On Saturday, 16 September 2023 AD to coincide with 1 Rabiul Awwal 1445 AH, the Guidance and Counseling (BK) Study Program (BK) of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) of Ahmad Dahlan University held a meeting with students. The meeting was with “One Hour Warmer with the UAD FKIP BK Study Program”. The aim of this activity is to provide students with preparation for taking all odd semester courses for the 2023/2024 academic year.

Present at this activity were the Head of the BK FKIP UAD Study Program (Kaprodi), Irvan Budhi Handaka, M.Pd., along with the Secretary of the BK FKIP UAD Study Program (Sekprodi), Dr. Muya Barida, M.Pd. as leader and performer of the event. A total of 800 students attended the meeting from semesters 1, 3, 5, to semester 7.

The Head of the BK Study Program said that learning strategies are important for students in studying, apart from that he followed students’ tips for graduating on time, one of which was by taking courses in the upper semester. The courses that can be taken in the upper semester are of course regulated in the BK Study Program curriculum which has been stated in the UAD Chancellor’s Decree (SK) No. 340 of 2020 concerning the UAD FKIP BK Study Program Curriculum.

The Secretary of the BK Study Program added that students must always be able to communicate intensively with the Academic Supervisor (DPA) to determine and implement the targets to be achieved in studying. Apart from that, he added, for 7th semester students, they are asked to actively contact the Final Assignment Supervisor in order to facilitate students’ timely studies at the UAD FKIP BK Study Program.