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News from the Directorate | The Technical University of Kenya Home Faculties Library Research I-Repository Staff Mail Alumni Student's Portal Staff e-portal Intake 2018 Contacts Menu About TU-KTU-K Profile GovernanceThe Chancellor The UniversitySteeringThe Senate ManagementThe Vice-Chancellor The University Management Board AdministrationAdministration, Planning and Infrastructure Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Academic, Research and Students ProfessorsFull Professors Associate Professors AcademicsFacultiesApplied Sciences and Technology Engineering Sciences and Technology Social Sciences and Technology Examinations Undergraduate ProgrammesBachelorsStratumCourses Diploma Courses Description of Bachelor of Technology Programmes Postgraduate Programmes Library AdmissionAdmission Lists Advertised Courses Prospective Students Scholarships and Grants Students SupportDirector of Students Sports and Recreation Message to Students New Students News from the Directorate Chaplaincy Clubs and Associations Religious Groups Staff Student Downloads Student Welfare Students Leadership SATUK Constitution You are hereHome » Students Support » News from the Directorate News from the Directorate Dear Students, As we yank towards the end of the second semester of 2016/2017 wonk year, I wish to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the successes we have achieved and misfortunes which have befallen us. First and foremost, I wish to thank the student fraternity led by the worldly-wise SATUKSteeringfor maintaining unstipulated peace and tranquility which provided the requisite enabling environment for smooth and undisrupted learning. I am enlightened that it has not been easy on many fronts in so far as student leadership is concerned, but SATUKSteeringhas washed-up their weightier to help the institution move forward towards realizing its mandate. We are proud to unclose that SATUK officials organized and led our students in the first overly peaceful sit-in by a public university in Kenya to protest the killing of one comrade, Francis Karani, a second year students who was pursuing Bachelor of Technology stratum in Applied Chemistry. Our office takes this opportunity to unclose the good work washed-up by SATUK council, and on behalf of the Directorate, I pass our sincere regards and felicitation to them. Despite an older interruption occasioned by the university lecturers’ industrial action, the semester picked up and ran well without any disruption. We are happy to report that in this semester our university made its pitch in the 15th Exhibition by Kenyan Universities which was held at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa. Once then our students presented an variety of show-stopping technological innovations that left a positive impression on the public and guests, among them the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Fred Matiang’i. In this same semester the drama troupe participated in the Metropolitan Regional Drama competition where they scooped awards in six out of eight categories. They went on to win trophies at The Kenya National Drama Festivals in the pursuit categories: TheWeightierMime (Holy Plant, performed by Beatrice Njeri - the current Miss TUK); TheWeightierNarrative (Bathelomeo, performed by Brenda Oloo and Harrin Amusala); and TheWeightierUpcoming Actress (won by Melisa Kasaba). Besides, our sports men and women have unfurled to tower in various tournaments and leagues wideness the country. We can single out two exemplary performances: The first one that deserves special mention is the performance by Joyce Nyaruai during the East African Chase Open Championship held in Mombasa where she emerged as the overall winner in the women’s category. Secondly, we moreover wish to congratulate the men’s Handball team for winning the KUSA Nairobi South Conference league and for stuff the first runners-up in the Kenya Handball Federation JBM Tournament Western Edition. These students have washed-up us proud and they deserve our accolade! Our university is moreover proud and happy to have received a donation of a CF6 80A2 watercraft engine fromUnstipulatedElectric (GE) Aviation (USA) through the facilitation of Kenya Airways. This piece of high-tech equipment will sire our Aerospace Aviation Engineering students the opportunity of hands-on training on this valuable aviation device. Additionally, we moreover received two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) through the European Union Horizon 2020 Project known as Its4Land. The drones will be used by students in conducting research on the use of technologies for improving land tenure security in East Africa. These events, plus others not mentioned here, are indicators of a university on the move towards the realization of our motto: Education and training for the real world. On the flip side, I am grieved to report that in this very semester, we have lost nine of our students to the unforgiving and unprepossessed hands of death. This is indeed a huge number to lose in just one semester! While every death is painful, our hearts go out to the family and friends of the late Karani whose life was cut short by a stray bullet in an unfortunate incident at Mlango Kubwa in Mathare, an incident which moreover left his colleague with trauma and bullet wounds. May the souls of all our departed comrades rest in eternal peace. On this note, I wish to request to all our students to stave seeking residence in hostels situated in unsafe areas which are prone to criminal activities. All our students are therefore well-considered to consult with the Directorate to help you find affordable residence in unscratched and secure neighborhoods. Lastly, as you uncork your end of semester exams, we wish you the weightier of luck. We know that you have been ratherish prepared to take the examinations and therefore there is no need to panic or engage in any irresponsible, unethical and illegal wonk practices such as stuff in possession of prohibited material in the viewing room. Remember that, examinations provide an opportunity for you to show how much you have learnt and not how much you can cheat! Perhaps you should take your time to squint at the viewing regulations one increasingly time. As a reminder, for these exams, you only need your student identification card, your viewing vellum and a pen and pencil. Finally, the Directorate of Students Support Services shall protract to serve you to the weightier of our worthiness and you are unchangingly invited to come and share with us your campus experience. Omondi Oketch, Ph.D.; MA; BE.d Associate Professor of Linguistics & Director Students Support Services Locate Us Quick Links Home Library Research and Publications Institutional Repository Archive Job Vacancies Global and Community Engagement Tenders Internationally Bench-Marked Training for Industry Conferences Staff e-Portal Alumni E-Learning Downloads Our Partners Sports and Recreation Resources Fee Statement Student's Portal Student's Mail Class List Staff Mail Sessional lecturers using Staff Documents Media Server eBioKit Multi-Media Gallery Wealth Declaration Form 2017-2018 Values and Principles Compliance Evaluation Report Template Quality Management System QMS 9001-2015 Manual Quality Objectives and Quality Policy The Scope Social Network Copyright © 2018,The Technical University of Kenya | Site ripened and maintained by DICTs.