Pelajar Indonesia Berprestasi di Australia – Outstanding Indonesian Students in Australia

Outstanding Indonesian Students-OZIP
Outstanding Indonesian Students in Australia

Australia menjadi pilihan utama pelajar Indonesia untuk melanjutkan studi. 17.500 lebih pelajar saat ini menjadi bukti besarnya minat itu. Selain jaraknya yang dianggap lebih dekat dibanding Eropa atau Amerika Serikat, kualitas pendidikan Negeri Koala ini juga dianggap lebih maju.

Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia (PPIA) dengan sendirinya menjadi organisasi pelajar Indonesia di luar negeri yang terbesar. Sudah dua periode kepengurusan, Ketua PPIA Pusat menjadi Koordinator PPI Dunia. PPIA juga dinilai sebagai organisasi pelajar paling aktif berkegiatan. Jika dirunut secara cermat, hampir setiap minggu tanpa putus sepanjang tahun, selalu ada kegiatan PPIA di seluruh Australia, mulai dari kegiatan akademik, kesenian, sosial, hingga olah raga.

Jumlah yang besar itu tentu membuka peluang terciptanya berbagai prestasi yang mereka capai. OZIP edisi Mei ini coba menelisik berbagai capaian para pelajar Indonesia dari tujuh negara bagian. Bekerjasama dengan PPIA pusat, terpilihlah tujuh wakil pelajar yang dianggap berprestasi menonjol: Sofia Marwah Zainal (University of Canberra, ACT), Ricky Ariansyah Sanger (Charles Darwin University, NT), Achmad Room Fitrianto (Curtin University, WA), Muhammad Taufan (Flinders University, SA), Tri Mulyani Sunarharum (Queensland University of Technology, QLD), Ahmad Almaududy Amri (University of Wollongong, NSW), dan Puteri Komarudin (University of Melbourne, VIC).

Selain berprestasi secara akademik, mereka terlibat dalam kegiatan seni budaya bersama komunitas Indonesia dan lokal. Ricky Sanger misalnya, menjadi warga Indonesia pertama di Australia yang menjadi Resident Club DJ. Atau Sofia Marwah yang berhasil menciptakan sistem database bernama “GEECTIC” yang khusus dibuat untuk Kedutaan Brazil di Canberra.
Tentu masih banyak pelajar lain yang juga berprestasi tak kalah hebatnya. Tujuh wakil ini sekadar menegaskan bahwa masa depan Indonesia sangat cerah dan menjanjikan.
Selamat Hari Pendidikan dan Kebangkitan Nasional!

Outstanding Indonesian Students in Australia

Australia has become the primary choice for Indonesian students to continue their studies. 17, 500 more students today is proof in that amount of interest. Besides the distance being closer to home than Europe or the United States, the quality of public education in Australia is considered more advanced.
The Indonesian Students Association of Australia (PPIA) is itself the largest organisation of Indonesian students studying abroad. After two periods of stewardship, the chair of PPIA became the coordinator of the World Indoneisan Students Association (PPI). If analysed carefully, almost every week without interruption throughout the year, there is always PPIA activities across Australia, ranging from academic, artistic, social, until sporting activities.

The large number of opportunities, creates a variety of accomplishments its members have been able to achieve. The May edition of OZIP will try to showcase the various achievements of seven Indonesian students from different states and territories in Australia. In cooperation with PPIA Centre, seven elected student representatives who are considered outstanding have been chosen: Sofia Marwah Zainal (University of Canberra, ACT), Ricky Ariansyah Sanger (Charles Darwin University, NT), Achmad Room Fitrianto (Curtin University, WA), Muhammad Taufan (Flinders University, SA), Tri Mulyani Sunarharum (Queensland University of Technology, QLD), Ahmad Almaududy Amri (University of Wollongong, NSW), and Puteri Komarudin (University of Melbourne, VIC).

In addition to their academic achievement, they are involved in arts and cultural activities with the local Indonesian and Australian community. Ricky Sanger for example, became the first Indonesian in Australia to become a Resident Club DJ. Or Sofia Marwah who managed to create a database system named “GEECTIC” specially made for the Brazilian Embassy in Canberra.
Certainly, there are many other students who also excel. These seven representatives merely confirm that the future of Indonesia is very bright and promising.
Happy National Education and Resurgence Day!