Arba Minch University (AMU) honored Prof. Ann Cassiman, an expatriate staff in college Social Sciences and Humanities Department of Sociology and Anthropology, for her remarkable legacies of academic excellence and transformative impact on 16th September, 2024. Click here to see more photos.
Academic Affairs Vice President and Delegate for AMU President, Dr. Alemayehu Chufamo, praising Prof. Ann for her professional role as academic adviser and appreciating her kind heartedness and supportiveness to her students, said that “We thank you so much Professor for your extraordinary commitment and selfless support to our staff in particular and to the university in general for the last one decade”. Your profession is instrumental to the problems of the developing nations where there are a number of cases related to ethnicity, religion, cultural differences and so on, but you have been skillfully managing to equip our young staff with necessary knowledge and skills to contribute positively so that we also can live peacefully and develop, he remarked.
Mr.Eshetu Ewnetu, a PhD candidate and the program coordinator, said, we are here to express our deepest appreciation for the remarkable contribution of Prof. Ann Cassiman to AMU in general and to the department of Sociology and Social Anthropology in particular. Prof. Ann’s unwavering dedication has shaped the futures of our PhD students with Dr. Mark Breusers guiding them with expertise and ensuring their work meets the highest academic standards, he noted. Mr. Eshetu also added that Prof. Ann significantly contributed in developing the Advanced Masters Program (CADES) with its innovative approaches and rigorous standards of academic excellence in AMU and beyond. According to Mr. Eshetu, the annual Field School Program, the initiative providing invaluable hands on experience for our students and staff, is also another opportunity area where Prof. Ann has been making efforts on strengthening partnerships with academic institutions globally.
Mr.Behailu Merdekios (Assoc. Prof.) in his closing remark said that the respect, appreciation and recognition that we give for Prof. Ann is very significant; more than her academic support, the ethical values she instilled through a decade long journey with AMU has had the students’ testimonies. I wish to continue with more strengthened collaborations in the future when things are favorable and good for us to come in the PhD Program, he hopped.
Dr. Bosha Bombe, department head for Sociology and Social Anthropology and former students from different corners of the world and AMU staff who got supported well with Prof. Ann expressed their heartfelt feelings and appreciations for her. The Gamo elders’ gave their blessings to Prof. Ann.
Prof. Ann Cassiman thanked AMU for honoring her with a certificate of recognition. She also said that gradually we were working together with the department of Anthropology here and it is very nice for me to work with AMU. Remembering the field school experience, she said it was very important moment in bringing anthropologies from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Belgium, and Ethiopia together here in Arba Minch and then to go to Hammer, South Omo Zone to teach students the role of anthropology according to their context in which students exchange and enrich ideas learn a lot from each other, she noted.
Members from KU-Leuven IUC-VILR-OUS project, AMU staff and other invited guests were in attendance.
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