SABAKOTA.ID – The Widyatama University Leadership Meeting (Rapim), which is currently still ongoing in Pangandaran, West Java on Tuesday (01/11), discussed a number of ideas as strategies for the university’s development until 2030.
Widyatama University Rector Prof. Dr. Dadang Suganda outlined these strategic steps into eight stages or groups, ranging from academic development programs to programs for improving the quality of human resources, particularly lecturers.
Meanwhile, in implementing the government’s Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program, the rector conveyed the idea of the need to increase the number of MBKM activities carried out outside the campus.
According to him, this aims to integrate MBKM activities outside the campus carried out by Widyatama University with Community Service (PKM) activities that are periodically carried out by lecturers as an implementation of the Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi program.
Another objective of developing MBKM activities outside the campus, according to the rector, is to integrate PKM activities into Integrative PKM and recognize MBKM and PKM activities in relation to the Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi program at Widyatama University.
To support these activities, Prof. Dadang proposed a program in the form of more creative and varied MBKM activities that can be integrated with PKM activities. This certainly requires networking and collaboration between student activities and lecturer activities.
Meanwhile, in implementing the government’s Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program, the rector conveyed the idea of the need to increase the number of MBKM activities carried out outside the campus.
According to him, this aims to integrate MBKM activities outside the campus carried out by Widyatama University with Community Service (PKM) activities that are periodically carried out by lecturers as an implementation of the Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi program.
Another objective of developing MBKM activities outside the campus, according to the rector, is to integrate PKM activities into Integrative PKM and recognize MBKM and PKM activities in relation to the Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi program at Widyatama University.
To support these activities, Prof. Dadang proposed a program in the form of MBKM activities that are more creative and varied and can be integrated with PKM activities. This certainly requires networking and collaboration between student activities and lecturer activities.
In the future, it is necessary to ensure that MBKM activities outside the campus and PKM activities are carried out simultaneously and in an integrated manner so that both can achieve their objectives.
According to the Rector, in the future, both programs carried out by students and lecturers must be able to become more creative and varied MBKM and PKM activities.
Village Development Program
In another part of his presentation, Prof. Dadang Suganda also mentioned his hope that the university he leads will be able to create programs that will benefit small communities in rural areas.
To support this hope, it is necessary to develop a program called Widyatama Membangun Desa (Widyatama Building Villages). According to the rector, the program he designed aims to realize that the PKM program of Widyatama University, as a form of the Tridharma of Higher Education, can be felt by the people living in rural areas.
The ideas and concepts presented by the rector at the executive meeting immediately received responses from the meeting participants and were followed by discussions and comprehensive program planning.
A total of 82 leaders at Widyatama University continued to discuss each idea and concept that came not only from the rector but also from the vice rectors, deans, and heads and secretaries of each faculty.
