Meet Nigerian student, Chimezie Ebiriekwe, Who Emerges SUG President in USA

Meet Nigerian student, Chimezie Ebiriekwe, Who Emerges
SUG President in USA

Nigerian, Chimezie Ebiriekwe, has emerged the winner in the
Associated Students presidential election.
Ebiriekwe, a native of Imo State, polled 3,454 votes in the
election, which is similar to the SUG elections in Nigerian
universities, to defeat his closest opponent Ben Delbick, who
got 1,189; Chloe Sension (1,014) and Kaitlyn Hart (94).
                                     Chimezie Ebiriekwe
A brief profile of the Business Marketing Major on the
school’s website reads, “My name is Chimezie Ebiriekwe I am
from Carson, CA, I currently attend San Diego State
University and I graduated from Crenshaw High School.
I went to school in a neighbourhood where every black male
either does not graduate from high school, or they do not
make it past their first year in college. I made it out of high
school, but I do not want to be the statistic that does not
make it out of college.
My parents and loved ones struggled financially to get me into
college and in the position I am in right now, and I have no
other option but to make sure I get everything that college
has to offer and eventually have a great career for the rest
of my life.
Chimezie is not a very common name in America, but it is a
known name in the country of Nigeria. My name means, “God
fixes it”, I believe my name well fits the person I am today. The
name, Chimezie, fits me well because it matches the lifestyle I
live.
My name is an Igbo name, one of the many native languages
from Nigeria. My name is composed of two Igbo words, chi,
which means God, and mezie which means fixes it. They are
two separate words but they are put together as one to make
a name.
“I currently attend San Diego State University and I really
enjoy it here. I am a Business Marketing Major, and so far I am
really enjoying the major, even though I am yet to enter my
Upper-Division classes.
The only class that is geared towards my intended major is my
MIS 180: Information Systems class, and the class is the best
class I have on my schedule right now. As a Freshman I
believe that I am very involved on campus, I currently hold an
Executive Board position as Treasurer for the Afrikan
Student Union (ASU) and I am on the Marketing Committee for
the American Marketing Association.
I was also accepted to attend Aztec Core, a leadership
conference for underclassmen on campus. I always find
myself occupied and never wasting time sitting around, which
sometime is hard when it comes to trying to balance hanging
out with friends and studying my material for a class.”