FAMU lands scholar-musician from Gainesville

Remember the name Benjamin Obafemi Osoba. This 17-year-old senior in the IB program at Eastside High School in Gainesville is destined to become one of FAMU’s newest stars.

Osoba, who President James Ammons recently awarded a Life Gets Better Scholarship worth $80,000 over four years, plans to major in engineering and minor in music performance.

At Eastside High, he is an “A” student with a 3.85 unweighted GPA. He serves a drum major in the school’s marching band, president of his chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers and president of his chapter of the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering. Osoba is also active in his school’s Spanish Honor Society and the National Honor Society.

The youngest of three children, he is a talented musician who plays a number of instruments that include the drums and saxophone. He shares those skills in his position as minister of music in the Walking with Christ Youth Ministry at Redeeming Faith and Anointing Church in Gainesville. His parents, Babajide and Teresa Osoba, are the pastors.

Osoba also volunteers at Gainesville’s Magic Moments Learning Center and tutors at Caring and Sharing Learning Center. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball.

Read more about Osoba in the Gainesville Sun here and here.