The Update(Welcome Back) January 2015
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2015-01
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Warmest best wishes for 2015! As we all know,
Tangaza is undergoing many important
changes. We began this academic year with a new
Development Officer (Eric Njoroge) and Marketing
Officer (Beatrice Muchugiah). The School of Theology
received its long-awaited affiliation with Urbanianum,
allowing it to give an ecclesiastical degree,
the
Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology.
We
hosted
various
important events, including a three-day
Conference
on Social Transformation
that brought
speakers
and participants from around the world.
Our
librarians organized
a wonderful “E-Resources
Week.”
After
many years of service to Tangaza,
Sr.
Loretta
Brennan has stepped down as Director of
the
Centre for Leadership and Management, and Sr.
Agnes
Njeri Mburu has succeeded her as the CLM Director. We have new partnerships with the Administration
Police and with Africana
College in Thika.
Several
new programmes have been approved,
including
ISRF’s
Masters in Religious Formation
and
CTIE’s
Masters of Education in Leadership and
Administration.
And
ISMM has launched Tangaza’s
first
doctoral
programmes,
in
Social
Transformation!
But
the most profound change is the result of the
Commission for University Education’s insistence,
and the Board of Trustees decision, that Tangaza
should no longer remain a constituent college of
CUEA but should “mature” and become a Kenyan
university in its own right. On the level of legal
requirements, this means that we must now bring
ourselves into conformity with the Universities
Act 2012, and with the Commission’s documents,
Regulations 2014, and Standards and Guidelines
2014 (see http://www.cue.or.ke). Those of you who
have consulted those texts know that they require
some adjustments in our governance structures.
They also require us to submit a proposed charter,
new statutes, a strategic plan, etc., all of which we
are working on.
But most importantly, the process itself invites us
all to re-examine and reaffirm our shared mission,
vision and values, so that these are not lost but
enhanced as we become “Tangaza University.” We should never forget Tangaza’s roots in the charisms and “mission”-orientation of the founding and participating
congregations, as well as our rich diversity,
because these are part of what give us our special identity
and
make us unique. At
the same time, we must together seek fresh and creative ways to express our core
identity
in the contemporary context.
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Welcome back, Celebrating life, Relevant Media, New Masters, Youth Studies, Strong leadership