Gregory University holds ” Life After the University ” workshop to equip scholars for the real world
Gregory University holds ” Life After the University ” workshop to equip scholars for the real world.
Scholars of Gregory University Uturu were taken through some road maps on how to succeed after school during a high-impact workshop captioned “LIFE After the University: What Next?”
The event, organized by the College of Social and Management Sciences (CSMS) brought together scholars from first to final years to give them practical insights into relevant skills they can use to fill the gap that exists between academic life and life after the campus.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Regina Ogali, represented by Dr. Tom Okpuisi, presented the first Keynote Address. She emphasized the need for scholars to develop relevant strategies for survival, understand the realities of our society, and the challenges and opportunities that acquiring diversified skills could bring them. She made the scholars understand that certificates are meant for interviews, but one’s skills get the job, and retain you therein.
Seasoned Experts who presented papers that challenged the mental, practical and professional abilities of the scholars to succeed after here, included:
Dr. Nworgu Okey-Theodore of the Department of Sociology who spoke on the topic – Communication: Purpose and Adaptability. He reiterated the importance of career planning, acquisition of employable skills, and the importance of continuous learning. He warned that unhealthy online presence is an exercise in frivolities; because one’s mindset must explore the society to move further in life.
The Head of Department of English and Literary Studies, Dr. Benjamin Odoemela, made the scholars appreciate the central place that adaptability, quality leadership skills, and resilience occupies in their future life. He stated that in today’s world, academic qualifications alone cannot make one realize his full dreams and potentials.
The Dean, College of Humanities, Prof Leo Ebeogu, through Dr. Samson Nzeribe, made it clear that having dreams alone is insufficient for a decent living in today’s difficult world; but working hard to achieve those dreams matters most. He, therefore, admonished the scholars to realize immediately that life after the university is not like our paternal homes and the classrooms. “It is only through serious self-examination that the gap between school and the life after the campus is bridged”, he stated.
Dr. Nzeribe, after the event, said that Gregory University Uturu remains committed to producing career-ready and skilled scholars through this type of workshops in order to increase the marketability and survival ratings of GUU’s graduates.
The event also provided an opportunity for the best Graduating Student for 2023/2024 Set to present a recorded motivational talk to for his junior colleagues in the university.
Emmanuel C. Ekomanna
PRO
