UNILAG BEST GRADUATING STUDENT, AKANMU WITH CGPA OF 5.O BAGS PRESTIGIOUS STANFORD UNI SCHOLARSHIP
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David Akanmu, the University of Lagos’ top graduating student in 2024, has been selected as a 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholar.
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
Akanmu was one of five Africans and the only one from an African-based tertiary institution, selected to be a part of the 2024 cohort which is the seventh and largest cohort since the inception of the award, according to the announcement.
The statement also indicated that UNILAG is the only African university among the 60 universities from where the 2024 cohort of 90 new scholars emerged.
“Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University today announced its 2024 cohort of 90 new scholars, the largest to date. This seventh cohort comprises students from 30 countries who will pursue degrees in 45 graduate programmes across all seven graduate schools at Stanford. For the first time, the cohort includes scholars with citizenship from Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, and Sri Lanka.
“Knight-Hennessy Scholars is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate fellowship programme spanning all seven schools at Stanford University. Knight-Hennessy scholars receive up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford while engaging in experiences that prepare them to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world,” the statement reads in part.
The institution added that “scholars are selected based on their demonstration of independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and a civic mindset.”
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