Egerton University’s Estates Department is on course to become a semi-autonomous Income Generating Unit. Since January 2021, the Estates Department, through acting Estates Manager Mr Kepha Orina has earned considerable income through the extensive sale of firewood to outside organisations.

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Speech Title: “Effective teaching and learning: sharing some pedagogical experiences”

Theme: Food Systems and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development.

Egerton University’s Management Board (UMB) during a Training on Leadership and Governance organised by Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESAAM) in partnership with BHeard-USAID. The training facilitated by the Kenya School of Government is running from 21 to 23 July 2021 in Naivasha, Nakuru County. 

Members of the Nakuru Town Campus  College (NTCC) Management Board pose for a group photo after a meeting on Monday, 19 July 2021 at NTCC. The NTCC Management Board comprises Deans and Directors of Faculties, Institutes and Schools with courses based in the campus. The Board holds meetings every quarter at the NTCC Boardroom to discuss issues affecting students and make general managerial decisions for the campus.

Accelerating Partnerships and Social Support to Improve Nutrition and Health.

Twenty-five needy students from Egerton University have benefited from bursaries from a group of Alumni who joined Egerton University in 1990. The Alumni group known as EU 90 Alma Mater Charity Fund have incorporated bursaries and mentorship activities in their programmes as a way of giving back to their former University.

We wish to congratulate our Alumnus Major General Francis Omondi Ogolla on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General and his appointment as the Vice Chief of the Defense Forces of Kenya (VCDF).

Until his appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Kenya, Lt. General Ogolla was the Commander of the Kenya Air Force. He holds a Diploma in Military Science from Egerton University.

We wish him well in his new role.

Through the “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s Growth and Development (TAGDev) Program, Egerton University held the 4^th National Forum for Universities, TVETs and Industry Players in the Agricultural Sector on 21 and 22 July 2021 virtually from the Main Campus in Njoro.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Egerton University Students Association invites staff members and student fraternity to a tree planting event on Saturday 31 July 2021.

Following an intensive Peer Counselors training workshop coordinated by the Dean of Students office, 100 peer counsellors and 4 administrative staff members from key service Departments of the Dean of Students and Accommodation departments were finally inaugurated to begin their work.

Egerton University’s Faculty of Health Science, on Friday, 23 July, launched the Nutrition and Dietetics Exchange Programme in collaboration with Boitekanelo College, Botswana. The launch took place during the celebrations of Nutrition Awareness Day at the Main Campus in Njoro.

To promote environmental conservation, Egerton University staff, students and the community, on Saturday 31 July 2021, held a tree planting event at the University's Water Dam site next to University Botanical Garden.

Egerton University welcomed the second cohort of seven (7) students from Boitekanelo College of Health sciences in Botswana during a dinner event held at the Main Campus on Wednesday, 11 August 2021. The first cohort of nine (9) students reported on 16 July 2021. The exchange students are part of the Nutrition and Dietetics Exchange Programme launched in collaboration with Boitekanelo College of Health Sciences on 23 July 2021.

Egerton University on 12 August 2021 marked the International Youth Day, whose theme was "Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health".

Egerton University Investment Company (EUIC), on Thursday 19 August 2021, opened to the public a coffee house located at the Agricultural Resource Center (ARC) Hotel at Main Campus in Njoro.

Egerton University’s radio station (Egerton Radio) can now be heard anywhere in the world…anytime! This is after it started streaming its broadcast live on the University website as well as on the Zeno Radio App. On the website, the radio which broadcasts on 101.7 FM, is available on https://www.egerton.ac.ke/radio.

August 29, 2021—High soil acidity contributes to low and stagnant agricultural productivity. This is particularly true for maize, which is the country’s main staple crop.