The KyU Drama club excelled in the just concluded National Drama Festivals held at Moi Girls School, Nairobi Kenya on April 6-9, 2018.
Our team emerged number one (1) overall in Modern Dance (Titled: Rebirth) and Solo verse (Titled: Takakata), two (2) in Narrative (Titled: Kabambe) and three (3) in Play (Vintage Under Siege).
KyU also produced best female reciter, best female and male dancers and second runners up best Narrator and best Actor respectively.
The KyU teams therefore qualified to participate in the Drama Galla Festivals in Nairobi from 10-12 April, 2018 with all the four entries namely; Modern dance, Solo verse, Narrative and Play.
The office of the Vice Chancellor KyU and that of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, ASA, congratulate on behalf of the entire KyU fraternity, our Drama Club members for the sterling performance.
“Well done KyU Drama Club”, - “Well done KyU”.
Prof. Mary Ndung’u, the Vice Chancellor, KyU has alongside her co-authors received a Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry (JAFC) Research Article of the Year Award. The publication titled “identification of the Ubiquitous Antioxidant Tripeptide Glutathione as a Fruit Fly Semio chemical” is currently on the” peer review spotlight”. The Deputy Vice Chancellor and the entire KyU family congratulate Professor Ndung’u for this Progressive achievement.
Paul Njau Gitau a KyU knowledge ambassador Reg No. HB101/G/3958/17 of the school of health sciences facilitated on Friday March 16, 2018 a training on optimized utilization of e-resources to his colleagues.
The training that took place in the KyU library main hall demonstrated to 24 students how to access and use the KyU subscribed e-resources, Online Public Access Catalogue and how to access past papers and journal articles online.
The office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor -ASA takes this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Njau for this important initiative.
KyU librarian Mr. Stephen Maina together with Paul Gitau, Mahad A. Maalin, Mercy N. Benu, Joh Karanja and Jane Gitau all of whom are students of KyU participated and made presentations in the knowledge ambassadors workshop held on March 9, 2018 at the University of Embu.
The workshop which was organized by the Kenya library and Information Service Consortium (KLISC) in collaboration with University of Embu aimed at streamlining the use of knowledge ambassadors to support enhanced access of students and other library users to electronic resources held at the library.
KyU knowledge ambassadors made a presentation on “How to access to e-journals, e-books and repositories. “Presentations by students from other universities included: Strategies used by Knowledge Ambassadors to promote e-resources, Benefits of using e-resources in research and learning, Use of Zotero and Mendeley as referencing management tool, Using anti-plagiarism software.
KyU library will hence forth develop the necessary structures, policies and frameworks to streamline the work of knowledge ambassadors within the library tasks and work flows.
KyU Knowledge Ambassadors, from Left: Mercy Benu, John Karanja, Mahad Abdi, Stephen Maina (Librarian), Paul Gitau and Jane Gitau pose for a group photo after e-resources workshop on March 9, 2018 at the University of Embu.
KyU Knowledge Ambassadors Mahad Abdi and Jane Gitau making a presentation during e-resources workshop held on March 9, 2018 at the University of Embu.
KyU Knowledge Ambassadors Mahad Abdi and Jane Gitau making a presentation during e-resources workshop held on March 9, 2018 at the University of Embu.