Wednesday, February 10, 2021. The current covid19 pandemic requires a paradigm shift in student activities including the implementation of the Student Activity Program (PKM) from the Ministry of Education and Culture's Belmawa. Along with this, the Vice Chancellor 3 together with the Student Affairs Bureau held a workshop and socialization of the 2021 PKM guidelines as an effort to prepare for the PKM competition.

The event will be held on Monday, 8 February 2021 from 09.00 WIB to 11.00 WIB through the Zoom Meeting application. The event was attended by PKM managers, PKM coordinators at the study program level, accompanying lecturers and 250 PKM proposing students. This event was hosted by Moderator Ms. Sesaria Yudha Primaningtyas, M.Pd, starting from the opening, remarks and directions from the Vice Rector 3, material delivery, discussion and closing. Vice Rector III, Drs. R Bekti Kiswardianta, M.Pd. said that the accompanying students and lecturers must build synergies to succeed in proposing PKM in 2021 by paying close attention to the latest PKM guidelines, and remain productive during a pandemic.

The material in this PKM Workshop was delivered by Mrs. Wachidatul Linda Yuhanna, M.Si from the student bureau and the PKM manager. The material presented was a review of the 2021 PKM guide, technical explanations for PKM at UNIPMA, tricks and tips for passing PKM and shared perceptions. On this occasion, several changes from the previous PKM Guidelines were also conveyed regarding changes to the PKM scheme, criteria for proposers, PKM content / content, costs and completeness of PKM administration. The direction of this year's PKM activities is to prioritize innovative ideas that lead to online digitization. There are also many significant changes to the PKM of Futuristic and Constructive Ideas (GFK), which used to be incentives, now must submit a proposal to be funded and the final product is a video uploaded to the YouTube page.

This year's PKM does require student adaptation and innovation in responding to problems in Indonesia during the pandemic. In closing, Mrs. Wachidatul Linda Yuhanna, M.Si stated that this PKM program can be successful, of course, with the support of students, supervisors, academic community and all stakeholders. Student ideas are very much directed at IT-based innovations that can be transferred to the community and stakeholders, thus bringing benefits to various parties. In addition, the Vice Rector III and the student affairs bureau also advised to maintain health according to health protocols when making PKM.