The new Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe has pledged to make the faculty a global visibility through academic excellence.
Nzeadibe made the pledge in Nsukka on Thursday while receiving the handover documents from Prof. Ike Onyishi, the outgoing Dean of the faculty.
He said that his mission is to achieve enhanced Collegiality, Collaboration, Partnership, Impact, and Global Visibility (CCPIG) in the Faculty, as well as to promote all-round staff and welfare.
"My administration will give the faculty global visibility, promote transdisciplinary research, and strengthen alumni linkages.
"We will formalize the faculty mentorship programme, institute staff training in grant writing and research funding, revive the faculty seminar series and fair academic assessment, as well as foster strong linkage with faculty members in the diaspora.
"We will also promote ethical standards and facilitate journal indexing, as well as rebrand the faculty annual conference," he said.
The new dean who is a professor of environmental management and sustainability expressed appreciation to the faculty staff for electing him unopposed as their dean and promised to do his best to justify the confidence reposed on him.
"I have spent 23 years of my life in the faculty of social science, I became a professor in 2018, and have been head of department, acting dean, association dean, faculty postgraduate representative, among other positions, that is why I was not surprised when I was elected unopposed because as have my imprint across the faculty," he said.
Nzeadibe promised that he would consolidate the achievements of the immediate past dean (Onyishi) in order to take the faculty to a greater height.
Speaking earlier while handing over to Nzeadibe, Prof. Onyishi (the outgoing dean) expressed gratitude to the staff and students of the faculty for the maximum cooperation given to him and encouraged them to extend the same gesture to the new dean.
Onyishi listed some of his achievements in the faculty as follows; Beautification of faculty environments with grass and well-designed walk-ways, Construction of a fountain at the faculty, which has become the most beautiful scene in UNN, Installation of CCTV to monitor and protect equipment and installations in the faculty, Renovating and equipping faculty hall, among others.
He expressed satisfaction that Nzeadibe whom he described as an erudite professor with high capacity in human and material resources management succeeded him.
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