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Every college student will most likely or certainly join a student organization. Some campuses may make joining a student organization mandatory. Like in Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN), students are required to join a campus student organization or committee to get points that need to be fulfilled to be eligible to graduate. For those too lazy to join a student organization, joining a student organization in college has many benefits. Let’s read along to see the benefits of joining a student organization in college!
Benefits of Joining a Student Organization
1. Make new friends
This is one of the most important benefits of joining a student organization! What’s the point of going to college if you don’t have friends? Indeed, the main purpose of college is to study and graduate, but the bittersweet moments with your friends must also be there. You wouldn’t want to fight through college alone and graduate alone. It is exciting to have a partner in crime and friends who will go through it all with you because college is not easy. You will meet other students from various majors and batches by joining a student organization. You could find your new best friend from another major or even a romantic partner.
Also read: Non-Academic Activities Useful For College Students.
2. Build connections
Joining a student organization can help you make lots of new connections. (source: Unsplash/Brooke Cagle)
By joining a student organization, you will make friends and connections. Don’t wait until you land a job to find links! As explained earlier, you will meet people from various majors and generations in an organization. Who knows, you may need their services, or maybe they will need your services at work later! After all, it’s better to have work connections that you already know and are close to, right?
3. Build hard skills and soft skills
Not only in internships or college classes, but joining student organizations can also build your hard and soft skills. Especially if you join an academic organization, you will get a lot of new knowledge while being in said organization. But regardless of which organization you join, you will be honed and develop essential skills such as problem-solving, working with a team, decision-making, and more. Because when you work later, you will also work in an organization where you will face various challenges and problems.
4. Beautify your CV
If you join plenty of committees or organizations, you can show off those experiences on your resume! Because by joining a committee or organization, it means that you take the initiative to seek new experiences, contribute to an event or even your campus, and have a rich experience working with teams. Having a lot of organizational experience can also help boost your CV if you don’t have any work experience.
5. Improve your personality
Last but not least, this is the benefit of joining a student organization that is very impactful but tends not to be realized directly. Because you will meet and interact with various people with various backgrounds, cultures, religions, and personalities, you will be trained to mingle with anyone. This will increase your tolerance and respect for differences.
In addition, you will definitely experience difficulties in an organization. You will be challenged to be able to face and solve these problems individually or as a team. The point is, as joining a committee or organization can hone your hard and soft skills, you can improve your quality at the same time.
Also read: The Accreditation and Advantages of Studying at UMN.
What do you think? There are many benefits to joining a student organization, right? Let’s become students who are not only competent in their fields but also have good and mature personalities!
UMN is not only an A-accredited campus with quality study programs, but UMN also has many exciting and interesting student organizations! Interested? Let’s register at UMN!
By Levina Chrestella Theodora | UMN News Service
English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora
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