Caleb University holds 14th convocation ceremony, graduates 1,360
January 27, 2025 2025-01-27 11:29Caleb University holds 14th convocation ceremony, graduates 1,360
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, held its 14th convocation ceremony for conferment of undergraduate and higher degrees on 1,360 individuals on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
At the event inside the University’s Convocation Arena, 1,117 graduates were conferred with undergraduate degrees with 54 bagging First Class honour and Second Class Upper Division for 527 students.
503 students bagged Second Class Lower while 33 others got Third Class.
At the ceremony, 15 Ph.D degrees were awarded in Accounting, Architecture, Computer Science, Economics, and Mass Communication.
Many of the graduates also received cash prizes and Letters of Academic Excellence for their outstanding performances during their programmes at the university.
Ahiakwo Joy Nmachukwu of the Department of Industrial Chemistry, College of Pure and Applied Sciences (COPAS) went home with the Most Outstanding Student Award for First Degree with a CGPA of 4.98.
She also won the prize of the Best Graduating Student in the College and her department.
Williams Gbenga Olatunde of the College of Environmental Sciences and Management (CASMAS) was voted the Best Graduating Student in his college.
In the College of Postgraduate Studies (COPOS), Adenubi Adeola Oladele and Banimore Yinusa smiled home with the Most Outstanding Students Awards.
The individuals above and several others also went home with cash prizes for their academic exploits throughout their stay on campus.
In his convocation address, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nosa Owens-Ibie, thanked the parents of the graduating students and investors for the confidence reposed in the university.
He listed the various achievements recorded by the university under his watch and urged the parents to extend the same support accorded to him to the acting Vice-Chancellor who is expected to come on board in the coming days.
“God has been good to the university. We thank the parents for the confidence reposed in us which has made the university virile.
“We value the alumni and we honoured our outstanding staff and students for their roles in the success recorded by the university during the last Christmas Carol,” Prof. Owens-Ibie stated.
The Overseer, Peace House, Gboko, Bro. Gbile Akanni, who delivered the Convocation Lecture titled: “Optimising Your God-Given Potentials in Making A Global Difference,” charged the graduates to be agents of change in society.
He challenged them to set the pace, break barriers, and find solutions to things that hitherto had remained invisible, inaccessible, and unattainable in the rapidly changing world.
“A trailblazer is a pioneer who sets the pace, breaks barriers, and calls forth that which hitherto had remained impossible to the average men and women around. A trailblazer is a leader who summons followership by the inspiration of his life and action, “ the cleric counseled.
The vice-chancellors of some sister universities, including the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUTECH), Cornerstone University, Christopher University, Dennis Osadebey University, McPherson University, Bowen University, and Mountain Top University also sent their goodwill messages on the convocation ceremony.