“I am very grateful to be given the opportunity to graduate from Universitas Diponegoro. I gain many valuable lessons both moral and knowledge. I remember when I wanted to take part in the competition in semester 1, either the lecturers, faculties or even the rectorate gave full support. One thing I know to describe my experience is that Undip’s name will always be part of my identity. When I took part in competitions for scholarships or conference events, I was always asked which university I came from, and I answered confidently, Undip. This big name makes me proud. Hopefully, I can still make my beloved alma mater Undip proud of me” said Tjen Maurilia, a student of the Department of Communication Science, Faculty of Social Science and Political Science and also the 167th graduate of Universitas Diponegoro with a GPA of 4.00.

Tjen had the opportunity to take part in internships at several Fin-tech companies and was part of 180 Degrees Consulting Undip as Co-Founder and Board of Director for Marketing and Knowledge. The competitions he has won include Finalist of The 7th Padjajaran Public Relations Fair 2018 – Padjajaran University, November 2018; 1st Winner of Journalist Video Competition “Raise Tourism Through Journalism”, October, 2018; 1st Winner of Indonesia Debating Championship (Province) – Ristekdikti – June, 2019; 3rd Best Speaker of Indonesia Debating Championship (Province) – Ristekdikti – June, 2019; Finalist of National Essay Competition – UNESA, September, 2019; Top 50 of Student Exchange to Japan – Intercultural Youth Program 2, November 2019; Gold Medal in Advanced Innovation Global Competition-Nanyang Technological University Singapore, November, 2019; 1st winner of Strategic Research – Gadjah Mada University, 2019; 3rd Runner Up of National Public Relations Competition – Widya Mandala University – February, 2020; 3rd Winner of Essay Competition – Bogor Agricultural University, April, 2020; 1st winner of The Most Outstanding Student (Mapping) – Diponegoro University, June, 2020; Top 7 of English Speech Competition – Australia Indonesia Youth Association – July, 2020; Verbal Commendation for Asia Youth Model United Nation- International Global Network-November, 2020; Awarded from Kids Right Change Maker from Netherland, a social instutions to support education project in Indonesia – December, 2020 – February, 2021; Mentor at Students Catalyst for self-development (national scale) – December 2020 until now; Selected for following NTNU (Norwegian University of Technology and Science) Winter Workshop talking about Media and Disinformation “Fake News” – February, 2021; Brand Ambassador of Paragon Technology – February, 2021; and 1st winner of Media Matter Competition to create Mock Up Digital Story Telling – University of Indonesia – April, 2021.

“The opportunity to be able to continue my education at the university level, especially if it provides a platform to develop soft skills and hard skills, is something to be grateful for. Therefore, I hope that my colleagues and myself will always maintain integrity and honesty in the world of education. Not only that, we can practice the education we get in class directly and we practise it through various existing organizations and also other positive student activities,” she said. (Lin-PR)

Source: undip.ac.id