FUTA’s F AMU Class Of 2014 Departs For USA

The collaboration between the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA and the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, FAMU, Tallahassee, USA was given further fillip recently with the departure of eight students for the United States of America to complete their undergraduate programmes. The students form the second batch to benefit from the collaboration between FUTA and FAMU under the 4+1+1 programme which began in 2013.The students would complete their undergraduate progarmme in FAMU to earn FUTA certificate and would also be eligible to proceed for their Master’s degree and earn FAMU post graduate certificate.
At a pre-departure event attended by the students, their parents and Senior Academic staff, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi Daramola advised the FAMU class of 2014 to be upright and focus on their programme in order to achieve excellence in their academic pursuit just as their counterparts who left for FAMU in 2013.
Daramola who described the development as a thing of joy and pride to the University reiterated the benefits of the exchange programme to the University and said it would give the beneficiaries the opportunity to broaden their horizon and reshape their future and that of their country. He said the collaboration has also put FUTA on the global academic map.
He revealed the University’s efforts to collaborate with Fort Valley University, Georgia, Texas Southern University, Houston and Pennsylvania State University as FUTA firms up its repositioning and world class marketability.
Earlier, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Professor Adedayo Fasakin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Tolulope Akinbogun and the Registrar, Dr. (Mrs.) Modupe Ajayi took to congratulate the students whom they termed fortunate. Professor Fasakin traced the beginning of the 4+1+1 programme with FAMU in 2013 to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding approved by the University’s Senate and the National Universities Commission (NUC).He enumerated the award of scholarships, payment of in-state fees and opportunity for postgraduate studies as some of the benefits of the transfer programme.
On her part, the Chairman, Committee of Deans and Dean, School of Sciences, Professor (Mrs.) Ibiyinka Fuwape stressed the need for the students to excel saying “America rewards excellence. It will take care of you but you have to excel”.
She urged them to make good use of faculty members and be good ambassadors of their parents, the University and themselves.
Responding on behalf of the students, Miss Tolulola Adeyewa of the Department of Food Science Technology appreciated God and the University authority for the opportunity. She thanked everyone who had contributed to their success story so far, particularly their parents and lecturers and promised to make the University proud.