11 GRADUATES CUM LAUDE:

Some 2,629 students from various study programs graduated from the University of Indonesia (UI) in Depok on Saturday, with 11 of them graduating with honors.

"This is the first time we have announced the cum laude designations right on graduation day," UI Rector M.K. Tadjudin said during the ceremony.

In the past administrative processes made it impossible for the university to announce who was graduating cum laude on graduation day.

Tadjudin said nine of the 11 cum laude graduates were women and two were men. They graduated from seven different study programs.

Maudy Koesnady (see photo), one of the new graduates and an actress in the popular local television series Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (Doel, the Student), posed with fans after the ceremony.

The university also welcomed 3,017 new students during Saturday's ceremony. (jun)