So here I am! Between four years it took, I’m
leaving Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
Where to from here? The answer to that question
is as varied as the students who make up this
year’s Religious Management and Cultural
Studies, graduating class.
Many of us know or claim to know exactly the
next step to take, whether that step is to go for
internship, a fulltime job, or even a backpacking
trip through Europe. I am ready to join the
workforce, educated and prepared. I am excited!.
The big thing about University is learning about
yourself, and many of us will leave our majors
with some vague idea of the job we’d like to get
or business we’d like to start, but nothing more.
Whatever we decide, most of us will agree that
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, was a perfect
place to foster our minds and bodies in this
critical learning phase.
The same can be said of our wonderful university.
I’m a totally different person than I was coming in
as a freshman four years ago. I hope I’m also a
better one. I’ve learned so much about —my field,
my interests, myself, and so on—I feel like, were I
to go back in time, my younger self wouldn’t even
recognize me! I can only hope this passion for
learning carries over. I suppose reallife experience
will teach me a lot either way.
The biggest thing I learned—and again, is that we
only get one trip around this rock, so we might as
well enjoy it. You have to find a balance between
work school and fun. “All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.” It’s not just a quote from a
movie; it’s the truth. A wellrounded person is
someone who knows a little bit about every topic
his or her friends discuss, and an interesting
person can take that info and have a
conversation about it, even if his or her
knowledge is lacking.
To everyone who touched my live, I say thank
you. To my Mother and family member who
stood by me no matter what. To lecturers who
tried to instill in me a passion for learning. To
advisers who helped us decide what path to take.
To friends who were there for weekend hang- out,
parties, study sessions, and everything in
between. And to all those others we depend on.
Without you—without each other—there would be
no purpose to being here, no way to advance.
Life, like society, is exactly what we make of it.
Thanks to all the loving, kind people I’ve met
during my time in Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma, my concerns about both life and society
are much smaller. If even half the people I
encounter after I leave here are anything like my
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma cohorts, I know
I’ll have nothing to worry about.
And so, I’m sure I will remember my school days
—clearly for the rest of my life.
Sincerely, and from the bottom of my heart, thank
you all.
KELVIN EROMOSELE
OMOIJADE. Department of Religious
Management and Cultural Studies. Faculty
of Arts.
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
Class of 2016{Unlimited Blessings}