The 43^rd Graduation of Egerton University is the long-awaited event at which we can acknowledge with pride that the hard work, sacrifice,which we can acknowledge with pride that the hard work, sacrifice,and resilience of our students have paid off. The Ceremony itself is amoment to celebrate high academic achievement with unreserved joy. 

Inspite of the considerable damage that the coronavirus pandemic has caused to society throughout the globe, there are indications to the effect that the world is rising up to the challenge of containing it. This is by no means happening only through the defensive methods of treatment, social distancing, contact tracing, quarantines, shut-downs, or fumigation. 

In the course of the development of any cultural institution that is worth its name, there are invariably sign posts that it leaves behind. The sign posts attest to its most important achievements and the contributions it has made to society. th The 80 anniversary of Egerton University, which we are celebrating this year, is such a sign post. The anniversary caps all the efforts that Egerton has put into establishing itself as the exemplary institution of higher learning that it is recognised to be today.

The value of a university does not reside simply in the experience that its students undergo in the lecture halls or through their participation in extracurricular activities. Nor is it to be found exclusively in the buildings or walkways that make up the university as a campus, however glamorous or awesome those structures may be.