Magazine
Permanent URI for this collection
Welcome to Magazine collection
Browse
Browsing Magazine by Subject "African Family"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- ItemThe Update (So When Will We Become a University)(Tangaza University College, 2015-09) Tangaza University Collegeear members of the Tangaza Family, Lately I am asked several times per week, even several times per day: “When is Tangaza actually going to become a university?” In fact I am pleased by the question, because it shows a growing awareness of the transition, and eagerness for it. But my answer is probably disappointing, because it is not very specific. I’m often inclined to respond in the words of the hymn – “soon and very soon” – or even in the words of Jesus: “Stay awake, because you know not the day nor the hour”! The reality is that we seem to be very close, but we cannot predict precisely when it will happen. Tangaza has already submitted its application and fee to the Commission for University Education (CUE), but we are still putting the final touches on other documents that CUE requires, such as the proposed university charter, proposed statutes, and strategic plan. Those should be going to the Commission by the end of September or early October, if there are no further delays. Then we wait for the Commission to get back to us. They will almost certainly have points they want to negotiate or adjust in the documents. They September 2015 - special issue also need to come to Tangaza for on-site inspections. That will probably take a few months at least. Finally, once they approve and send the application on to the Cabinet Secretary, then we must get onto President Uhuru Kenyatta’s calendar, since he is the one who comes and formally grants the charter making us a university. We are doing what we can to make sure he knows about us and our aspirations, but we can’t predict the priorities of State House. Thus, if all goes well, we are anticipating that the charter will be granted during this academic year, probably sometime in the second semester. That would please me very much, because I would dearly love to see it happen before I sing my “Nunc Dimittis” and hand over the reins as I step down at the end of next June. We opened our doors in August 1986, and there would be a beautiful symmetry if we could begin the new academic year in August 2016 as “Tangaza University”, on our 30th birthday. So we ask your continued prayers that the process goes well.