BUK Mass Comm Class 2005 Institutes Scholarship Award for PWDs, Donate Public Address Systems to Faculty, Department

The Department of Mass Communication Class 2005 has instituted a scholarship award for People with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Faculty of Communication Bayero University Kano.

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The alumni also donated two public address systems to the Faculty and the Department for the purposes of lecture presentations and other public events.The gesture was part of there union activities of the Mass Communication Class 2005 which held from 10 to 11 November, 2023. The alumni paid a courtesy call on the Faculty of Communicationon 10November, 2023 and told the Dean, Professor Umar Faruk Jibril that it took them 2 years to plan the reunion activities for the first time since their graduation 18 years ago.According to the former President of Mass Communication Students Association (MACOSA),Alkasim Bala, it was a  homecoming for the former students who felt it was quite expedient to pay back to their alma mater having trained them to become what they are now.He explained that they were highly impressed with the transformations which led to the departments becoming a full fledged faculty with three department. 

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The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Jibril expressed appreciation with the visit and said the faculty was proud to have the 2005 set, which would institute a scholarship award for peoples with disabilities. He noted that they are important people in the society that should not be neglected.The Dean stated that “the department you graduated from had metamorphosed into the Faculty of Communication with three departments,i.e.MassCommunication, Information and Media Studies and Theatre and Performing Arts.”

He said Faculty has state-of-the-art Radio and Television studio equipment, lecture theatre, classrooms and host of others.

The Dean expressed appreciation for the gesture and commended all the class members for remembering what the  department did to them. 

He said with the recent unbundling of Mass Communication, the faculty would soon be upgraded to have 7 departments for students to choose different specializations.

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During the visit, Professor Hajara Umar Sanda, Dr Nura Ibrahim, Head of Information and Media Studies, Dr Hadiza Ibrahim and other lecturers all spoke and expressed appreciation over the reunion.The class also had a reunion dinner on 11November, 2023 at Star Event 

Centre and the Dean, Prof. Jibril, Dr Nura Ibrahim, Dr Abubakar Minjibir, Dr Saminu Ibrahim, Dr Mohammed Danja and head, Advancement Office, Mustafa Ibrahim all attended.Some members of the class who live outside the country and those who couldn't attend spoke and wished their colleagues well via google meet platform.