IPB Students Brought Up the Cup of Kemilau Rafflesia Inisiator 2018
Proud achievement was successfully obtained by seven Students of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). The seven students of IPB brought up three champions in the competition of national student debates and essays. Two teams won second and third place in the national education debate competition, and one IPB delegation won two essay contests on the agenda of Kemilau Rafflesia Initiator held at the University of Bengkulu on 22-23 February.
IPB delegates in this competition consisted of two debating teams, namely Randi Firman Syah, Futiha Hikmatul Husna, and Langit Biru, with another team namely Sandi Fantea, Rudi Wibowo, and Zulfa Fauziah. And one delegation for essay namely Muhammad Firman Ardiansyah. The Kemilau Rafflesia Inisiator is an annual event held by Bengkulu University. This year, the event was joined by Indonesian students from various national universities.
The success of IPB students in this competition is simply and solely because their efforts and prayers. In the debate competition, they must be able to set aside other teams to get ahead and survive in the final round. In the essay contest, IPB delegates must present their essay ideas in front of the jury.
"This competition is quite challenging and very impressive. We struggled in achieving cohesiveness to work together in teams. Alhamdulillah, all the IPB delegates can successfully bring the champions cup on this agenda," said Zulfa, one of the IPB delegates.
Some of them often participate and win the debate contest at the national level, although the theme in the debate competition is not in accordance with the field they are occupying.
"We are excited to participate in this competition, even though we are IPB students from various departments, we are challenged to argue and think critically about education. We should read and hone skill more, especially in public speaking, critical thinking, and intelligence," said Randi as a participant of this national debate contest. (TK)
