In the same breath, she introduced the students to Project RAISE UNIDEL Higher—the strategic framework driving the university’s transformation under Professor Eboh’s leadership. The initiative is built on research and innovation, academic excellence, ICT optimisation, staff development and welfare, and the creation of a conducive environment for learning and growth.
Registrar Dr. Esther Akpojuvie took the students through university rules, regulations, and disciplinary procedures. She stressed that a minimum of 70 percent class attendance is compulsory for eligibility to sit for semester examinations and that students must always carry their identification cards.
Deans, heads of departments, directors, and resource persons addressed the gathering on a comprehensive range of issues: academic requirements and course registration, examination regulations and the severe consequences of malpractice, student welfare and accommodation, dress code, official communication channels, student associations, study skills, time management, stress management, adjusting to university life, counselling services, early career planning, campus safety, prevention of cultism, theft and scams, emergency reporting, library services, the student portal, university email, and online registration.
The atmosphere was one of both excitement and seriousness. Hundreds of newly admitted students filled the venue, many of them stepping into tertiary education for the first time, absorbing the dual message of opportunity and accountability. UNIDEL’s leadership is using the orientation not merely as a welcome ritual but as a deliberate induction into a culture of discipline, digital competence, and ambition. Project RAISE is no longer an internal strategy document; it is being presented to the newest members of the university community as the roadmap they are expected to travel.
