From left to right Putri Zorrayya, Muhammad Sangaji and Suci Navasari. (Photo: Special)
The happy news was felt by the entire UMM IP Study Program family. In the national level debate competition held by the University of Muhammadiyah Sinjai on 17-19 December 2021 in Sinjai, South Sulawesi, UMM IP students achieved two proud achievements. First, the debate semifinalists, and second, the best Top Eight Papers.
The IP Study Program was represented by the Debate Team of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang Government Science Student Association (HIMAP UMM), Muhammad Salman Jabbar Sangaji, Putri Zorrayya Priyanti Noor, Suci Navasari. In the activity with the theme "Government Transformation, A Constructive Study of Policy in the Era of the Covid-19 and New Normal Pandemic," the debate teams from various universities throughout Indonesia were presented. Even though they did not get first place in the debate competition, the IP Debate Team achieved an extraordinary achievement and deserved to be appreciated.
As the Head of Study Program, Muhammad Kamil, S.IP., MA, expressed his happiness and pride for this achievement. Kamil, his nickname, stated that this is the fruit of students' hard work whom IP lecturers directly supervise. "We always motivate students to continue to work and excel in all kinds of activities. One of the academic culture goals that we have developed is to encourage students to develop themselves through competitions like this. Alhamdulillah, this is the umpteenth achievement for the IP family who continues to motivate us to keep moving forward, “said Kamil.
Similar pride was also conveyed by Putri Zoraya et al. "Of course we are still grateful even though we haven't won. We feel that we have done our best in preparing for this competition. Our article with the title "Policy Analysis of Jakarta Smart City towards Civil Society," which managed to pass the top 8 best papers, worked very seriously. There was a lot of experience, especially appropriate and critical scientific writing methods. Moreover, we were also guided and assisted directly by IP lecturers in the debate. The education, motivation, and mentoring helped us in this achievement," concluded Zoraya on behalf of her friends.
