US. Varsity Appoints Nigerian Vice Chancellor

US. varsity appoints Nigerian Vice Chancellor

THE Board of Supervisors of the Southern University System has announced the appointment of Dr. Victor Ukpolo as the seventh Vice-Chancellor for Southern University, New Orleans, USA.


 
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Until his recent appointment, the 53-year-old Ph.D. Ukpolo served the Southern University System as Vice President for academic and student affairs for three years.

Other posts include Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles; Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Academic Research for the Tennessee Board of Regents; and various administrative posts at Austin Peay State University.

He started his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Austin Peay State University, in Tennessee, USA and after serving approximately 10 years and attaining the level of Professorship, he was promoted to serve the central administration of the university as Executive Assistant to the President, which became his first administrative assignment.

Ukpolo, a graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., received both a Master of Arts and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees from The American University.

An economist, he is a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, the Business Council of New Orleans & the River Region, and a board member of the Algiers (New Orleans) Economic Development Foundation.

"I came to America as a young adult after high school at United Christian Secondary Commercial School at Apapa, blessed with all the tools (both from home and from school) to succeed if given the opportunity.

America provided that opportunity for me to fulfill my dream. In order to make ends meet upon my arrival, I picked several odd jobs dish-washer in a Chinese restaurant in Washington DC, a security guard in an office building in downtown Washington DC, and then a taxi driver. While doing all these odd jobs, I never lost focus on my ultimate goal. So, you might say that I moved from a dish-washer to being a Chancellor of a university, which I believe is a testament to having the right kind of values -hardwork, dedication, honesty, discipline and just doing the right thing at all times," said Ukpolo.

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Nwanna jisie ikeooo, dalu!

  WTF. I was hoping that they had actually given a real nigerian, born, bred and living in nigeria the job. Seems i was hoping too much. oh well, seems we have to live and work in their country in order to make it.

thanks Deepzone for giving him the needed and deserved reply. with the way the US economy is right now and how difficult it is to find a job, then you should know Dr. Victor has really done a good job to be given this dignified job, a Nigerian for that matter . kudos to him, this are the kind of people i look up to as motivators.

One would think that the Nigerian in question is a proper Nigerian and not an American Nigerian.

Anyways, i wish him luck and hope he's going to keep making differences over there unlike his randy counterparts in Nigeria.

@ Dreeldee If this is how you respond to every opinion or criticism, am really sorry for you. A different approach will be much better.


@ Deepzone Why don't you check yours before opening your mouth. If you don't like what i say, shut the fk up. Am entitiled to my opinions even if you don't like it.


@ Deepzone My sentiments exactly. Whats so special about given a nigerian a job as a vc in the us ? Mind you, i am not saying he doesn't deserve it but whats so special about it when you practically have to live and work there for a long time. They could have given it to a ghanian, senegalese etc and i wouldnt be surprised. Are you saying that there are no academicians in nigeria who cannot hold their own or do you honestly believe that every nigerian university is a village. When i saw the heading i was proud that one of our own had made it only to find out that he had been living and working there for a long time (which is not a bad thing). Please in the future don't come out with guns blazing at anybody. One love. 


@ Nuzo My thoughts exactly

Please be sorry for yourself because i don't need you to be for me. What makes u think he's the only qualified person for the job? obviously, someone else does and the fact still remains that whether he has lived in America all his life or vice versa, he's still a Nigerian and we should be proud that our own his making it big even amidst the criticism you face in this side of the world for just being a Nigerian.

I believe what they mean is that the title should say

US Varsity Appoints A Nigerian As A Vice Chancellor. Not a "Nigerian Vice Chancellor", one would think the person is presently in Nigeria.

This explanation would've saved us lots of stress but it just came too late. 5 stars.

Thank you.