MONROVIA – The winner of the prestigious Philip N. Wesseh Academic Excellence Print Journalism Award 2023 will be announced tomorrow, 16th September by the Dean of the Amos C.Sawyer College of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Liberia,.Associate Prof.Dr Josephus Moses Gray during tomorrow, Monday’s 104th Commencement Convocation of the University of Liberia.
During tomorrow convocation, Dr. Gray will present to the Acting President of the University of Liberia, Prof. Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh for the conferral of BA and BSW degrees on 177 candidates from the Amos C Sawyer College who successfully completed academic requirements to earn their degrees in respective disciplines.
Out of the 177 candidates, 4 will be earning BA in English, 1 in French, 34 in Demography, 11 in Geography, 1 in Hustory, 23 in Communication and Media Studies, 6 in Political Science, 14 in Social Work and 83 in Sociology, respectively. The valedictorian of the Graduating Class is Mr. Amadou L. Sayon from the Department of Social Work.
The 2022 winner of the PNW Academic Excellence Print Journalism Award is Mr. Frank Sainworla, an adjunct faculty in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Amos.C. Sawyer College, UL.
The award will be presented to the winner by the Acting President of the University of Liberia, Prof. Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh during the College Annual Academic Recognition and Honoring Program to be held at UL Fendall campus on September 25, 2024.
The prestigious award is in memory of Philip N. Wesseh, icon of print journalism in Liberia. The late Wesseh was a true leader in print journalism and professional journalist with high respect towards fair, balance, and accurate journalism.
The award is intended to uphold the legacy of PNW, an illustrious Liberian journalist and icon of print journalism. Prior to his inevitable demise, Mr. Wesseh practiced as a professional journalist for over 40 unbroken years and rose from cub reporter to managing editor.
The late Wesseh was an alumnus of the University of Liberia and a part-time instructor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies (formerly Department of Mass Communication) where he earned BA degree in Communication in 2002 and a LLB degree in Law from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia.
