– There are at least 39 Student Activity Units (UKM) at .The students can choose which one to follow according to their interests and talents.
There are many benefits of joining UKMs.Thus, this becomes important and necessary for the students themselves.
As organizations, UKMs accommodate and assist students in developing their interests and talents.Thus, their interests and talents can be devoted to the alma mater.
“UKMs have been a place for students to show their youth energy in a positive way,” said Bisma Brata Atmaja, Head of UNAIR UKM Communication Forum.
The energy that the youth possess is at the peak.Do not let it be channeled to negative activities that are not useful.Without realizing it, participating in activities in UKMs also help students in maintaining the association.In order not to fall into negative activity after college hours.
For new students, joining UKMs will help them adapt to new environments.Also, it becomes a mean of expanding sociability at the inter-faculty level.Not only a place to develop interest and talent, UKMs can also be a place to learn organization.
Universities, added Bisma, definitely pay attention to UKMs.Therefore, student achievement obtained also became one of the campus ranking indicators for Kemenristek Dikti version.
As of September 2017, there have been many achievements that UKMs made.There are already more than three hundred at the local, regional, national, and international levels.
Some of the prestigious international achievements that UKMs have achieved are Aus Verum’s choir competition in Austria, the Denali Summit achievement by Wanala, winning in international karate competition, Taekwondo UKM at Paku Alam X Yogyakarta Tea Kwondo International Championship 2017, the UKM Bridge won 2nd place in Asia representing the Indonesian national team in Seoul South Korea, and members of archery UKM who won gold medal achievement in Sea Games 2017.
There are still many other prestigious achievements that have been made.All can be achieved with the spirit of fighting and optimal cooperation.
