UNAIR NEWS聽– Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, , is clearly committed to build the character and integrity of its freshmen through聽Character Building聽activity.听The event took place on February 2-3, 2018 at PSPA Bima Sakti Malang.听It was themed聽Sociology for Character and Education Spirit听(Socrates), all lecturers and students came together like a big family.
The event was started with a welcoming speech from Dr.听Sutinah, Dra., MS., As Head of Sociology Department, FISIP UNAIR.听In her speech, she stated that the activity is aimed to establish a harmonious communication between lecturers and students.听In addition, she also advised the freshmen to participate actively in the series of events.
“This event is designed to make freshmen more critical, ethical, and aware to the emerging issues.听In addition, we hope the communication between lecturers and students and communication between students can be harmonious, “said Sutinah.
In the first session, Daniel Teodore Sparinga, Drs., MA., PhD., present some materials on building students’ critical attitudes.听He stated that the key to successfully study sociology is awareness to the surroundings.听He also explained some of the challenges that sociology students must face.
“Students of sociology must have 4 capitals, awareness to the environment, theoretical thinking, ability to apply the methodology, and mastery on the term sociology.听In addition, we must also be ready to face challenges such as: ideology, doctrine, religion or belief, myth,聽commonsense聽, to聽character of personality聽, “said Daniel.
The second presentation was on聽Gender Sensitivity and Awareness by Prof.听Dr.听Emy Susanti, MA.听In her presentation, Prof.听Emy explained the issues of gender sensitivity and the importance of applying gender equality in social life.
“In the process of learning in campus, gender bias is not allowed.听All male and female students should be given the same opportunity to develop their potential. ” Prof. Emy said.
Prof.听Hotman Siahaan also gave some speech on various phenomena, from to criticizing the decline of the students鈥 spirit to produce quality thesis to the rampant and poor social interaction .
“The phenomenon of聽Zaman Now聽unconsciously trapped people to gather without 聽meeting.听Therefore, improving communication is the key, “said Prof. Hotman.
On the last day, freshmen were invited to 鈥Ngopi听(狈驳辞产谤辞濒听Pintar) Seduluran鈥, a gathering with alumni and students of class 2014. It was aimed to motivate them to keep making achievements and to establish good communication across generations.
Salsabila Damayanti, Sociology 2017, said聽that the Character Building聽event was聽fun and relaxing so the participants can gain some knowledge well.
“The show was very useful,聽in an open minded state, and made students more critical,” said Salsa.
Author: Roudlotul Choiriyah & Sari Kurnia Putri
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
