PPSMB Permadani is part of PPSMB UGM in Faculty Level of Vocational College. This year, PPSMB Permadani 2020 themed “Kontribusi Vokasi Inspirasi untuk Negeri”
Angelita Wibowo, as the Chair of PPSMB Permadani 2020 Committee conveyed the aim of PPSMB Permadani was to introduce the new students of Vocational College to the campus environment, especially during this pandemic, students couldn’t come directly to campus. Besides, this activity also aimed to introduce vocationalism, instill character of social sensitivity and environmental awareness. “In general, the activity consists of an online seminar, question and answer session with the speakers, FGD, discussion and introduction to vocational college in general. PPSMB Permadani can be watched live streaming via Sekolah Vokasi UGM Youtube channel,” added the student from the class of 2018 of D3 Accounting, Department of Economics and Business.
This activity was divided into Faculty level and Cluster level. There were 5 Cluster level of PPSMB, namely Bhinneka Cluster for Department of Machine Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, and Department of Geo Technology; Improvisasi Cluster for Department of Economic and Business; Lentera Budaya Cluster for Department of Languages, Arts, and Culture Management; Metamorv Cluster for Department of Health Information and Services, and Department of Biological and Veterinary Technology; and Universal Cluster for Department of Electrical Engineering and Informatics.
This year, PPSMB Permadani raised the theme of “Kontribusi Vokasi Inspirasi untuk Negri”. Through this theme, it was hoped that the new student of the Vocational College later can be reliable practitioner, who can go directly to the community to give their best contribution to solve current state problems, and then, inspire all young people in Indonesia to contribute. Technically, the implementation of PPSMB Permadani 2020 was different from the previous years. This was the first year the PPSMB Permadani has been implemented online. The method in delivering the material used was more or less the same as other PPSMB activities which was flip learning or blended learning, combination of synchronous and asynchronous. In the synchronous method, the media used wereWebex, Google Meet, and also Zoom. Meanwhile, in the asynchronous method, the media used were WhatsApp, eLOK, and independent tasks.
The activity which was held on Saturday, September 12th, 2020, was attended by 1160 of 1488 new students of Vocational College. Meanwhile, 328 of them were new students who were students of the transfer program, and were not participating in the PPSMB Permadani.