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Levi Chukwuemeka Uzozie, Ph.D. Honored for Professional Longevity
Levi Chukwuemeka Uzozie, Ph.D. recognized for over four decades of invaluable contributions to education
BROOKLYN, NY, May 19, 2011 /University PR News/ --Levi Chukwuemeka Uzozie. Ph.D., Associate Professor at the City University of New York, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in higher education.
With unparalleled expertise in academia, Dr. Levi Chukwuemeka Uzozie lends more than four decades of industry experience to the City University of New York. Over the course of his extensive career, Dr. Uzozie has taught geography at prestigious educational institutions such as Bronx Community College, Montclair State University, the College of New Rochelle and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Early in his career, he served as an honorary research fellow at the International African Institute in Holborn, London, and British senior staff inter-university council fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Uzozie also served as a food directorate liaison officer attached to Biafran Navy and Air Force during the Nigerian civil war, 1967-1970.
Now celebrating his 15th year with the City University of New York, Dr. Uzozie teaches a number of courses in geography. He also serves as a point of contact for his students as an advisor and mentor. During an exclusive interview with Cambridge Publishing, Dr. Uzozie communicated his life-long desire to become a teacher. He remembers being advised by a former high school principal to enroll in a teacher training college -- advice that inevitably paved the way for an unprecedented teaching career. He received undergraduate and post graduate scholarships from Nigeria's federal government and was honored with a senior academic staff fellowship by the United Kingdom for his educational fortitude.
Dr. Uzozie earned his Ph.D. in geography from the University of London in 1979. He holds a Master of Arts degree in geography from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, earned in 1966, and a Bachelors of Science (Hons.) in geography from Durham University in England, earned in 1962. He is a current member of the Academic Standards Committee of Medgar Evers College and is the former chair of the Mbanasa Soil Erosion Control Committee. He is the former external examiner in Bachelor Education in geography for Anambra State College of Education in Awka, Alvan Ikoku College of Education in Owerri and Nwafor-Orizu College of Education in Nsugbe, all in Nigeria. Dr. Uzozie's professional affiliations include membership with the Association of American Geographers.
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