Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang (Unimma) won three accomplishments on Monday-Tuesday (19-20/12). This achievement Unima received in the National Gathering (SILAT) of the Association of Communication Science Department in Muhammadiyah and ‘Aisyiyah Higher Education Institutions (APIK PTMA). Unimma sent their delegation that consisted of three students and one lecturer from the Communication Science department. Located in Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo (Umsida), they competed to bag the prize.

There were five categories of competition, consisting of Tik Tok Competition, Digital Journalism, News Anchor, Photography Competition, and Public Relations. From five categories, Unimma won second place in the Photography Competition with Muhammad Yoga Pratama as the delegation, the first favourite place achieved by Vina Rizky Nahari, and the second favourite place achieved by Fauzy Pratama Putra.

In an interview, Yoga expressed his gratitude to achieve second place in the international scale competition. “I have a lot of experience and networking from various delegations who have a great passion for photography and videography,” he said. This achievement also became the first international achievement for the Communication department of Unimma. 

2022 SILAT APIK also consisted of several series of activities, including the international seminar of “The Challenges of Digital Communication in The New Normal Era”, and Youth Communication Day conferences and workshops. Also attending as a speaker, Prof. Widodo Muktiyo from the Muhammadiyah Council for Higher Education, Research and Development (Diktilitbang) attended in Umsida. Besides Prof. Wid, Novi Kurnia, and Universitas Gadjah Mada lecturer, Sonny B. Harmadi was the Covid-19 Task Force for Behavior Change, and Fajar Junaedi, the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta lecturer also attended to be the speaker.