UNAIR NEWS – No matter how far we go away, our home is the most comfortable place to return. This statement fits for the regional student organizations from Bojonegoro who are familiar with ABC (Airlangga Bojonegoro Community).

Established around 12 years ago, a group initiated by two UNAIR students from Bojonegoro are expected to be the a place and a home before the college world. ABC was born and developed with the addition of new members as every year there are also students from Bojonegoro who have the opportunity to study at UNAIR.

The organization with Matoh Pol as the motto held an event at the Department of Public Health (IKM) Faculty of Medicine UNAIR on Tuesday, July 31 for welcoming freshmen entitled Welcome Party 2.0. The event attended by more than 100 UNAIR freshmen from Bojonegoro, not only introduced ABC work programs and activities, there was also a sharing section that discussed the subject of campus life from the beginning of the college to various existing organizations in UNAIR.

Daffa Ardhi 2018 Medical student said that ABC is a forum for various information that he needs as an initial step before entering the orientation and lecture period. According to him, a similar event needs to be held every year so that students, especially those from Bojonegoro, have a forum that accommodates various aspirations of freshmen.

” Overall, it was a great event, I saw it as a family event ,” said Daffa, a student who was accepted through an independent admission.

In line with Daffa Ardhi, Virda, a student of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine and event committee said that ABC is an organization based on family principles. ABC, she continued, is the closest home to Ksatria Airlangga from Bojonegoro while in Surabaya.

“From ABC, hopefully our friends can learn and have a strong sense of belonging to ABC especially as our home region is the same, Bojonegoro. We can support each other in any condition, “added the 2017 student. (*)

Author: Wiwik Yuni Eryanti Ningrum

Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh