During the just concluded Google Student Ambassador Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, Google announced a Nigerian student, Adepoju Abiodun, a 400 level Student Computer Science of the University Of Ibadan and the pioneer Google Ambassador to the University as the STAR Google Student Ambassador of the class of 2012 in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is in recognitionof Adepoju's amazing contribution for:
· Leading University of Ibadan to emerge in the top 100 in the 2011 global Google online marketing challenge
· Leading the digital mapping of University of Ibadan and conducting mapping training for Ondo State government officials
· Introducing University of Ibadan to the Google Apps Supporting program and working with you to ensure that your university community comes online
· Being the first student to be officially appointedas a Google Mapping Advocate for Nigeria
· Becoming a mentor and a total inspiration to students across Africa
The above are just few of Adepoju's accomplishment within his one year tenure as the first Google Student Ambassador for the prestigious University of Ibadan.
As a result of this recognition, Google is inviting Adepoju to visit the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States between Sunday July 29th and Wednesday August 1st. While at the Google Headquarters, Adepoju will attend and speak at the North America Google Student Ambassador summit where he'll meet and interact with students from all over North America. Adepoju will also meet with the Geo team that's responsible for community mapping. Adepoju will also be honoured at a Presidential dinner of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) in Uyo come 26 th July,2012 in recognition of his achievement and the honour he has brought to the Country.
Congratulation Adepoju!! Congratulation Department of Computer Science!! Congratulation University of Ibadan!!!
Source: www.ui.edu.ng