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No fewer than 21 students of the Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, have finished with first-class out of the 430 students that will graduate from the university on Friday
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kola Sonaike, disclosed this on Monday, while speaking on the forthcoming convocation of the school.
Giving the breakdown, the VC said a total of 395 students would be awarded first degree certificates which comprised 21 first-class honours, 181 second-class (upper division), 157 second-class (lower division) and 36 third-class.
Sonaike added that four students would bag postgraduate diplomas, while 31 others would receive masters’ degrees.
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About 21 students of the Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State have graduated with first-class as the institution holds its 11th convocation on Friday.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kola Sonaike, who disclosed this on Monday during a press conference to herald the 11th convocation ceremony of the school, disclosed that a total of 430 students from its seven colleges and various academic programmes would be graduating at the convocation
Sonaike explained that 395 of the students would receive first degree certificates, comprising 21 first-class honours, 181 second class upper, 157 second class lower and 36 third class, respectively.
According to him, four students would be honoured with postgraduate diplomas, while 31 others would receive masters degrees.
NY Covid-19 vaccine rollout stumbles along as supply fluctuates, demand surges
Updated Jan 16, 2021;
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Syracuse, N.Y. – New York’s rapidly expanding Covid-19 vaccine rollout was plagued this week by widespread confusion, enormous frustration, and calls to make the system fairer and easier to use.
Problems cascaded as the state expanded the eligible population to about 7 million people, while New York is getting only 300,000 doses of the vaccine each week. That number is likely to drop to 250,000, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
People desperate to get vaccinated struggled this week with websites that crashed and a phone line with wait times long enough to watch an entire football game. Tens of thousands secured appointments at six yet-to-open vaccine sites, only to see those appointments canceled by the state Department of Health because the web link wasn’t supposed to be made public yet.
Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, TACF Director of Restoration and Northern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator
The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once found throughout the forests of the Appalachian Mountains and was a primary component of Pennsylvania’s forests. In the 1800s, plant importation brought with it a devastating fungal disease that all but eliminated the American chestnut from its original range. Researchers at Penn State have been on the forefront to restore this species, exploring the many facets required for the reintroduction of disease-resistant populations.
The Appalachian forest ecosystem is vastly different now than it was over 100 years ago when the American chestnut was often the dominant species of a stand. Invasive and exotic vegetation, introduced diseases and pests, ravenous and excessive deer herds, overdevelopment, and threats of climate change face a species made effectively dormant by introduced disease.