The Department of Agricultural Microbiology held a podcast, titled “Exploring the Agricultural Microbiology Department,” which was broadcasted on the social media program Sapa Faperta on Friday, March 8, 2024. The podcast aimed to introduce the Department of Agricultural Microbiology to prospective new students of the Agricultural Microbiology Study Program, who are predominantly high school students. The hosts of the podcast were Khalid Wirawan, a student from State High School 1 Teladan Yogyakarta, and Angie Ira, a student from SMF Indonesia Yogyakarta. The speakers included Ir. Donny Widianto, Ph.D., the Chairperson of the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Rizky Octavya, a student from the 2020 class of Agricultural Microbiology and former chairperson of PERMAHAMI, and Severinus Adrian, a new student from the 2023 class of Agricultural Microbiology.
The hosts engaged in dialogue with the speakers on various interesting topics to delve deeper into the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, such as the learning atmosphere and workload in Agricultural Microbiology, what is studied in the Agricultural Microbiology Study Program, and unique aspects that characterize the Agricultural Microbiology Study Program. The lively dialogue between the hosts and speakers aimed to enrich the understanding of prospective new students about Agricultural Microbiology, which has many unique features, such as students not only coming from high schools with a focus on natural sciences, alumni of Agricultural Microbiology not only pursuing careers in laboratories, the presence of an International Undergraduate Class to facilitate students who want to study with an international language of instruction, and much more. The podcast was broadcasted live on the Media Faperta UGM YouTube channel and the video can be rewatched through the following link: http://ugm.id/MengulikDepartemenMikrobiologiPertanianUGM.
This synergy is a strong evidence to achieve the goal of SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
Let’s watch the podcast video to get to know the Department of Agricultural Microbiology better!