A total of 82 students made first class out of 2,079,
comprising 1,660 undergraduates and 417
postgraduate at the 19th convocation ceremony of
Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State.

Okunola Temitayo of the Department of Mass
Communication emerged overall best graduating
student with 4.91 CGPA on a scale of 5.

The overall best postgraduate in the PhD programme
was Olomojobi Femi with a CGPA of 4.81 on a scale of
5. Amarachukwu Peace of Public Health Department
was overall best Master’s degree graduate with a
CGPA of 4.77 on a scale of 5.

Okunola Teslimat Temitayo also won the President’s
award for the best performance in leadership,
academic, community and spiritual services.

Speaking at the 10th postgraduate second virtual
convocation event, the President/Vice Chancellor of the
institution, Prof. Ademola Tayo, congratulated the
students and the university community for their
contributions to the achievements the school recorded.

He noted that the university’s academic programmes
were fully accredited by the National Universities
Commission, NUC; International Board of Education,
IBE, and the Adventist Accrediting Association, AAA.

He added that the fully equipped Babcock University
Centre for Open and Distance, eLearning Centre, was
ready to provide opportunities for many desiring to
advance their academic career outside the walls of the
university as soon as NUC gives the nod for the Centre
to commence academic activities.

Prof. Tayo said: “Again, the School of Earth and
Environmental Sciences Classroom, offices and
workshops are being prepared for NUC’s Resource visit
to enable the commencement of the programme in
environmental sciences.”

Tayo said the University would continue to pursue the
path of excellence with passion and spirituality, urging
the graduates not to keep their eyes on the things that
were transient but on those wholesome values and
virtues that they derived from the institution.

He stated that Nigeria’s developmental challenges
awaited their contributions in the form of solutions.
“You are the solutions. Unleash your ingenuity and the
knowledge you have acquired here on the world and
make it a better place,” he said.

The vice chancellor charged the graduates not to stop
learning as their learning which has just started
would continue throughout their life time.

“You have a responsibility to use the knowledge
acquired here in Babcock for creativity for yourself,
your community, your country and Babcock
University,” he added.

As no university would exist without research,
Professor Tayo said the Office of Research, Innovation
and International Cooperation which had been directly
involved in the University’s research activities this
year produced a team of researchers from Babcock
and Loma Linda University, USA which received the
Loma Linda GRASP International research grant
award to conduct a randomized clinical trial on an
indigenous nut.

The team comprised Dr. Nwachukwu Ifeanyi of the
Biochemistry Centre for Nutrition and Healthy
Lifestyles, Loma Linda University, USA; Dr Godswill
Anyasor of the Department of Biochemistry, Babcock
University, Nigeria; and Dr. Olutayo, S. Shokunbi of
the Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University.

In his commencement speech, the Chief Executive
Officer of Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG),
Mr. Laoye Jaiyeola, urged the graduates to go into the
next phase of life with the mind to be independent,
creative, thinking outside the box, learning to be
resourceful and spending wisely.

Jaiyeola reminded the graduates that they were
entering into a labour market where it was no longer
business as usual, and that with the pandemic, many
companies have embraced digital technologies hence
those with acquisition of digital skills were the ones
that would be in high demand across all sectors of the
economy.

“What all these mean for you is that wherever you
find yourself, you must constantly acquire digital skills
to stay ahead of the game and make yourself
productive.

“The future of the world is the digital economy and
individuals that will make discoveries and contribute
positively to the world are those that will embrace
digital skills in whatever field they find themselves,”
he said.


From left— Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Philemon
Amanze; President/Vice Chancellor, Professor Ademola
Tayo, and the Overall Best Graduating Student, Miss
Teslimat Temitayo Okunlola, all of Babcock University,
Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, during prize giving at the school’s
convocation.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/85-bag-first-class-as-babcock-graduates-2079/

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