PRESENTATION OF COVID-19 TEST KITS BY STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC SOUTHWEST

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Mr. Omotayo Adediran, the Regional Manager of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, South West presented 288 test kits  to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. These kits were received by Prof. Olayinka O. Omigbodun FAS, the Provost, alongside Prof. A. Ogunniyi, the Chairman of the College Research and Innovation Management (C.R.I.M.) Unit and Dr. A. O. Adebiyi, the Coordinator of C.R.I.M., at the Biomedical Building College of Medicine, University of Ibadan on Wednesday, 19th August, 2020.

Distinguished Elders and Colleagues,

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CoMUI), I invite you to attend a lecture

Titled: "Lessons on Remote Instruction in the Age of COVID" with details as follows:
Date: 23 April 2021
Time: 4pm to 5.30pm (portal will open from 3.45pm)

Dr. John Liu, MITx Digital Learning Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, Digital Learning Lab will facilitate this session. Dr. Liu and his group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aim to scale engineering education and training to better meet the increasing demand for STEM skills in tomorrow’s workforce. His group adopts a three-pronged approach to develop scalable learning solutions: knowledge, hands-on skills, and critical thinking. Dr. John Liu has taught classes in a number of departments ranging from Mechanical Engineering, Media Lab, and Physics at MIT and universities in Singapore and Taiwan, and supported the MIT Mechanical Engineering department's 2020 transition to remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He is a Lecturer and Researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department and also a Scientist member of the MIT Digital Learning Laboratory. As the former Director of the PoM MicroMasters program, he facilitated a team of faculty and instructors to develop content and innovate manufacturing education at MIT using digital technology. His current interests include engineering education, mixed reality and haptic experiences, workforce solutions to address the nation-wide manufacturing skills gap, open-ended assessments for scalable education settings, instructional design theory for massively open online courses, and medical device design. Dr. Liu earned his B.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech and S.M. and Ph.D. and S.M. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, under an MIT-SUTD fellowship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

This session will cover the following topics:

1. Strategies to transition classroom learning to remote
2. A planning framework for remote hands-on learning/labs
3. Best practices in active learning strategies

We look forward to this session and are really grateful for the opportunity. The date and time are Friday 23 April at 2021 at 4pm. I look forward to welcoming you online.

Thank you.

Olayinka Omigbodun FAS, FNAMed
Professor of Psychiatry and Provost, CoMUI

FOUNDATION LAYING OF A NEW BUILDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT NURSING, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

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Saturday, 1st August, 2020 remains memorable as it marked the first day at work of Professor Olayinka Olusola Omigbodun FAS, the 1st Female Provost and the 12th Provost of The College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Professor Omigbodun joined the Principal Officers of the University of Ibadan, the Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, the Head of the Department of Nursing, the entire Department of Nursing and other well wishers to lay a foundation for a new building in the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. This was her first official task marking the commencement of a new administration in the the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.