Climate change, future food crises, environmental restoration, and recent political events have drawn serious attention to integrity and morality among the nation’s youth.
On the other hand, the challenges posed by digital technology’s development also affect social life.
“One of the impacts of the euphoria surrounding the arrival of technological modernization is the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), which opens up new job opportunities but also risks reducing human labor in several modern industries,” said the Vice-Rector for Education and Teaching, Professor Wening Udasmoro
This speech was delivered during her speech at the Undergraduate and Applied Bachelor Graduation Ceremony on Thursday (Aug. 29) at Grha Sabha Pramana.
Addressing 1,823 graduates on the second day of the graduation ceremony, Professor Udasmoro emphasized that society is currently facing the post-truth era when digital technology can create its reality. This leads to a crisis of integrity and morality, which presents a new challenge for developing educated human resources in this country.
“In the post-truth era, knowledge is no longer valued as part of the human life process, and even science with a moral dimension has almost disappeared,” she stated.
Professor Udasmoro remarked that the quality of human resources is closely related to moral attitudes and integrity in creating excellent human resources. At this point, she explained, universities play a crucial role as one of the front lines in planning the nation’s future.
According to the vice-rector, future challenges can serve as a reflection for UGM graduates on how they will contribute as agile, creative, and innovative actors in the development of the global ecosystem.
“It is time for all of you to contribute to nation-building, equipped with the competencies and knowledge you have acquired. Use your knowledge to engage with society through professional work, producing tangible innovations and creations to achieve sustainable development,” she said.
On the second day, of one thousand eight hundred twenty-three graduates, 1,331 were from eight faculties: the Faculty of Geography, Forestry, Social and Political Sciences, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Law, Philosophy, and Cultural Sciences.
Meanwhile, 495 graduates were from the Applied Bachelor Program at the Vocational College, and an additional three graduates from the previous period also joined this ceremony.
The average length of study for graduates in this period was four years and one month, with the fastest completion achieved by Finessa Meutia Kamila and Nafisah Diva Arrosyid from the Food Technology and Agricultural Products Study Program, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, and Fadhilah Fikriyanti Putri from the Biology Study Program, Faculty of Biology, with a study duration of 3 years, four months, and five days.
The average age of undergraduate graduates was 22 years, six months, and 15 days, with the youngest being Mia Yunita from the Veterinary Medicine Study Program, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, who completed her studies at 20 years, one month, and eight days.
The average GPA for graduates in this third period was 3.60. Graduates with honors numbered 2,253 (72.10 percent), while 804 graduates (25.73 percent) earned a Very Satisfactory predicate, 46 graduates (1.47 percent) earned a Satisfactory predicate, and 22 graduates (0.70 percent) graduated without a predicate.
This period saw four graduates achieving the highest GPA of 3.97, all with honors. The four graduates were Naura Hidayat from the Medicine Study Program, the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing; Mutiara Destyana Safitri from the Nutrition Study Program, the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing; Daniella Nadia Prijadi from the Chemical Engineering Study Program, the Faculty of Engineering; and Finessa Meutia Kamila, from the Food Technology and Agricultural Products Study Program, the Faculty of Agricultural Technology.
For the Applied Bachelor Program in this period, the average study duration was three years and 11 months, with the fastest completion achieved by Dwi Lestari from the Electrical Engineering Technology Study Program, Vocational College, who completed her studies in 3 years, seven months, and nine days.
The average age of Applied Bachelor graduates was 22 years, six months, and 15 days, with the youngest graduate being Ingrid Rorez from the Internet Engineering Study Program, Vocational College, who completed her studies at 20 years, 11 months, and 11 days.
The average GPA was 3.70, with 415 graduates (83.84 percent) earning honors and 80 graduates (16.16 percent) earning the Very Satisfactory predicate. Raden Ayu Elita Putri achieved this period’s highest GPA of 3.96 with honors.
Author: Agung Nugroho
Photographer: Firsto
Post-editor: Afif