Brilliant student graduates with distinction as she bags degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi

Brilliant student graduates with distinction as she bags degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi

  • Ivana Barley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi University
  • She graduated with honours from the private Ghanaian university
  • Ivana's sister has celebrated her on social media

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Ivana Barley has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi University, graduating with distinction.

She joins the ranks of women pursuing careers in fields that were once considered to be male-dominated areas.

Ivana Barley has made herself and her family proud as her sister, Ivy Barley shared pictures of her with the caption:

Brilliant student graduates with distinction as she bags degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi
Brilliant student graduates with distinction as she bags degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ashesi. Image: Ivy Barley
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''I'm so proud of my sister, Ivana Barley, who just graduated with honours (Cum Laude) from Ashesi University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
''She has three job offers and three completed internships. With her hopes of continuing in education, research and innovation in engineering, Ivana will be a Faculty Intern at the Engineering Department at Ashesi University for her 1-year national service.''

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The undergraduate degree is one in a list of Ivana's achievements.

In 2015, she was adjudged the best Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate in Adentan Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

Ivana earned the overall best result of her year group, receiving sponsorship, school supplies, among others, according to a post on social media.

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The 2021 edition of the national competition was held on Thursday, July 8, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA.

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In other news, Empress Esi Amoah is an example of someone who is born ready to impact the world. At age 12, she has dedicated herself as a humanitarian to helping the deprived in underserved communities.

Born into a family of social work, she learned the skills from her father, a trained social worker at the Department of Social Welfare in Ghana.

Her journey to magnanimity started at age two, developing a passion for humanitarian work from being part of her father, Kofi Amoah, and mother, Mary Magdalene Amevor's tremendous exploits in villages to assist people and families with challenges.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.