Current Status of the University of Liberia
University of Liberia
Current Status of the University of Liberia
Welcome! The University of Liberia (UL) is one of West Africa's oldest institutions of higher learning. It was damaged by Liberia's 1989-1997 civil war. Recent fighting in Monrovia reversed gains made in reconstructing the university. Reports say the University's facilities were badly looted. UL authorities are now undertaking a damage assessment, and making plans to reopen the university.
The strategic mission of the University of Liberia is to prepare well qualified leaders for
teaching, research and public service and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for sustainable human development.
The University is now open for second semester of its 2004-2005 academic year. About 12,000 students are currently enrolled. Academic activities are ongoing mainly on its Capitol Hill campus in Monrovia. Current student enrollment is well above the threshold of this location and its physical plant, which was damaged at various times during the Liberian civil war of 1989-2003. The United Nations Mission in Liberia, and the United States Embassy near Monrovia have provided small grants to the institution that have enabled a campus face lift, including roof repairs and the refurbishing of class rooms, the Student Union Building, and sporting complex.
The University administration is now implementing many new initiatives, including raising a US$ 25 million reconstruction/endowment fund. The National Transitional Government of Liberia has committed about 10% of this endowment.
At a recent International Workshop on the Reconstruction of the University, which was held between April 21st and the 22nd, at the University of Pennsylvania, the government invited charitable organizations, Universities, alumni and philanthropic institutions to match this amount to enable the University embark on its new, strategic mission.
In response, the University's Class of 1966 committed US $10,000. The Petroleum Importers Association of Liberia, pledged US$ 0.01 on every imported gallon of fuel towards the reconstruction initiatives of the institution, among other donations.
Short to medium term plans of the University include relocating the Colleges of Science and Technology, and Agriculture to its Fendall Campus located about 14 miles northeast of Monrovia. To date, all of the junior and senior courses in these two colleges have moved to Fendall. The University has provided four rented buses that transport students between the main and Fendall campuses.
As a post-conflict institution, the University has many needs, including faculty development, buses, replacement of equipment and furniture, updated textbooks in strategic fields, for example, medicine, agriculture, law, educational administration, business and public administration, research methods in the social and natural sciences, and international studies. There is also a dire need for information technology, including the Internet, CD-ROMs, and web-ready computers.
If you would like to donate books and other needed items to the University, and you are located in the United States, please send items to:
Arhur Garbla / A & H Shipping
4610 Ingraham Street
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Tel: (301) 536-0486.
Donors outside of the U.S. should call Arthur Garbla / A & H Shipping in Liberia at 011-231-6-522-002 or 011-231-6-519-854 to make arrangements for shipment. They may also contact the Office of the President at 011-231-6-422-304.
LINKS
Liberian Studies Association
AAU Homepage
University of Pennsylvania
Consolidated Appeal for Liberia's Reconstruction (PDF file)
Documents:
(1) Irvine Russell, W. (1996) "Martin H. Freeman of Rutland America's First Black College Professor and Pioneering Black Social Activist," pp. 71-99 in Rutland Historical Society Quarterly. Volume XXVI No. 3
(2) Catalogue and Register of Liberia College 1892. Sawyerr's Excelsior Printing Works, Freetown (Courtesy of Prof. Russel W. Irvine, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia).
(3) United Nations. (2000). Sythesis of the 1999 Liberia UN Country Team Development Forum. Monrovia: UNDP.
(4) UNDP/Liberia. (2001). Liberia's Governance Program. Prepared by the Office for the Promotion of Good Governance. A UNDP Project Implemented by UNDESA.
(5) UNDP/Liberia. (2000). Liberia National Human Development Report 1999. Monrovia: UNDP.
"The study was conducted by a team of national and international consultants, supported by UNDP, working in close collaboration with the Government of Liberia, United Nations agencies and other development partners, notably the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union, the Bretton Woods institutions and the African Development Bank (ADB), as well as non-governmental organizations and civil society. Analysis and recommendations are underpinned by both secondary and primary data obtained during the course of the study. The report takes the role of governance in human development as its unifying theme, which is both pertinent and timely for a country rebuilding itself after years of turmoil and relative isolation."
-Dr. John O. Kakonge, Former Resident Representative, UNDP Liberia.
(6) Adedeji, Adebayo. (1999). Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: The Search For Sustainable Peace & Good Governance. London & New York: Zed Books in Association with African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), IJEBU-ODE.
(7) Dunn, Elwood, Amos J. Beyan and Carl Patrick Burrowes. (2001). Historical Dictionary of Liberia (Second Edition). Lanham, MD & London: The Scarecrow Press.
(8) Saha, Santosh C. (1998). Culture in Liberia: An Afrocentric View of Cultural Interaction Between the Indegenous Liberians and the Americo-Liberians. African Studies Volume 46. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
__________________________________________________
For information, contact:
Al-Hassan Conteh, Ph.D.
Class of '77 (University of Liberia)
Email: alhconteh@netscape.net
alconteh@yahoo.com
Current Status of the University of Liberia
Welcome! The University of Liberia (UL) is one of West Africa's oldest institutions of higher learning. It was damaged by Liberia's 1989-1997 civil war. Recent fighting in Monrovia reversed gains made in reconstructing the university. Reports say the University's facilities were badly looted. UL authorities are now undertaking a damage assessment, and making plans to reopen the university.
The strategic mission of the University of Liberia is to prepare well qualified leaders for
teaching, research and public service and contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for sustainable human development.
The University is now open for second semester of its 2004-2005 academic year. About 12,000 students are currently enrolled. Academic activities are ongoing mainly on its Capitol Hill campus in Monrovia. Current student enrollment is well above the threshold of this location and its physical plant, which was damaged at various times during the Liberian civil war of 1989-2003. The United Nations Mission in Liberia, and the United States Embassy near Monrovia have provided small grants to the institution that have enabled a campus face lift, including roof repairs and the refurbishing of class rooms, the Student Union Building, and sporting complex.
The University administration is now implementing many new initiatives, including raising a US$ 25 million reconstruction/endowment fund. The National Transitional Government of Liberia has committed about 10% of this endowment.
At a recent International Workshop on the Reconstruction of the University, which was held between April 21st and the 22nd, at the University of Pennsylvania, the government invited charitable organizations, Universities, alumni and philanthropic institutions to match this amount to enable the University embark on its new, strategic mission.
In response, the University's Class of 1966 committed US $10,000. The Petroleum Importers Association of Liberia, pledged US$ 0.01 on every imported gallon of fuel towards the reconstruction initiatives of the institution, among other donations.
Short to medium term plans of the University include relocating the Colleges of Science and Technology, and Agriculture to its Fendall Campus located about 14 miles northeast of Monrovia. To date, all of the junior and senior courses in these two colleges have moved to Fendall. The University has provided four rented buses that transport students between the main and Fendall campuses.
As a post-conflict institution, the University has many needs, including faculty development, buses, replacement of equipment and furniture, updated textbooks in strategic fields, for example, medicine, agriculture, law, educational administration, business and public administration, research methods in the social and natural sciences, and international studies. There is also a dire need for information technology, including the Internet, CD-ROMs, and web-ready computers.
If you would like to donate books and other needed items to the University, and you are located in the United States, please send items to:
Arhur Garbla / A & H Shipping
4610 Ingraham Street
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Tel: (301) 536-0486.
Donors outside of the U.S. should call Arthur Garbla / A & H Shipping in Liberia at 011-231-6-522-002 or 011-231-6-519-854 to make arrangements for shipment. They may also contact the Office of the President at 011-231-6-422-304.
LINKS
Liberian Studies Association
AAU Homepage
University of Pennsylvania
Consolidated Appeal for Liberia's Reconstruction (PDF file)
Documents:
(1) Irvine Russell, W. (1996) "Martin H. Freeman of Rutland America's First Black College Professor and Pioneering Black Social Activist," pp. 71-99 in Rutland Historical Society Quarterly. Volume XXVI No. 3
(2) Catalogue and Register of Liberia College 1892. Sawyerr's Excelsior Printing Works, Freetown (Courtesy of Prof. Russel W. Irvine, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia).
(3) United Nations. (2000). Sythesis of the 1999 Liberia UN Country Team Development Forum. Monrovia: UNDP.
(4) UNDP/Liberia. (2001). Liberia's Governance Program. Prepared by the Office for the Promotion of Good Governance. A UNDP Project Implemented by UNDESA.
(5) UNDP/Liberia. (2000). Liberia National Human Development Report 1999. Monrovia: UNDP.
"The study was conducted by a team of national and international consultants, supported by UNDP, working in close collaboration with the Government of Liberia, United Nations agencies and other development partners, notably the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union, the Bretton Woods institutions and the African Development Bank (ADB), as well as non-governmental organizations and civil society. Analysis and recommendations are underpinned by both secondary and primary data obtained during the course of the study. The report takes the role of governance in human development as its unifying theme, which is both pertinent and timely for a country rebuilding itself after years of turmoil and relative isolation."
-Dr. John O. Kakonge, Former Resident Representative, UNDP Liberia.
(6) Adedeji, Adebayo. (1999). Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: The Search For Sustainable Peace & Good Governance. London & New York: Zed Books in Association with African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), IJEBU-ODE.
(7) Dunn, Elwood, Amos J. Beyan and Carl Patrick Burrowes. (2001). Historical Dictionary of Liberia (Second Edition). Lanham, MD & London: The Scarecrow Press.
(8) Saha, Santosh C. (1998). Culture in Liberia: An Afrocentric View of Cultural Interaction Between the Indegenous Liberians and the Americo-Liberians. African Studies Volume 46. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
__________________________________________________
For information, contact:
Al-Hassan Conteh, Ph.D.
Class of '77 (University of Liberia)
Email: alhconteh@netscape.net
alconteh@yahoo.com
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