MMUST SCHOLAR DR. ROSE OPIYO LEADS EFFORTS TO EQUIP CHILDREN’S CAREGIVERS WITH SKILLS IN THE ESTABLISHED IHELP CENTERS

MMUST researcher, Dr. Rose Opiyo, has once again taken the lead to equip children’s caregivers with skills in the established iHELP centres supported by her project. This was recently exhibited during a two-day Training of Trainers workshop held on 21st and 22nd April 2022 at the Idakho Central Centre in Ikolomani Sub-county. The aim of this training was to equip caregivers with diverse skills in responsive caregiving and income generation activities to ensure sustainability of the project.

MMUST’S VICE CHANCELLOR, PROF. SOLOMON SHIBAIRO GRACES GROUNDBREAKING OF THE KEFINCO ESTATE POLICE PATROL BASE SET UP TO END INSECURITY MENACE IN THE REGION

In a bid to alleviate the insecurity menace that has affected both MMUST students and the Kefinco community, Kakamega, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo, on 14th April, 2022 graced the groundbreaking ceremony of the proposed Kefinco Estate Police Patrol Base. The piece of land where the base is set to be built was donated by the Full Gospel Churches of Kenya-Kefinco (F.G.C.K).

MMUST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS AS IT DISCUSSES CONSTITUTION AND STRATEGIC PLAN

The Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Alumni Association (MMUSTAA) has stepped up efforts to participate in University affairs by ensuring that its constitution, strategic plan and by-laws are approved and in order. This was revealed during a three-day retreat which took place at the Mombasa Beach Hotel from 21st April, 2022 to 23rd April, 2022.

MMUST’S AIDS CONTROL, GENDER AND DISABILITY MAINSTREAMING UNIT FRONTS HIV SENSITIZATION THROUGH STAFF PEER EDUCATION TRAINING

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology’s AIDS Control, Gender and Disability Mainstreaming Unit (ACGDMU) is championing HIV and AIDS sensitization through staff peer education training. This was exhibited during a three-day training for peer educators that took place from 20th to 22nd April, 2022 at Golf Hotel, Kakamega. The event attracted both teaching and non-teaching staff from the University and facilitators from the Ministry of Health (MoH), National AIDS Control Council (NACC). The peer education training was aimed at empowering peer educators with skills that will enable them to encourage positive living and manage challenges that affect students within the University. 

WORKSHOP ON DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS IS A SIGN THAT MMUST IS CHAMPIONING COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE IN KENYA

A workshop on ‘Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics’ has revealed that Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) is championing computational materials science in Kenya. The rare training workshop which took place on 7th and 8th April 2022, attracted more than ten Universities from the region and close to sixty student trainees from across the country. The Universities that participated in the two-day workshop included MMUST, University of Nairobi (UON), Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO), Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Maseno University, Kisii University, Kabarak University, Tom Mboya University, Catholic University of East Africa, Chuka University, Presbeterian University of East Africa and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST). The workshop was held at MMUST -Main Catering Unit (MCU) boardroom.

MMUST’S SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HOLDS FIRST EVER STUDENT SOCIAL TALK IN A BID TO ENHANCE SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

MMUST’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment (SEBE), on April 8, 2022, held for the very first time a student social talk activity in a bid to enhance the social intelligence of its students. The event, which was graced by the Registrar Academic Affairs, Prof. Thomas Sakwa, sought to engage engineering students on issues such as handling academic pressures and financial issues, social relationships, stress management and drug abuse. This comes after the realization of the alarming rate at which the engineering students are dropping out of school.

MMUST PARTNERS WITH STANFORD UNIVERSITY TO PROMOTE REMOTE LEARNING OF PARAMEDIC SCIENCES IN KENYA

The Department of Paramedical Sciences, led by the Dean, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedics, Mr. John Arudo and Ag. COD Ms. Lydia Nyachio on 7th April 2022, hosted Ms. Phyllis Oduor from Stanford University for a capacity building project of MMUST Paramedical Science students on ‘Remote responses to emergencies using Augmented Reality (AR)’. This is an advanced technological equipment that helps in remote coordination of paramedics learning. The training, whose aim is to assess the effectiveness of AR in handling of emergencies , will go on for the next two weeks.

MMUST E-LEARNING PLATFORM SET TO TRANSFORM FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS

In a bid to improve and expand its e-learning platform, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, through the Directorate of Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL), yesterday, 7th April, 2022, entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Higher Education Partners (HEP). The MoA signing ceremony was presided over by MMUST’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Solomon Shibairo.

MMUST BRECcIA TEAM VISIT TO GHANA FOR THE BRECcIA CELEBRATORY WORKSHOP-CELEBRATING & CLOSING BRECcIA PROJECT -28TH TO 31ST MARCH, LABADI BEACH HOTEL, ACCRA ,GHANA

Four MMUST Researchers belonging to the International BRECcIA Project  from Left to Right (below)  Dr. Daniel Namenya Naburi (Project Post-Doc), Prof. Peter Bukhala (Director, Research and Postgraduate support), Dr. Edward Mugalavai (Project Co-Investigator) and Kaleb A. Mwendwa (MMUST Project Lead & Co-Investigator) participated in the BRECcIA Celebratory & Closure workshop held in Ghana, Labadi Beach Hotel Accra, Ghana from the 28th to 31st of March 2022.

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