By B. Linus Flomo
The president of the 19th graduating class of the United Methodist University (UMU), Fanta D. Sirleaf, along with her team of leadership on April 22, 2024 dedicated a modern biology laboratory at the University main in Monrovia.
The cost of the renovation of the biology laboratory, according to Sirleaf, is recorded at US$22,000.
She noted that funding was raised through the support of her class members of the 19th graduating class of UMU.
According to her, each graduate at the time was charged to make a contribution to enhance the project of the then student council government.
The 19th graduating class of UMU at the time provided support beyond reasonable doubt to the student council government’s departmental initiative.
According to the UMU president emeritus, her leadership’s feet were held to the fire by the students and the management of the university to provide some level of transformation at the university.
Against this backdrop, she said she and her team decided to embark on key projects aimed at addressing some of the major challenges confronting the forward match of the university. Following their observation, they embarked on several projects on the campuses of the UMU.
The Vice president for Administration and Chair of the Department of Management at UMU, Isaac Chukpue-Padmore, expressed the university’s thanks and appreciation for the modern biology laboratory.
According to him, modernizing the biology laboratory at UMU was one of the major issues confronting UMU Biology Department.
He continued, “Seeing a modern biology laboratory at UMU shows that the university is improving daily.” He said a lot of transformation is taking place at UMU campuses that can be pointed to.
There were statements from the Chairperson of the Biology Department, Samuel Koenig, Jr. and UMU Biology Students Association (BIOSA), Ishmael Caoh, Lecturer/Coordinator, Accounting Department, John Olando Chea, Jr., among others, who spoke in appreciation of the project.
