Divine Word University's Online presence attracts foreign students
Ms Zainab Olabisi Tairu from Nigeria learnt about the Master of Research Methodology (MRM) program that was advertised on the DWU website (www.dwu.ac.pg) and applied and was accepted. She enrolled in the program earlier this year and was among eight other Masters student who participated in the Missioning Ceremony for the first time on Friday.
A Solomon Islands student Liam Sau also learnt about the DWU’s Master of Public Administration program through its website and is now studying through the flexible learning mode.
Ms Tairu, a resident of Lagos, the Nigerian capital had been surfing the internet one day and came across the DWU Website with the advertisement calling for application for the MRM program.
After learning about this part of the world from a friend, Ms Tairu, gave the application a try and was accepted. After a bit of delay with visa processing through the PNG High Commission in London (PNG does not have a diplomatic presence in the African continent), Ms Tairu made the long plane trip that took her from Lagos to Doha in the Middle East, Singapore, Port Moresby and eventually Madang. As part of her academic work, she carried out a research into “green human research management”.
On Friday Ms Tairu join her eight Masters colleagues and 300-plus others undergraduate programs to receive their Missioning Crosses from the University. The Mission Ceremony signifies the end of student life and transition into an adult professional ready for the workforce. The missioning ceremony was witnessed by high profile dignitaries led by United States Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Walter North and his wife Dr Judy Ryan North, Counsellor Australian High Commission Ms Suzanne Edgecombe, DWU President Fr Jan Czuba and his vice presidents, parents’ spokesman and PNG Defence Officer Francis Kari and parents.
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