ENCOURAGING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, ALMA ATA UNIVERSITY PGSD STUDY PROGRAMME ORGANISES A DISSEMINATION OF STUDENT CREATIVITY PROGRAMMES (PKM) 2022

S1 Alma Ata Elementary School Teacher Education – Tuesday 08 March 2022, the Student Association (HIMA) of the Undergraduate PGSD Study Programme held an online PKM dissemination. The theme raised in the dissemination event this time was “PGSD Builds Creativity”. This PKM Dissemination activity itself has objectives including; 1) Provide an overview of the Student Creativity Programme and all its schemes; 2) Fostering creativity skills and student interest in participating in PKM; 3) Producing quality PKM towards PIMNAS 2022. In addition to these objectives, another goal of this activity is as a forum for discussion or sharing sessions to upgrade themselves and explore the potential of students. The speakers in this activity were Dr Andi Wahyudi, M.Pd as plt. Head of Prodi S-1 PGSD, Ruwet Rusiyono, S.Pd., M.Pd, as coordinator of student affairs of Prodi S-1 PGSD, and An-Nisa Apriani, S.Pd., M.Pd as coordinator of research and community service. In the final activity after the General Material Exposure session led by the Alma Ata University PGSD Lecturers, the following activity was a presentation carried out by Asti Nurvirginiawati (PGSD Student Class of 2018) and Fika Fa’aliyatul Azizah (PGSD Student Class of 2019) from Alma Ata University who received programme funding in the previous year. According to their experience during their participation in PKM, this programme actually provides several benefits, such as opportunities to learn new things, improve experience and networking, experience real activities in the field, and participate in solving problems in the community. On this occasion, several tips for winning PKM funding were also conveyed, including determining an interesting title, consulting with lecturers, preparing a realistic funding plan, and using a writing format that is following PKM guidelines.