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She says her first day in Uganda was filled with uncertainty as she and other exchange students upon arrival at the airport, were immediately transported to the campus with very little knowledge of their new surroundings.
Thus, the news of the establishment of the Uganda Christian University (UCU)-Kagando College sent a strong wave of hope and excitement both within the UCU fraternity and the Kasese, western region, community.
The Hamu Mukasa Library was officially opened on the 28th of October, 2011 by the Late Ambassador Jerry P. Lanier, one of the former US ambassadors in Uganda and a serving US diplomat in Sub Saharan Africa. It was named after the former Chief of Kyagwe County in the Kingdom of Buganda for his contribution made through the donation of the land where the university now sits.
“I remember when my parents told me to come to UCU. I wasn’t the happiest because I thought it would be like a Catholic secondary school, but I’m glad I didn’t pass up the opportunity.” Nakamatte said
Uganda Christian University (UCU) emerged as the best exhibitor at the 14th National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) Exhibition that was held at the UCU Mbale campus on March 21–23, 2024. The exhibition was organized under the theme ‘Fostering Graduate Employability and Innovations’.
Having started at the lowest rank as a Human Resource (HR) assistant, Florence Nakiyinji, the director of HR and administration, said her progressive growth is one of the reasons she is still at Uganda Christian University (UCU).
Rose Babirye Kakaire dispels the commonly held notion that universities employ only the highly educated as she goes about her chores of cleaning offices at Uganda Christian university .
Whenever there is a power blackout in Mukono town, it affects the hostel where Diana Nakiyemba lives. As a result, the only option the fourth-year student of Bachelor of Laws at Uganda Christian University (UCU) had was traveling back to the main campus, so she can access electricity light to read her books.
In the midst of that lesson, Ateme discovered gardening. Within the school’s garden, pupils engaged in practical work twice a week – every Wednesday and Saturday. There, among plants, Ateme began a lifelong relationship with agriculture.
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