We are delighted to announce our 2022 Kponee-Shovein Foundation scholars, outstanding students from Rivers State, Nigeria who are pursuing their undergraduate degrees. Selected from numerous applicants, each of the recipients was chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to Nigerian society, culture, and their respective academic fields.
Michael Uba Amaranjo – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Michael Amaranjo is a second-year nursing student at the University of Port Harcourt. His interest in nursing is fueled by the passion he has towards saving lives. He hopes that a career in nursing will help improve the healthcare system in Rivers State, and impact the lives of his patients in a positive and meaningful way. As a nursing student, Michael currently volunteers alongside medical doctors and nurses to educate individuals in impoverished communities on health-promoting habits that can aide in the prevention of certain illnesses. Upon graduation, he hopes to purse additional training to become a surgical nurse.
Temple Halliday – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Temple Halliday is a 200-level undergraduate student studying management at Rivers State University. As a physically-challenged person, he has overcome significant challenges through his resilience and tenacity. The Foundation was particularly impressed by Temple’s optimism and courage. Temple is studying management with the goal of someday building and leading inclusive organizations that support the thriving of every Nigerian citizen, irrespective of their circumstances or status. He hopes to pave the way for other physically-challenged and disabled individuals, so that they can have successful and fulfilling careers in the corporate world. Despite the challenges he has faced Temple has still managed to thrive academically, and the Foundation is proud to support his education.
Gospel Menegbo – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Gospel Menegbo is studying law and is in his penultimate year at Rivers State University. Gospel’s interest in the legal profession took root as he grew up and became more conscious of his environment. With the increasingly disturbing prevalence of injustice in Nigerian society, and having had a first-hand experience of police brutality himself, he resolved to pursue his academics relentlessly in order to become a beacon of light for the oppressed in society. As a young child, Gospel, just like his siblings, learned to support his family by taking up menial jobs as a way of contributing to the family purse. His rough childhood experience instilled in him the virtues of hard work, responsibility and resilience—values that have helped him navigate the vicissitudes of life. Upon graduating from Rivers State University, Gospel plans to purse a graduate degree from a Nigerian law school, and hopes to leverage his training as a lawyer to address injustice in Rivers State.
Goodness Sira Nwoke – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Goodness Sira Nwoke is a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Port Harcourt pursuing a degree in Medicine and Surgery. Witnessing the care her younger sister received from healthcare practitioners when she suffered an accident ignited a passion in Goodness to work in the healthcare sector. She attributes her academic successes so far to the prayers and support of her family, and her passion to improve the healthcare system for individuals residing in Rivers State, Nigeria. Goodness aspires to practice medicine in Nigeria, as well as run her own NGO with the hopes of giving back to society. She also hopes to serve as role model for young Nigerian women who want to pursue a career in medicine. When she is not busy studying, Goodness enjoys reading novels, cooking, and traveling.
Sorbari Pascal – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Sorbari Pascal is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying chemical engineering at Federal University Otuoke. His passion and involvement in the study of chemical engineering stems from his curiosity about ethical approaches for the conversion and processing of raw materials into more useful forms. His passion for chemical engineering stems from his exposure to the environmental pollution that is rampant in the Niger Delta region of Rivers State. He strongly believes that one way to mitigate the environmental pollution in Rivers State is through the proper and ethical handling of effluents and fumes. He hopes that a career in chemical engineering can help him improve his physical environment for the better. Sorbari attributes his academic success to his widowed mother, who has consistently supported and encouraged him.
Dooanubari Ue-ian – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Dooanubari Ue-ian is a first-year undergraduate student studying nursing at the University of Port Harcourt. She became passionate about healthcare after losing her mother to cancer and witnessing the substandard medical care her mother received. She strongly believes that many individuals in Nigeria suffering from poor health would have better quality of life if healthcare practitioners in Nigeria had access to more resources. She hopes that through a career in nursing she can bring comfort to patients suffering from physical and emotional pain. Upon graduating, Dooanubari aims to pursue a masters degree in nursing with a specialization in oncology. After completing her professional training, she hopes to help address the increasing incidence of cancer in Nigeria.
Bariture Warri – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Bariture Warri is a second-year undergraduate student studying marine engineering at Rivers State University. Her interest in marine engineering was informed by her exposure to water vessels at a young age, which ignited a passion in her for creating new technologies that can help solve the challenges plaguing Nigerian society. She hopes that by helping advance Nigeria technologically, Nigeria will be able to compete with its foreign counterparts at an equal level. After completing her undergraduate degree Bariture hopes to pursue a masters degree in engineering, because she believes this additional training will equip her with the knowledge needed to help overcome the technological challenges faced by Nigeria.
Magnus Zorle – 2022 Kponee-Shovein Scholars Award Recipient
Magnus Zorle is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying law at Rivers State University. His interest in the Legal profession is borne out of a passion to combat the rampant human rights violations of vulnerable citizens in Rivers State Nigeria. He hopes that a a law degree will give him the skills needed to help remedy delays in accessing justice through the Nigerian judicial system.
Continuing Recipients: Joy Abbey and Pleasure Okwudu
Joy Abbey – Continuing recipient of the Kponee-Shovein scholars award
Pleasure Okwudu – Continuing recipient of the Kponee-Shovein scholars award
The Foundation is pleased to support Joy Abbey and Pleasure Okwudi, 2021 Kponee-Shovein scholars award recipients, for the 2022 academic year. We are pleased to report that Joy and Pleasure continue to excel academically.
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