The Management of Peter University has concluded plans to hold its maiden matriculation ceremony on Friday, April 19.
The varsity expects over two hundred fresh students of the University to be inducted in the historic occasion of the citadel located in Achina/Onne towns, of Aguata and Orumba local councils government areas respectively, of Anambra State.
The information was made public by Mr Chuka Nnabuife,the Matriculation publicists of the University in a press statement made avaliable to journalists in Awka on Tuesday.
He said that His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Okpaleke will be the chief host of the event which is expected to have Catholic bishops of Awka; Nnewi respectively in attendance.
The statement also stated that governors, prominent academic scholars, frontline government personalities, political leaders and captains of industry in the South East will be in attendance.
He further disclosed that the institution has undergone full resource verification and had its courses approved by the National University Commission (NUC).
Nnabuife said that all requisite agencies runs as a robust academic citadel with quintessential Catholic values of sound scholarship and deep moral ethos.
The statement noted that it also exposes its students to vital orientations on leadership as well as occasional professional conferences and seminars that also attract the participation of practitioners.
He said that the University has four faculties, 12 departments and 24 programs spanning through the humanities; social and management sciences; science and computing technologies; health and allied sciences.
The statement revealed that Law is still waiting for the visit of the Council of Legal Education for commencement of legal studies.
The university, since it’s commencement of academic studies, earlier has shown its keenness to produce brilliant, bold and focused graduates who will contribute, remarkably in solving Nigeria’s and Africa’s problems.
He said that with exceptional sense of social responsibility and zeal for productivity that the varsity has a very high interest in producing graduates with solid digital orientation.
“The information sciences, IT, artificial intelligence and new streams of information technologies are embedded constant factors in all courses of the school.
The statement disclosed that,the Vice Chancellor of the university, Rev. Fr. (Prof) Emmanuel Umezinwa, explained that the goal of the school is to give birth to a new generation of Nigerian youths who are distinguished by their high knowledge,
He described, Umezinwa as a versatile academic who previously was the Special Assistant to the Vice-chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Prof Charles Esimone on Academic Matters before his current appointment,
The statement stated that Umezinwa has a very exciting vision of a university that will bridge the gap between gown and town and is committed to the goal.
“The speed with which this vision is pursued is even the most amazing.
“Peter University, in so short a time, has become the first institution that has completed full laying of fiber optics cable for Internet access with a 35 metre mast and a state-of-the-art data centre already in place.
“The school is equally deploying the very current Learning Management Systems (LMS) for accessing lectures from any part of the world,” he noted.
