Alumni of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science have donated equipment to the faculty to promote excellent research.
They donated the equipment during an event tagged: “Home-coming”, which brought students of the 1976 Class back to the campus. The alumni created endowment fund, which must be contributed to by past and present students to restore infrastructure in the faculty.
The event started with a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic, Prof James Ogbonna said management was delighted to receive the equipment. He praised the alumni for their gesture. He said management would not relent in providing the faculties with academic equipment to improve excellence and standards.
Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prof Emmanuel Ibezim, appreciated the alumni’s intervention and urged the students to embark on quality research with the equipment.
Prof Ibezim urged the students to continue to work and study in groups for better understanding.
Prof Amechi Attama, a lecturer, said the faculty, in the last three years, has experienced positive changes in terms of infrastructure and academic. He said the alumni’s gesture would challenge the faculty’s staff to maintain the culture of excellence.
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