Maths Shark: Brilliant Lady becomes first black woman to graduate from leading US university in nuclear engineering News from Ghana
- Charlyne Smith is the first black woman to graduate from the University of Florida with a PhD in nuclear engineering
- She celebrated the achievement in a Twitter post and said she was honored
- Smith graduated from Coppin State University with a degree in chemistry and mathematics in 2017
Charlyne Smith, a native of Jamaica, is the first black woman to graduate from the University of Florida’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
She is the only and first black woman to write history in the university’s 168-year history.
Smith grew up in St. Catherine and is a former student of St. Catherine High School in Spanish Town.
She has now fixed her gaze on the nuclear research reactor called Slowpoke at the University of the West Indies (The UWI).
Maths Shark: Brilliant Lady becomes the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from the leading US university. Image: Charlyne Smith
Source: Twitter
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We celebrate the academic milestone
Smith celebrated the performance in a tweet, saying:
“I’m very honored to be the first black woman to make history to complete a #PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida on #Jamaica’s Independence Anniversary Day,” she said.
First degree
Smith received a scholarship for her PhD from Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, which she graduated with degrees in chemistry and mathematics in 2017, the Jamaica Observer said.
She received the National Science Foundation’s coveted Graduate Research Fellowship in 2018 to study at the University of Florida’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and has never looked back.
In the service of their nation
After completing her doctorate, she turned her gaze to her homeland, more precisely to Slowpoke, the only nuclear research reactor in the Caribbean based at the International Center for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), which is primarily responsible for training and not for training serves energy-related applications.
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Smith believes the reactor should be used to improve access to reliable energy and educate people about the true potential of nuclear power to alleviate fears and move towards a better future.
The first Gh President of Graduate Students at Ohio University
In addition, a Ghanaian student, Elikem Joseph Kofi Ziorklui, was elected President of the Graduate Senate (GSS) of Ohio University in the United States.
Ziorklui is making history as the first Ghanaian to hold such a position since the prestigious university was founded, according to a Facebook post from former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) deputy editor Ben Dotsei Malor.
As President of the Senate for Graduates, he will advance the interests, concerns, and needs of more than 5,000 Masters and PhD students.
Ghanaian graduates with first class law degrees
In another success story, the Ghanaian student Kwame Adusei graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Ghana Law School after another achievement in his life.
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Adusei joined the ranks of students who graduated first class in law from the prestigious Ghanaian university.
He went to his LinkedIn page to announce the success and announced that he was excited and extremely grateful for making it this far, saying:
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