Rousing! That is one word that can describe the series of top events of the 56th FIA UB Anniversary yesterday, Saturday (15/10). Dozens of FIA UB alumni across generations from various cities in Indonesia gathered to attend the "2016 FIA UB Alumni Summit" which was held in the Hall of Building C, 3rd floor.
The excitement of the day began with an interactive dialogue entitled "Reactualization of the Role of Alumni in the Future Development of FIA UB". In the dialogue moderated by Dr. Riyanto, M.Hum (Director of UBTV and Lecturer of FIA UB) and Topan (Comedian-Culturalist of East Java), seven successful alumni were asked to convey their thoughts and success stories to hundreds of students and lecturers who were present. The seven people were Dr. Idrus (Regional Secretary of Malang City), Prof. Dr. Mas'ud Said (Expert Staff of the Indonesian Minister of Social Affairs), Heri Sudarmanto (Director General of Manpower Development and Placement, Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia), Sis Apik Wijayanto (Director of Bank Rakyat Indonesia), Diana Hadi (Senior Vice President, Bank Mandiri), Totok Suryanto (Deputy Editor of TvOne), and Makhlus Sadat (National Entrepreneur). Another successful alumni, Eddy Rumpoko (Mayor of Batu), was also present during the event, but had to leave due to work schedules elsewhere.
The presence of dozens of alumni from the class of 1979 to the 2000s was also used to elect the chairman of the UB FIA Alumni Association (IKA UB) Commissariat of FIA UB. After the interactive dialogue, the alumni held a meeting to determine who had the right to occupy the position of Head of IKA UB Commissariat of FIA UB for the 2016-2017 period. In a recent discussion, the alumni forum agreed on the re-election of Sri Haryati alias Dida (class of 1984) as Head of IKA UB Commissariat of FIA UB. Furthermore, Dida was given the mandate to perfect alumni data across generations.
In the evening, the alumni and their extended family of FIA UB and residents around the campus were treated to shadow puppet entertainment. What's special is that the play that was performed was sung by the puppeteers of UB's big family, including Dalang Ki Arik Prasetya, Ph.D (Lecturer of FIA UB) and Dalang Ki Surachman (Student and Alumni Staff of FIA UB).
Coverage Team:
Article: Aulia Luqman Aziz
Photo: A. Khoirul Amin/Aulia Luqman Aziz
