The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Africa’s first development university, has just received a cash grant from the Internet giant Google to upgrade the University’s information technology infrastructure. The grant is part of Google’s effort to support sub-Saharan African Universities that are participating in its Google Apps Supporting Program (GASP). There are currently six universities [...]
After a vote by the Rwandan national parliament, Dr. Margee Ensign, American-born President of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), was named last month to a task force establishing a new university system in that country. Announcing her appointment on November 8, the Rwandan Minister of Education, Dr. Vincent Biruta, said that the task force [...]
The American University of Nigeria, Africa’s First Development University, today announced it will no longer require application fees beginning from the Spring semester of 2013. The Assistant Vice President of Marketing & Recruitment, Mr. Linus Ikyurav, said the decision was meant to facilitate access to the University. AUN accepts applications via the Web and through [...]
The American University of Nigeria will host Yola Peace Day to mark its November 24 Founder’s Day celebration. From northern Nigeria, an area where the news is often focused on conflict, one small Nigerian-American University is spearheading a peace-building effort. So far, the small city of Yola, populated by Christians and Muslims, has maintained the [...]
Kevin Powell, an American writer, public speaker, political activist, poet, and entrepreneur, will speak to students at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) this Friday, November 9. Mr. Powell has been on a mission to teach young people to be all they can be since the early 1990s. A product of Rutgers University, New Jersey, [...]
Two American University of Nigeria professors and the Chief Information Officer recently attended a two-day World Cyber Security Conference in Abuja, where they demonstrated AUN’s huge physical and human capacity in Information Technology. Dean Mathias Fonkam and the CIO, Mr. Julius Ayuk Tabe, were both discussants at the conference, also attended by Information Systems/IT departmental [...]
Three students from the School of Information Technology & Computing represented the American University of Nigeria at the National Mathematics Center’s National Programming Competition and African Regional Programming Competition held in Abuja from October 17 to 21. The students, Osarenogae Ogieva, Ezinwa Okpoechi, and Simpa Majoku, competed with 40 other teams from across the country, [...]
One of Nigeria’s leading economists and former Central Bank Governor, Professor Charles C. Soludo, will be the keynote speaker at the American University of Nigeria’s celebration on November 24 at the seventh Founder’s Day. Founder’s Day recognizes the achievements of the entire AUN community, and looks forward to the future. Its high point is to [...]
President of the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council), Mr. Sanjay Bayisi, has invited the American University of Nigeria (AUN) to host next year’s Global Cyberlympics Ethical Hacking Competition, an international Cyber security challenge. The occasion of the announcement was at the Cyber Security World Conference recently held at the Nigerian Military Headquarters in Abuja. [...]
Only weeks after the launch of AUN Agricultural Entrepreneurship School, the University launched its sustainability initiative–another social entrepreneurship project. It was on Saturday, September 22, when students, some women community leaders, and some University officials gathered at the recycling unit of the Works & Maintenance Department. The project is a recycling venture, designed to convert [...]
The American University of Nigeria is set to join dozens of universities from 17 countries in the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), an organization created to combat cheating, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty in higher education. Over time, its mission has expanded to include the cultivation of cultures of integrity in academic communities worldwide. AUN’s [...]
For the second year in a row, the American University of Nigeria will welcome alumni, parents, visitors, and the community of Yola to AUN for a fun-filled week that includes the Mr. and Miss AUN Pageant. Mr. Dorsey Spencer, the Director of Student Activities & Involvement, whose office has primary charge for the event, describes [...]
If someone were to visit AUN for the first time and learn that there are 1,093 Nigerian students, it would come as no surprise. Perhaps if you tell that same person about the nine Cameroonians who enrolled at AUN this semester, it could be attributable to the fact that Adamawa State shares its Eastern border [...]
At a Google seminar in Accra, Ghana, recently, the American University of Nigeria Chief Information Officer, Mr. Julius Ayuk Tabe, told the story of AUN’s strides in the educational use of ICT. The Google Education Summit for Vice-Chancellors and CIOs held September 27, focused on the use of Google Apps Supporting Programs (GASP), to bring [...]
A violent attack in Mubi, Adamawa, that halted Nigeria’s celebration mood on October 2 and claimed several innocent lives, has drawn the attention of the Adamawa Peace Council (APC). It consequently urged the authorities to probe the matter and restore law and order. “The Council is deeply saddened by recent violent incidents in Mubi,” the [...]
The U.K.’s Africa Leadership magazine will honor The American University of Nigeria as Africa’s Leading University at the African Investments & Development Awards ceremony on October 7, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. “We are pleased to recognize AUN’s enormous contributions to Africa’s educational emancipation, economic growth and development, as the leading and [...]
A three-man team from the Federal Ministry of Labor, Adamawa office, praised the American University of Nigeria last week for what it described as “excellent conditions of service”. The team, led by Mr. Usman Madu Dibal, the Controller of Labor for the state, was on a routine inspection with regard to workers’ welfare and labor [...]
A research journal article by four American University of Nigeria professors, entitled “Workforce Preparation: Free Vocational Information Technology Training”, has advocated a free workforce vocational training for Nigeria, regardless of the nation’s economic situations and circumstances. The lecturers, Associate Professor Ago Quaye, Assistant Professor Lawrence Oborkhale, and Instructors Anele Nwokoma and Emmanuel Ukpe of AUN’s [...]
Students can improve the quality of their work, their grades, their social life, and save a lot of time by adopting the SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review) study technique. In recognition of the merits of this study tool, the Career Services office of the American University of Nigeria organized a workshop on September [...]
Nigeria should go beyond pursuing traditional development projects to more sustainable ones, advised Dr. Charles Reith of the American University of Nigeria. The Professor and Director of Sustainability Initiatives was speaking during the first-year experience seminar held on Monday, September 17. He explained that when natural resources are exploited for development, this naturally results in [...]
The American University of Nigeria is working towards a partnership with Enterprise Bank Limited, a Lagos commercial bank specializing in e-business solutions for corporate organizations (software, internet service and web hosting). This new deal will enable e-consumers on the University’s campus to and use an array of e-banking products. In the meeting with the Chief [...]
Vice President of the AUN (American University of Nigeria) Schools, Ms. Krista McKee, and Vice Principal of AUN Academy, Mr. Ashish Gill, are celebrating a stellar academic performance from the 43 students the Academy graduated in July on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination. Ninety-five percent of the Academy students passed at distinction level [...]
The American University of Nigeria Freshman Seminar held on Monday, September 3, was an opportunity for new students to learn about the University’s e-library system. The University Librarian, Mr. Amed Demirhan, who taught the one-hour seminar, encouraged new students to use e-resources and taught them how to identify, retrieve and access library information. With several [...]
SGA President, Ms. Faridah Ibrahim, treated a team of 30 SGA members to a retreat in preparation for the Fall semester. It was a two-day event that was held in Washington Hall on September 1 and 2. Day one taught the group about leadership dynamics, teamwork, delegation strategies, and how to grow excellence-oriented organizations. Day [...]
AUN Hotel officially opened its doors last week. The August 24 official commissioning of the state-of-the-art facility, said to be the best in Adamawa State, brought out the entire AUN community, AUN Founder and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the University Board Chairman Ahmed Joda, among many other dignitaries. “AUN Hotel will be a [...]
