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WELCOME
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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| Dr. E. Davis-Russell |
As you navigate these pages I would like to take you back in history and then jettison you into the future. A future
fraught with challenges yet ripe in opportunities. So, let’s begin our journey.
The William V. S. Tubman College of Technology is located in Harper, a small city in southeastern
Liberia in West Africa. Created by
an Act of the Legislature of Liberia in 1978, it provided degrees in Architectural, Civil, Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical
Engineering. The Engineering Consultancy Centre of the Academic Affairs Division was later developed. During its operations
Tubman College was the premier institution of technology in Liberia and provided education and training to high-level technicians
and professionals in architectural, civil, electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.
Liberia has been through several years of civil war, and almost all the infrastructure of the country has been damaged
or destroyed. The physical damage to universities has been horrific: laboratories
stripped, equipment stolen, buildings burned and crushed. An additional damage
to higher education has been the loss of human capital. Tubman College is no exception to this devastation that has occurred.
It has been closed for many years and is severely damaged.
As its newly appointed president, I have been charged to extend the College to become a regional university with colleges
of education, health sciences, agriculture and food sciences, and management.
The task is daunting, but can be accomplished through collaborative partnerships.
It involves rebuilding the complete infrastructure which currently consists of empty and structurally unfit shells.
The goal is to rebuild the infrastructure, ensuring that it is modernized to
meet the standards of current and future technological advances. A rebuilt,
modern university in the southeastern region of Liberia will enable many more Liberians to be educated and trained without
having to congregate in the capital where the only existing public university which cannot accommodate them is located. Thus this university will contribute not only to the welfare and economic development
of the region, but to the nation as well. More engineers, teachers, health professionals, agricultural and food science professionals
and managers will be prepared to contribute to a growing post-war Liberia taking its place among nations as a self-sustaining
nation and not dependent upon others to support it.
CASE FOR SUPPORT
Created by an Act of the Legislature
of Liberia in 1978, William V.S. Tubman College of Technology provided degrees in Architectural, Civil, Electrical, Electronics
and Mechanical Engineering. The Engineering Consultancy Centre of the Academic Affairs Division was later developed.
The
objectives of the College include the following:
1.
To prepare and produce high
level technical manpower for the Republic of Liberia
and
other countries;
2.
To promote, encourage, and
advance technical education and the use of
technology
for the growth and development of society through conferences,
seminars,
and study groups;
3.
To provide training and conditions
for research in applied science and technology
and other related fields of learning consistent
with the national needs;
4.
To provide an adequate supply
of middle and high level technicians to replace in
the
shortest possible time, the large member of expatriates available in every
sector of the economy;
5.
To train technicians to meet
the needs of the expanding industrial development
of the nation.
Tubman College Campaign Vision:
Liberia has been through 14 years of civil war, and almost all the infrastructure
of the country has been damaged or destroyed. Education at all levels has borne a disproportionate amount of the destruction.
The physical damage to universities has been horrific: laboratories stripped, equipment stolen, buildings burned and crushed.
Yet the visible physical damage is only one part of the story of the catastrophic consequences of civil. An additional damage
to higher education has been the loss of human capital. Tubman College is no exception to this devastation that has occurred.
It has been closed for 14 years and severely damaged. Read more>>>
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