{"id":15126,"date":"2024-02-21T11:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=15126"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:35:29","slug":"university-of-calabar-celebrates-record-breaking-achievement-in-linguistics-and-communications-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2024\/02\/21\/university-of-calabar-celebrates-record-breaking-achievement-in-linguistics-and-communications-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Calabar Celebrates Record-Breaking Achievement in Linguistics and Communications Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a historic milestone, Colette Offiong Bassey has shattered a 44-year-old record at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, by becoming the first-ever graduate to achieve a first-class honor in the Department of Linguistics and Communications Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, Colette accomplished this extraordinary feat while heavily pregnant during her final year examinations. Undeterred by the challenges, she sat for her exams on Wednesday and, to everyone&#8217;s amazement, gave birth to a baby boy just days later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The university, in an official statement, has verified that Colette Offiong Bassey is now etched in history as the first individual to attain a first-class degree from the Department of Linguistics and Communications Studies since its inception in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: &#8220;Bassey Colette Offiong emerged as the sole first-class student from Linguistics and Nigerian Languages in the 2018\/2019 session,&#8221; making her the inaugural recipient of this prestigious honor in the department&#8217;s illustrious history.<\/p>\n<p>This remarkable accomplishment is a testament to Colette&#8217;s resilience and dedication, making her an inspiration to the academic community and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In a historic milestone, Colette Offiong Bassey has shattered a 44-year-old record at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, by becoming the first-ever graduate to achieve a first-class honor in the Department of Linguistics and Communications Studies. Remarkably, Colette accomplished this extraordinary feat while heavily pregnant during her final year examinations. Undeterred by the challenges, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}