UNAIR NEWS – There were 753 Bidikmisi Universitas Airlangga freshmen with their parents’ gathered in the building of Airlangga Convention Center (ACC) on Monday, July 23. They were invited in the welcoming event (SAMBA) initiated by the Airlangga University Bidikmisi Organization (AUBMO) with UNAIR Student Affairs Directorate.
From the 753 prospective students, 418 students entered through SNMPTN and 335 were from SBMPTN line. As a form of encouragement to prospective Bidikmisi students, this AUBMO SAMBA invited one of the successful alumni of UNAIR Bidikmisi to be a speaker as well as a motivator, Aditya Sura Pratama.
Aditya Sura Pratama is an alumnus of Accounting program class 2017, who has served as PT Sinar Group since 2017. This man from Bojonegoro was an auditor, CARTEN HRD outbond instructor, and founder of Gerai Color Advertising.
In front of nearly fifteen hundred invited guests, Adit congratulated Bidikmisi student accepted at UNAIR. As stated by UNAIR Rector Prof. Moh Nasih in his speech, Adit emphasized that these Bidikmisi student candidates were the selected people who stood out of thousands of competitors from various entry points.
They are listed as potential Bidikmisi 2018 recipients. It means they have more responsibility than the other students.
Not only giving an overview of college life, Adit also shared a story of his life as a student and gave learning tips until he succeeded in becoming one of the best graduates of UNAIR and achieve success in his career.
He encouraged all prospective students to plan life goals from the beginning. He said that he has a hobby in planning life since in the first year. This makes Adit able to achieve a vision and missions in an orderly manner.
“Write whatever you want to do, the target to be achieved. Second, maximize GPA in the first semester. When it is achieved, there is enthusiasm and opportunity to improve grades in the next semester, or even get a cum laude GPA, “Adit explained.
“After ‘ensuring’ a good GPA, then in the next semester we can develop ourselves more freely to participate in organizations and various competitions,” he added.
Adit added, the responsibility of Bidikmisi students is not only to the state or the government that directly provides education funding assistance. But also the responsibility to contribute to improving the living standards of people who indirectly contributed funds for their education.
In the end, Adit advised all prospective students to always maintain worship and respect both parents. It was one of the keys to success so that he was able to become an inspirational figure like today. (*)
Author: Zanna Afia Deswari
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
