The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe Unizik (UNIZIK), Awka,
Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, has lauded Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna and UNIZIK’s Mass
Communication Department for transforming the school’s mass communication auditorium
into a state-of-the-art facility, reports DigitalSENSE Campus Pavilion.
The project is a brainchild of Prof. Okunna,
who is back teaching at the university, and after whom the auditorium is now
named.
Declaring open the auditorium penultimate Thursday, Prof.
Ahaneku said that whenever they have opportunity that will benefit students, they
would not hesitate.
“The Department of Mass Communication started this process
as a department, using the resources available to the department and they have
keyed into the vision of the current administration.
“I thank the HOD, the departmental team and Prof. Stella
Okunna who motivated and stimulated this idea. I’m saying that for us in the
university system, we have to provide the necessary facilities for the students
to study and the public.
“So, in all, the locations where we have our facilities,
whether in the classroom or in the field, we should address such facilities.
He also emphasized that as communicators they identified the
auditorium as a very important facility to address and they have refurbished
their auditorium so that the students can sit there for exams, lectures,
seminars and brainstorm as communicators.
“What they have done today is to lay a good foundation for a
good learning environment for the Department of Mass Communication and its
students” he said.
While advising the students to maintain the auditorium by
keeping it clean at all times, the VC urged the teachers, as the mentors, to
continue in the good direction.”
On her part, Prof. Okunna said that she was overwhelmed with
the words of the VC, adding that she appreciates him for setting a new standard
in the institution.
She said, “I want to appreciate our VC for setting a new
standard in the university. I am highly impressed. The HOD of Mass
Communication is young and very vibrant and we will always support every good
idea she comes up with. The welcome back the department gave me when I came
back after my appointment as a commissioner was unprecedented and I will always
support this department as much as I can.”
Also expressing her delight at the day’s event,
the Head of Department, Dr. Ifeoma Dunu, noted that it was an exceptional day
and a dream come true for the department, adding that the auditorium will not
only serve the students and the department, but will also attract income to the
department.
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