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  • Ajayi Crowther varsity graduates 626

    Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, has offered automatic employment to 19 First Class graduates wishing to pursue academic careers in the institution.

    The institution’s Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Dapo Asaju, revealed the offer while addressing reporters on the university’s 10th convocation, which holds tomorrow.

    The private university, which is owned by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), will confer bachelor and master’s degrees on 626 students for the 2017/2018 session.

    While 287 graduates will be conferred with bachelor’s degree in various disciplines, 339 will receive master’s degree.

    Asaju said the university offered those with First Class employment to further enrich the institution’s faculty with brilliant, young scholars.

    With the new graduates, ACU has produced 4,065 bachelor’s degree holders and 621 master’s degree holders in the last 10 years.

    The university will also confer honorary degrees on former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan; American publisher of Unapologetic Bible Study, Mr Emmanuel Campouris; a retired justice of the Ogun State High Court, Babasola Ogunade and Insurance guru, Olabode Ogunlana.

    Asaju said those to be honoured have distinguished themselves in their contributions to the development of the Anglican Church and the society at large.

    The VC also said the institution was already thinking about starting a Faculty of Medicine as part of its new 15-year academic brief, having just exhausted the plan drawn at inception. The new brief will also include the study of Chinese Language. He explained that the language has become the global language of commerce, given the rise of China in technology and international trade.

    On academic development, Asaju disclosed that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had approved the commencement of its Faculties of Engineering, Environmental Studies and Education, adding that all the institution’s academic programmes have NUC accreditation.

  • Gospel Baptist Seminary commences affiliated programme with Ajayi Crowther University

    Gospel Baptist Theological Seminary, Awe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ajayi Crowther University Oyo owned by Anglican Communion for an affiliation programme on theology.

    The MOU, which was signed on May 11, at the university’s premises in Oyo, took immediate effect.

    The affiliation programme allows the seminary to run accredited courses in the Department of Religious Studies for award of Diploma, Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Arts.

    It runs for a year in the first instance subject to three years with an option of another renewal.

    All the affiliated courses are under the Faculty of Humanities.

    Speaking at the signing of the MOU, Archbishop Magnus Atilade, who is the visitor to the seminary, described the feat as historic and a big step in its march to greatness.

    He said with the take-off of the MOU, the seminary was prepared to train sound, qualified and balanced ministers of the gospel.

    “This will help us to do a better job of training ministers for contemporary ministries with all the requisite skills.

    “There is no stopping us again in preparing them for the task of reconciling the world with the Lord,” he stressed.

    The Rector, Prof. David Omole, assured the institution was more than ready to take the world by storms.

    “Academic excellence is our watchword and the Spirit of God will help us to train men for the gospel works,” he stated.

    Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Prof. Dapo Asaju, said such beneficial partnerships were necessary to accelerate global evangelism.

    He said the institutions will complement themselves to offer sound theological education anchored on rigorous academic training and sound biblical application.

  • Gospel Baptist Seminary commences affiliated programme with Ajayi Crowther University

    Gospel Baptist Seminary commences affiliated programme with Ajayi Crowther University

    Gospel Baptist Theological Seminary, Awe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ajayi Crowther University Oyo owned by Anglican Communion for an affiliation programme on theology.

    The MOU, which was signed on May 11, at the university’s premises in Oyo, took immediate effect.

    The affiliation programme allows the seminary to run accredited courses in the Department of Religious Studies for award of Diploma, Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Arts.

    It runs for a year in the first instance subject to three years with an option of another renewal.

    All the affiliated courses are under the Faculty of Humanities.

    Speaking at the signing of the MOU, Archbishop Magnus Atilade, who is the visitor to the seminary, described the feat as historic and a big step in its march to greatness.

    He said with the take-off of the MOU, the seminary was prepared to train sound, qualified and balanced ministers of the gospel.

    “This will help us to do a better job of training ministers for contemporary ministries with all the requisite skills.

    “There is no stopping us again in preparing them for the task of reconciling the world with the Lord,” he stressed.

    The Rector, Prof. David Omole, assured the institution was more than ready to take the world by storms.

    “Academic excellence is our watchword and the Spirit of God will help us to train men for the gospel works,” he stated.

    Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Prof. Dapo Asaju, said such beneficial partnerships were necessary to accelerate global evangelism.

    He said the institutions will complement themselves to offer sound theological education anchored on rigorous academic training and sound biblical application.

  • Ajayi Crowther Varsity begins OND/HND conversion

    Ajayi Crowther University Oyo and Ascending Business School, Ibadan, have started a part-time Master in Business Administration, (MBA) as well as HND to BSC conversion programmes.

    Ascending Business School  Managing Director James Adeleye Adeosun, said the initiatives  would equip individuals with  entrepreneurial skills to thrive in the labour market, and,  on the long run, boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP).

    The initiative would also boost entrepreneurial skills and give business opportunities to individuals in the business circle, Adeosun added.

    “With the programmes, working class adults and other candidates can obtain quality degree programmes, get a business, link with local and international authorities and institutions,” he added.

    Adeosun noted that many universities and other tertiary institutions need to be more enterprising.

    He added: “Many of them (tertiary institution) depend too much on the government; they are not really thinking in the line of industry and applying knowledge to raise fund. That is what we do here. We have business school and we train our students to be able to apply the knowledge to generate fund.

    “There is no link between the academic institutions and the industry as we have in developed countries. Institutions’ faculty of engineering cannot come up with ideas to generate fund and benefit their immediate society, while their faculty of agriculture cannot come up with produce to benefit their host community. They are not converting the knowledge in a way that people can use it immediately.”

     

  • Ajayi Crowther varsity unveils Asaju as new VC

    A 51-year old Professor of Christian Studies, Dapo Asaju, has been unveiled as the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo.

    While unveiling the new helmsman for the faith-based private university yesterday, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), described him as a round peg in a round hole, adding that he was the very best among all the applicants for the post.

    Olanipekun said his choice was a unanimous decision after he came first in the interview conducted for shortlisted candidates yesterday morning. According to him, Asaju scored 88 per cent in the interview to beat four other shortlisted candidates to emerge the new VC. Eight persons applied for the job out of which five were shortlisted for interview, according to Olanipekun.

    He listed the outstanding factors that earned Asaju the job as merit, performance, antecedent and record, stressing that the interview was thorough, painstaking and rigorous.  Asaju studied up to PhD at the University of Ilorin. He became a Professor in 2004.

    He teaches at the Lagos State University (LASU). He was Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts, Member of Council, Lagos State University (LASU) and a visiting associate Professor, Bayreuth University, Germany, among others.