Institut Teknologi Bandung

Open House ITB Cirebon Campus is one of the pre-events for Open House ITB 2022. The event was a talkshow introducing study programs at the Cirebon campus, including Urban and Regional Planning, Industrial Engineering, Oceanography, Petroleum Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Geophysical Engineering.

The event began with remarks from the Chairman of the Eco Week and Open House ITB Cirebon Campus Coordinator, Tri Hasdianto, S.Ds., M.Ds., "Today is history for ITB, especially ITB Cirebon Campus, today we held the inaugural event on this campus."

He hopes that the two events can open cooperation and collaboration with stakeholders in Cirebon and surrounding areas.

On the other hand, Eco Week is an annual event arranged by students of craft study programs to welcome a new academic semester. Due to the pandemic, this year's event was available to visit offline or online. The event also included a craft exhibition produced by students and artisans from the art community. "The thing that makes this year's Eco Week exhibition even more special is because it is held at the new Cirebon campus," Tri added.

"We hope our presence can build synergies with various industrial and craft sectors in the Cirebon region and surrounding areas," Tri said.

Meanwhile, The Chairperson of the Cirebon Campus ITB Program, Dr. Ir. Iwan Kustiwan, M.T., said that some activities have started at the Cirebon campus, such as the Eco Week exhibition and Ultramarathon. With the hope that ITB can work through the Cirebon campus, he views the campus as the pride of lecturers who will teach there to develop knowledge.

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design ITB, Dr. Andryanti Rikrik Kusmara, S.Sn., M.Sn., also gave a speech. He thanked the people who planned the event and opened a channel to publish works in the form of an exhibition. "We, from FSRD ITB, are very proud of this exhibition. Students and lecturers can continue and develop the DNA of aesthetic intelligence through their works," he said.

Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Ir. Jaka Sembiring, M. Eng. continued the event with remarks and performed an official opening. "ITB is more than 100 years old and belongs to a nation whose work has gone global. However, the global ITB still remembers its roots and home. Thus, all ITB campuses contribute to increasing the capacity and competence of the academic environment brought to a global level under the vision and mission of ITB," explained Prof. Jaka.

Open House ITB Campus Cirebon and Eco Week 2021 was officially opened by Prof. Jaka performing expressive painting on canvas. Then, the event continued with a presentation about ITB Cirebon Campus held in conjunction with the offline Eco Week craft exhibition.

Reporter: Ruth Nathania (Teknik Lingkungan, 2019)
Translator: Aghisna Syifa Rahmani (Biologi, 2020)