Faculty of Animal Science of IPB Called Its Alumni to Return Home

Faculty of Animal Science of Bogor Agricultural University called its alumni to return home to campus in the event of Returning Home Day on September 2013.  “We hope the alumni of Faculty of Animal Science of IPB return home to give contribution of ideas and inputs for the advancement of the national farm,” said Iyep Komara, the Responsible Person of Stand Himpunan Alumni Peternakan (Hanter) at the 7th Agrinex Expo in Jakarta Convention Center.  Activities featuring a variety of agricultural excellence of Indonesia were organized by IPB in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of RI and Performax on 5 to 7 April 2013.

 

Feedback and contribution of ideas of HANTER were badly needed by Faculty of Animal Science of IPB in order to develop and improve educational curriculum for a relevant farm to the latest development. “We want to constantly update the curriculum to suit the needs of the farm market or society. In the course of Returning Home Day we draw on a variety of inputs from alumni to become the soft skill and hard skill references of students of IPB,” he said.  On Returning Home Day, it was also done the raising funds for scholarships for students of the Faculty of Animal Science of IPB who were economically underprivileged.

 

In the event of this 7th Agrinex Expo, the Stand  Hanter showed various range of products created by students and alumni of Faculty of Animal Science IPB fresh graduate  like honey, omega three eggs, canned beef rendang, chicken and mutton, egg shell handicraft, silkworm cocoon, goat hair yarn, and so on. According to Iyep, it was intentionally done to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of academics and alumni of Faculty of Animal Science of IPB, while also helping to market the products worked by academicians of IPB. (ris)