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he second graduating group comprised 22 students with first-class honours (12 women and 10 men), along with nine PhD recipients. Of the 568 graduates, 320 were male and 248 were female. Many began their studies while the university was closed, attending classes online.
Nakitte recounts that around 9 p.m, while she was with the custodian of Precious Hostel, they received a phone call enquiring whether they knew Murungi. It was then that they learned of the tragic crash that claimed the lives of both students.
According to a memo issued by the Guild Government of UCU Kampala Campus, Namirembe’s accident occurred near Eagles Nest Primary School. The memo confirmed that she was serving as a Justice of the Guild Tribunal.
Studying a course for five years is not for the faint hearted. The 23-year-old Beatrice Birungi is one of the 45 tenacious students that pioneered the grueling Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery training at Uganda Christian University (UCU), completing it this year.
“My father did not study his dream course — law — unlike his brothers,” Baitwa said. “And that saddened him. Someone, however, told him that if he got a son one day, he could live his dream in his son.” Baitwa’s father, Enoch Tumusiime Baitwa, instead studied a certificate course in veterinary medicine.
Christa Oluka, UCU’s director of academic affairs, while closing a two-week international entrepreneur summer camp, told the students and the entire staff of the School of Business that to yield success in innovation, it calls for a combined effort from everyone.
In a bold move that underlines a desire to further the comradeship created during student days at Uganda Christian University (UCU), the institution’s alumni have launched a project where they can buy land and settle in the same area.
When 33 student athletes from 10 Ugandan universities met in July to flag off participants to a global sports competition, one of the items on the agenda was to select the team captain. The athletes were heading to China’s Chengdu city to compete with students from more than 150 countries in the World University Games.
“Watching your peers graduate in their third year while you still have two more to go is hard,” Hilda Diana Ayikoru said. This is what Ayikoru had to contend with at Uganda Christian University (UCU) for two years as she completed her five-year course while those who were pursuing three-year courses walked out of the university with degrees.
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