The Chief Committee of CDT, Nur Rama Adamas (Civil Engineering 2020) stated that CDT aims to train new students’ character as expected by ITB.

“There are three ideal characters expected by ITB: adaptive, integrity, and respectful (AIR),” he remarked.

AIR character was tailored by discussions among various ITB stakeholders, including DSA, lecturers, students, even alumni. Hopefully, the resulting character will serve as a responsive strategy for campus living. Rama explained that the subject focus of this year’s CDT emphasizes on the adaptive character. This is important as new students will discover new differences and challenges in college life.

“Therefore, to ensure they could go through their early university days, we introduced this adaptive concept,” Rama stated.

The CDT procession was participated by roughly 4.800 students, divided into 2 sessions each day. The adaptive concept also introduced topics revolving self-adaptation or college adjustment. The concept was composed of personal adjustment, academic adjustment, social adjustment, and institution adjustment.

In the adaptive topic, coping mechanisms focused on problem solving and students’ emotional wellbeing were employed to prepare them for new challenges. To relate the various copes, the GRIT concept was introduced, so that students could not only tackle present issues, but also consistently do so for a prolonged time.

The materials and methods used in CDT earned positive feedback from participants. A new student, Najla, from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, perceived that ITB is wholeheartedly prepared to welcome the new students.

“It was definitely fun, the materials also taught us to be more aware of how to avoid stress,” Najla shared.

Reporter: Muh. Umar Thoriq (Food Engineering, 2019)

Editor: M. Naufal HafizhTranslator: Firzana Aisya (Bioengineering, 2021)

Editor: Hanifa Juliana (Urban and Regional Planning, 2020)