The Update (So When Will We Become a University)
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Date
2015-09
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
ear 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
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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.
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African Family, Different Therefore unequal