Twenty year-old Nigerian-born Diane Isibor, on Saturday, went home with two prestigious awards during the 223rd convocation ceremony o...
Twenty year-old Nigerian-born Diane Isibor, on Saturday, went home
with two prestigious awards during the 223rd convocation ceremony of
Valdosta State University, United States.
They are the Spring 2017 President’s/Vice Chancellor’s Award for
Academic Excellence (for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business
Administration) and Annie Power Hopper Award.
The President’s award was bestowed on Isibor, a student from Abavo
in the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, during the
institution’s 223rd convocation held on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May
6.
Isibor graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in
Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a
first class and Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4 over 4, not dropping
a point from her first to final year.
The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the
graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s
five Colleges – College of Arts and Sciences, College of the Arts,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Harley Langdale Jr. College of
Business Administration, and James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of
Education and Human Services.
The Chairman, Academic Honours and Awards Committee, VSU, Abigail
Heuss, in a letter addressed to her, said people with highest levels of
academic excellence were considered for Annie Power Hopper Award.
She said, “Only those few students who best exemplify the
traditions of the university, the character, dignity, and charm
associated with the memory of Annie P. Hopper, and who have achieved
highest levels of academic excellence, are considered.
“I am happy to report that out of our finalists, you have been
chosen as this year’s Annie Power Hopper Award winner, recognised by
faculty from across Valdotsa State University as embodying the very best
that the university seeks to cultivate in its students. On behalf of
the rest of the committee, I congratulate you on this important
achievement and look forward to seeing you at this year’s Honours Night
dinner.”
Isibor served as the official banner carrier for the Harley
Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration during the undergraduate
graduation ceremony on the VSU Front Lawn.
“I am highly honoured to be considered for this award. This
honour is evidence that hard work pays. I am elated to lead my fellow
graduates into the commencement area. My ultimate goal is to be a leader
in business. The Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration
has been instrumental in helping me prepare to achieve this goal,” said the daughter of Eyitemi and Desmond Isibor.
During her time as a student at VSU, Isibor regularly achieved the
Dean’s List status, served as a university ambassador and a Wiley PLUS
student partner, and earned a spot in the Beta Gamma Sigma Business
Honours Society and the Mu Zeta chapter of Beta Alpha Psi Accounting and
Finance Honours Society, where she served as the treasurer.
She was actively involved in the Society of International Students,
where she served as the vice president and treasurer; the Georgia
Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners, and the VSU chapter of the Institute of Management
Accountants, where she served as the director of plant tours and events
and was featured in the organisation’s Campus Connection newsletter.
According to the institution, Isibor’s commitment to academic and
service excellence, resulted in her earning many laurels, including the
2016 VSU President’s Choice Scholarship, 2016 Georgia Gulf Sulfur
Scholarship and 2016 Institute of Management Accountants Memorial
Education Fund Award.
She plans to work as a financial analyst in Atlanta, while pursuing
the professional designations typical of individuals working in the
accounting and finance career fields.
-Culled from Punch
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