The Induction

Hello everyone. How are you doing? It has been a long time since I last wrote an article and I am sorry about that. I have been very busy all through the week and also stressed out that is why I haven't written in a while. But today, I decided that I must write and publish an article regardless of how busy I might be and I think I have kept my word.

The reason why I chose today's article was because of the event I attended yesterday. My brother was being inducted into the Engineering profession specifically the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE for short). For those who don't know the meaning of induction, it means that you are now a recognized member who has passed all possible requirements of a professional body. It could be a body of doctors, engineers or economist. Generally any profession.

There are still some other things to do before you can practice such as writing an exam or training for a required number of years but all in all it is still something big to be inducted.

But some people still mistake induction for graduation or convocation. Convocation means that you are graduating from the University and know you're a graduate of whatever degree you were studying. So in Induction, you are a member of the professional body while in graduation/convocation you are leaving the University with your degree it could be a bachelor of science, masters or even PhD. So I hope you get it now if you didn't understand it before.

As usual it was a big event and everyone who was somebody in the Engineering profession came for the event. The so called bigwigs and important people in the university were in attendance. The whole venue was filled with people to the brim. Students, lecturer, parents and guardian, friends, university staffs and engineering professional were the people in attendance.

It was a wonderful event as students who did well in their respective department were recognized and rewarded for their efforts. My brother was one of them emerging as the best in his department (petroleum engineering). My department, Electrical and Electronics engineering had the overall best student. That is not a surprise as we boast of some of the brightest and smartest students in the Faculty of Technology.

It was generally a colourful event and everyone were all smiles. Friends and family taken pictures with the inductees and sharing in their joy. The former freshers were all over social media posting pictures of their seniors in their academic gown and helmet celebrating with them and also congratulation them. It could be seen all over their WhatsApp status. I think the most posted person was the TESA president, turns out he has a lot of fans among the freshers.

The inductees were dressed to kill, looking sharp in their suits and blazers. The men dressed smartly looking good and the ladies surely did not disappoint especially this one.

I think I have fallen for her already.

It was a really grand event and once they were done after 3 long hours, the celebrants proceeded to their respective receptions. It was time to celebrate their achievements.

Most parents went all out in celebrating them. The reception was done under canopies in the faculty as it was close the venue and it has been a tradition overtime. There were elaborate decorations, plenty to eat and drink and their was even small chops to wet your appetite. Not forgetting entertainment in the form of music. It was really a joyful affair.

They took pictures with one another to capture the moment and photographers had a field day as everyone were taken pictures. For our own, we got decorations and hired a photographer to take our pictures. The food were in take away packs as we did not want people together to obey the COVID-19 safety protocol. We also gave them souvenirs as they were leaving. We had a lot of guests and almost ran out of food. God knows what would have happened if we gave every student that came to us.

As usual a lot of students came as it is a tradition for them to go from one tent to another requesting for food to celebrate with them. I think it is a tradition that needs to be stopped and I will probably write an article on it one of this days.

It's kinda of messed up.

In summary, everything went according to plan even though there were some bumps on the way. I am happy for my brother and it is good that we got to celebrate him. It is no mean feat. I guess it remains only me in school. Finally.

It is nice to have finally written an article and hopefully I will create more time for it.

Till next time guys.