Graduating from the Open University, Madiun Mayor and Tina Toon are awarded the title of honorary graduate

MidLand, Jakarta – Open University carry out the ceremony Graduation Period I Region 2 Academic Year 2023/2024 Tuesday, November 28, 2023. There were 2,064 graduates who were inaugurated, both in doctorate, master’s, bachelor’s, diploma and graduates of the Teacher Education Program (PPD) in Period 4.

UT Chancellor Ojat Darojat congratulated the graduates who graduated as strong independent students who participated in distance learning (PJJ) at UT. “The tenacity and dedication to solve all the problems during college led to the sweetness of graduating. You are all people who multitasking“You can split your time between college assignments, work, family or social life,” he said, quoted by the UT website, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.

Ojat also explained a number of benefits of studying at UT, particularly UT’s flexible learning system online learning, tuition fees are very affordable and the thing about UT is that it is very open to anyone, wherever they are. “UT is open to anyone who wants to continue their studies without having to go to campus, but UT is the one knocking on the doors,” she said.

Thanks to these advantages, according to Ojat, people are increasingly interested in studying. This can be seen from the number of active UT students in the odd semester of 2023 which reached 525,360 students.

“Most of them are from the younger generation, including the Millennial generation and Generation Z,” Ojat said. “For this reason, don’t pretend to be a millennial if you study on a conventional campus.”

Honorary graduate

This advantage is also felt by the mayor of Madiun Maidi. He was one of the graduates who completed their doctoral training in the Public Administration course of studies at that time. He also became the UT’s first doctor.

Maidi said she continued her studies at UT not only because the costs were affordable. According to him, UT is very open to anyone who wants to continue their studies in higher education, but has limitations in terms of distance, time and age.

“Anyone, anytime, anywhere, any age can study at UT. “I, who am old and busy with work, had the opportunity to study a doctorate and managed to finish it on time,” Maidi said.

Announcement

He also mentioned the quality of the professors and doctors at UT. “By paying only about 12 million per semester during my PhD, I was able to gain a lot of knowledge and advice that was very useful when making management decisions,” she said.

Maidi also thanked all the UT staff so that she could graduate as UT’s first Ph.D. “My impression as a former student is to be proud. While studying for a doctorate in public administration at UT as a Higher Education Institution for Legal Entities (PTNBH) it was a lot of fun,” she said.

Maidi also received an honorary graduate award. This is an award given to graduates who are public figures who are believed to have inspired and brought a positive impact on society due to the existence of UT.

In addition to Maidi, Agustina Hermanto aka Tina Toon also received the same award. The DKI DPRD member is a graduate of the Bachelor of Laws study program.

When given the opportunity to give her speech, Tina expressed her thanks to UT. “At UT you can study anytime, anywhere, at any age,” she said. “Learning is never too late, there is no age. UT is here for those of you who have limited time and distance.”

At this time of graduation, the best graduate with the title “With Commendations” was Rifqi Pratama (Diploma Program D-III, NIM 041794876) from UT Tarakan with the Taxation Study Program D-III. He graduated with a 3.90 GPA.

This graduation is also a special moment for UT because this year is the first year that UT is holding the PPG. Then, there was an inauguration session for the first graduates of PPG Daljab and Prajab programs. Currently, there are 83 graduates of PPG Daljab and this time 32 graduates attended Region 2 Period I graduation.

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