Nigerian Student Bags Seven Awards At New York's Varsity.

Onemola (middle).

During the 2012 graduation ceremony of Lehman College, the City University of New York (CUNY) on Saturday at New York, Nigerian Oluwole Onemola received 7 awards all to himself.

Young Onemola, a Political Science graduate at Lehman, who is the son of Bukun-olu Onemola, Nigeria’s Deputy Ambassador at the United Nations in New York, and also President of the University's Students Union Government received the distinguished “Golden Key’’ award, otherwise referred to as International Honour Society which is an academic honour society for high-achieving scholars.

Other awards are the Pi Sigma Alpha, National Honour Society in Political Science, and The Jacob Hammer Memorial Prize in English which is awarded to a student leading in theatre performance.

He also won the Edgar Dawson Prize in Political and Legal Theory which is an award to the outstanding Political Science graduate with the strongest portfolio of political and legal essays.

Onemola also received the CUNY Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Leadership Award, and he similarly received the Cum Laude award.

This is a Latin term that signifies “With Honours”, a distinction bestowed on graduates that fall within a 3.4 to a 3.59 GPA on a four-point scale.

While speaking on the awards, he said they had inspired him to continue to thrive in all his endeavours, regardless of any obstacles that might stand on his way.

Congrats bro, as you and your dad continue to make our country proud.