OAU: Faculties Hold Election To Determine Reps On SU Reinstatement Committee

Social Sciences Students In The Voting Process

Resultant to the directive of the Division of Students Affairs of the Obafemi Awolowo University that students of all Faculties provide two representatives each as part of a committee that would work with the Division and the Vice-Chancellor on the reinstatement and proper reestablishment of the Students Union of the institution, many faculties have started to hold Congresses to select their representatives.

It was gathered that whilst it was less tedious for the less populated Faculties to pick their candidates, some larger Faculties had to hold elections to select their representatives on the committee; which according to the Division of Students Affairs is not the conventional Students Union Transition Committee.

On Monday, 5th September 2016, the Faculties of Education and Arts had Congresses to select their candidates. The Faculty of Social Sciences also had elections in the same day. At the end of the Social Sciences elections, Sanyaolu Olakunle "Sporo" and Deji Akin Levuz emerged winners with 141 and 91 votes respectively.

Students of the Faculty of Pharmacy had also earlier selected their representatives on Saturday, 3rd September 2016. Adeyemi Yusuf "Yousluv" and Bamijoko Saheed were selected as representatives of the Faculty.

We would continue to bring you more details as more events unfold regarding the DSA reinstatement Committee...

Faculty Of Technology Dean's Cup Kicks Off Today

 By 3:00pm today, the much anticipated Faculty of Technology Deans Cup will commence.


It is time for Great Ife students in the tech faculty to partially drop their books and lace their boots. All the eight departments in the faculty will be competing for the faculty's most coveted football trophy on campus.

Two matches would be played on a daily basis at the Cricket Pitch, Sports Complex; 3pm and 5pm from Monday, 5th September till Wednesday, 7th September.

Find the game fixtures below.

MONDAY (05-09-2016)
MATCH 1: Electronics and Electrical Engineering vs Agricultural Engineering - 3PM
MATCH 2: Chemical Engineering vs Computer Science - 5PM

TUESDAY(06-09-2016)
MATCH 3: Food Science and Technology vs Mechanical Engineering - 3PM
MATCH 4:Material Science vs Civil Engineering - 5PM

SEMI FINALS (07-09-2016)
WINNER 1 vs WINNER 2
WINNER 3 vs WINNER 4

You definitely do not want to miss out on this memorable event. Be there!

SSANU, NASU Appreciate Role Of Social Media In OAU VC Struggle

The Chairman of the OAU chapter of Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, Comrade Odewunmi and representatives of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, OAU have come out to appreciate the role of the social and mass media in their recent agitation against the irregularities in the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor for the institution. 

Speaking at the National Dialogue on the use of the Social Media, Odewumi appreciated the efforts of media houses and campus journalists in helping ensure that their cause gained international attention as against the similar 2009 struggle on the appointment of Professor 'Tale Omole. The programme, which was organised by Oyedeji Olanrewaju and his team, also featured a panel discussion from Vincent Adeoba, Umar Galadima, and Adetula David; who was duly represented.

The trio spoke on the current use of the social media in solving the recurrent closure of tertiary institutions across the nation. The Dean of Students Affairs of the University of Osun who was a guest at the event, also commented on the topic; emphasising the two sidedness of the social media and the need for students to find the balance.

The programme featured other dignitaries; Olatunji Busayo O'Busayo, former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors OAU, Richard Mammah, who was duly represented and students from other universities. The event witnessed the launching of the book; "Social Media: A Panacea to Constant Universities Crisis In Nigeria" which was coauthored by Olanrewaju Oyedeju and Lukmon Fasasi.

OAU Initiation 2016: The Story Has Never Been Told

The Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, wishes to bring to the notice of general public that as part of its pivotal plans to equip and develop the creative minds of newly admitted students into the department, the department has begun this year initiation tagged initiation 2016,the journey.

Initiation is a platform where newly admitted students are meant to undergo rigorous training for some weeks; this trains them mentally, psychologically, physically and tt brings out the best in them to undertake the study in the department.

In the history of initiation in Nigerian universities, no university reckons with what is obtainable on the shores of great Ife campus. In fact, the initiation experience is second to none, only the strong survive. The prowess, the talents, the approach is unheard of, the watchword is described as dynamism, even as it incarnates excellence in its supremacy.

You need to see these young entertainers, thespians, dramatists and incredible actors in the making, eager to showcase what they have learnt, they live to entertain,and their lives revolve on this.

Dramatic Arts department is the hotbed and hub of creativity, home of talents, sphere of rare species overwhelmed with incredible attributes.

Well, don't rack your brain, don't be lost in your thoughts and wilderness of imagination. You are implored to look out for this breathtaking and mind blowing initiation by these set of people who have devoted themselves with utmost zeal to render service to mankind

They are not fresh students, but professionals and bunch of talents.

They journey, only the strong survive.
The journey has just begun...

COMING SOON!!!

PLEASE WATCH OUT

September 19th - 22nd. Initiation play set to be performed live by part one students of Dramatic Arts.

JCIN OAU Recruitment Exercise Continues

Junior Chamber International Nigeria (JCIN) OAU, organizers of the OAU Freshers Spelling bee, has begin it recruitment exercise for the 2015/2016 academic session. This recruitment exercise is open all young leaders, entrepreneurs and all young persons.

The recruitment exercise begins with sales of form to interested students who wish to join the league of young active citizens. Each year thousands of young people join the JCI movement across the world.

For most of them, this is the beginning of a very exciting experience as they begin to build relationships, acquire new skills and take leadership positions both within and outside JCI.

JCI is a Worldwide community of about 200,000 young active citizens and leaders with shared beliefs and purpose.
* Members create positive change in themselves and their community.
* A grassroots network of, about 5,000 Local Organizations.

JCIN OAU gives members opportunity to Impact with JCI, dream and dream big, get Involved, and be active.

To pick up Forms, visit JCIN OAU Secretariat Topmost Floor, Block 5, Adekunle Fajuyi Hall.
or call;
Tolu: 07063704281
Titi: 08166084002
Tope: 08153393211



Posted via Blogaway

Call For Entries: 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries.

The Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English written by a citizen of a Commonwealth country.

The international judging panel comprises one judge from each of the five regions – Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Please note that while the entries will be judged regionally, all judges will read and deliberate on entries from all regions. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000.

Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible, and we invite writers from Mozambique who write in Portuguese, and writers who write in Samoan, Swahili and Bengali, and who do not have an English translation of their story, to submit their stories in the original language.

Read more and submit your entries here: http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/submit-an-entry/

Entries close 1st November 2016.

Department Of Public Admin, OAU Gets First Female Professor

Dr Juliana Taiwo Makinde (Ph.D) has been promoted to the rank of professor, therefore becoming the first female Professor of Public Administration in the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

She is the wife of Moses Akinola Makinde, a retired Professor of Philosophy in the same university, who is currently the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of Awolowo Centre for Philosophy, Ideology and Good Governance.

A statement by her husband said: “Taiwo Makinde moved from confidential secretary to the highly esteemed rank of professor which is the intellectual pinnacle; a remarkable feat that has inspired confidential secretaries that, with dedication and dint of hard work and cooperation from their husbands, the sky is their limit.

“She worked as a Confidential Secretary in both old Oyo State and Osun State in various ministries and in the judiciary where she worked with prominent judges including Justice Atinuke Ige, Justice Akin Apara and Justice Agbaje-Williams.

“She took a leave of absence to accompany her husband as a Fulbright scholar at the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio where she enrolled as a fresh undergraduate in the 1983/84 academic year. She finished her first year undergraduate where she was placed on the Dean’s List for her outstanding performance.

“She came back with her husband to complete her undergraduate programme and bagged a First Class (Hons.) Degree in Education (English) at the then University of Ife in 1987, thus challenging her husband who bagged a First Class ( Hons) Degree in Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada in 1969.

“Mrs. Makinde was still a confidential secretary when she got her Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) after which she was appointed Special Adviser (Administration and Protocol) during the Administration of Alhaji Adetunji Adeleke, the first Executive Governor of Osun State in 1992.

“She retired from the civil service of Osun State to take up contract appointment as a lecturer in OAU and went ahead to do her M.Sc degree in Public Administration and later obtained her PhD degree in Public Administration in 2008.”


Source