Bowen University

Bowen University
Motto	Excellence and Godliness
Type	Private
Established	17 July 2001
Vice-Chancellor	Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole
Students	5,000
Location	Iwo , Osun State , Nigeria
Campus	Urban
Website	Official website

Bowen University is a private Baptist Christian Nigerian university owned and operated by the Nigerian Baptist Convention.^[1] Bowen University is located at Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria, and is housed in the old 1,300-acre (6 km²) campus of the Baptist College, a teacher-training institution on a hill just outside the city.^[2]

History[]

The University was founded on 17 July 2001 by the Nigerian Baptist Convention.^[3]^[4] The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the establishment of the university and it was subsequently licensed to operate by the National Universities Commission. A Provisional Governing Council was inaugurated on 22 August 2001, with Professor J.T. Okedara as Vice Chancellor and Mr E. A. Lawale as Registrar. Academic activity started on 4 November 2002, with 500 students admitted into the Faculties of Agriculture, Science, Science Education, and Social and Management Sciences.^[5] In 2017, it would have 5,000 students.^[6]In 2018, the university launched a radio station.^[7]

Notable people[]

Alumni of the college include:

Bukky Abaniwonda, Canadian actress of Nigerian descent.^[8]

Gallery[]

Bowen Worship Centre
Timothy Olagbenro Library
Jubilee Cafeteria

References[]

^ "Bowen University". University Web Rankings & Reviews. 4International Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "Bowen University, Iwo – Home". bowenuniversity.edu.ng. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ Iheoma Hendy, Bowen University: Courses, Fees, And Other Salient Academic Facts, buzznigeria.com, Nigeria, June 13, 2017
^ Stanley D. Brunn, The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, Springer, USA, 2015, p. 959
^ Joel Carpenter, Christian universities are growing rapidly in Africa, universityworldnews.com, UK, February 03, 2017
^ uniRank, UNIVERSITY OVERVIEW, 4icu.org, Australia, retrieved May 8, 2021
^ Bola Bamigbola, Bowen University Radio marks 2nd anniversary, punchng.com, Nigeria, October 8, 2019
^ "Actress speaks about her sojourn to acting". Pulse. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

External links[]

Bowen University website

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