The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Landmark University (LMU), Omu Aran, Kwara State, Dr. David Oyedepo, has charged 722 matriculating students of the institution to make themselves assets, so as to be integrated into the divine team that would make the world a better place.
This, Oyedepo noted, would greatly help in putting Africa on the global map and restoring the dignity of the blackman in accordance with the institution’s mandate.
Oyedepo, who spoke yesterday at LMU’s 8th matriculation on the university premises, said the new students would have access to unlimited opportunities upon which they could launch their potential.
He said: “Our dear matriculating students, this ceremony presents you with boundless opportunities to reaffirm your commitment to the ideals which this university stands for and the dream which is set in place to make you pathfinders for your generation and your time. Let me, therefore, invite you again to fully embrace the Landmark University philosophy and vision.”
Oyedepo noted that the vision of LMU is embedded in its quest to put in place a university that produces a total man.
“The visionary emphasis of Landmark University is in making men out of children by providing a platform for provoking accelerated maturity intellectually and emotionally, through our custom-built programmes, namely, Total Man’s Concept (TMC), Entrepreneurial Development Study (EDS) and Towards Total Graduate(TTG), designed to culminate in the raising of the revolutionary army of intellectual giants, entrepreneurial pacesetters, young men and women in pursuit of vision, driving with unquenchable passion, commanding exploits in every direction, a people of honour, set to take the world by storms,” he added, while advising the new students to embrace in totality the institution’s core values of spirituality, possibility mentality, capacity building, responsibility and diligence.
In his welcome address, LMU Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adeniyi Olayanju, described the institution as “forward-looking and solution-seeking”, adding that it has the potential to save and improve lives by uniting brilliant minds across disciplines to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.
“We are committed to raising a generation of great thinkers, solution providers, global leaders and, of course, an army of reformers and other innovative ideas with competitive academic and infrastructural endowments, to make life on campus not only pleasing but also inspiring.”
Olayanju, whose son was also matriculating, encouraged the students to make wise engagement in their academic pursuit as the university prides herself on stable academic calendar. He also urged them to be law-abiding, noting that the university’s rules and regulations are there to guide them.