Pan-Atlantic University Loses Dean of SMC Mike Okolo

Dean of the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Dr. Michael Okolo has passed on.

Dr. Okolo’s sudden death which was announced in a statement signed by the  PAU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Enase Okonedo, took place on Sunday night. He was said to have been active and spent time with his colleagues on Sunday evening.

Dr Okolo joined Pan-Atlantic University in 2004 as the Corporate Affairs Manager of the University. In 2006, he moved to become a pioneer member of the newly formed Centre for Media and Communication (CMC) and played a key role in the Centre’s establishment.

The CMC evolved into the School of Media and Communication, attaining a reputation for running quality academic as well as professional education programmes, with the tremendous input of Dr Okolo.

He was a senior lecturer at the School in the area of Organizational/Corporate Communication, and also served the School in different administrative capacities.

Okolo was at different times the head of the Professional Education Department and the director of the Academic Unit and also served as a member of the School’s Management Board. In addition to his teaching sessions at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, Dr Okolo has been involved in many training sessions, seminars, workshops and conferences within and outside the country.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosemary Okolo, the former Registrar of the University and currently a member of faculty in the School of Management and Social Sciences, and four children.