Another proud achievement was achieved by Semarang State Polytechnic students (Polines). Nurul Devi Ariyani, (D3 Accounting Study Program student – 2016) won 1st Place in the National Speech Contest in the 2018 Bidikmisi Nusantara Student Festival (GEMBIRA) at the University of Bangka Belitung (UBB) campus recently.
At the national level event organized by the Bidikmisi Student and Alumni Association (PERMADANI DIKSI) Regions 1 and 2, Nurul, as he is called, raised the title of the speech "Bidikmisi financial literacy with entrepreneurship to welcome golden Indonesia 2045" and managed to excel from the 43 speech contest participants who from various universities in Indonesia.
The student, who is the son of a fisherman from Demak, said he was proud of the achievements he had made. As a Bidikmisi student, he said he was grateful to be able to meet, compete, and exchange ideas with representative Bidikmisi students from Sabang to Merauke. "That is extraordinary," he said.
Speech has been his interest since childhood. Nurul, has often participated in various speech competitions since she was in elementary school. Starting from speeches about religion, English, Bahasa.Indonesia to Javanese. In fact, he was once invited by the Regent of Demak to give a speech at the Grand Recitation at the Great Mosque of Demak.
As a student of Bidikmisi, he revealed, there is a feeling of comradeship, hope, and a passion for success even though there are limitations. "Be in charge of Bidikmisi that the state provides, also serve the community, not only as a beggar and recipient," he messaged to students receiving Bidikmisi. .