Director General of Higher Education, Research and Technology Prof. Ir. Nizam, M.Sc., DIC., Ph.D advised 1,127 graduates of the Jakarta Veterans National Development University (UPNVJ) to uphold their good name and participate in advancing their alma mater and become sons and daughters who make their parents proud.
“Show that the prayers of parents have been fulfilled by the success of their sons and daughters. Now is the right time for you to bow down in front of your parents and promise to be good sons and daughters and be proud of the competence you have after graduating from UPNVJ," said Prof. Nizam in his remarks at the UPNVJ 68th Graduation Ceremony which was held at the Jakarta Convention Center, South Jakarta, Tuesday (29/3/2022).
Prof. Nizam said that the provisions obtained from lecturers while studying on campus would not be sufficient when graduates enter the world of work. Therefore, graduates must continue to hone their abilities and increase their capital, both emotional, skills, and others.
According to him, the progress of the State Defense Campus is in the hands of the graduates who uphold the good name of their alma mater and achieve success as UPNVJ alumni wherever they are.
"Uphold the good name of the alma mater, the progress of UPNVJ is your responsibility. Hopefully there will be a day when you come back with success stories for the achievements you achieved later," he said.
UPNVJ inaugurated 1,127 graduates consisting of 76 graduates from the D-3 program, 821 graduates from the S-1 program, 49 graduates from the Masters program, and 181 graduates from the professional program. In the event, UPNVJ Chancellor Dr. Erna Hernawati, Ak., CPMA, CA, CGOP also conveyed developments at the State Defense Campus.
The Chancellor said that UPNVJ continues to improve the quality and quantity of student learning. One of them is by trying to increase the number of doctoral level lecturers so that it reaches 50 percent of the number of lecturers.
"Currently there are 118 lecturers with PhD level education and 65 currently in their education period, so that the total will be 33.5 percent of the number of lecturers," he said.
In addition, improving the quality and quantity of education at UPNVJ is also carried out by trying to achieve international accreditation and adding new study programs. The Chancellor said that currently 10 study programs are being prepared to obtain Foundation For International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) accreditation, four study programs are being prepared to obtain international accreditation Akcreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik ( ASIIN), and the opening of the program specialist studies in the Faculty of Medicine.
The Chancellor said UPNVJ also continues to encourage and develop student achievements, both in the academic and non-academic fields at the national and international levels.
"The proud news is that UPNVJ students have won student achievements on a national scale as many as 298 students and on an international scale as many as 55 students. As many as eight students passed the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) program to study for one semester at various well-known universities abroad," said the Chancellor.
In the non-academic field, the Chancellor said several UPNVJ students also won achievements, including winning medals in the XX National Sports Week (PON) in Papua.