Author: The Standard Editor

The Rev. Assoc. Prof. John Kitayimbwa, the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs at Uganda Christian University (UCU), has been appointed the chairperson of a Ugandan not-for-profit organization that facilitates research and education networking. The appointment of Kitayimbwa to the apex position of the board of the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) happened during a recent retreat for the board of directors of the organization. 

Kadaga pledged to address the challenges facing international students (East Africans), who often struggle when processing visas to travel and study in Uganda. She added that “I’m planning to travel to Kinshasa, and I will engage the minister of EAC affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo about such an issue so that we can find a solution.”

It was a simple request. Patience Ankunda was asked to help start a tech club at Uganda Christian University (UCU). At the time, she was a second-year student of Bachelor of Science in Architecture at Uganda’s Makerere University. She went to UCU and didn’t look back as she became a new UCU student, enrolling for a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. 

Art, according to Thomas Merton, allows us to both find and lose ourselves. Fine art is a valuable approach to appreciate our community and our life. Students from the Ecole Francaise Internationale de Kampala were hosted by the Uganda Christian University (UCU) department of visual arts and design, which is part of the faculty of engineering, design, and technology.

In an effort to help girls stay in school, the Uganda Christian University (UCU) Ruth Nkoyoyo Wellness Center, Hope of House Foundation Uganda, and UCU Mental Health Club staged a “Pad a Girl” program in partnership with the UCU Para Counselors Association. Counselors planned a visit to remote locations on June 16th, one of which was Buikwe District, which is one of the areas most affected by females who have little awareness about menstruation and access to pads. The visits focused on three schools, two of which were elementary schools.

Janitorial work increased the chances of a university getting at least one student. That’s part of the story of Dr. Jonathan Tumwebaze, who shared the role of a building custodian in his enrollment at Uganda Christian University (UCU).

Due to late registration, I could not apply for any medical course at any university in the country. This had been my long-cherished dream: joining the university and becoming a medical professional. I was left in shuttles and open to any course that my combination of biology, chemistry, mathematics,  and information technology (BCM/IT) would offer. My name is Norah Akaba, and this is my career story.

As she walked past the women’s ward, Laker saw a teenage patient with severe burns on much of her upper body. The girl, laying alone on the bare floor, was jerking and breathing heavily with sticky saliva flowing profusely out of her mouth.  She appeared malnourished with a protruding belly.

Rev. Assoc. Prof. John Mulindwa Kitayimbwa, has been appointed Chairperson of the Research and Education Network Uganda (RENU). This happened during the recent Board of Directors strategic planning retreat, where a new era was ushered in for RENU.

The life of Joyce Nakayenga, a new recipient of a PhD in engineering, is aligned with the writer’s assertion. Named after her paternal grandmother, Nakayenga grew up knowing that she had to uphold that matriarch’s legacy of hard work and overcoming challenges. Nakayenga’s grandmother struggled to educate her children despite having so little.