The Organising Committee Chair stated that the Dean of the
Faculty, Professor Olayinka Alawode will lead the entire management, staff and
the world class students of the Faculty to address a special anniversary
briefing on Monday at the popular 3-in-1 Auditorium Complex at Ojo Main Campus
of the University on Monday September 25, 2023.
“From the ambitious beginning dating back to over twenty
years ago, Communication Studies at LASU intervened to be a big player from its
city centre take-off point at SuruLere till date now occupying centre-stage on
the main campus of the university,”
Akanni added.
The commemorative programme designed to further stamp the
ever-increasing relevance of Communication Scholarship in the 21st century will
feature intellectually inspiring sessions including a special panel session and
a special lecture.
The special panel session which will take place on Monday
September 25, 2023 will focus on media and governance in the age of digital
technology.
Promising to be a most enthralling session, it will feature
experts ranging from the immediate Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Internet
Registration Association (NIRA) Ms Edith Udeagu; an international player in
social media practice and scholarship, Dr Akin Olaniyan as well as former
Special Adviser on Information in Osun
State, Alhaji Semiu Okanlawon.
The session will be moderated by a multi-genre media
activist and social campaigner, Anike Ade Funke Treasure.
The commemoration of the two-decade communication
scholarship continues on Tuesday with a special lecture titled Media, Good
Governance and Identity Polity Politics.
It will be delivered by a veteran journalist and Publisher
of ThisNigeria newspaper, Eric Osagie.
Further from the lecture and panel sessions are outdoor
activities on Thursday within the campus beginning with an early morning
colourful march-past by the entire teaching and non teaching staff of the
Faculty and climaxing with a football
match by the students.
On Friday, the celebrations move to the central mosque of
the university to receive special blessings from the top muslim clerics of the
LASU muslim community and the rest muslim congregants.
The grand finale of the programme comes up on Saturday September 30, 2023 with
a special luncheon for select past and current stakeholders.
The high point of the luncheon will be special honours to be
conferred on all past deans of the faculty, all pioneer academic staff and some
of the distinguished graduates of the Faculty.
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