Preparing Resilient and Integrity-Driven Graduate Students, The Second Day of Sospem MES and MAKSI Reinforces Academic Culture

Entering the second day of the Learning Socialization Program (Sosialisasi Pembelajaran – Sospem), new students of the Master’s Program in Islamic Economics (MES) and the Master’s Program in Islamic Accounting (MAKSI), Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business (FEBI), UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, were guided toward a phase of deeper internalization and academic maturation. Held on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, at the Main Munaqosyah Hall, 3rd Floor, the second day was designed to strengthen academic values, develop graduate-level character, and equip students with reflective capacities essential for postgraduate study.

From the outset, students were encouraged to position themselves as members of an academic community that upholds ethical conduct, scholarly responsibility, and intellectual maturity. The registration and opening sessions served not merely as administrative formalities, but as an introduction to a series of sessions that required active engagement and thoughtful participation. The academic atmosphere that emerged reflected students’ readiness to move beyond orientation toward a more substantive and independent learning process at the graduate level.

A key focus of the day was the deepening of academic integrity through a session on Academic Integrity Literacy and Scientific Writing Practices delivered by Faaza Fakhrunnas, S.E., M.Sc. The session emphasized that academic integrity should be understood not only as a set of formal regulations, but as an inherent scholarly attitude embedded in every stage of thinking, writing, and knowledge production. Students were invited to reflect on ethical accountability in academic work, the importance of originality, and the responsibility of producing scholarly writing that can be justified both academically and morally.

The program then continued with a personal capacity-building session entitled Goal Setting and Resilience: Becoming a Graduate Student, delivered by Wahyu Wibowo, M.E. This session provided a reflective space for students to formulate realistic academic goals while simultaneously developing resilience in facing the complexities of graduate study. Students were guided to recognize that postgraduate education demands consistency, discipline, and the ability to manage academic pressure and uncertainty. Through a dialogical and contextual approach, the session underscored resilience as a critical foundation for sustaining both the quality and continuity of the learning process.

Subsequently, students were introduced to the dynamics of postgraduate student life through an overview of the Graduate Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Program Magister/HMPM) and available avenues for academic participation. The session, delivered by Dr. Ibi Satibi, S.H.I., M.Si., together with Miftahus Surur as a representative of HMPM MES, highlighted that student organizational activities are not separate from academic life, but rather serve as complementary spaces for developing soft skills, intellectual networks, and collective leadership. Students were encouraged to view organizational involvement as part of a broader social and academic learning experience.

Toward the end of the program, a reflection session provided an opportunity to consolidate insights gained throughout the day. Students were invited to reassess their roles and responsibilities as graduate students who are expected not only to excel academically, but also to demonstrate mature attitudes, integrity, and scholarly commitment. The closing of the program marked the conclusion of the Sospem series and symbolized a transition from the orientation phase to a more independent, knowledge-driven stage of graduate study.

Overall, the second day of Sospem was conducted in a reflective, substantive, and academically enriching manner. Through this program, it is expected that new MES and MAKSI students of FEBI UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta will strengthen their academic orientation, cultivate integrity and resilience, and be well prepared to engage as responsible members of the global academic community.

(RFA)