Dr. Olu Awosoga (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)

By Justin Goulet

U of L names Faculty of Health Sciences professor a Board of Governors Teaching Chair

May 28, 2019 | 10:26 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The University of Lethbridge has appointed one of its professors as a Board of Governors Teaching Chair.

Dr. Olu Awosoga is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and will be celebrated for his hard work during the 2019 Spring Convocation Ceremony II on Thursday, May 30 at 2:30 p.m. in the 1^st Choice Savings Centre gymnasium.

Awosoga was born and raised in Nigeria before moving to the United States and then making his way to Canada. According to the U of L, he spent most of his academic years in Nigeria.

While specializing in statistical analysis, he became an academic assistant in the U of L’s Faculty of Health Sciences in 2009.

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Come 2011, he was a research affiliate with the Prentice Institute for Global Population & economy. In 2018, he was named an associate member of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

“His personable nature and a desire to continually improve the learning experience for his students have guided Awosoga as he employs many innovative tactics in his classroom,” the U of L said in a release.

The school said that while Awosoga understood his accent was difficult to understand for some students, he created lecture materials with PowerPoint slides and an audio track with a female voice to augment his lessons.

“He regularly uses blended classroom approaches, along with team-based learning, to encourage active engagement, and administers an anonymous mid-term evaluation so that he can address problems and adjust his lessons for the second half of the term,” read the release.

This announcement comes just a day after it was announced that Dr. Harold Jansen would be receiving the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Lethbridge.

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Jansen will also be recognized at Thursday’s Convocation.