Author: The Standard Editor

Hard work rarely goes unacknowledged. For the Rev. Can. Assoc. Prof. Olivia Nassaka Banja, the sweat that she has been breaking in the academic sphere has yielded results with her appointment to the apex management position of a university in Uganda.

To graduate at Uganda Christian University (UCU), it is not enough to pay full tuition and pass all the exams. A student has to show proof by clearing with the different departments at the university, before they join the graduation list. And this clearance requires the physical presence of students at the offices of the students guild, finance, hall of residence, UCU Alumni and library, among others.  This is something that Ddumba Timothy, UCU’s new Guild President, wants to change.

There has been a rampant rage of fires that have destroyed educational institutions, particularly secondary and primary schools. 

Student leaders at Uganda Christian University (UCU) have carried out a community outreach –  this time taking their philanthropy to the eastern Uganda district of Jinja.

A large number of Uganda Christian University (UCU) sports personalities exchanged their football and basketball jerseys for caps and gowns at UCU’s 23rd graduation ceremony – a reminder that education and athletics can go hand in hand.

The UCU volleyball team was able to sweep aside Kenyatta University (3-0) to start off their campaign in the right way.

Derrick Kyatuka’s work gives him the opportunity to listen firsthand to stories of people in rural Uganda. It is these stories, many about refugees, that he crafts in a way to trigger help from donors. While oftentimes the stories are painful to hear, recording and sharing them has brought about change in their lives. 

“You people did not experience what was taking place in Northern Uganda during the Kony war,”

Uganda Christian University’s (UCU) Department of Computing and Technology is the latest beneficiary of the generosity of the benefactors of the USA-based, UCU Partners nonprofit. In October 2022, the department received electronics equipment worth $6,304 (about sh23,570,000) from the Uganda Partners executive director, Mark Bartels.

Rev. Canon. Assoc. Prof. Nassaka Olivia Bbanja officially handed over her deanship of the School of Education to Dr. Mary Kagoire, the former Head of the Education Department and PhD coordinator before.