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Research seminar to be held from Monday, 12th to Saturday, 17th MayMay 12-17, 2008 Dr Gabriel J Byrne will conduct a research seminar from Monday, 12th to Saturday, 16th May. The seminar is open to post-graduate students and academic staff. The seminar will focus on proposal writing, conducting research and supervising research. Read more... Leos in Nakuru 10s semisMay, 2008 Strathmore University 'Leos' made it to the semi finals in the just concluded Nakuru 10s. This was an improvement from last year's fifth finish. Leos were in pool D alongside Makerere University Impis, Daystar University and Maseno University. Read more... Librarian to address two conferencesMay 28-30, 2008 The University Librarian, Mr Fidelis Katonga will present two papers at two international conferences. First, he will be a panelist at the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training to be held at Accra, Ghana between 28th and 30th May 2008. (http://www.elearning-africa.com). Read more... Professor spearheading Education for Sustainable Development in AfricaMay 5, 2008 Professor Gitile Naituli of the Faculty of Commerce will in 2009 take up the co-ordination and hosting of the Education in sustainable development (ESD) International Training Programme (ITP). The programme is for ESD in higher education. In 2007, Prof Naituli received the MESA (Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability into African Universities) award. Read more... A Dream Come TrueApril 23, 2008 Charter ceremony in pictures by Mr John Branya, a part-time lecturer in the Institute of Humanities, Education and Development Studies (IHEDS). View presentation An interview with the University's Chancellor on the occasion of the Charter awardApril 23, 2008 On the occasion of Strathmore University being awarded a Charter by the Government of Kenya, Bishop Javier Echevarria, the Prelate of Opus Dei and Chancellor of Strathmore University took time to answer some questions put to him about the beginnings of the University, its foundational charismas, his vision for the future and a little about his life. Read more... Strathmore now a Chartered UniversityApril 23, 2008 It was jubilation at Strathmore University's Graduation Square on Wednesday, 23rd April as President Mwai Kibaki awarded the University a Charter."The stewardship of Kenya's corporate sector owes much gratitude to Strathmore... not just for its ability to supply qualified accountants, but also for the high level of professionalism by past graduates of this institution," the President said. Read more... President Kibaki to award Charter to Strathmore UniversityApril 23, 2008 Pesident Mwai Kibaki will on Wednesday, 23rd April award a charter to Strathmore University. The Charter Award Ceremony will take place at the University's Graduation Square from 10.00 a.m. A charter is given to a university by legitimate authorities to recognize the University's existence. It gives a University a legal character and recognition. Read more... SRCC Analyst who attracted Google and Facebook to Kenya
Strathmore's Kilele Choir rocks South AfricaApril 19-22, 2008 Strathmore University's Kilele Choir jetted back in the early morning hours of 22nd April after a successful concert tour of South Africa. The climax of the tour was an invitational concert performance at the University of Pretoria's centenary celebrations on 19th April at The Atrium in the university's main campus in Hartfield, Pretoria. Read more... SBS unveils new brand, premises and programApril 16, 2008 Strathmore Business School (SBS) on April 16th 2008 unveiled its new brand, officially opened its the new learning and administration centre and launched a new course - Program for Management Development (PMD). PMD is designed for managers who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of critical management issues and boost their leadership skills. Read more... Blades win as Swords tumbleApril, 2008 Strathmore University's Blades pipped Java Warriors 43-39 in national Premier League match over the weekend. Paul Nyakinda's opening basket saw Strathmore race off to a 13-2 first quarter advantage. Java clawed back and a rim roasting slam by Kenneth Wena had the scores 10-21. Read more... Professor to present paper at workshop in UgandaApril 18, 2008 Professor Gitile Naituli, professor at the Faculty of Commerce will present a paper at the 'Education for Sustainable Development' workshop to be held at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda on Thursday, 18th April. The paper's title is "Strengthening Capacity to Act: MESA Universities Partnership". Read more.. SBS to unveil new brand and launch premisesApril 16, 2008 Strathmore Business School (SBS) will on April 16th 2008 officially unveil its new brand as well as inaugurate and officially open the new learning and administration centre. At the same event, it will also launch Program for Management Development (PMD) a program designed for managers who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of critical management issues and boost their leadership skills. Read more... IHEDS running seminars for TeachersApril 14, 2008 The Institute of Humanities, Education, and Development Studies (IHEDS) will run two Art of School Leadership seminars for head teachers under its Teacher Enhancement Programmes. The first of the week long seminars began on Monday, 14th April. It has about 100 primary school head teachers from Nairobi Province. Read more... School of Accountancy gets ACCA's highest approvalApril, 2008 The School of Accountancy (SOA) has been approved as a Platinum level tuition provider by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) a global body for professional accountants. Platinum approval is the highest and most prestigious level of ACCA's Approved Learning Partners programme. Read more... Mass for Don Alvaro, first Prelate of Opus DeiApril 12, 2008 There will be Holy Mass at the University chapel on Saturday, 12th April to pray for the Servant of God, Bishop Alvaro Portillo, the first successor St Josemaria as head of Opus Dei and the prelature’s first Prelate. The Mass will begin at 11am. Confessions will be heard from 10:30am onwards. Read more... SU Blades win Pre-season Basketball TournamentApril, 2008 Strathmore University men's basketball team, "Blades" over the weekend were crowned the champions of the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) pre-season tournament. The tournament is the season’s curtain raiser. It pooled teams from Kisumu, Nakuru, Mombasa and Nairobi. Read more... Fun filled days in Rome...April, 2008 Munuku Karanja (ACCA I) spent Holy Week in Rome. He traces his steps there in this diary of sorts. All roads lead to Rome; many flights go there too. Ours was via Egypt Air on 14/03/2007. We arrived in Rome at around 1400hrs Roman time. Read more... SU beat Home Grown. Next to play Bidco at ThikaMarch 30, 2008 Strath FC beat former Kenya Premier League Champions Home Grown FC 3-2 at the University grounds on Sunday, 30th March in a Kenya Nationwide League (KNL) match. KNL is the second tier soccer league in the country after premier league. Read more... Hockey Team wins Easter tournamentMarch 24, 2008 Strathmore University men's Hockey team, the Gladiators lifted the Kenya Hockey Union 2008 Easter tournament after beating Wazalendo in a hotly contested final that ended 2–1 in Strathmore's favor on Monday, 24th March. Read more... Management re-definedMarch 18, 2008 There is more to developing talent than technical knowledge – the knowledge acquired by reading books. And there is more to education than technical competence says Prof Alberto Ribera of IESE Business School. Read more.. Lecturer attends workshop on wireless networksMarch, 2008 John Matogo, a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology recently returned from a month long workshop and awareness seminar on wireless networking. The workshop dubbed "School on New perspectives for Low cost wireless networks for developing Countries" was organised by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) www.ictp.it and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) www.itu.int. Read more... Case Studies written by SU staff launchedMarch, 2008 "The 1.6 million registered Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) account for 96 per cent of all business enterprises in the country. And they employ about 5.1million people accounting for 75 per cent of the total labour force and contribute 20 per cent to Kenya's GDP," says Mr David Nalo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Read more... 12 of 22 hockey under-21 national team players play for SUMarch, 2008 The Kenya Hockey Union has released the names of players for the squad that will represent the country in the Under-21 Olympic qualifying competition in Cairo in July. Strathmore University’s hockey players are the majority in the squad - with 12 of the 22 players coming from Strathmore. Read more... SU Basketball teams off to a good startMarch, 2008 Strathmore University basketball teams started off the season on the right footing in the Universities and Colleges Basketball League (UCBL) 2008 by registering crucial wins that served as a good morale booster for the new recruits in the teams. Strathmore ladies team, the "Swords" beat KCA 39 - 16 before dismissing Daystar University 41 - 15. Read more... Using art to confront ethnocentrismMarch, 2008 Drama Society's staging of the play 'Maua kwenye njua la asubuhi' didn't attract a full auditorium or rake in millions of shilling but it definitely brought the message home. And what it lacked for numbers in audience was more than made up by the applause of those who attended. Read more... SBS moves to new buildingMarch, 2008 The Strathmore Business School (SBS) team has moved to its new administration and learning centre located in phase II of Strathmore University. The Kshs 33 Million centre has a floor area of approximately 1,100 square meters. Read more... Lecturer researching on M-Banking and M-TransactionsMarch 8, 2008 Tonny Omwansa, lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) spent five weeks at a workshop at University of Witwatersrand in South Africa working with a team of lead researchers in economics of technology in Africa. The workshop which ran from 4th February to 8th March was organized by Research ICT Africa! (RIA!). Read more... Drama Club to stage play on ethnocentrismMarch 1, 2008 Strathmore University Drama Club (Dramsoc) will on Saturday, 1st March at 2.30pm stage 'Maua Kwenye Jua la Asubuhi' a Kiswahili play written by Kithaka wa Mberia in the auditorium. The play is on ethonocentrism, a scourge afflicting Kenya today. Read more... Google launches i-gadgets competitionFebruary 25, 2008 Mr Joseph Mucheru, the Office Lead for Google Kenya and his colleague Mr Chris Kiageri on Monday, 25th February launched The Google Gadget Competition at Strathmore University. The two addressed the general student body in the auditorium. Read more... Google to launch Gadget Competition at SUFebruary 25, 2008 Google Kenya will on Monday, 25th February launch the Google Gadget competition. Gadgets are small and simple applications that run on web pages. Read more... Now is the time to learn how to invest, students toldFebruary 23, 2008 The climax of the Investment Week organized by Students Finance Association (SFA) and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and ran from 20th to 23rd February 2008 was the young investors conference held on Saturday 23rd February. The conference began with Aly Khan Satchu – CEO, Rich Management discussing the importance of investing in one's youth and the significant impact this will have in the long run. Read more... Model UN debate held in SUFebruary 16, 2008 On Saturday the 16th February, Strathmore Model United Nations (MUN) Club hosted the annual Kenya Model United Nations (KMUN) mock debate. It was the first mock debate to be held at SU and the organizers left nothing to chance prompting Matthew from USIU who is also KMUN’s Chief Protocol Officer to observe: you guys from Strathmore have set new standards. Read more... 4th Annual Career's Fair a successFebruary 15, 2008 The 4th Career Fair, an event oganised by the Placement Office to facilitate students' meeting with potential employers was held on Friday, 15th February. The theme of this year's fair was 'Your future begins here!'. It was graced by presence of companies like Barclays, Citi Group, Proctor & Gamble, Bamburi, I&M Bank, PKF, KLM, Kestrel Capital, Sameer Africa, and Executive Training Consulting. Read more... Managing educational institutions in post-elections 2007 KenyaFebruary 15, 2008 On 14th February 2008, the University's Institute of Humanities, Education and Development Studies (IHEDS) facilitated a seminar for education secretaries from the Catholic dioceses in Kenya. Professor David Sperling presented a paper on "Trauma and its effects". Read more... Alumnus develops IT system for medical centresFebruary, 2008 For his final year project, Francis Muriithi, set out to develop a clinic management system for Ben-Ammi Medical Centre. The system is now attracting the attention of other medical centre managers. Read more... Celtel Challenge showcases Africa's educationFebruary, 2008 Nelson Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. The coach of Strathmore University’s Celtel Africa Challenge argues the TV show is using education to do just that – change the world. Read more... COP reaching out to the internally displacedFebruary 17, 2008 The humanitarian crisis occasioned by the post-elections violence has made the Corporate Outreach Program Club (COP Club) a very busy. On Saturday, 17th February 2007, the Club visited internally displaced people IDPs sheltered at Thika Municipal Stadium. Read more... Transition: Phyllis Racheal Ong'aloFebruary 11, 2008 Phyllis Ong'alo passed away on 7th of February, 2008. She joined the university in July 2006 to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She was a committed, outstanding and dedicated student who attained very high grades even in her last exams which she did while ill. Read more... Peace message performed in a unified voiceFebruary 9, 2008 "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone," said Harriet Beecher. The words in this case were replaced by the voices and talent of musicians who sang their hearts out during a concert held at the auditorium on Saturday, 9th February. Any doubts as to whether the youth had matured enough were quickly dispelled. Read more... SBS hosts lecture on patient safety managementFebruary 6, 2008 Strathmore Business School (SBS) in collaboration with German Development Cooperation (gtz) held a public lecture on patient safety management on 6th February 2008 at the Strathmore University auditorium. The talk was given by Prof Magdalene Rosenmoller of IESE Business School, Spain. It reviewed important risks healthcare institutions face, and issues of medical error and patient safety. More.. SOA students excel in ACCAFebruary 2008 Maureen was top three in Kenya in her last sitting in December 2006. Maureen is now at Deloitte and touché. "God blessed me with a diligent mind... I managed to complete the 14 papers in five sittings," Maureen said. Read more... Keri Residence at threeFebruary, 2008 In 2007, Keri Residence marked its third year. Grace Kihumba (BBIT III) interviewed a resident who has lived there for the past three years. Read more... SU to launch two new degree programsFebruary, 2008 The Commission for Higher Education has given Strathmore University the green light to offer two additional degree programs. The programs are Bachelors of Hospitality Management and Tourism (BHT) and Bachelor of Science in Leadership and Management BSc (L&M). Read more... Fashion Show held at Keri ResidenceFebruary, 2008 At a fashion seminar held at Strathmore University last year, Krystal Madega, a design student at BIFA (Buruburu Institute of Art and Design) explained that young people do not like dressing as though they were old. Asked to expound on the adjective 'old' she confidently responded '30 years!' Not a few of those present were that age and she was requested to reconsider her views. Read more... 'The Overlooked Factor': A book by Fr Paul MimbiFebruary, 2008 To get a disturbing child off his back a tired father shreds a page with a world map from his newspaper and challenges the little fellow to piece it up together. The chap speeds off to his room and comes back after ten minutes to the amazement of daddy. The boy was about to give up when he suddenly discovered that the reverse side of the page had a portrait of a wanted gangster... By piecing up the human face, which he recognized, he managed to solve the puzzle of the shredded world map. Read more... SU the university with highest web presence in East AfricaFebruary, 2008 Strathmore University is the highest ranked university in East Africa in the latest webometrics ranking of universities worldwide dated January 2008. SU is ranked position 21 in Africa up from position 50 in April 2007. The University of Dar es Salaam is ranked position 22. Read more... Students documentary launched as best of 2007 are awardedJanuary 26, 2008 To immortalize the unprecedented students' achievements for the year 2007, the Office of Dean of Students on 26th January launched its first documentary on co-curricular activities at the University. The 17 minute documentary is titled 'Living our Dreams'. Read more... Proclaiming peace atop Mt KilimanjaroJanuary 2008 A group of 15 students and staff from Strathmore University and other Kenyan universities climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and reached the Uhuru Peak which at 5895 metres is the highest point in Africa. The trip was organized by Mbagathi Study Centre. The students and staff wanted to send a message of peace to all Kenyans in these trying moments the country is going through. They displayed a banner at the Uhuru Peak calling for peace in the country. Read more... MBA class runs medical clinic for the displaced in HurumaJanuary 11, 2008 Strathmore Business School's MBA class ran a medical clinic at Huruma Police Post in Nairobi's Eastlands. Over 700 patients were attended to by ten doctors, several pharmacists, a counselor, and other volunteers from the MBA class, the Aga Khan University Hospital and Shelter Forum.Read more... SU joins 'Help Save Kenya' initiative, invites students and staff to giveJanuary 10, 2008 Strathmore University has joined other institutions in the 'Help save Kenya' initiative. The initiative aims to help Kenyans displaced in the violence that rocked the country after the general elections. The initiative was started by the East and Central Africa office of Coca Cola in Nairobi. The co-ordinator of the initiative is Mrs Norah Odwesso, the office's Public Affairs & Communications Director. Other partners in the initiative are Kenya Commercial Bank and The Red Cross Society. Read more... Research Enhances a Lecturer's QualityJanuary 7, 2008 A lecturer who does research kills many birds with one stone. During the research process, a lecturer comes across enormous literature and also related works. S/he also ponders more on his/her domain area. Thus the research process not only produces papers but also helps lecturers prepare for classes,” says Mr John Kandiri, a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology. Read more... News Archives >>> |