{"id":16346,"date":"2023-04-17T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/?p=16346"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:24:02","slug":"obituary-of-the-late-atty-fatou-m-coleman-former-director-ul-alumni-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/obituary-of-the-late-atty-fatou-m-coleman-former-director-ul-alumni-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary of the Late Atty. Fatou M. Coleman: Former Director, UL Alumni Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Administration of the <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theuniversityofliberia?__cft__[0]=AZVNeaHGjuZ_3XcyYxcr-mNMrD2bl0Vwg-uo8NcZ86HRNpA4cA0jiWvbzYwmFLdNwtkgaG6GVqhD2eyvbhotMTk8j05cXte5wp3q5J9UfrFvJyuy3k4r122lnRwNi2QB-o91rTcxoaB6XQijn_isj-Vs0BAJOz9nvK73r-1nbMENrxaBUkhpkOf3Y2QZW0Tch9c&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">University of Liberia &#8211; UL<\/span><\/a>, regrets to announce the sudden death of the former Director of Alumni Affairs, Atty. Fatou M. Coleman, whose sad event occurred on April 15, 2023, at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Monrovia following a brief illness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her remains have been deposited at the Samuel Stryker Funeral Parlor in Sinkor, Monrovia, awaiting funeral and interment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Born September 24,1957, the late Atty. Fatou Coleman graduated from the University of Liberia with a Bachelor of Business Administration, (BBA) Degree on December 16, 1991.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">She obtained another Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Liberia on September 25, 1996.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The late Atty. Fatou M. Coleman was employed by the University of Liberia on March 23, 1999, as Alumni Officer during the administration of former UL President, Dr. Frederick K. Gbegbe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thereafter, on February 11, 2000, Atty. Coleman was transferred and appointed as Special Assistant to Dr. Ben A. Roberts, former President of the University of Liberia. She was again appointed in August 2000, as Special Assistant to the then Dean of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">On January 18, 2005, Atty. Coleman was again appointed by Dr. Al- Hassan Conteh, former President of the University of Liberia, as Chairperson of the University Wide Committee on Alumni Affairs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In May 2008, the late Atty. Fatou M. Coleman was promoted from the position of Alumni Officer to the Director of Alumni Affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In August 2014, Atty. Coleman was later transferred to the A. Romeo Horton College of Business and Public Administration, (formerly College of Business and Public Administration) with the rank of Instructor II, assigned in the Management Department.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">While serving as an instructor in the Business College, Atty. Coleman was reassigned to the Office of Student Affairs in 2016, by Rev. Dr. Julius Sarwolo Nelson, Jr. who was the Acting Vice President for Institutional Development and Planning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">While at the Office of Student Affairs, she worked as a Counselor, Counseling Section, Student Academic Advisement and Career Counseling (SA2C3), Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Liberia. A position she continued to serve in up to her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The late Atty. Coleman also served as Director of Students, Monrovia Consolidated School System,( MCSS)Central Office, 1996, Counselor, Drug and Alcohol Affected Children, Vanderbilt Ave. Staten Island, New York, USA, from 1993 to 1994, MCSS Assistant Personnel Director, from 1991 to 1993. She was a member of the National Teachers Association of Liberia and Liberia\u2019s Women Initiative, ALPO, LINWU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Administration, faculty, staff, and students extend their deepest sympathy to the family for the irreparable loss and wish her and others who departed this world everlasting peace and light perpetual shine on them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Signed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">UL Relations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Administration of the University of Liberia &#8211; UL, regrets to announce the sudden death of the former Director of Alumni Affairs, Atty. Fatou M. Coleman, whose sad event occurred on April 15, 2023, at the John F. 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