Korede Akinpelumi, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) best graduating understudy for the 2013/2014 session, completed from the branch of compound building with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.96. Perused his involvement in UNILAG and the mystery of his prosperity.

UNILAG Best Graduating Student - Korede Akinpelumi

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For 21-year-old Korede Akinpelumi, mounting the podium to receive academic prizes is like treading on familiar terrain. Perhaps, winning laurels and prizes seems to be another fitting middle name for the Ondo State-born chemical engineer.

No wonder, last Wednesday during the University of Lagos convocation, Akinpelumi repeated what he knows how to do best. He not only emerged the best overall graduate for the 2013/2014 session; more than any other student did, he mounted the podium on many occasions, shaking hands with and embracing principal officers of the school, including the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon Bello, and the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council of the university, Prof. Jerry Gana.

Among the academic diadems he took away are the Vice Chancellor’s Prize; Dean of Engineering Prize; New Era Foundation Prize; UNILAG Parent Forum Prize and the Prof. Ayo Ogunye Scholarship Prize.

Others are the Elumelu Legacy Prize; UNILAG Alumni Association Prize; Prof. W Harmon Ray Prize, and the late Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe Prize....
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