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Friday Faculty Fellowship is a weekly
innovative interactive forum created by the University
to build up the intellectual and spiritual capacity of
its faculty members as well as keeping them abreast of
current trends of issues and events within and outside
the University. The Chancellor, Dr David Oyedepo and
other Principal Officers of the University, who are
regular speakers at the Fellowship, use the forum to
mentor and impact their rich wealth of experience on the
faculty, especially younger academics. |
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The Chancellor |
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EXPLORING THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY |
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Dr.
David Oyedepo |
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As we begin to
explore what a University represents, I will
like to say that a University is a place where
solutions to societal problems are found and
value is added to humanity. A University is not
a monastery but a factory that produces values and
drives research. The real value of a university
is only established by the problems it solves.
In order to be relevant as a University, we must
continue to engage in research that will solve
the problem of the society. As long as we remain
regimented we will continue to be relegated.
There’s a need for a rediscovery of our true
identity because wherever there is liberty,
dignity is restored and it doesn’t have to be
white to be right. Let us rush in to maximize
the opportunity of this dark hour in Africa to
the original ideas of creating knowledge,
solving practical problems, being committed to
developing products and keep exploring new
vistas in our various areas of endeavour both
morally and socially.
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The Vice Chancellor
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| Prof. Aize Obayan |
With about 78 approved universities in
Nigeria - 26 Federal, 26 State and 24
private universities, of which Covenant
University is one, it becomes necessary
to address what the idea of a university
in the 21st Century is, particularly as
it relates to the African context. Right
from inception in 2002, we have been
driven by a compelling vision of raising
a new generation of leaders and also by
the need to kick off from a base of
excellence.
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The Registrar
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Yemi
Nathaniel |
The idea of a university absolutely describes the
hope for societies. It was the thirst for knowledge,
the desire to do things better and improve the
standard of living that led to a search for
knowledge, which has its apex institutional
representation in universities. Beginning with the
very first universities in the 15th century,...
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EXPLORING THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY (PERSONAL
REFLECTIONS) |
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Prof. Charles Ogbulogo |
THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY
Prof. Charles Ogbulogo
Dean, College of Human Development
Setting the Records Straight
The idea of a University has always been credited to Europe
and to the medieval age. This perception may have been informed by the focus on
the parameters of certification and structure. Without being embroiled in that
controversy, we shall just note that:
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Professor Charles Ogbulogo Dean, College of Human
Development
Academic /
Professional Information
1981-1985-B.A. (ed) (Hons.) English-Education,
Second Class Upper, University of Calabar
1986-1987, M.A. English Language, University of
Lagos
1991-1995, Ph.D. English Language (Syntax),
University of Lagos.
Special Awards
Claude Ake Memorial Award U.S.A 2002
CODESRIA, PhD Research Grant, Dakar, Senegal, 1991.
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Professor Tim O. Mosaku |
THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY
By Professor Tim O. Mosaku Department of Building Technology
Introduction
The concept of a University from historical perspective and its traditional
ideas gives one the impression of a big-bang theory in creating an environment
which is distinct from the society it is meant to serve. The emphasis
appears to be more on the individuals within the environment who are given the
freedom to develop their own intellectual capacities and to develop others
to make free and voluntary contributions for the benefit of the society.
Whatever came out of the university in this manner for the
benefit of the society therefore was left to chance depending on the way the
individuals within the environment perceived their environment and, of course,
the status of their intellectual capacities. Some of the early discoveries and
inventions adopted or adapted for societal needs provide ample examples to
confirm this view.
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News
Tit-bit |
CU Staff receives N500, 000 Research
Grant
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Babatunde Amos Aleji |
A staff of Covenant
University, Mr. Babatunde Amos Aleji of
the Department of Chemical and Petroleum
Engineering has won this year’s Chief S.
L. Edu Memorial Research Grant. The
value of the grant is N500, 000. |
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Staff
Reflects Papers and Products |
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About My Journal Publications
By
ADEBAYO, A.H. on 2/2/07
Research works of a staff of Covenant
University, Mr. A. H Adebayo, were recently
published in two reputed international journals- The
International Journal of Pharmacology
and Journal of Medicine in the Tropics. Mr.
Adebayo, who teaches Biochemistry at the College of
Science and Technology, made a brief presentation of his
research interests at the Friday Faculty Fellowship on
February 02, 2007.
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Excerpts of Presentation |
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