By Amaechi Agbo

Professor Sunny Emmanuel Udeze will on September 12, 2024 deliver the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT’s 39th Inaugural Lecture.

With the theme “Deconstructing Stereotypes Reconstructing the Image of Africa in Global Media: Public Relations Nexus” will hold at the Prof Julius Onah Auditorium ESUT Campus, Agbani, Nkanu West Local Council. Commencing from 10am

The Inaugural Lecture, the 7th by ESUT this year, is expected to gather the academia within and outside the university to crystalize ideals on Africa’s image and chart a direction for her global rebirth.

A professor of Mass Communication, the Inaugural Lecturer, Prof Sunny Udeze, has special interests in Public Relations, Advertising, International Communication
and Media Law and Ethics which he has taught over decades

He is a member of various professional bodies including , Fellow, African Council for Communication Education (FACCE); Member, Commonwealth Association for Education in Journalism and Communication (CAEJAC); a Registered Practitioner of Advertising (rpa); Member of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (MNIPR) as well as a member, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Currently the Director, General Studies, ESUT and former Dean, School Postgraduate Studies, ESUT, Prof Udeze is poised to take the university community, scholars and researchers around the world in a voyage of academic transition.

The 39th Inaugural Lecture will be the 7th this year organised by ESUT. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Aloysius-Michaels Okolie has made it a norm that professor should conduct their inaugural lectures to remain relevant in their academic echelon.

Professor Sunny Udeze’s lecture is coming 14 days after the 38th Inaugural Lecture on August 29 with Professor Umezurike Hughes Okafor as guest lecturer.