
UNIPORT PROMOTES 46 SENIOR LECTURERS
The University of Port Harcourt has promoted 30 senior academics to the rank of professor and 16 others to associate professor.
The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, announced this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Georgewill said that the newly promoted professors had undergone a rigorous assessment process set up by the university.
“The promotions were approved during the 187th meeting of the Governing Council, chaired by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa.
“A total of 30 staff members were elevated to the rank of professor, while 16 others were promoted to associate professor,” he said.
A breakdown of the promotions shows that the Faculty of Science has seven new professors, the Faculty of Social Sciences, five, and the Faculty of Management Sciences, five.
Others are the Faculty of College of Health Sciences, five; Faculty of Humanities, four; Faculty of Engineering, three; and Faculty of Pharmaceuticals, one.
In the Associate Professor (Readers’) category, the Faculty of Engineering produced four new readers, Faculty of Science, three, the Faculty of Education, two, the Faculty of Humanities, two, and the Faculty of Agriculture, one.
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Others are the Faculty of Social Sciences, one, the Faculty of Management Sciences, one, the Faculty of College of Health Sciences, one, and the Faculty of School of Science Laboratory Technology, one.
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