rectors, and Dean from each faculty in UNS.

In his opening remark, Prof. Jamal thanked the Central Management of IKA UNS for conducting a series of Munas V 2021 well. The Munas held on 4-5 December is an agenda that was rescheduled a few times before. The Munas V was firstly scheduled for December 2020 and June 2021, which need to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Special appreciation was also delivered from Prof. Jamal to Ir. Budi Harto as the Chairman of IKA UNS Central Management for six years.

“It is appropriate, I think, that as a Rector of UNS, I appreciated and provided the highest recognition to the Central and Regional Management of IKA UNS who have worked together and eased UNS efforts to achieve its grand vision to be a world-class university,” Prof. Jamal stated.

Although this year Munas was held amid the pandemic, Prof. Jamal believes that the spirits of the alumni to contribute to the campus and the community will never go down. Prof. Jamal shared this believes because for almost two years, the Covid-19 pandemic was occurring in Indonesia; IKA UNS has donated numerous aids, from masks, health equipment, staple foods, internet quota, scholarships, and dosages of Covid-19 vaccines for UNS academic members and surrounding community.

“Covid-19 pandemic is proof for a success we achieved together. And thank you to Pak Budi Harto for giving attention to his juniors in the campus by granting funds to provide internet quota assistance during March-April 2020,” Prof. Jamal added.

UNS Achievement

In Munas V IKA UNS 2021, Prof. Jamal shared UNS achievements in the last two years with UNS alumni attending the ceremony. The achievements shared by Prof. Jamal include UNS ranking at the national and international level and the autonomy as a public university. At the international level UNS, for the first time, ranked 1.201+ from 1,662 listed global universities and 6^th in Indonesia by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR). This ranking was announced on 1 September 2021 after THE conducted assessment on Indonesian universities.

Prof. Jamal also shared that UNS was included in cluster 1 of best universities in Indonesia by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemdikbudristek) RI.

“More specially, UNS received the highest score in IKU 2020/2021 from Kemdikbudristek and received IDR 23.513 billion incentive,” Prof. Jamal explained.

This award was granted after the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology Kemdikbudristek RI assessed UNS performance under its status as PTN-BLU. UNS was placed in the high rank (10%) with 80 achievement points and 774 growth points. UNS also received a new status as Public University with Legal Entity (PTNBH) through PP No. 56/ 2020 signed by the President of Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 6 October 2020.

“And as PTNBH, the government gave a target to be the best 500 universities in Indonesia. So, be proud to be a part of UNS alumni because currently, UNS is a prestigious university,” he concluded.

Hope for the New IKA UNS Chairman

In the Munas V IKA UNS, Prof. Jamal hoped that the new chairman for IKA UNS is a strong and dedicated figure because he/she will lead more than 200 thousand UNS alumni in various regions in Indonesia and in several countries worldwide. The Rector also sent a message for the new chairman to take a lesson from the previous chairman, Ir. Budi Harto, whom Prof. Jamal considers to have a high commitment to push UNS to develop as a reputable university.

“Leading IKA UNS is not an easy task. It needs high commitment, and Pak Budi Harto leadership can be used as a benchmark. Let’s build our ‘home’ our beloved UNS with IKA UNS,” Prof. Jamal closed. Humas UNS

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Based on the announcement from CLSA FH Universitas Jember (Unej) the team won the first place, and outperform Universitas Lampung and Universitas Airlangga (Unair) Surabaya that won 2nd and 3rd place.

CLSA is a national conference on criminal laws to facilitate students to channel their talents, interests, and potential in the field of legal writing with an outcome of an anti-corruption scientific article. Fanisa Luthfia Putri Erwanti, explained that they went through a tough process to win 1st place. The process started from registration documents, administration selection, divide the tasks, and consulting their supervisor, Diana Lukitasari, S.H., M. H. The registration was opened on 12 July, and finalists were announced on 22 August 2021, followed by a presentation on 29 August and winners announcement on 30 August. Fanisa explained that she invited her team members on 24 July, and when they were about to register, their idea was not accepted by the supervisor.

“Finding an original idea for corruptor punishments is tricky, and after consulting Bu Diana, we got a clearer idea that we execute directly,” Luthfia Putri Erwanti said.

The team worked hard to complete their article and needed to work until early morning. Luthfia stated that they faced difficulty with the use of bodynote application and finding an exciting title for their article until one day before the submission deadline. Even four hours from the closing, they still needed to edit their dictions, but the team managed to submit their work and all required documents on time.

After submission, the long waiting welcomed them until they were announced as finalists on 22 August 2021 and required to present their idea and conceptual framework. During the final, they had pessimistic hope when the jury announced the 3rd and 2nd winners before the first winner. “Unexpectedly, we won 1st place, and we felt speechless,” Fanisa Luthfia Putri Erwanti said.

The team shared gratefulness because CLSA National Conference was their first competition, and they won first place nonetheless. Humas UNS

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