UPEL Held the Annual English Competition 2022
Depok, March 5, 2022, the UPEL held the annual English Competition 2022. This event is an annual event organized by the UPEL to capture the talents of the students of Universitas Gunadarma. In addition, this event also encourages students to have global perspectives so as to encourage the use of English as an international language, as well as providing ample space for the development of high-tech abilities.
The English Competition is a university-scale event, so that students from all study programs at Universitas Gunadarma can participate in this event. In this English Competition, there were 3 categories that were contested, namely speech, poetry reading and debate. In the midst of this pandemic, the competition was held online. The participants sent videos of themselves doing the competition, in which it will be judged by the adjudicators. The adjudicators involved in the English Competition 2022 are the lecturers of the UPEL who are experts in this competition.
In the English Competition 2022, there were dozens of participants registered, consisting of 12 study programs. All participants competed very nicely and fairly. This shows that Universitas Gunadarma has so many young talents who can excel both on and off campus.
With so many students interested in participating in the competition, the adjudicators selected the participants who were chosen to be the champions very strictly. Each category of the competition is divided into four winners; those are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners and the favorite winner chosen by the adjudicators. The videos of the winners were then shown during the announcement of the competition, so that it can be an example as well as motivation for other participants in the future.
On Saturday, March 5, 2022, the announcement of the competition was attended by the dean of the Faculty of Letters and Culture, Dr. Ichwan Suyudi, M.M., the vice dean of academic affairs, Dr. Ahmad Jum’a Khatib Nur Ali, S.S., S.Sos., M.Si., the vice dean for finance and Administration affairs, Dr. Cahyawati Diah K, S.Kom., M.MSi., the vice dean for student affairs, Dr. Agung Prasetyo Wibowo, S.S., M.Sas., the program director of UPEL, Dr. Rita S. Djohan, also the committee and the adjudicators of the competition, as well as all the participants.
With the success of the annual English Competition 2022, it is hoped that students will be more active in participating in on-campus activities, and will be more confident to show the potential that lies within themselves.
