Great Ife Alumni Reunion 2024

August 30th – September 1st

https://www.greatifealumni.ca/event/re-union/

Registration and Hotel Reservations are now open. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto, Canada !

Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni

– N. R. Narayana Murthy

“We are GRATEFUL for the OPPORTUNITY
to CONNECT Today, TRANSFORM Tomorrow.
IT’S NOT JUST OUR MISSION, IT’S OUR WISH FOR YOU

– Unknown

"I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life"

– John F. Kennedy

“Your Alma Mater is like a Mother, patiently accepts all your hoots, but proudly boasts all your achievements to the world…. No wonder why our Alma Mater is called our Second Home!!!”

– pappal

"She was the classroom that taught me so many lessons, I was just another Alumni"

– The Word Architect

"We can do it, if they (our alumni) help us. Once we get it going, then it can snowball"

– Jim Mullally

I'm proud to call myself a GREATIFE Alumnus!

12th International Reunion (2024)

ALUMNI DIRECTORY

Who We Are

The Great Ife Alumni Association draws its membership from graduates and associates of the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (renamed Obafemi Awolowo University in 1987).

Since the late 60s, graduates of the university had come together to form an alumni association with the cities of Lagos and Ibadan as the main hubs. Indeed, Ibadan Branch was formally inaugurated in 1974 at the British Council Hall, Dugbe. With time, branches of the association spread to many of the urban centers in the country.

Awolowo varsity doctors separate Siamese twins

Surgeons at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife in Osun Sate have successfully separated a set of siamese twins with a common anus and fused lower spine. Siamese twins are usually identical, sometimes sharing organs. fusion in...

OAU is 1st on the list of top 20 Research Universities in Nigeria

THE TOP 20 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES Members of the Obafemi Awolowo University Community, alumni and all the many friends of the University will be pleased to learn that the National Universities Commission has just published its list of the TOP 20 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES...

OAU, first among equals – VC Mike Faborode

Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Professor Michael Faborode, has stated that the university is foremost among its peers. advertisement He said this during a courtesy visit to the corporate headquarters of the African...

OAU Inaugurates Computer Assembly Plant – Another 1st among African Universities

Tunde Oyekola reports the record-breaking effort of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in putting in place a mini computer assembly plant. Universities all over the world are given the functions of teaching and conducting research into what will be beneficial to...

OAUTH records successful kidney transplant

THE Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile Ife, Osun State, has recorded another medical feat with a successful kidney transplant. In a release signed by the Deputy Director, Corporate Services of the hospital, Mr. Olu Bello on behalf of the Chief...

Great Ife Students Win Awards For Nigeria At SIFE World Cup Competition

The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, will on Tuesday (today) honor eight of its students that came second at an international competition. The students emerged the best from the African continent and second in the world at the...

Know the current VC, Prof Mike Faborode – through a press interview.

Describing him comes quite easy. Physically, that is. He is dark and not quite tall. He also speaks with ease, the kind that comes with self-confidence. But Professor Michael Faborode is much more. He has been the Vice-chancellor of one of the greatest universities in...

A Compendium of Institutional & Infrastructural Developments by International & Local Donors, currently going on at our alma mater –Updates by the VC, Prof Mike Faborode.

1. The United Nations has chosen Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, as the regional center for all its programmes on environment and education for sustainable development. By this, the university has recorded another feat as being universally...

OAU is an Institution of Success – VC Mike Faborode

The Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Michael Faborode, in an interview with Oluwatoyin Malik, speaks on the efforts of the authorities towards putting the ivory tower on the front burner of success. Excerpts: What are the things...

Joining the global Ivy league of Universities- VC’s views

Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Michael Faborode has revealed how government and stakeholders can assist the nation's universities overcome the numerous challenges they face currently. He also spoke on other national issues such as the...

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Upcoming Curricular Events

DFW Branch Meeting

The Dallas Fort Worth Alumni Branch meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month.

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ATL Branch Meeting

The Atlanta Alumni Branch meets on the last Sunday of each month.

 

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HOU Branch Meeting

The Houston Alumni Branch meets every  of  each month.

 

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