UNAIR NEWS – Calista Segalita, Nutrition Science Student at Faculty of Public Health has made a new achievement in her life.聽Calista was named an outstanding graduate in March 2019 graduation period with a 3.58 GPA.
Her achievements both academic and non-academic were made when she was still a student.聽The outstanding achievements included聽student聽exchange聽to Eindhoven (Erasmus Scholarship聽) Netherlands, for 1 semester;聽served as Deputy BEM FKM 2015/2016 FKM UNAIR BEM;聽3rd Winner of FKM Outstanding Student, 3rd Place of FKM UNAIR Ambassador;聽First Winner of ONESCO UB Poster Competition.
Calista has also been an聽oral presenter聽at symposiums and international conferences in Jakarta, Surabaya, and Thailand.聽Most recently, she succeeded in writing and publishing 4 international journals.
“In my opinion, as long as someone has aspirations as high as the sky, feet will still be eager to step up to succeed in achieving it, “explained Calista optimistically.
She never plays safely.聽Everything that is done must be based on challenges especially for students who have not found interest.
Calista also has principle to always develops聽soft聽skills, do not let academic performance decline.聽All must be balanced.
There is a story of Calista when she was depressed working on a thesis.聽Calista once told her friends that she would be immediately graduate from the burden.聽But strangely, she even wanted to quickly study S2 program.聽Even though in reality, Calista realized that completing S2 study is not that easy.聽According to her testimony, it inspired her to graduate quickly.
Finally, Calista advised her juniors, especially at UNAIR, to know what kind of achievement they really want because it also determines the amount of effort that will be carried out.聽(*)
Author: Tunjung Senja Widuri
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
