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 Posted - 27 Mar 2007 : 13:06:10
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UTG CROWN PROFESSORS
By Isatou Bittaye
The University of the Gambia on Thursday 22nd March, 2007 organised its maiden inaugural lecture for two new professors. The ceremony was held at the Paradise Suites Hotel.
The newly crowned professors are the Vice Chancellor of UTG, Professor Andreas Ludvig Steigen, crowned as Professor of Zoology (Ecology and Evolution) and Professor Nicodemus F. Awasom crowned as Professor of African History.
Introducing the newly crowned professors, the University Orator, Alhagie Gumbo Ali Touray, said promotions in the University is based on publications one has published in a recognised journal.
Mr. Touray indicated that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adreas Ludvig Steigen is a seasoned academic of international standing who was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1982, noting that Professor Steigen has a long standing interest in Africa and a sound knowledge of the African Academic system. Mr. Touray added that Professor Steigen was responsible for the implementation of the framework agreement between Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Bergen in Norway. Mr. Touray said Professor Steigen has set up a biodiversity project in Tanzania. He said while in Sudan, he established an aquaculture project. He said that Professor Steigen has over 40 peer review publications.
Turning to the Professor of African History, Professor Nicodemus Awasom, Mr. Touray indicated that Professor Awasom arrived in the Gambia in 2001 as a senior lecturer.
Mr. Touray said Awasom is a holder of two doctorate degrees from Universite de Yaounde (Cameroon) and the University of Ibadan (Nigeria). He further said Awasom had taught in the University of Buea and Yaounde in Cameroon and the University of Basle and Zurich in Switzerland, noting that his University teaching record is international in outlook and includes universities in Africa and Europe. Mr. Touray added that Professor Awasom has over 40 peer review publications. Mr. Touray said that Awasom is a recipient of several international awards which includes the Lawrence Dunbar Reddicle Memorial Superlative Scholarship in 1999, the CODESRIA Governance Institute Laureate in 1997, Visiting Fellowship for the African Studies Centre Leidan (The Netherlands) in 2001 and was selected on competitive basis as a resource person for the CODESRIA Governance Institute in the 2003 session and CODESRIA/SEPHLS extended workshop on social history in 2004.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.35/2007, 26-27 March, 2007
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