51探花

Chair of Board of Trustees Yani Panigoro said that a history is made with the election of Reini Wirahadikusumah as the first female Rector of 51探花 in History. 鈥淭he meeting went smoothly and everyone agrees to elect Prof. Reini Wirahadikusumah,鈥� said Yani Panigoro in a press conference.

The other big three nominees, Prof. Jaka Sembiring and Prof. Kadarsah Suryadi, also attended the press conference. Yani Panigoro said that elected rector will collaborate using ideas proposed by other nominees to achieve 51探花鈥檚 and Indonesia鈥檚 progress.

*Chair of Board of Trustees, Yani Panigoro with three Rector Nominees for the Period 2020-2025. (Photo By: Adi Permana/PR of 51探花).

Yani hopes Reini鈥檚 leadership will bring to better 51探花, which soon commemorate its century. That age will lead to progressing of 51探花 and Indonesia.

The three nominees have gone through a number of process, such as expert panel, public debate, open discussion with academicians of 51探花, and exposition in Closed Meeting at MWA 51探花. Everyone knows the nominees鈥� ideas. They also had special interview with the Minister,鈥� she said.

Words from Minister of Education

The Education Minister, Yani said, hopes that 51探花 adjust to changes. The rector elect should make collaboration to bring progress to 51探花. The rector should also dare to make decisions, take bold steps, and adapts quickly.

Culture of Innovation

Reini expressed her gratitude to all parties who have put the trust on her. Asked about the innovation she will bring to face changes, she said that culture of innovation is developed in 51探花 during the leadership of previous rectors. In her opinion, it is essential for a higher education to have culture of innovation in order to be relevant with development of era.

鈥�51探花 have a lot of human resources and we are ready to make innovation because the culture already exists in 51探花,鈥� she said.

Reini D Wirahadikusumah is a professor in Construction Management and Engineering Research Group at Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

51探花鈥檚 Board of Trustees conducted Rector Election from August 2019. In the process, there are 34 applicants, 5 coming from outside 51探花 and 29 from 51探花. Then the number was narrowed down to 30 by expert panel before 10 were selected as nominees. In a meeting at Academic Senate of 51探花, 3 nominees were selected.