Whats up Everyone?

Its me again Bernardus!!

So today I’m gonna tell you guys about the activity that we do during orientation week or Fresh Enrichment Program (FEP) as it is said in Binus University. Many people would think that the orientation week will be the same as orientation week in high school where the older brother and sister will bully the new students/ the freshman.

If you guys think like that, than you are very wrong. In Binus University, freshman were treated just the same as other and no, freshman were not bullied by their older/big brother and sister in University. Instead, they welcome new students with jokes, laughter, and many good things. The Fresh Enrichment Program consist of General Orientation(GO) for 1 weeks, Academic Orientation(AO) which lasts for 2 weeks,Campus Life Orientation(CLO), and also Organisational Skill(OS).

The General Orientation are all about introduction into the University building and also an introduction about what we should and shouldn’t do as a college students. It also helps people to built relationship between the new students and the older students. It also helps the freshman to get to know each other and become friends. In General Orientation, the University also introduces the new students into many type of community inside Binus including Himpunan Mahasiswa Teknik Informatika (Himti), which I have explained before. They also help us to get into groups of different religion which help us to get together with people who have the same belief as what we believe. It also open doors for us to get to know other people from other major. For example, I met new friends from other major such as Business Creation, Finance and many other.

Then after the General Orientation, comes the Academic Orientation. In Academic Orientation, the freshman were taught about how the Academic rule works in Binus. They were also introduced to their teachers, their “Form Teacher” and even the Dean of Computer Science Major. Binus gives many information about this and that because they are preparing the freshman to enter their university life in this General Orientation.

Campus Life Orientation runs for 1 semester. It is the time where we started our journey in university. In that spend of time, the freshman were going to get used to the university environment and also to the schedule of their class. Along side with all of the GO, AO, and CLO there is also one most important thing in Binus and it is Organisational Skill. Organisational Skill also consist of how we could upgrade our soft skill and hard skill. As I said before, students get to chose which community they want to enter and what religion they beleived in. In that community and group, they are required to be active so that they could be open to other people and be an easy going person which is the goal. The goal for people to have organisational skill is because it sharpens one’s soft skill such as leadership, obedience, truthfulness and many other things.

Yup, this is all the stuff about Fresh Enrichment Program in Binus University. I hope those who read this will get the idea about what we will learn, we will get and how we are treated as a freshman.

See ya all around, Peace out!!