THE SEVENTH IN THE 2013/2014 SESSION INAUGURAL LECTURE SERIES

Water, e no get enemy, omi o l’ota o, water, e no get enemy! The popular Fela song was the theme song during the 7^th in the series of inaugural lectures for the 2013/2014 session of the University. The lecture, delivered by Professor Oluwole Akinyele Agbede, was titled “Numerical Modeling: a Veritable Tool in Water Resources Management.”

In the lecture, Prof. Agbede said water is abundant in the country but not delivered appropriately due to global challenges such as population growth, land use changes, urbanization and migration from rural to urban areas. He noted that despite the progress that has been made in improving water supply, Nigerians still have no access to modern water supply, and stressed that there is a very keen consciousness of the importance of adequate water supply and the need to make it readily accessible to the entire populace.

Prof. Agbede advised that since water wields spherical power in the existence of mankind, the federal government should promulgate a unified national policy on ground water exploration and exploitation as well as encourage funding for research in sustainable training and national development. He added that a national water data bank should be established which will be fed with data related to water resources.

Professor Oluwole Agbede delivering his lecture

A cross-section of audience at the lecture

SEVENTH ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLINIC LECTURE

The seventh in the series of the English Language Clinic Lecture of the Faculty of Arts came up yesterday at the Trenchard Hall of the university.

Speaking during the lecture, the guest lecturer, Professor Segun Awonusi of the Department of English, University of  Lagos, in his lecture titled “Nigerian English Speakers and Pronunciation: Problems and Solutions”  advised tertiary institutions across the country  to encourage their students to focus more on pronunciation skills in English Language.

He described English Language as the official language of the nation, whose rules have to be considered properly in the day-to-day activities of every speaker.

Awonusi also added that consulting dictionaries and listening to newscast on social media would be a way of solving Nigerian English speakers’ pronunciation problems.

STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTIONS 2014

The Students’ Union Executive Council election was held on Saturday, 12^th July 2014. It was a keenly contested election in which Mr. Victor Oluwafemi Adesola emerged as President with a poll of over thousand five hundred, beating three other contestants.

The post of the Vice President was won by Chindinma Akpa while the General Secretary is Babatunde Adeboye. Ameenat Adekekan emerged as the Treasurer of the union while Oluwaseun Olawumi and Oluwafemi Ojikutu emerged as the House and Sports Secretaries respectively. The duo of Taiye Adegoke and Ukoma Nketa returned unopposed as the Public Relations Officer and the Assistant General Secretary.

The swearing-in-ceremony comes up soon and the management and staff of  University Media Centre and indeed the entire University wish the new exco a hitch free tenure.

UI MATRICULATES 3,169 STUDENTS

The University of Ibadan yesterday matriculated 3,169 students out of the over 50,000 candidates that applied for admission into the institution.The Vice Chancellor, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole  in his welcome address was delighted and advised the students to make the best use of the opportunity of studying at the University.

He said students should be decent, dedicated, committed and loyal to the school. He reminded them to take cognizance of the oath of allegiance administered to them as a guide to help them have a peaceful stay on campus. He further enjoined them to develop worthy characters and allow the school to pass through them as they pass through the school. Professor Adewole also advised the matriculants to shun cultism and be security conscious at all times.

The guest lecturer at the occasion, Professor Adedoyin Soyibo in his lecture titled "The Ibadan brand of University Education: Making the Best of its Opportunities", reminded the students that their admission to the University of Ibadan has put them in a special class of Nigerians with a unique tradition as they have the opportunity of drinking from the Pierian spring of knowledge that produced Professor Wole Soyinka, the first Nobel laureate in Literature in Africa and the only Nobel laureate in any field in Nigeria. He admonished them to be actively involved in all activities germane to their training and moral upbringing and gave practical ways of achieving the vision of the university for each of the students in the followings ways:

• Taking their studies serious from the onset
• Seeing all courses as important
• Seeking to be creative and innovative in all that they do
• Using the available programmes of the university to take advantage of the Ibadan brand .

He concluded by advising the matriculants to be focused in order to benefit from the Ibadan  brand of university education.

With the matriculation ceremony, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry now has 332 new students; Arts, 423; Education, 440; Law, 141; Pharmacy, 100; Science, 533; Technology, 340; the Social Sciences, 361; Veterinary Medicine, 86; and College of Medicine, 413.

RETURN OF UMC BLOG AND ELECTION OF NEW DVC

 

We are back and bigger to serve you better with lots of educative, informative and entertaining news from the citadel of learning.  We bring you fresh and interesting gists that cut across every strata of the society.

One major event on the UI campus recently is the election of a new deputy vice chancellor (administration) following the end of Prof. Arinola Sanya's tenure. Members of the university senate, last week, through a rigorous but transparent election process, chose a new DVC in the person of Prof. Emilolorun Ambrose Aiyelari, of the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture. He has assumed office immediately.

The University Media Centre and indeed the entire university community wish the new deputy vice chancellor meritorious years in service as he joins the management team in steering the wheels of progress in the university.

Coming up next week is the election of new executives of the Students' Union. We'll keep you posted.