By Adeyinka Adeniran
Twenty-two students on Friday bagged First class out of 96 students who graduated from Dominion University, Ibadan at the maiden convocation ceremony of the University.
The students graduated after completing their 3-4 years of academic training in the four years old institution.
Aside the 22 (22.9%) students who graduated in the first class division; 53 (55.2%) made second class upper division and 21 (21.9%) made second class lower division.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abel Olorunnisola said the graduating students are from the 11 academic programmes domiciled in the Faculties of Arts, Socialist and Management Sciences; and Computing and Applied Sciences.
Additionally, he said ten (45.5%) of the 22 first class graduands are from the Faculty of Arts, Social and Management Sciences while 12 (54.5%) graduated from the faculty of Computing and Applied Sciences.
He said “We are graduating a total of 96 students who have completed their 3-4 years of academic training in the eleven academic programmes domiciled in the Faculties of Arts, Social and Management Sciences; and Computing and Applied Sciences.
“A total of 22 (22.9%) students graduated in the first-class division, 53 (55.2%) in the second-class upper division and 21 (21.9%) in the second-class lower division.
“The overall best graduating student, Olaoluwani Isreal Oseni (Matriculation Number DU0067), graduated with a CGPA of 4.88/5.00 in Computer Science; Oore-Ofe Anthonia Ojo-Lanre (Matriculation Number DU0044) came second, graduating with a CGPA of 4.87/5.00 in Mass Communication; while Samuel Aanuoluwapo Olukunle (Matriculation Number DU0083), Adegbenga James Adesuyi, (Matriculation Number DU0328) and Olateju Abiodun Oladiran (Matriculation Number DU0034) all of whom graduated with a CGPA of 4.84/5.00 in Microbiology, Cyber Security and Mass Communication respectively the third position.
“Ten (45.5%) of the 22 first class graduands are from the Faculty of Arts, Social and Management Sciences, while 12 (54.5%) graduated from the Faculty Computing and Applied Sciences.
“Also, 15 (68.2%) of the 22 first-class graduands are females. The percentages of students graduating in the different classes of degree appears to follow the normal distribution. Also, the very high percentage of female graduands that made first class is consistent with the recent trends in higher education in Nigeria.”
The Nation reports that the maiden convocation ceremony started on Wednesday, with a Convocation service, followed by a Convocation Lecture delivered by Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo on Thursday and climaxed with the conferment of first degree and award of prizes yesterday (Friday).
Speaking earlier, the Chancellor, Bishop Taiwo Adelakun recalled that the institution received its operating licence as a private University on February 5th, 2019 and commenced academic activities in October 2019 with 113 students.
“Four months into our existence, Covid-19 struck with an academic disruption for the rest of the season. Thank God for the robust ICT policy already in place to run the institution online, the university has succeeded in ru nine four uninterrupted academic sessions and just at the beginning of the fifth session”
He noted that the uniqueness of the graduating students is about their spiritual life, adding that the school had groomed them both physically, morally and spiritually.
“In the last four years, we have taken them through spiritual tutelage. We have developed them spiritually. We have injected into them the virtue of godliness, holiness and righteousness, these are some of the challenges with our society today.
“Many people are out there pursuing selfishness and greed. We are optimistic that within a short time they will begin to manifest their virtues on the field and in the workplace”, Bishop Adelakun added.
