Naija to the world: Brainy Nigerian lady wins 5 awards in one year at US university

A brilliant Nigerian lady studying at Purdue University, United States, has celebrated winning five awards in the year 2022.

The lady, Roseline Adewuyi, who’s currently a Ph.D. student in the School of Languages and Culture, was most recently awarded The 2022 Leadership in Action Award by the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence.

Prior to the receipt of the award, Roseline had received four awards including; Student of the Year 2022, Purdue University by Office of the Provost and Boiler Changemaker Award by Graduate School, Purdue University.

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Others include; the Excellence in Teaching Award by School of Languages and Cultures and the Achievement Award by the Nigerian Students Association at Purdue.

Announcing the feat on Twitter, Roseline said she couldn’t believe she got five awards from the school in the year 2022.

Naija to the world: Brainy Nigerian lady wins 5 awards in one year at U.S university

In 2022, she was honoured with the Berenice Caroll Award for Peace, Feminism and Social Justice Awards and the Most Distinguished Honors in the area of Gender Advocacy & Research in Purdue.

The gender advocate and French language enthusiast appreciated God and specific persons who have been instrumental to her success.

Roseline is a first-class French graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University.

She also holds a Masters in French from the University of Ibadan.

I can't believe this will be my fifth Award I will be receiving in my school this year: The 2022 Leadership in Action Award by the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence.

This particular Award stands out because the Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic

— ADEWUYI Roseline Adebimpe (@AdewuyiRoseline) December 7, 2022

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 12-year-old Nigerian refugee that won the New York State chess championship in 2019, and his family have been granted asylum by the United States of America.

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Asylum is a protection granted by a nation to anyone who has left their home country as a refugee.

Tani’s family reportedly fled Nigeria for the US to seek religious asylum because of the Boko Haram crisis in 2017.

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