Ifeanyi Okpala: Nigerian man makes nation proud, wins big school award in US
- Ifeanyi Okpala has represented Nigeria well in the US with his academic success, joining a pool of other successful Nigerians abroad
- The Nigerian man won the 2020 department of civil, construction and environmental engineering outstanding MS thesis award
- Ifeanyi finished his MS degree with excellent contributions of 105-page thesis and four conference papers, among others
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A Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Okpala, studying in the US has made the nation really proud by winning a special award for his MS thesis at the University of Alabama Graduate School.
It should be noted that about five months ago or so, Ifeanyi earned his masters degree in flying colours as he completed a 105-page thesis, two journal articles, four conference papers, and had a CGPA of 4.0/4.0.
On the school's Twitter page on Wednesday, May 6, he was announced as the winner of the 2020 department of civil, construction and environmental engineering outstanding MS thesis award.
The Nigerian is currently a PhD student at the University of Alabama. This is no mere feat, it is indeed commendable.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a lady with the Twitter name Belle showed off the great gift her daddy got her when she graduated college.
The 20-year-old said that when she was in high school, her dad struck a deal with her that he would give her a car if she could graduate on time and with good grades.
In a tweet on Friday, May 1, the lady said she achieved it as she graduated at 20 and got her B.A.
In other news, a 16-year-old Nigerian identified as Oyebola Ajayi-Bembe has bagged presidential scholarship into 20 notable universities in the United States.
The disclosure was made during a high school graduation ceremony held recently in New Jersey, Nigerian Tribune reports.
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Legit.ng gathers that the teenager described her success as a product of hard work, dedication, focus and steadfastness. Oyebola was the only female in the selected category who took the second position after a Chinese.
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