General Secretary of Muhammadiyah Central Executive Prof. Dr. Abdul Mu’ti, M.ED, expressed his pride for Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, which has made achievements that are not only superior on the national level but have excelled on the international stage.
“On behalf of ourselves and PP Muhammadiyah, we congratulate in particular the Rector of UMSU, Prof. Dr. Agussani, MAP, for the achievements that have earned international recognition. Also, congratulations to the graduates and parents,” he said while attending the graduation ceremony on the second day of period II 2022 UMSU, Tuesday (13/12). As a result, 787 graduates out of 2,357 attended the second day of the UMSU graduation.
Next, Prof. Mu’ti invited the graduates to be satisfied as scientists, intellectuals, and scholars and become intellectuals and graduates.
He quoted Dr. Shari’ati’s thoughts in his book The Duty of Muslim Scholars that the intellectual level is a human being who has explicit knowledge, ideology, and principles and tries to make changes in society with his knowledge and knowledge and has integrity and excellence.
“Human scholars are indispensable in this age.”
According to Prof. Mu’ti, working anywhere is good because the work is noble as long as it is carried out sincerely and is part of worship.
Prof. Mu’ti said that in the current technological era, graduates need to apply a growth mindset philosophy of thinking, not a fixed mindset, to be more optimistic and thrive in the future. Quoting Carol S. Dweck’s theory in her book Growth Mindset, whatever our IP and whatever is achieved with that IP, everything is still helpful for our future. This means that the current situation is capital for the future.
“Therefore, let us think in a Growth Mindset and do not think in a Fix Mindset,” he said.
Community Support
Previously, the Rector of UMSU, Prof. Dr. Agussani, MAP, said that the achievements and progress of UMSU were inseparable from the support of the community, academics, and the Muhammadiyah Association. For that, he expressed gratitude for the trust given. UMSU is determined to answer the challenges and competition in the world of education and work, which are not accessible.
UMSU, Agussani, will continue to strive to make giant leaps in preparing infrastructure and human resources so that they can work together with leading universities, both nationally and internationally, to produce graduates who excel, compete and play a positive role in society.
According to Prof. Agussani, UMSU has opened several new study programs, including the Astronomy Study Program, Data Science Study Program, and Islamic Religious Education Masters Study Program. Especially the Astronomy Study Program to realize the demands for pure science in this era.
While the Secretary of Kopertais Wil. IXDr. ZuLkarnain, MA, said he believed UMSU graduates had won the trust of the community and the world of work, which was not easy at this time because the potential and relationships that UMSU had built with institutions and the world of education were multiplying. At the same time, he motivated graduates to continue building relationships/friendships with anyone to be successful in life and career.
On the sidelines of the event, the Rector, Prof. Agussani, together with General Secretary of PP Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Abdul Mu’ti, M.Ed and Branch Manager of PT Mega Syariah Pinta Naila Lubis, gave awards in the form of coaching money and scholarships to two outstanding students from the Faculty of Islamic Religion, MTQ winners in North Sumatra, Nurjannah Adila and National MTQ winners, M.Daud Sitorus.
