UNS — Alumni involvement is a crucial indicator in improving the university’s performance. This issue is fully understood by the Alumni Association (IKA) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta. Departing from this awareness, IKA UNS regularly holds Wedangan once a week every Wednesday evening that recently reached its 85th series.
Wedangan IKA UNS discusses special themes; for example, not long ago, the meeting discussed the alumni’s success in being entrepreneurs, and now Wedangan IKA UNS provided a platform for the young alumni or “Alumni Millennials.” The stage for millennial alumni entered the 4th round on Wednesday (24/11/2021). The Rector of UNS, Prof. Dr. Jamal Wiwoho, also attended the event online and welcomed the millennials alumni who will share their experiences.
“We are proud, happy with our young alumni who have excellent talents both at the regional and national level. I saw that the five young speakers tried to perform breakthrough. They do not depend on becoming state apparatus,” Prof. Jamal stated.
Further, Prof. Jamal emphasized that alumni involvement is one of the crucial matters in the university’s performance assessment because it is strongly related to alumni absorption in the working world.
“We all know that Kemdikbudristek asked all universities to achieve certain performance set by Kemdikbudristek with 8 Key Performance Indicators (IKU). The first IKU is related to this event, the number of undergraduate and diploma program graduates that achieve three indicators,” Prof. Jamal added.
The three indicators are the number of undergraduate and diploma program graduates who are employed, continuing study, and becoming entrepreneurs. Prof. Jamal hoped that Wedangan IKA UNS could inspire UNS students to follow the successful alumni’s steps.
The Wedangan Series ke-85, IKA UNS invited five millennial alumni from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMIPA): Andi Dharmawan, S.Si. (Corporation Research Expert PT. Pama Persada Nusantara), Rahmat Jaya Eka Syahputra, S.Si. (Project Manager Indonesia Mengajar), Sudigdyo Suryo Pamungkas, S.Si. (Technical Inter Training Kondo, Kabushikigaisha, Japan), Lingga Aji Andika, S.Si. (Data Analyst in the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappeda), and Angga Dwituti Lestari (Master Program Graduate from the Netherlands). Humas UNS
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