BANDUNG, Telkom University – This week, 7,554 new students from Telkom University (Tel-U) have carried out the 2021 New Student Campus Life Introduction (PKKMB) activity, which began on September 13, 2021.
Friday, September 17, 2021, all new Tel-U students were officially inaugurated by the Rector of the Telkom University Senate, Dr. Ismail, in the Open Session of the Senate for Admission of New Telkom University Academic Years (TA) 2021/2022 online.
Telkom University Academic Director, Dr. Ahmad Rizal reported that this year all new students come from all provinces in Indonesia.
“Welcome to the best private campus in Indonesia, you are the best person who managed to get rid of more than 100 thousand applicants from Sabang to Merauke. By joining Telkom University, the Tel-U family is getting bigger, with a total of 32 thousand students,” he said.
Dr. Rizal said that the diversity of tribes, cultures that exist in Indonesia is also found at Telkom University, where it can be said that Telkom University is a miniature of Indonesia.
“Currently we (Tel-U) have accepted 7,554 students of which the number of students from Western Indonesia, namely Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, is 47 students, and those from Eastern Indonesia, namely Papua, are 29 students.” Obviously.
Rector of Telkom University, Prof. Dr. Adwijaya in his speech advised all new students of Tel-U, which in the 21st Century Education framework developed by the World Economic Forum, there are at least 16 skills that need to be mastered so that future generations can survive and succeed.
“These skills are divided into 3 major groups, namely basic literacy, competence, and character education. Now, we will only focus on aspects of competence known as the 4Cs, namely critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.” clear
The Rector explained that a critical mindset also needs to be applied so that students can train themselves to seek the truth from any information they get. These skills are indispensable to overcome the negative impact of access to unlimited information.
“Communication is defined as the ability to convey ideas and thoughts quickly, clearly, and effectively. What we need to realize is that in conveying something, we need to understand not only the content we want to convey but also we need to understand the context at which time and with whom we communicate,” he said.
Prof. Adiwijaya said that collaborative behavior is essential, to achieve the goals set together. The first point to note is that you have to trust each other, and believe that collaborating is practicing to develop the best solution that is acceptable to everyone in the group. Creativity can be interpreted as the ability to think outside the box without being limited by rules that tend to bind.
“After that, all of you continue to behave politely, don’t give up, and give your best to what you are going through. We (Tel-U) have a tagline to print the nation’s future, but it’s not just a tagline, but our commitment to creating a better future for the Indonesian nation through future Tel-U students,” he said.
In closing, Prof. Adiwijaya expressed his gratitude to the parents/guardians of Tel-U students who entrusted their children to study at Telkom University.
“Thanks to the parents/guardians of the students who trusted us, hopefully, we can together make our children a better future leader. And to new Tel-U students, welcome to Tel-U, welcome to higher education, God willing, in 3.5 or 4 years we will meet again at your graduation ceremony.” He said. (***)