ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT ON THE FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY OF BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA
The Director, teachers and students of Bear Valley Bible Institute Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria are very grateful to the Almighty God and to our sponsors for the great success of our recently concluded first graduation ceremony which was held on July 29th 2023.
NUMBER OF THE GRADUATED STUDENTS
A total of 36 students from our two centers completed the mandatory 48 courses and participated in the graduation ceremony but only 34 of them received the diploma certificate, four of them did not get the certificate due to their low scores in some of the courses and their inability to score the required 70% total average. Those students have been asked to come back for the courses they failed.
PRE - GRADUATION DINNER HELD ON FRIDAY JULY, 28TH 2023.
The graduation ceremony started on Friday, 28th July, 2023 with a pre-graduation dinner to celebrate the success of Bear Valley Bible Institute in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. About 150 persons including the directors and teachers of Bear valley Bible Institute from various States in Nigeria were in attendance.
Chad Wagner the Representative of Bear Valley Bible Institute International was the Chairman of the occasion. The dinner programme was a great one. It featured: - songs, prayers and speeches from the participants. The highlight was the presentations of a projector, teaching materials on hard disks and flash drive to our school by Chad Wagner.
MASSIVE TURNOUT FOR THE GRADUATION CEREMONY ON SATURDAY 29TH JULY, 2023
The graduation ceremony attracted a massive crowd of people from many states in Nigeria. Those who attended the ceremony included the bishops, deacons, preachers and very many members from various congregations in Rivers State and beyond. Also in attendance were the directors and teachers of Bear Valley Bible Institute from other states in Nigeria. The chairman of the occasion was Engr. Gorge Chukuwlewa Okoroma and the special Guest of Honor was Chad Wagner who also represented Bear Valley Bible Institute International.
Special graduation lecture was presented by Aniefiok J. Udoudo a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria. The topic of the lecture was “The 21st Century Challenges of the Church, the Preacher and possible Solutions”.
The ceremony which lasted for about 3 hours was very colorful, orderly and well organized. The highlights of the ceremony included: – Presentations of Diploma certificates of Bear Valley Bible Institute to 34 students, Presentations of special awards to some students that merited such awards, Recognition and Appreciations of some brethren who provided support and encouragements to the school.
It is worthy to note in this report that one of the graduates by name Job Emperor Umeshem was the overall best academic graduate. He graduated with a total average of 94.56% and GPA of 3.89. He was applauded by the crowd in the occasion. Beside the award by the school, he received a lot of monetary award from the audience.
THE AFTERMATH OF THE SUCCESSFUL GRADUATION CEREMONY
The success of the first graduation ceremony is good for the image of the school. Right now the way the churches of Christ in Rivers State was seeing the school has changed for the better. They now understand that the school is very important. Many brothers in Christ are coming to be admitted. We had done 8 new admissions after the graduation and more are requesting for the application form. The students are now more committed to study and the director and the teachers are more determined to give their best. Moreover, our normal Friday and Saturday lectures are going on without hitches.
CONCLUSION
The graduation ceremony of Bear Valley Bible Institute Port Harcourt Nigeria was successful. We are grateful to God who gave us the strength and we are also grateful to our sponsors in the United States of America for their financial support.
Reports from:
Anthony Ejike Oluria,