OLADIMEJI, Dr. Tirimisiyu Ayedun Gbolagade

HND, B.A, M.A, Ph.D; DOB: December 4,1955; p:Ibadan; LGA: Ibadan South-East; State: Oyo; married; Children: five; EDUCATION: St. Luke's Demonstration School, Molete, Ibadan,1963-68; Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan, 1969-74;Auchi PoIytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, 1975-77,1978-80;Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1986-89; University of lbadan, 1990-91; 1991-93; 1995-02; Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, 1997-98; CAREER: Account Clerk, Nigeria Airways Ltd, Ikeja, Ugos, 1974-75; GraphicArt Officer, Oyo State Ministry of Information Secretariat Ibadan, 1977-78; NYSC, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts,Advanced Teacher's College, Ahmadu Bello University, (now Federal College of Education), Zaria, 1980-81; Snr. Instructor, Ogun State College of Education (now Tai Solarin University of Education), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, 1981-93; Principal "Lecturer, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, 1994-%; Chief Lecturer, , FCE (Sp),Oyo, since 1990;Ag Head, Dept. of Vocational Studies, 1990-91; Asst. Sec, School of Humanities, OSCE, Ijebu-Ode, 1984-85; Head, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, FCE (Special) Oyo, 1994-96; Dean, School of Vocational and Technical Education, Federal College of Education (FCE) (Special) Oyo,March 2002-04; since 2004; Acting Provost, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, 2004-05; Financial Sec, (NATT), 1996-98; Editor-in-Chief, NATT, 2000-03; Nigerian Artists for a Nation Anew (NAFANA), since 1999; mm: Ogun State College of Education, Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1993;ch-School of Vocational and Applied Studies,1990-91; Academic Board, FCECSP, since 1994;College Academic Planning and Implementation Committee, since 2004; Examination Allowance Review Committee(an Ad-hoc Committee, FCECSP), Oyo, 2003; ch. Deans/HODs Consultative Committee, School of Vocational and Technical Educations since 2002; ch-Panel on Misappropriation of College Receipt Booklets and Abscondment from Office by Mr A. O. Adeoye, FCE (Sp), 1996; v-ch/Members of Elder's Forum-Muslim Community, F.C.E (Sp).Oyo, 2000; NCCE Accreditation Team to Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Laogs and Federal College of Education, (Tech), Akoka, Lagos,Apr.24-May 4,2005;ram: Society of Nigerian Artists, (SNA), since 1982; Fellow, Nigerian Association of Teachers of Technology (NATT), . v-president Nigerian Association of Teachers of Technology, 1998-2000; Publication: Workshop Practice in Vocational and Technical Education, Ibadan, Ecstasy Publishers, 1999; Career Opportunities in Nigerian Art for National Development in: The Pacesetter, Journal of Oyo State College of Education, Oyo, vol.II, No.3,2004; Apprenticeship System Among Wood Carving Artisans of Oyo, Nigeria: Constraints and Suggestions for Improvement in JONATT Journal of the Nigerian Association of Teachers ofT echnology^),pp.78-84, Nov 2002; The Spread of Islam in Nigeria: The Case of Ijebu Land in: Onibere,S.GA,Selected Themes in Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Delta State University, Abraka, 2005; Towards an Improved Standard of Teaching Creative Art in the Millennium in: Amusan, O and Aharanwa, J., Perspectives in Vocational and Technical Education, Ijebu-Ode,The School of Vocational and Technical Education, Tai Solarin College of Education, ch.9, pp.111-119,2004; honour/award: Merit Award as Provost of the College by Federal College of Education(Technical) Students Union, Akoka, July, 2008; Grand Award for Productivity in Africa by People, state and Resource, 2008; Award of Excellence by Organization of Muslim Unity (Nig) in recognition of your Meritorious Service in Islam, 2008; Doyen of the World by FCE (sp) Students. Union Government, Oyo, 2008;Achiever's Award, School of Vocational and Technical Education FCE (Sp),Oyo,Aug 28,2008;ee/Assessor: Academic Papers of Lecturers for the Position of Chief s Lecturer at the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Aug 2004; Academic Papers of Lecturers for the Position of Chief Lecturer, FCE, Osiele, Abeokuta, Dec 2004; e-moderator: Lagos State College of Primary Education, Noforija, Epe(Cultural and Creative Arts and Teaching Practice), 2002/03 date; St. Andrew's (now Oyo State) College of Education, Oyo (Fine and Applied Arts), 1998-99; since 2005; Conference Papers Include: The Continuing Crisis of Tertiary Education in Nigeria: "confronting a Old and New Challenges " A 2-Day National Workshop, 2005, Islamic Identity and Influences of Returnee Slaves: An Examination of Brazilian Architectural Forms on Early Ijebu Mosques: A Research Paper Presented at the National Conference on Contemporary Nigerian, Organized by the Dept. of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2005;Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Indigenous Yoruba Arts and Crafts for People with Special Needs, A Research Paper Presented at the 6"' National Conference of the School of Vocational Education, FCE, Abeokuta, June 14-17,2004; "Ijo Nbe Ninu Aro",An rt Exhibition for Creativity,Awareness and Enablement Towards a Greater Nigeria in Commemoration of NASP OYO 2004, Organized by Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Oyo State Chapter and Curated by Tunde Odunlade, Ibadan,2004;An Art Exhibition in Honour of Late Professor C. O. Adepegba(1941 -2002), A Group Exhibition Held in the Museum, institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Oct 29-31,2002; "Spectacular Olorunsogo House, Ijebu, Nigeria: A Brazilian Version of the 20*Century Yoruba Palace Architecture,A Research Paper Presented at the International Conference on Chieftancy in africa,2003;Culture,Governance and Development Organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and African Studies Center, University of Cambridge, U.K, held at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, January 6-10,2003; hob: football, badminton, cultural activities, writing and reading; off: Federal College of Education (Technical), St. Finbarr Rd,Akoka, Yaba, Lagos; res: Dr TAG House, Opeyemi Street, Ajagba, Wakajaiye, Iwo Rd,Ibadan, Oyo State.