FUNAAB Co-operative Members Advised to Obey Regulations

Members of FUNAAB Staff Co-operative Multipurpose Society Limited have been advised to adhere strictly to all laws and regulations guiding the operations of co-operative movement in order to ensure safety of their funds. The Ogun State Director of Co-operative Societies, Mr. Olugbenga Oladipo gave the advice at the 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Society, recently held in the University. …

Physics Don Gets Commendation

Dr. Gboyega Adebayo, Acting Head, Department of Physics, College of Physical Sciences (COLPHYS), has been commended for instituting two endowment funds through the award of annual prizes to excellent students in the areas of Solid State Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. A renowned Professor of Solid Physics, Erio Tosatti, lauded Dr. Adebayo's initiative, saying he had encouraged and suppo…

Yam Roasting Festival Fosters Town, Gown Interaction – VC

The hosting of the Yam Roasting Festival by the University, to commemorate the annual harvest of new yams, has been described as a veritable mechanism of promoting and enhancing the Town and the Gown community relations. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated this during the 2015 FUNAAB Yam Roasting Festival, held at the Directorate of University Farms (DUFARMS) premises. According…

Yam Roasting Festival Fosters Town, Gown Interaction – VC

The hosting of the Yam Roasting Festival by the University, to commemorate the annual harvest of new yams, has been described as a veritable mechanism of promoting and enhancing the Town and the Gown community relations. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated this during the 2015 FUNAAB Yam Roasting Festival, held at the Directorate of University Farms (DUFARMS) premises. According…

Our Graduates Are Sound, Says DVC (A)

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Adekojo Waheed, has described graduates of FUNAAB as high fliers, who compete excellently with their counterparts from other leading institutions. Professor Waheed, while disclosing this recently, noted that in spite of the fact that the University had produced many First Class graduates, many of such graduates prefer not to be retained in…

CENTS Skills Acquisition Programme Kicks-off

As part of efforts at mitigating the challenges of unemployment and enhancing the standard of living of Nigerian youths, the University's Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies (CENTS), has commenced the Vocational Entrepreneurial Skills Acquisition Programme for the year. According to the Director of CENTS, Professor Adewale Dipeolu, the establishment of the Centre was in tandem with the attainment o…

Blend Academic, Vocational Education, Says VC

The need to incorporate academic and vocational programmes in institutions of higher learning in the country, to produce sound graduates, have been stressed. This was the piece of advice given by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, at the 3-Day Workshop on "Enterprise 'Start Up' Initiatives for Job and Wealth Creation among FUNAAB Youth Entrepreneurs", organised by the Gender…

NAUW Empowers Female Students, Women

The Nigerian Association of University Women (NAUW), FUNAAB Chapter has held an empowerment programme tagged, “Be Your Own Boss”, which was designed at teaching interested female students and women, skills such as Bead-making, Cake-baking, Fashion Designing and Decoration. While addressing the participants, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, represented by the Dean of Stud…

VC Stresses Importance of Lab, Technical Assistants

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has reiterated the importance of Laboratory and Technical Assistants in the University, as the vital bridge between the students and lecturers in the process of teaching and learning. Professor Oyewole stated this while declaring open, a one-day training workshop on “Laboratory e-Techniques and Sample Handling”, for laboratory and worksho…

Former FUNAABOT Director Hands-over to Deputy

The former Director, FUNAAB Bureau of Transportation (FUNAABOT), Dr. Oluwafiropo Awokola, has completed his tenure of office by handing-over the baton of leadership to his deputy, Mr. Oludotun Sodiya. In his handover speech, Dr. Awokola, who assumed office on September 30, 2011 as the Deputy Dean, Student Affairs and Chairman, Management Committee on Transportation (MANCOT now FUNAABOT), recalle…

Former FUNAAB Student Bags Award

Mr. Lateef Omonayajo, a fresh graduate from the University’s Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, College of Engineering (COLENG), has bagged the 2015 edition of the Tatarillo International Thesis Award. Omonayajo's thesis titled, "Development of Low Cost Emitter for Drip Irrigation", was selected as one of the winning theses, because it was well-structured…

Classroom Dynamics & Diversity

Dear Content Contributor, It is my pleasure in congratulating the University Management, academic and non-teaching staff of the institution on the successful completion of the 2014/2015 academic session. However, in the process of teaching and learning in any academic system, there are some salient issues that cannot be totally eliminated. As obtainable in the society that we live in, there are a…

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