An Online Weekly Publication of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor
ISSN: 2141-3800
MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 2014
VOL. 1 NO. 20
Obey University
Regulations - Registrar
VC Appoints New
Acting Bursar
The Registrar, Mrs. D. C. Odimabo addressing SUG executives
Obey University Regulations
By Jesse Okedi
T
he Registrar of the Rivers
state University of Science
and Technology, Mrs.
Daba Constance Odimabo, has
charged the Students' Union
- Registrar
Government (SUG), led by
Comrade Adee Trust Mene, to
obey the University's
regulations.
The Registrar gave the
charge when SUG executives
The Registrar (c) & some other Officers of the University with SUG executives
2015: JAMB Set To Hold
Exam In RSUST ICT Centre
UST Set to Hold
Workshop for Academic
and Technical Staff
paid her a courtesy visit in her
office recently. She said that
most of the confrontation that
had ever existed between the
University's management and
SUG, was as a result of the
students' inability to
comprehend and obey
University's regulations,
stressing that the stability of the
University system is always to
the benefit of the students.
Mrs. Odimabo urged the
SUG executives to be wise by
(Contd. on page 2 )
VC Appoints New Acting Bursar
By Ruth Atsu
T
he Rivers State University of
Science and Technology now
has a new Acting Bursar. This
followed the recent appointment of
Mr. Kennedy Abraham by the ViceChancellor Prof. B.B. Fakae as the
Acting Bursar of the University.
This was contained in a
letter dated 24th September, 2014
and addressed to Mr. Abraham. By
this appointment, Mr Abraham
takes over from Dr. Clinton Maxwell
following his retirement from active
service.
Until his appointment, Mr.
Kennedy Abraham was the Chief
Accountant in the Bursary
department. He holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Accountancy and
is a member of Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of Nigeria, and
has attended many workshops and
conferences across the country.
He joined the services of the
Rivers State University of Science
and Technology in October 1981 as
a Junior Staff (Senior Clerk) and has
risen through the ranks to his
current position. He is a seasoned
accountant with many years of
experience.
With his wealth of
experience, it is expected that Mr.
Abraham will put in his professional
experience in the Bursary
department, for greater efficiency.
Mr. Kennedy Abraham
RSUST Newsletter
Obey University Regulations...
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concentrating on their studies
and graduating in record time
and avoid being used as agents
of discord and destruction. She
also stressed that the
Management of the University
was ever willing to work with
them when the right channel of
dialogue is followed.
“It is wrong to incite the
students against the
Management of the University. If
you have doubts, you are free to
ask questions and you will get
answers. Always remember that
you were admitted as a student
to graduate with good grades.
Read the University handbook
and know the regulations and
obey them”, she said.
The Registrar who was at
the event with some of her
deputy registrars, also urged the
SUG executives to promote the
singing of the University's
anthem.
The Deputy Registrar,
Information/Publications and
Protocol Unit of the University,
Sir Desmond Wosu, advised the
SUG not to run to the Press at
any slight opportunity but
rather seek solution through
dialogue.
Earlier, the SUG
President, Comrade Adee, Trust
Mene, said that the visit was part
of the familiarization tour by the
SUG to enable them forge a
closer tie with management
through positive interactions.
He commended the University's
administration for running an
uninterrupted academic
calendar over the past four
years.
The SUG President urged
the Management to be tolerant
with the students since in his
words, “we are prone to youthful
exuberance”. He also appealed
to the Management to continue
to run an uninterrupted
academic calendar for the
benefit of the students. “We are
to stay in office for an academic
session, please do not abandon
students' matters to the SUG”,
he pleaded.
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OCTOBER 6, 2014
News
2015: JAMB Set To Hold Exam In
RSUST ICT Centre
By Jesse Okedi
T
he Joint Admissions and
Matriculations Board
(JAMB) has concluded
arrangements to use the
Information and Communication
Technology infrastructure of the
Rivers State University of Science
and Technology, for its etesting/examination in 2015.
This is sequel to the
approval granted to the body by
the Vice-Chancellor of the
University, Prof. Barineme Beke
Fakae, to the request by the
Management of JAMB to use the
University's ICT Centre for the
purpose.
JAMB had in a letter
addressed to the Vice-
Chancellor, dated September 10,
2014, requested the use of the
Institution's ICT Centre for its
2015 Unified Tertiary
Matriculations Examination
(UTME) items' trial-testing in
CBT Mode.
The letter which was
signed by Mr. Theodore N.
Mbaogu of JAMB's Rivers Zonal
Office in Port Harcourt, on behalf
of the Registrar of JAMB, Prof.
Dibu Ojerinde (OON), indicates
that the trial-testing test in CBT
mode would hold on October 16,
2014, from 9.am to 12:30pm.
J A M B i s f u l l y
incorporating ICT in its
examination processes to ensure
credibility and eliminate
examination malpractices.
One of the computer halls at the University IT Centre
UST Set to Hold Workshop for
Academic and Technical Staff
By Jesse Okedi
T
he Rivers State University
of Science and Technology,
Nkpolu-Oroworukwo Port
Harcourt, is set to hold Workshop
for Academic and Technical Staff
in all the Faculties in the
University.
The Workshop is part of
the University's Continuous
Training and retraining
programme for staff of the
University to improve on their
efficiency, effectiveness and
overall competitiveness.
The release from the
Directorate of Academic Planning
and Statistics, office of the ViceChancellor, indicates that the
Workshop would hold at the
University's Amphitheatre and, it
will run from October 7-28, 2014.
It further indicates that
academic and technical staff from
the Faculty of Technical and
Science Education would be the
first to have theirs on October 7,
2014. This would be followed by
Faculty of Law in October 9,
2014, Faculty of Agriculture,
October 14, Faculty of Science,
October 16, 2014.
Others are Faculty of
Engineering, October 21; Faculty
of Management Sciences, October
24 and Faculty of Environmental
Sciences, October 28, 2014.
The Workshop begins by
10.am and closes at 1pm each
day.
All correspondence and enquiries to the Editor-In-Chief, RSUST Newsletter, Information/Publications and Protocol Unit,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, P.M.B 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
[email protected], www.ust.edu.ng
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