The Chancellor, University of Nairobi, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, made an extensive tour of the College of Health Sciences.
Dr. Vijoo, who was visiting the College for the first time since her appointment as Chancellor, was accompanied by the Chairman of Council, Dr. Idle Farah and the University of Nairobi management team lead by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George Magoha.
During the tour, Dr. Vijoo had an opportunity to visit various College units, sampling some of the College facilities and activities in place. The Chancellor also interacted with faculty and students, and she challenged the students to work hard, acquiring skills that will contribute to the development of the nation.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) members of staff have been challenged to ensure that the complaints handling mechanisms in place are effective allowing customers and stakeholders’ complaints made are resolved efficiently. This was echoed by various speakers during a training on capacity development on effective complaints management for complaints handling officers and staff at the University of Nairobi.

The training targeting members of the University’s Central Corruption Committees, Colleges, Student Welfare Authority (SWA), University of Nairobi Enterprise Services (UNES) and Central units Corruption Prevention Committees’ members saw the participants trained by facilitators from the Commission for Administrative Justice (CAJ).

The University of Nairobi (UoN) and Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) launched Host-To-Host, an automated seamless cash management system which will serve students and other stakeholders by hastening payment processes in the University.
Host-To-Host is part of the University’s digitization programme that ensures end-to-end integration between UON’s treasury system and the bank system, resulting in a decrease of errors and rejects that result from manual collections and payments processes. The unique system is also flexible and accommodates mobile payments available from Barclays. Host–To-Host which is embedded in the Barclays Integrator (the bank’s Internet Banking solution), enhances transparency, security and high standards of accountability through readily available information that is also credible for audit purposes.

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 7th edition of Federation of African University Sports (FASU) Games today unveiled the objects of the Games, namely: the Logo, Theme and Mascot during a ceremony held at the University of Nairobi Chancellor’s Court.
The objectives of these games are to promote sports in higher institutions of learning, provide networking forums for students, encourage female student’s participation in sports, and promote cooperation among African universities and nations. The games will be held between 11th and 18th, July, 2014.

The University of Nairobi held its inaugural graduation ceremony for the first cohort of the Early Grade Reading Instruction Curriculum (EGRIC) teachers.
During the ceremony, 298 graduands comprising 210 pre-service teachers undertaking the regular Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education course, 46 in-service teachers from evening and outreach programs and 42 in-service teachers from Kisii County and Mathare slums who were identified through University of Nairobi’s Corporate Social Responsibility approach.

Engineering Students End of Year Party

The University of Nairobi (UoN) in partnership with the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) has entered into discussions on the possibility of offering a common undergraduate course on Human Rights Education (HRE). This was revealed today, April 9th, 2014, when representatives from OHCR paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, UoN.
The agreement will see UoN’s Centre for Human Rights and Peace (CHRP) and OHCR develop a curricular in human rights education with special focus on the establishment of the common undergraduate course in HRE. In addition, CHRP will integrate and sensitize all stakeholders in the University on HRE.

There was pomp and celebration today, when 5,090 graduands consisting of 19 PhDs, 651 Masters, 2,877 Bachelors, 35 Post Graduate Diplomas, and 1,508 Diplomas were conferred with Degrees and awarded Diplomas during a graduation ceremony presided over by Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, the Chancellor of the University.
The ceremony which was the 51st in the history of the University’s existence drew graduands from the Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Architecture and Engineering, Biological and Physical Sciences and Education and External Studies.

The Chancellor, University of Nairobi, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, made an extensive two-day tour of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences.
Dr. Vijoo, who was visiting the College for the first time since her appointment as Chancellor, was accompanied by the Chairman of Council, Dr. Idle Farah and the University of Nairobi management team lead by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George Magoha.

The University of Nairobi joined the rest of the world today in commemorating the 2014 World AIDS Day. HIV testing, counseling, breast and cervical cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes and hypertension screening are among the activities planned for the day.
The event, themed “Getting to zero; zero new infections, zero AIDS related stigma and discrimination and zero AIDS related deaths,” held at the Kenya Science Campus, saw local artists entertain the students, members of staff and the general public throughout the day.

8, 803 graduands have been conferred and awarded with degrees and diplomas at the University of Nairobi’s 52nd graduation ceremony by the Chancellor, Dr. Vijoo Rattansi who was also conferred with honorary degree in humane letters.

Royal Media Group Chairman, Samuel Macharia was also conferred with doctor of letters. During the ceremony, a record 104 PhDs were conferred bringing the total Phds awarded by University this year to 123.

Courtesy call to the Vice-Chancellor by the National Institute of Health

The University of Nairobi (UoN) recognizes the importance of establishing and enhancing collaborative linkages based on mutual understanding, equal partnership and reciprocity with institutions. To this end, UoN values partnerships and one such partnership is that between the Ford Foundation and the University of Nairobi. During a courtesy call by a team from the Foundation led by Ms. Hilary Pennington, Vice President, Education, Free Expression and creativity, Ford Foundation and Mr. Maurice Makoloo, Ford Foundation’s regional representative, Prof. Henry Mutoro, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, said that the University was pleased with the relationship it has with the Foundation and is looking forward to doing much more.

University of Nairobi commissions new motor vehicles