Uganda Christian University (UCU) held the 2024 Advent semester Mission Week on October 12th. The mission week is held for a week every semester to impart spiritual growth among the UCU community. This semester, the mission week commenced with the Sunday service under the theme, ”In Him all things hold together” and ended on 18th October  with a movie night.

Life at the university has not always been easy for Dismas Nuwaine, a recent graduate from the School of Journalism, Media and Communication at Uganda Christian University (UCU). One of the biggest challenges he faced was not having enough money to cater for his needs. Sometimes he found he had to sleep on the couch in the common room at Nsibambi Hall or the floor of a friend’s room – because he couldn’t afford to rent a room on his own.

As the semester hits its peak, students find themselves juggling tests, coursework, and continuous lectures which leaves many struggling to balance the intense workload. The tests and coursework serve as a way  to secure marks before the final exams, but for some students, managing this can be difficult.

For many people today, saving money is a helpful way to put some money away that they might need in the future for an emergency or to pay for a goal they have had, such as furthering their studies or building their house. However, saving on your own is not as easy to do. It takes discipline and commitment.

“I genuinely love all the changes around campus, especially the pavers. My favourite area is around Bishop Tucker, which is really pleasing to the eye,” said Michelle Lubogo, a second-year law student.

Edrine Mugambwa, a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communication student at Uganda Christian University (UCU), has proven that entrepreneurship can flourish even in the face of challenges.

I started doing business with furniture; we would make beds and wardrobes in 2022 during my S6 vacation, though it’s my dads’ business. I branched off from furniture to selling shoe racks (it is what I sell majorly) alongside selling body sprays, perfumes and snacks.

His radiance is hard to miss. Bubbly and so full of life, a young man with dreams the size of a truck. Though Somali by descent, he hasn’t let borders confine his pursuit for knowledge. He has decided to transcend boundaries. 

This insatiable desire to build personal competence has landed him in Mukono and he is upbeat. “Uganda is an organized country, the education system in Uganda is well-developed, and I believed it would provide me with the right skills and knowledge,” he tells me as he smiles.

Uganda Christian University (UCU) is mourning the tragic loss of two of its students, Lillian Kampi and Joanne Mirana Wanyana, whose untimely deaths in early September have left the university community in shock and grief. Kampi, a second-year Bachelor of Nursing Science student, was found dead in her hostel room on September 9, while Wanyana, a second-year Bachelor of Science in Data Science Analytics student, passed away in a hospital just five days later on September 14. The exact cause of Kampi’s death remains unknown, as the post-mortem report has not yet been released.