GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES
According to the Chancellor, “Covenant University is a royal academy birthed on the platform of a compelling vision to raise a new generation of leaders for the Continent of Africa. It is indeed the birth place of “kings and queens”.

One of the mission of the University is to develop an integrated, life-applicable and life promoting education. In addition, the mission is essentially to liberate mankind by promoting the relevance of University education and focusing on human development with the ultimate goal of creating an environment that could foster a Total Man who will be relevant to his or her world in his purpose.
Covenant University is declared a dream centre i.e. ‘the dream varsity’; where students are expected to quickly catch a dream that gives value to the acquired talents and skills. It is indeed a man’s dream that provides a defining mark for his life style, making him a responsible individual, who takes delight in complying with laid down rules and regulations. Our students are expected to be most disciplined of any such student you would ever meet. The mental orientation of the royal status of our students is expected to rule their life styles, thereby keeping them focused on the throne ahead of them.
Only a serious approach guarantees a glorious result, we are therefore very passionate in the Student Affairs Department in our destiny-moulding mandate.

The genuine commitment of our students to the pursuit and actualization of their dreams in order to become solution providers calls for high level discipline.
From the above, the relevance of the Student Affairs Department of the Covenant University as one of the components towards the realization of the Liberation mandate of Living Faith Church cannot be over emphasized.
In order to facilitate the realization of the major objectives of the Commission for setting up Covenant University, the Student Affairs Department has the responsibility of attending to all issues that affect students on campus.
It is essentially the primary objective of the University that students are processed and consequently made Kings and Queens for the benefits of the society.
Towards this effect, the major activities of Student Affairs include the followings:
 

(1) General Oversight of halls of residence: This is to ensure that students live a life of dignity without unnecessary challenges.
Leadership of Covenant University has provided full residential facilities for all students. Therefore, the responsibility of allocation of students into the halls of residence is vested in the Department of Students’ Affairs. Presently, there are Ten (10) Residential Halls in the University. Each of the Ten Halls has two hall officers who apart from maintaining law and order also provide guidance services in their various Halls. The believe of leadership of royalty for the status of living of our students has led to the mandatory one man one bed space philosophy driven by the Department; no squatting is allowed, neither is swapping of bed spaces permitted.

(2) Discipline: The department regulates Students conduct and discipline. Each student is given a copy of student handbook which contains the guidelines for students’ expected conduct on campus and the penalties for their violation. These guidelines put in place are a set of rules and regulations called the ‘University Royal Law’ designed to help every student to enjoy a successful tenure here at Covenant University.
Every decree enacted in Covenant University is designed to groom and not to grieve. None of the regulations is put in place with the sole intent of punishing but to tailor towards polishing our products, the students. These guidelines range from alignment to proper dress code and conducts during examinations to policies on residency. The essence of this is to ensure that students’ moral character and conduct are molded in a positive way.
The high demand placed on discipline as a fundamental requirement for making a total graduate as embedded in the core values of Covenant University makes it imperative to pursue it with the required doggedness. Towards this end the followings have been our focus:

o Monitoring of Students at the Halls of residence as well as the Academic Areas (Colleges and Library Buildings) and the Chapel.
o Mentoring of students through the process of training that would enhance passing down of desired values, culture and skills that would culminate in their becoming the total Graduate.

To power this effectively, the following crop of Staff and Students are adequately used:

 Hall Staff (Officers & Assistants)
 Students Representatives at the following levels:

• Apex Students’ Body
• Halls of Residence
• Colleges & Departments
• Revolutionary (Disciplinary) Squad

 Virile Security Personnel

(3) Student Associations: The Students Affairs is responsible for the registration of all students’ associations on campus. The aim is to encourage and allow students to express themselves and cross fertilize ideas.

(4) Sporting and other activities: The department in its commitment to realization of the development of Total Man Concept (TMC) has organized series of sporting programmes. Students are also made to jog within the university at regular interval. The aim is to ensure an emergence of a fully-baked Covenant University student.

(5) Enhancement of Welfare: Enhancement of the quality of students’ welfare is very pivotal to the attainment of desired excellence of high quality leadership from our Kings and Queens. Towards this end attention is given to all issues bothering on their total well-being vis-à-vis the areas of maintenance and improvement on the very good accommodation that are presently available, medical services, feeding and cafeteria services. The following strategies are adopted for the accomplishment of this goal:
i. Reliable Surveillance Team comprising of both staff and students
ii. All the stake holders in the King making process, especially the Faculty Staff
iii. Entrenchment of the values and virtues of “being our Brothers’ keepers” in all our students.

(6) Counseling and Training: The department also provides counseling opportunities with the collaborative efforts from the Faculty aimed at helping non-conforming students to align as appropriate. This cover wide area such as academic, spiritual, personal and career counseling.
Reigning in life requires training; hence our quest for excellent leadership is anchored on training. Therefore, efforts are geared towards the provision of regular training programme for all the students and their leadership as well as the staff responsible for grass-root monitoring. To achieve the type and quality of leaders expected of our students, the Chancellor recently commenced a leadership summit training programme with the graduating set.

(7) Students Council: The student Affairs also supervises the activities of the Student leadership on campus known as Covenant University Students Council (CUSC).
Their functions among others include:
(a) To bridge the gap between the University Management and the student body.
(b) To interpret and monitor the enforcement of University rules and regulations.
(c) To encourage creative initiatives and create a campus public opinion through which healthy students’ views are permitted to be expressed for a meaningful and responsible campus life.

(8) Core Values: The department ensures strict adherence and visible demonstration of the University Core values. The Core values are Spirituality, Positive mentality, Capacity building, Integrity, Responsibility, diligence and sacrifice. These Core Values are the fabrics around which the culture of Covenant University revolves. They essentially point to the reliability of the future of the University as well as our products.
As a department, we ensure that we always exhume these values in our day to day operations as ‘you cannot give what you don’t have’.

(9) International Students’ Unit: The Department has an International Student Affairs Unit coordinated by a member of Faculty and it is part of the Student Services aimed at administering all matters related to the welfare for international students in Covenant University. This is in furtherance of the global mandate of the Commission. As such, the unit is an important contact point for international students studying at the university. Advice and assistance available through the unit includes matters regarding student passes (application, renewal, cancellation and queries) and hospitalization, medical inquiries, application for admission procedures and orientation programs. The unit refers to the appropriate department or support service, issues they are unable to readily handle. Most importantly, our International Students are encouraged to seek for help when in need of such.
The International Student Affairs Unit also encourages and assists with intercultural activities that promote understanding between Nigerians and international students.