The USC Department of Geological Sciences and the National University of Equatorial Guinea in Malabo marked the second anniversary of their exchange program to train Ecuatoguinean students during a Sept. 22 sponsors’ recognition ceremony in Malabo.
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| Officials taking part in the GEGEO recognition ceremony Sept. 22 in Malabo included, from left, Adriana Chacón, James Kellogg, Gabriel Nguema Lima, and Carlos Nse Nsuga. |
“We wanted to say thank you to the oil com-panies funding the program and to the Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Energy that also has provided support,” said Adriana Chacon, manager for the GEGEO (Guinea Equatorial Geology) Project.
Oil companies supporting the project recognized at the ceremony are South Atlantic Natural Resources, ExxonMobil, Devon/Ocean Energy and Hess.
Forty-five students are enrolled in the three-year geotechnical degree program at the University of Equatorial Guinea. Four more Ecuatoguinean students are at USC on full scholarships where two of them are enrolled as geological sciences baccalaureate candidates (see Student Speak) and two are in the English Program for Internationals preparing to enter the geology baccalaureate program.
Under the program, two new students from the National University of Equatorial Guinea are scheduled to matriculate at USC each year on full scholarships.
The ceremony included remarks by UNGE’s Dean Jose Manuel Esara; GEGEO co-director James Kellogg, USC Department of Geological Sciences; Carlos Nse Nsuga, president of the National University of Equatorial Guinea; and Gabriel Nguema Lima, Equatorial Guinea’s vice minister of mines, industry, and energy.
Student achievement awards were presented to Godwill Nwoke Euso, Nabil Gori Elobe, Daniel-Nguema Ondo, and Mauricio Mbomio.
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