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A total of 70 Animal Husbandry Engineers were inaugurated by the Dean of the UGM Faculty of Animal Science at the Inauguration ceremony (Odd Semester 2022/2023) which was held offline at Ghra Sabha Pramana, together with 422 engineers from the UGM Faculty of Engineering who were inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering UGM, as well as 53 engineers from the Faculty of Forestry UGM who were inaugurated by the Dean of the UGM Faculty of Forestry (10/1).
In this inauguration ceremony, 70 engineers were inaugurated from the Faculty of Animal Husbandry UGM, consisting of 4 engineers from the regular track and 66 engineers from the RPL track. The highest GPA for the RPL was achieved by Akhmad Sodiq with a GPA of 3.98. Meanwhile, the highest GPA from the regular track was achieved by Muhammad Zainal Abidin and Yogi Sidik Prasojo, who achieved a GPA of 3.98. Thus, the total number of Animal Science Engineer graduates from Faculty of Animal Science UGM is 520 alumni.
Apart from the official inauguration at Ghra Sabha Pramana, the inaugurated Animal Science Engineers also attended a graduation ceremony in Faculty of Animal Science UGM. In this release event, the profiles of each engineer were presented and also friendly relations with the leadership of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM.
Dean Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Prof. Ir. Budi Guntoro, S.Pt., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPU., ASEAN Eng., conveyed the importance of an engineering degree in his speech. “As an effort to ensure authority of Animal Science Bachelors, animal husbandry engineers will make the effort. “So that the Bachelor of Animal Science can be protected by the authority of an Engineer,” explained Prof. Budi Guntoro.
In line with Prof Budi Guntoro, Chair of the Animal Science Engineering Vocational Agency, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU., ASEAN Eng., conveyed the need to be part of livestock engineers. “One of PII’s programs is adding members as one of the Main Performance Indicators (IKU), through developing membership competencies,” explained Prof. Ali Agus.
It is expected that the increase in livestock engineers, with the PII platform, they will become more powerful and develop to answer challenges in the world of animal science. (Secretariat/Prisil)