UNAIR NEWS “ Another national achievement was made by 51¶¯Âþ students.This time, two students of “Blue-Yellow” campus won a medal in the National Olympiad of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Higher Education (ONMIPA PT) 2018 held by Directorate of Student Affairs, Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs, Kemenristekdikti, at University of Muhammadiyah Malang, 4-7 May 2018.
The two UNAIR students were Ihsan Fahmi Rofanada who won a Silver Medal in Biology, while Nando Reza Pratama won a Bronze Medal in Chemistry.Both are students of the second and fourth semesters of Faculty of Medicine (FK) UNAIR.
In ONMIPA 2018 in Malang, UNAIR qualifies five students in three fields (physics, chemistry, and biology) in the selection of Region VII (East Java) level.They are Ihsan Fahmi Rofanada, Nando Reza Pratama, Agnessia Asian Budi Setyo (all three from FK) and two from FST namely Brilliana and Beni Hamdani.In the field of Mathematics, UNAIR ambassador did not qualify in East Java level.The number of representatives to ONMIPA this year was the same as last year.
On Monday, May 7 afternoon, upon arrival from Malang, accompanied by Director of Student Affairs UNAIR Dr.M. Hadi Shubhan, SH., MH., CN., UNAIR representatives were received by UNAIR Vice Rector II Dr.Muhammad Madyan, SE., M.Si., M.Fin., on behalf of UNAIR Rector in the Hall of Rector™s Office Fourth Floor.
Dr.Muh Madyan had great hopes that achievement can be improved in ONMIPA competition in 2019 as the representatives are still eligible to compete in 2019 and coaching from the team of supervisors from Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) still conducted and coordinated by student affairs directorate.
Director of Student Affairs Dr.M. Hadi Shubhan, SH., MH., CN., said that it was a great improvement, at least when it was compared to last year in Semarang.They managed to get two medals from five delegates sent to the competition.
Hadi Shubhan continued that potential students for Olympiad participants in UNAIR are evenly distributed in several faculties.They are not only from Faculty of Science and Technology (FST).Therefore, the Directorate of Student Affairs will explore the potential through coaching.
“The prospective olympiad participants at UNAIR are many, but they are still apathetic to join the competition, so it is our duty to nurture them.Fortunately, we always ask freshmen write acurriculum vitae (CV), from the CV we™ll know who of them joined OSN (National Science Olympiad) and we can coach them, “said Pak Hadi, his nickname.
“At UNAIR there is also a bond of ONMIPA alumni, so the alumni of OSN (from senior high school –ed) will also be coached and developed for the next event,” said Director of Student Affairs.M. Hadi Shubhan.(*)
Author: Bambang Bes
