{"id":38142,"date":"2016-03-17T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T20:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=38142"},"modified":"2016-03-17T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T20:15:50","slug":"brock-grad-returning-home-to-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/03\/brock-grad-returning-home-to-give-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock grad returning “home” to give back"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Adjabeng was born in Ghana and lives in the United States. But, he still considers Brock University his home.<\/span><\/p>\n

While he completed his Master\u2019s in Chemistry at Brock, Adjabeng says he learned effective researching and the value of collaboration.<\/p>\n

The education I received at Brock really prepared me for what I\u2019ve been able to accomplish.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe education I received at Brock really prepared me for what I\u2019ve been able to accomplish,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gave me the ability to be innovative and creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adjabeng is at Brock Friday, March 18 to talk to students about his career path and donate a piece of equipment to the Chemistry department.<\/p>\n

After graduating from the University of the Cape Coast in Ghana, Adjabeng came to Brock to do his Master\u2019s in Chemistry, graduating in 2003. He worked for almost a decade for major pharmaceutical research companies before completing a post-graduate degree at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Two years ago, he set up his own firm Ecodyst, a unique scientific instrument company in the U.S.<\/p>\n

His company has the patent for the instrument he\u2019s donating to Brock, the Ecochyll is a refrigeration accessory to rotary evaporators. It keeps the evaporators cool without the need for water or dry ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my small and humble way of saying thank you to Brock and show my appreciation,\u201d says Adjabeng. \u201cThis is a small gesture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Echochyll has a retail value of more than $13,300.<\/p>\n

Adjabeng recalls working in the Brock labs with fellow students and professors. He\u2019s never forgotten the spirit of collaboration and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe professors take a really serious interest in seeing their students succeed,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Adjabeng is working with International Student Services to present the career talk as a way to give back for the help they offered him when he came to Canada to study at Brock.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat help was instrumental in making my international student experience a positive one,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt at home at Brock University.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adjabeng will give his talk from 3-4 p.m. in TH253. To register visit http:\/\/brocku.ca\/international-services\/student-services<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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