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International Education
Week:
US PAS visits Covenant University
As the world marks the International
Education Week (IEW) between November 13 and 17, 2006,
Covenant University was enriched by a visit of the Public
Affairs Section (PAS) of the United States
Consulate-General, Lagos of the US Embassy to its campus on
Thursday November 16, 2006.
The visit, according to the PAS five-man
team led by its Public Diplomacy Officer, Marylou
Johnson-Pizarro, was part of its activities to celebrate
this year’s IEW, a joint initiative of the US Department of
State and the US Department of Education that promotes
programmes that prepare Americans for a global environment
and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and
exchange experiences in the United States.
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The Chancellor,
Dr David Oyedepo (3rd left) with the PAS team |
The members of the team, which also
included Mrs Joke Omotunde, Information Specialist; Mrs
Margaret Anyigbo, Education Advisor; Mrs Clara Fejokwu,
Library Director, and Mrs Chineye Uwadileke, Cultural
Affairs Assistant, said the visit was also aimed at
exploring areas of linkage opportunities and other mutual
relationship with the University as well as educating CU
faculty and students of available educational opportunities
in the United States, especially on the areas of scholarship
such as Fulbright Fellowship.
During the visit, the PAS team had
interactive sessions with the Management team, led by the
Vice Chancellor, Prof Aize Obayan, the Faculty and students.
They also paid a courtesy call on the Chancellor, Dr David
Oyedepo in his office.
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The PAS team
with members of the university management team |
Earlier in her remarks, Prof Obayan had
commended US government on its efforts to foster durable
linkage with CU and other similar institutions outside the
US as way of promoting outstanding scholarship and research
in the contemporary educational context.
She especially expressed appreciation to
the PAS team for considering CU a very relevant platform in
its linkage agenda to expanding the frontiers of
scholarship.
The visitors who were obviously at home
and delighted with the infrastructural development of the
University campus, its quality staff, rich curriculum and
faith-based connection, made book donations to the CU
Library and students to broaden their horizons.
A similar team of senior officials of PAS
was at CU about exactly a year ago to initiate the on-going
blossoming relationship, essentially aimed at improving
capacity building of faculty and students.
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pictures of the event |
