Former KNUST Student Who Graduated 2nd Best in Her Engineering Class Lands Full Scholarship To Pursue PhD

• Hillary Nana Yaa Owusu, a driven Ghanaian young lady has been awarded a fully-funded scholarship to pursue a PhD at the University of Maryland
• The former Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology student graduated as the second best student in her undergraduate degree
• Nana Yaa expressed her excitement and showed her gratitude to God for coming through for her once again

A brilliant Ghanaian girl by the name of Hillary Nana Yaa Owusu has recently taken to social media to share another feat of hers after becoming the second best graduating student in her Telecommunication Engineering class back at KNUST.

The post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Twitter timeline of @goldenhillarie had her announcing that she has acquired a fully funded scholarship to pursue a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.

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In an interview with YEN.com.gh Hillary opened up about her reaction the moment she found out she had a full ride to pursue her PhD.

"I was completely overwhelmed. For me, my feat was proof of the huge role God plays in my life. Yes, I put worked hard and was intentional about searching for opportunities to further my education abroad but it would have all been impossible without God. For that, I'm grateful", she said.

Her actual post read;

"Update: Your girl got a fully funded scholarship to do her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park. I’m so excited for what’s ahead. God has been good."

Many who saw her post did not hesitate to resort to the comments section to congratulate her. At the time of this publication, over 590 retweets, 38 quote tweets and close to 3,300 likes.

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YEN.com.gh has highlighted some of the comments below;

@BoaduMaud commented:

So proud of you hun! Love this for you Glory to God!

@DezyMensah replied:

A big congratulations … wow! cheers to greater heights.

From @_blacksnow09:

Congrats girl but there should be masters degree before PhD . So who’s funding the masters degree

@Mr_Sleggy wrote:

Congratulations to all your amazing achievements.Challenging times ahead but PHD still worth the struggle

From @_anaafi:

Wow this is huge! Congratulations

Hillary Nana Yaa Owusu: Meet KNUST Second Best Telecommunication Student with CWA of 80.89

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a gorgeous young lady by the name of Hillary Nana Yaa Owusu recently took to social media to share her exciting news of emerging as the overall second best student in her class at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

In her Twitter post sighted by YEN.com.gh, Nana Yaa revealed that she completed her undergraduate degree in Telecommunication Engineering with a Cumulative Weighted Average (CWA) of 80.89.

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This excellent score made her the best female student since her first year at the university and gave her a place in the KNUST Provost list throughout her four years studies. Hillary attributed her academic success to hardwork and grace.

Source: YEN.com.gh