18 UMN Students Ready to Fly to Some of The Best Universities Abroad In The 2022 IISMA Program

TANGERANG – Several Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN) leaders will officially release 18 UMN students participating in the 2022 Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) student exchange program.

Before leaving for their respective universities abroad. Several UMN leaders, Dr. Ninok Leksono (Rector), Dr. Friska Natalia (Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs), Ir. Andrey Andoko (Vice Chancellor for General Administration and Finance), Ika Yanuarti (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), Bobby Arianto (UMN Global Office Manager), and 18 students who took part in the IISMA 2022 program gathered together for a few words of advice at once for an official release before departing to start the IISMA 2022 program.

“With this afternoon’s event, I officially discharge through hope and prayer, and I hope that all of you UMN students can go through this program as well as possible. Do your best, and when you’d return, we can gather again and exchange experiences, sharing what has been gained from 4-6 months living abroad,” Ninok said.

IISMA is a government scholarship program under the Independent Learning Independent Campus (Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka/MBKM) program which funds students to study, experience the country’s culture, improve skills, and seek new experiences abroad for one semester (4-6 months) at partner universities. The IISMA program covers registration and tuition fees, an arrival allowance, pocket money, emergency funds, travel expenses, health insurance, quarantine fees, and PCR costs.

Therefore, from this opportunity, UMN, through the Global Office division, faculties, study programs, and the academic community, always tries to encourage and guide its students to develop competencies and promote academic freedom for UMN students.

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A total of 18 UMN students have successfully joined the IISMA 2022 program, and all of them in August – October will go to well-known universities in various countries, such as Italy, Australia, England, South Korea, Germany, Ireland, Hungary, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

The following is the list of UMN students who have successfully received the IISMA 2022 scholarship:

1. Felicia Greta Tanjaya (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Korea University, South Korea
2. Christopher Leondra Widjaja (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Centro de Lenguas Modernas de la Universidad de Granada, Spain
3. Sharon Tanaya (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
4. Cindy (Department of Visual Communication Design) to University of Glasgow, UK
5. Maria Joscelyn Prabowo (Department of Visual Communication Design) to University of Sydney, Australia
6. Jovinka Kelsey (Department of Management) to Hanyang University (Seoul Campus), South Korea
7. Maria Oktaviana (Department of Journalism) to Hanyang University (Seoul Campus), South Korea
8. Aiko Komala (Department of Visual Communication Design) to the University of Padua, Italy
9. Nathasya Aprilia Tsamara Wahyu Kusumawardhani (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Sapienza University Rome, Italy
10. Theressa Aify Wardojo (Department of Film & Animation) to University College Dublin, Ireland
11. Thirza Nathania Toni (Department of Strategic Communication) to University of York, UK
12. Nadia Wirawendra Kusumoprojo (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Pécs University, Hungary
13. Veronica (Department of Visual Communication Design) to the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
14. Jeslyn Yolanda (Department of Strategic Communication) to National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Technology), Taiwan
15. Shiphra Claudia (Department of Visual Communication Design) to University of Szeged, Hungary
16. Aliya Azzahra (Department of Visual Communication Design) to Korea University, South Korea
17. Yuki Sabrina Nakaya (Department of Information Systems) to Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
18. Irene Glory Santoso (Department of Strategic Communication) to The Australian National University, Australia.

Although these 18 awardees of IISMA UMN will study abroad for one semester, Dr. Friska Natalia again reminded them to fill out their Study Plan Card (Kartu Rencana Studi/KRS) so that the credits taken at the host universities can be converted into the study programs at UMN.

“Be active as a student. Try registering for an organization or event so that you’ll gain plenty of valuable experience that can be shared. Take care of your health too, bring your medical supplies, keep up the progress, and keep in contact with parents and the global office. So we also know your progress and situation there,” Ika Yanuarti said.

Before closing the event, there were also messages from the awardee’s parents, one of which was Bayu (father of Maria Oktaviana), who also represented all IISMA 2022 awardee parents. He expressed his gratitude for the opportunity given to the children. He hoped that all of them would be able to leave and finish their study for one semester abroad smoothly and be granted health, happiness, and safely return.

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The ceremony was then closed with a group photo session. Bobby Arianto, Manager of the Global Office, also completed the event by saying, “I hope everything goes smoothly, always in good health, and with satisfying results for all of us.”

By Iglo Montana | UMN News Service

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

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