Dr. Ayodeji Arogundade an alumnus of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) was announced the chair of the Business & Computer Science Division of Lewis-Ckark College by Luther M. Maddy (Ph.D): the Dean, School of Professional & Graduate Studies.
Arogundade who have been part of the teaching staff of LC since 2015 will assume his new role comes July 1. He was named to the position after a nation-wide search. He has been serving as interim chair of the division since July of last year when the previous chair, Maddy, got the Dean office.
Dr. Arogundade is an hard working and resourcesful person. Since joining Lewis Clark State College in 2015 he has helped develop the Marketing Research Class, the Associate of Marketing Program. and Management Certificate Program in the division.
Over the years, Dr. Arogundade has able to move himself up the ladder of the institution having became an associate professor in 202/ and in 2021, he was promoted the assistant division chair.
He graduated from the Post-Doctoral Bridge Program in the Hough Graduate School of Business of the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, specializing in marketing and management. He holds a Doctorate degree and master's degree in Biological and Agricultural engineering from the University of Idaho, coupled with another master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Akure in Nigeria.
Arogundade began his career as an assistant banking officer at the Universal Trust Bank (now Union Bank) in Nigeria. He later worked with the Business Development Units of Oceanic International Bank (now ECOWAS bank) and United Bank for Africa before relocating to the United States.
In 2022, Arogundade co-authored a book on Unintended Consequences of Internationalization in Higher Education: Comparative International Perspectives on the Impacts of Policy and Practice. He was invited to present the book in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. In addition, he won the LC State Annice Edmundson Faculty Excellence Award in 2021.
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