USU PR - Rector of the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) Dr. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si., officially opened the Vice Rector Meeting for Student Affairs throughout Indonesia on Friday (10/29/2021) at the USU Auditorium Building as part of the 34th National Student Scientific Week (PIMNAS). The vice Rectors attended the activity for student affairs at universities throughout Indonesia.

At the meeting, the USU rector said that this workshop was a communication forum for providing references and input related to campus policies. He emphasized that each university has its way of managing the student field.

"Each university has its way of managing the field of student affairs. There will be an exchange of information, sharing experience, and sharing knowledge through this gathering. From that, it can be a reference for us to be able to set policies related to student affairs," the USU Rector said.

He realized that universities today face many obstacles. He discussed implementing the Independent Learning-Independent Campus program launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Research and Technology.

"Currently, we are facing many obstacles. One of them is the implementation of the MBKM program. We have heard that there will be many obstacles in the early years of this implementation. We can discuss the acceleration of solving each of these obstacles through the workshop," he said.

Cooperation between universities must continue to be improved and reformulated by uniting thoughts and perceptions between universities. Collaborative virtual education spaces within the tri dharma corridor must be built and rearranged by utilizing all available resources in each university.

According to him, practicing lecturers as a mandate in implementing the MBKM program requires appropriate handling and policies. Not without reason, the presence of practitioner lecturers certainly requires a different approach, considering they are practitioners from various agencies.

"We must also treat this practitioner lecturer wisely. Practicing lecturers in the MBKM program are expected to provide students with knowledge. However, in practice, we need to discuss this to guide practitioner lecturers," he continued.

Muryanto emphasized that the implementation of the MBKM had an impact on the implementation of PIMNAS. According to him, the implementation of MBKM increases students' knowledge, which they can later use to develop ideas and contest ideas at PIMNAS.

"Through MBKM, students will gain a lot of knowledge. This knowledge is to increase student innovation, which they can put into the form of ideas and ideas to be contested at PIMNAS," he said. (©ULC)

Author: Renny Julia Harahap, Roni Hikmah Ramadhan - Humas

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