The Vocational Faculty of Universitas Brawijaya held a socialization of the National Achievement Center (Puspresnas) program and Indonesian Vocational Olympiad (OLIVIA) to encourage students to participate in the competition in the Postgraduate Building Hall, 7th Floor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Saturday (12/4/2025).
Vice Rector for Student Affairs, Alumni, and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Setiawan Noerdajasakti, SH., MH. said that his directorate would provide full support to students who would compete in the national and international arenas.
“Young students must be serious in competing since there is a big opportunity to become champions in every OLIVIA sub-field. UB has always won in various national competitions, therefore we will prepare thoroughly (UB contingent team) so that they can achieve maximum results in national and international competitions,” he said.
The OLIVIA socialization invited Prof. Dr. Agr. Hagus Tarno, SP., MP. who provided material on “Building Motivation towards achievement in the Puspresnas Program” on the sidelines of the activity.
The professor who was once an expert staff of VR III said that it is important to build motivation to compete as an initial step for students to be able to achieve in the internal campus and international scopes. “Motivation cannot appear suddenly but must be arranged and brought out from each individual, so here is a place to raise motivation from students to be able to participate in competitions at the national or international level,” he said.
This socialization also invited Rizal Ndaru and Diandra Paramitha, the 2023 Indonesian Vocational Olympiad Champions in the Creative Poster Financial Literacy field. They had the opportunity to share their experiences while participating in OLIVIA at Sebelas Maret State University.
They also shared tips and tricks to achieve maximum results in a prestigious competition such as Pimnas.
In 2025, UB will have the opportunity to host a prestigious competition initiated by the Indonesian Vocational College Forum (FPTVI). (FER/UB PR/ Trans. Iir).
