Universitas Gadjah Mada
Faculty of Economics and Business

The 2nd floor of the Grha Sabha Pramana regained its position to be the witness of the atmosphere of relief and happiness for the postgraduates of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). On Wednesday (20/7) as many as were graduated and declared to have passed the Graduation Ceremony of the Postgraduate Program Period IV for the Academic Year 2021/2022. The ceremony started at 09.00 WIB with the accompaniment of gamelan chanting, continued by Indonesia’s National Anthem “Indonesia Raya”, and Mars UGM. The ceremony continued with the opening by the Rector of UGM, Prof. dr. Ova Emilia, M.Med., Ed., Sp.OG(K)., Ph.D. Then, the ceremony continued with the reading and awarding of diplomas to the best graduates of each faculty.

At the graduation ceremony for the Period IV Academic Year 2021/2022, the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) successfully graduated 150 masters. The title of the best graduate from FEB was awarded to Alpha Alan Darma Saputra (MBA Jakarta 2020) who has finished his study at the Master of Management FEB UGM with a cumulative GPA of 3.96. After the reading of the best graduates, the ceremony continued with the awarding of diplomas for each graduate by the dean of each faculty, starting from the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing (FKKMK) to the Faculty of Dentistry (FKG).

At the end of the series of events, the graduation ceremony was also enlivened by songs by Chrisye, presented by Imel and Binar. The Rector of UGM, Prof. dr. Ova Emilia also sang the song "Indonesia Jaya" by Harvey Malaiholo, which was warmly celebrated by postgraduates.

We wish congratulations and success to postgraduates who have earned master's degrees. Hopefully we can always apply the UGM philosophy of "Locally Rooted Globally Respected" as well as contribute for the betterment of the nation and alma mater.

Reportage: Hayfaza Nayottama