Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos State, produced 28 first class students in the 2023/2024 academic session, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has said.
Kolawole said at a news conference in Lagos on Monday that the 28 students were among the 122 students to be awarded Bachelor’s Degree at the university’s Third Convocation Ceremonies, which would start on Wednesday and end on Friday (March 21).
He said that the university would also hold its matriculation ceremonies for the 2024/2025 academic session during the period.
He said that the university would hold a convocation lecture with the theme: ‘Success is not a Degree’’, on Wednesday.
Kolawole said that the lecture would be delivered by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Coscharis Group of Companies, Dr Cosmos Maduka.
He added that the university would organise a matriculation lecture on Thursday with the theme: ‘The Central Place of University Education in Personal and National Development’.
The vice-chancellor said that the matriculation lecture would be delivered by the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Adenike Oladiji.
Kolawole said that the 122 students were from three faculties.
“This year’s convocation is a special one because we are graduating the first set of students in our Nursing Science and Medical Laboratory Science School Programmes.
“Twenty-eight students made first class grades, 65 made second class (upper division) 25, second class (lower division), and three, third class.
He said that the first class students comprised 16 females and 12 males.
He said that Mr Farouq Animashaun of commuter science department emerged the overall best graduating student with a cumulative grade point average of 4.95.
Kolawole said that the university would be formally admitting 565 students during the matriculation ceremony.
He said that the figure reflected 48.70 per cent increase over the number admitted by the university last year.
He said that the university would confer honourary doctorate degree in Business Administration and Management on Mr Dipo Ajayi, President, Architect Registration Council of Nigeria, at the convocation ceremonies.
He reiterated the institution’s commitment to expanding operations, programmes and facilities to meet increasing admission demands.
“We have recently added skills acquisition in digital literacy and entrepreneurship, fashion design, graphic design, photography and videography to add more value,” he said.
Kolawole also said that the institution was planning to introduce more courses and degree conversion programmes.
