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The farewell and welcome ceremony for the Director of Politap took place on Tuesday (8/1). Officially, Endang Kusmana, SE., MM., Ak., CA. replaces Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM. for the next four-year term of office. This event was held on the 2nd floor of the Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) Rectorate Building.
Three-term Director of Politap, Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM., in her speech expressed congratulations on the election and inauguration of Mr. Endang Kusmana. She also invited the entire academic community to be proud of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.
“We are the greatest in Ketapang. This is all thanks to the cooperation of all parties, from support staff to vice directors,” stated the director who is affectionately addressed as Bunda.
She also urged all attending employees to build Politap together by helping to realize the vision and mission of the new Director to make the Polytechnic even better.
“Politap still holds the status of a New Higher Education Institution; therefore, good cooperation across all units is required. Let there be no barriers or factions because we are all one big family of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.”
In her final speech, Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM. stated that after officially stepping down as director, she will remain an active lecturer at Politeknik Negeri Pontianak. She will also continue to assist the new Director as an Advisory Board member and support the process of opening a health study program at Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.
Vice Director for General Affairs and Finance, Normansyah, ST., MT, representing the academic community, shared his reflections in his remarks. Normansyah expressed that many changes have been felt at Politeknik Negeri Ketapang under the leadership of Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM.
“Politap has been around for 12 years, but do not just think about having worked a long time at Politap, but rather what we have accomplished during that long time,” Normansyah, ST., MT quoted from a phrase frequently said by the former Director.
The Vice Director for General Affairs and Finance also conveyed that over the past 12 years since Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM. took leadership, Politeknik Ketapang had metamorphosed into Politeknik Negeri Ketapang with 8 study programs.
The quality of the former Director's performance was also acknowledged by the new Director for successfully pioneering the establishment of the polytechnic in Ketapang, transitioning its status from private to state, and expanding the study programs up to the present day.
“Bringing into existence what did not exist, let alone making it grow large, is a manifestation of hard work,” said Endang Kusmana, SE., MM., Ak., CA.
On that occasion, the handover of the work memorandum from the former Director to the new Director also took place, serving as a reference to continue developing Politeknik Negeri Ketapang into a quality vocational education institution capable of producing superior and competitive graduates. In addition, employees from various units had the opportunity to present souvenirs to Dr. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, MM. (AS)