On November 17, 2023, senior SITC students hosted their 16th Senior Design Project Poster Presentation to the applause of visitors from within and outside the university community.
President DeWayne Frazier, who was very impressed by the students' performance, stated that it is amazing to see AUN's faculty and students collaborate on research at undergraduate levels, which is a rare privilege for AUN undergraduates, as such opportunities only are available at Masters and Ph.D. levels in other universities.
"Our students are actually taking real-world problems of today, and they're trying to solve those problems, so for me, it's pretty amazing to think about the quality of students we get at this University. We have students who will be the future leaders of Nigeria, the future leaders of the continent of Africa, and, dare I say, the future leaders of the world.
“What they're doing is looking at real-world problems here in their Capstone experience, and they're coming up with real-world solutions. Think about that as well. We have the future leaders of the country who are working together to make this place a better place," I am proud of my students," he stated.
The Dean of SITC, Prof. Ozcan Asilkan, was delighted to lead the 16th SITC Senior Design Project Poster Presentation, his first, and welcomed all the guests and students of tertiary institutions and colleges in Yola. He urged them to grill the graduating students about their presentations to bring out the best of them.
"It's my honor and privilege to welcome all of you here to have a suggestive input to these great works of our dear students, and thank you for being part of this”, Dean Ozcan stated.
The immediate past interim Dean of SITC, Dr. Abel Ajibesin, applauded the quality of the students' presentation and excellent coordination of the Exhibition by Dr. Djitog Ignace.
Dean of Campus Life and Students Affairs, Mr. Byron Bullock, in his address, said, "This is always a very exciting time of the year for me because we have an opportunity to see a group of students who have, in fact, heeded all the advice they got over the years, they haven't in fact work very hard and be very diligent and getting to this point, and have produced these incredible researches that exceed anything that we've seen at any University, probably in this country."
"What is really important about that is that it makes the experience at AUN the kind of experience that takes you into a totally different level and prepares them for life by weight, well beyond the gates of this campus," Dean Byron concluded.
List of Projects Exhibited by the SITC seniors and their faculty supervisors:
- The Influence of the Information and Communication Technology on Customer Satisfaction in the Nigerian Banking Sector: A Case Study Zenith Bank, Yola Branch by Maryam Abdulaziz, Dr. Rabiu Ibrahim
- Understanding Social Media Affordance Use for SMEs Business to Consumer(B2C) Online Marketing: A Qualitative Case Study Research Approach by Ahmed Aliyu Bello, Dr. Chidi Ononiwu
- Student Portal for Sharing Files by Ahmed Lateef, Mubarak Jimoh, Fatima Abba, Alexey Vedishchev
- Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Business Processes by Rahman Akolade, Nankyer Sarah Joseph
- Technological Advancement in Nigerian Businesses Landscape: Analyzing Market Trends and Customer Behavior in Online Trade by Hauwa Saeed Usman, Nankyer Sarah Joseph
- AUN Bus Monitoring Application by Uzochukwu Otonekwu, John Adamu, Olamide Adeboye, Dr. Augustine Nsang
- Social Media as a Marketing Strategy for Businesses: A Case Study of Adamawa State, Nigeria by Jamilu Barkindo, Nankyer Sarah Joseph
- Online Auction Platform by Abubakar Mustapha, Muazu Yushua, Umar Ahmed Garba, Alexey Vedishchev
- A Proposed Framework for Securing Nigeria's Digital Future: Information Security Assurance with NITDA by Malmatu Mohammed Sanda, Dr. Rabiu Ibrahim
- How Information Technology Adoption Influences the Management of Gender Based Violence in One-Stop Centers in Northeast Nigeria by Fatima Abubakar Umar, Dr. Samuel Utulu
- Customers’ Perspective on the Digital Transformation in Retail in Adamawa State, by Sa'id Umar Abubakar, Maryam Garba Mubi
- Assessing the Adoption and Continued Use of Agricultural Technology Innovation Among Smallholder Farmers in Yola by Fatima Halilu Hamma, Dr. Samuel Chiedu Utulu
- Impact of Internet Utilization on Academic Performance of Students: A Case Study of Federal College of Education, Yola, by Abubakar Bamanga Bappa, Maryam Garba Mubi
- Assessment of Availability and Utilization of ICT on the Performance of Primary Healthcare Centers in Yola-South by Habiba Madawaki, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Owners Satisfaction of Agent-Based Banking: A Descriptive Case Study of Monie-point in Yola, Adamawa State by Faiza Oyiza Abdul, Dr. Chidi Ononiwu
- Examining the Impact of FinTech Adoption on the Business Model of Traditional Banks: A Case Study of the Nigerian Banking Industry by Israel Owiocho Abba, Dr. Samuel Utulu
Reported by John Abah