Yogyakarta, May 19, 2024 – Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held a Leadership School and Administration Workshop for Student Organizations with the theme “New Paradigm of Student Organizations at Universitas Gadjah Mada”. This activity took place on May 18th and 19th, 2024, at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM and Multimedia Room 1 of the UGM Main Office. Attended by more than 200 participants consisting of chairmen, vice chairmen / representatives, secretaries, and treasurers of student organizations at the university level and faculty level (student activity units, student communities, and faculty student executive boards), this activity aims to strengthen the role and capacity of student organization managers in leading and facing future challenges.
The event was started with remarks and hopes for student organizations to always support achievements and reputation and contribute positively to national development by the Vice Rector for Student Affairs, Community Service, and Alumni, Dr. Arie Sujito, S.Sos., M.Si. To realize these expectations, the speakers provided material related to UGM’s strategic plan regarding student affairs and the direction of student organization development, governance of student organization development, organizational management, student organization branding and publication, event management and sponsorship, student activity procedures, innovation, creativity, and curriculum preparation, internal quality audit of student organizations, information technology services and information systems, correspondence and official manuscripts, and student organization administration.
The participants enthusiastically followed all the materials and discussion sessions. They gained a lot of new knowledge and insights that can be applied to develop their respective organizations. Arju Ridho Maulana, the manager of Yacaranda Community, revealed that having this event increased the capabilities of student organization managers.
“The lessons are really amazing, can be understood and there are many useful takeaways. Furthermore, I will implement it in my own organization. It’s also great to get to know wonderful people, namely the leaders of student organizations in UGM, we can learn from each other and exchange ideas for us to implement together.” he said.
This year’s Leadership School and Administration Workshop for UGM Student Organizations is one of UGM’s commitments in supporting the development of student organizations. UGM continues to strive to support the student organization management so that it will always be inclusive, cultured, independent, and sustainable.