UNAIR NEWS –聽东京热 Rector Prof. Dr. H. Mohammad Nasih, SE., MT., Ak., MCA., on Friday, August 5, on the first floor Management Office Building Camus C UNAIR Mulyorejo Surabaya sent 21 Students Creativity Program (PKM) teams of UNAIR off to the Finak round of 29th National Science Week (PIMNAS) in IPB on August 8-12, 2016.
The Blue and Yellow PIMNAS contingent send off was marked with UNAIR鈥檚 flag given from UNAIR Rector to the Head of PIMNAS UNAIR Contingent, Agus Subiantoro, SH., M.Si. After the official send off, the team leaders of 21 PKM teams took turn to sign 鈥淎chievement Oath Board鈥.
On the board, an oath to 鈥淒edicate the Best for Alma mater鈥 was written. There were 21 team leaders signed the board. Beside writing their PKM, some of them also added their hopes, such as 鈥淢edali Emas鈥, 鈥淕old Medals鈥, 鈥淜umau Emas鈥, and so on.
Director of Student affairs UNAIR Dr. M. Hadi Subhan, SH., MH., CN., explained that the 21 teams were through from total 167 PKM titles funded by Dirjen DIKTI, from external monitoring and evaluation. While the 167 PKM titles were selected from 1500 proposals made by UNAIR students to Dikti.
鈥Alhamdulillah with these 21 PKM teams, there is a significant improvement. We should be grateful for it as other universities mostly had worse performance than previous year,鈥 said 聽Hadi Subhan.
He hoped that with this improvement compared to last year鈥檚, UNAIR can make better achievements. Last year, from 14 teams in PIMNAS, Unair was fourth. In 2013, with 11 teams in PIMNAS, UNAIR was runner-up in 26th PIMNAS in Universitas Mataram (Unram).
In the briefing, UNAIR Rector Prof. M Nasih hoped that the competing students in 29th PIMNAS can show their identity as students from an excellent university, and so make their best effort for the alma mater.
鈥漇how them that we are the best university, and them show your best effort and skills. Don鈥檛 forget to wish success to God to get the best. It means that if everything is well prepared, Insha Allah (God鈥檚 willing) you will get home with the best achievements,鈥 said the professor of Accounting FEB UNAIR.
Rector also said to them not to force being the winners through indecent manners. Therefore, he asked them to be confident and finish their problems, individual or team, such as exams, assignments and other problems here in Surabaya before leaving for Bogor. atau tim, hendaknya segera diselesaikan di Surabaya sebelum berangkat ke Bogor.
鈥漈o make achievements, are you all sure you are confident to make them? 鈥漚sked the Rector. Hundreds of students shouted chorally: 鈥淲e are sure!鈥.
鈥淭hank you, Insha Allah if preparations were done well and confidently, then we are ready to be the champion for this 29th PIMNAS,鈥 said UNAIR Rector, giving them spirits.
The Head of the contingent Agus Subiyantoro said that the PIMNAS UNAIR contingent will fly to Bogor and made a stop in Jakarta on Sunday afternoon while the students and team supervisors will head to Bogor through the same route. From Jakarta, UNAIR team will leave for Bogor by bus.
As tradition, during PIMNAS, there will also be 鈥楢lumni gathering鈥 for UNAIR alumni who work and serve around the city where PIMNAS is being held. For this year鈥檚, the alumni gathering will be held in Bogor on Tuesday, August 9, in Hotel pajajaran, Bogor. (*)
Author: Bambang Edy Santoso
