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Alupe University CollegeA Constituent College of Moi University

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Principal’s address to First Year Students

14th Sept 2020

Principal's address to 1st year students Sept 2020

Welcome • I wish to take this opportunity to welcome all the new First year students to Alupe University College

• I also welcome the parents who have allowed their children to join Alupe University College

• I also extend this welcome to all the academic and administrative staff who have joined us at this time

• I also wish to thank all those who have worked tirelessly to prepare for this occasion

• You become the second cohort to be welcomed to our new Main campus out of the 4 cohorts so far.

• Welcome to this fast growing University College; the Bastion of KnowledgePrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Welcome to the new COVID 19 normal• Hand Wash frequently With Soap And Running Water ‐20sec• Wear An Approved Mask At All Times Except When Eating• Social Distance At Least 2 Meters from any other person• Avoid Large Gatherings Including Kamukunjis• Stay in the room when free and stay alone at home or in the room• Avoid bars , markets, social and political gatherings• Assume the person next to you has COVID 19 including boyfriend,

girlfriend, wife, mother, father, brother, uncle, aunt ,classmate • Eat alone or keep a 2 metre distance from another person while

eating• Be computer and ICT compliant to be able to keep social distances

as much as possible by doing most of the communication online• Use debit/ credit cards/mpesa in most of your financial deals• Avoid cash transactions

cipal's address to 1st year students Sept 2020

Pioneers status• You are the 4th cohort to be admitted to AUC• Pioneer status is upto 4‐5 yearly cohorts• You are therefore almost the last cohort to be called pioneers and

the 4th for me to address• We shall be graduating the First pioneer class in 2021 if all goes

well as per plan• Pioneer status has a number of related issues

• Getting the best treatment – pampered lot• Improvising and thinking out of the box• Hardened by challenges• Being experimented on• Challenges of start up• Good experiences – small numbers• Bad experiences –limited resources• Fear of the unknown – what will happen to us


Pioneer status• Pioneers always overcome any challenges that come before them because of the knowledge that you must succeed at all costs through– Team work– Personal devotion– Being selfless, committed– What can I offer to the institution rather than what is there for me

– The drive to survive– The drive to be in the history books for the right/wrong reasons – pioneer statusPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

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Location • Alupe University College (AUC) is a Constituent College of Moi University

• It is one of the 39 public National Universities• One of the eight Constituent Colleges of public Universities

• It is located in Busia County (No 40), Teso South Sub‐County, Angorom location

• It is located 7 kilometres from Busia town on the Busia‐Malaba Road,

• It is 23 kilometres from Malaba• It neighbours Uganda to the East

• It is 100 km away from the nearest airport, KisumuPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept 2020

Staff and students

• AUC has a workforce of 79 staff – 38 academic staff (31 teaching, 4 Deans, 3 Senior Management)

– 41 non‐teaching– We shall increase the number of academic staff to 46 by end of 2020/21 FY and non‐teaching staff to 57 ‐ total shall be 103

• AUC now has about 820 students (80 PSSP students included)


Vision

To be a world‐class University that is committed to achieving academic excellence, integrity and quality research


Mission

• To create, evaluate, apply, preserve and share knowledge in a free, open and inclusive environment of intellectual inquiry, for the betterment of society


Core values• Professionalism.

– Embrace integrity in teaching, learning and research

• Creativity and Innovation– Commitment to promoting and supporting resourcefulness and the

advancement of new ideas•• Excellence

– Commitment to quality teaching, research and service delivery•• Good Corporate Governance

– Prudent management of resources and best practice in leadership

• Customer focus– Endeavour to provide services that meet the needs of the client

• Teamwork– Promotion of a spirit of working together, internally and externally in an

open and respectful way.Principal's address to 1st year students Sept 2020

Motto

Bastion of knowledge


Background• Alupe University College (AUC), is a Constituent College of Moi University

• It was established through the Alupe University College Order 2015; Gazette Notice No 153 of 24th July 2015.

• Its Council was constituted vide special gazette notice No.136 of 7th November 2016.

• It was started following a request by the then BusiaNorth Constituency community to the then President of Kenya H.E Hon Mwai Kibaki when he visited the area on 18th September 2007.

• Subsequently it started as the Alupe Campus of Moi University in 2008.


Aspirations• To be a centre of excellence in integrated training and research in the health, biological, physical and social sciences.

• To harness the strengths of the integrated approach to enable the Country attain Vision 2030 and the tenets of the Sustainable development goals (SDGs).

• To work with the neighbouring KEMRI, KALRO and LBDA scientists in teaching, research and service provision to the Kenyan population and in the region.

• To be the bastion of knowledge in the sciences (social sciences, health sciences, biological sciences and physical sciences).


Governance ‐ Administrative

• Cabinet Secretary, MOEST• Principal Secretary, State Dept for University Education and Research

• Alupe University College Council• Alupe University College Management Board• Deans• HODs• Academic staff (teaching)• Non.Teaching staff


Governance ‐ Functional

• Senate ‐Moi University• Management Board ‐AUC• College Academic Board ‐AUC• College Administrative Board ‐AUC• Deans committee ‐AUC• School Boards ‐AUC• Departmental Boards ‐AUC


Alupe University Council• Dr. Virginia Kimani Chairperson• Prof. Isaac Kosgey VC, Moi University• Mr. Samuel Kabiaru Member• Eng. Lucy Nyakiore Member• Ms. Phyllis Chepkemboi Member• Mr. Ben Muliro Sabwami Rep National Treasury and Planning• Mr. Mohammed H. Ali Member• Mr. Joseph Oyile Member• Ms. Nerea Olick State Dept Univ Edu and Research• Mr. Isaac odek Rep. State Corporations• Prof. Fabian Esamai Principal/ Secretary


AUCMB• Prof. Fabian Esamai

– MB ChB, MMed, MPH, PhD– Principal

• Prof. Emmy Kipsoi– BA, MEd, PhD– Deputy Principal, Administration, Finance and Planning

• Prof. Peter Barasa– BPhil, MEd, PhD– Deputy Principal, Academics, Student Affairs and Research

• Imelda Akhonya– BBM, MBA CPAK– Senior Accountant/HOD, Finance


Schools


School of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science (Medical Laboratory Science)

Bachelor of Science (Environmental Health)

Bachelor of Science (Medical Psychology)

Bachelor of Science (Physical Therapy) Principal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

School of Business, Economic and Human Resource Development

Bachelor of Business Management (BBM)

Bachelor of Arts Economics

Bachelor of Hotel and Hospitality Management


School of Education and Social SciencesBachelor of Education (Science)Bachelor of Education (Arts)Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood &Primary Educ) Bachelor of Education Business StudiesBachelor of Arts (Community Development)Bachelor of Arts (Counselling Psychology)

Postgraduate ProgrammesPost Graduate Diploma in EducationMaster of Education in English Language EducationMaster of Education in Economics EducationPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

School of ScienceBachelor of Science (Microbiology)

Bachelor of Science (Parasitology)

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)

Bachelor of Science (Applied Statistics with Computing


Deans• Prof. John Wambani

– MB ChB, MMed– School of Health Sciences

• Prof. Caroline Omulando– BEd, MPhil, PhD– School of Education and Social Sciences

• Dr. Arnety Makokha– BA, MBA, PhD– School of Business, Economics and Human Resource Develop

• Dr. Denis Magero– BSc, MSc, PhD– School of Science


AUC Masterplan and infrastructure


AUC existing infrastructure

• Hostels 2 Outsourced (ACK, Masigas). Others available within 2km • Lecture rooms Main Campus 12, ACK 2, Skills Lab 1, guest house 1,

Old Admin building 1, computer lab 1, labs 4, New Library 2, Old Library 3

•• Library 1 building with adequate reading space for 104.

New Library should be ready by December 2020 which can accommodate about 500 persons at any given time, plus 2 lecture rooms

• Catering 1 kitchen, dining hall

• Administration offices Main campus for Management and administration; 3 houses in hospital campus for Deans with 5 offices, 12 offices at the catering Unit for staff, 5 in lab buildings main campus, 5 in MEERA/Mowens buildingPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

AUC newly completed buildings

• Administration block• Laboratories 5• Lecture rooms 10• Modern state of the art Library 1 (92% complete)• Offices 25• Play grounds Football, netball, basket ball, handball


AUC proposed short term infrastructure on 200 acres

• Planned 2020/21– Office block for academic staff ‐ to be ready by October 2021– Students hostel and student centre – to be ready by February of 2022

• Planned 2021/22– Lecture Theatre for 400 persons capacity with 2 seminar rooms, 6 offices to

be ready by December 2022– A Health Centre with modern facilities‐ to be ready by December 2022


Long term planned buildings– Modern Admininstration building– School of Health Sciences– School of Science– School of Education and Social Sciences– School of Business Human Resource Development– School of Agriculture– School of Information Sciences– School of Engineering– School of Postgraduate studies– Stadium with a Swimming pool– Hotel– Water and sewerage – Student hostels


Regulations Governing students on campus• A booklet of Regulations governing the student conduct in the University should have been distributed by the Dean of students already– It is the “STUDENTS BIBLE or KORAN ON CAMPUS”

• 80%/20% rule for class attendance to be able sit exams

• Examination regulations• Alupe University culture and virtues

– Godliness, honesty, transparency, cleanliness, no littering, respect, orderliness, timeliness, humility, law abiding, consultative, friendliness, brotherliness, sisterliness, wholistic, mindful etcPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Dean of students• Works under the Deputy Principal, ASAR• Responsible for all student welfare issues (academic, social, psychological etc)

• Is the mother and father of all students on campus

• All communication from students must be forwarded by this office to management

• All correspondence to students passes through this office


Student leadership Organisations• Link between University Management and student population/community

• Work under the office of the Dean of Students• Has been formed as per the Universities Act as amended in 2016 –AUCSO

• Assists the University management in addressing student issues (academic, social,psychological etc) through the office of the Dean of students


Academic lifeAttendance ‐ register, study, homeworkExaminations ‐semester, term, CATs, final yearSelf study ‐self directed learning, library studyTutorials ‐small group discussions, group study

‐student centredOverview/lectures ‐teacher centredPracticals ‐Laboratory, classroomField trips ‐short visits to facilities,

communities, factories etc to learnAttachments ‐ to schools, hospitals for an

academic attachment for long periods of 1‐6 months or morePrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Internet connectivity• The Alupe University College is connected to the Kenya Education Network (KENET) at the Hospital campus. KENET is the provider of LAN (local area network) to all Universities in Kenya

• The Library, catering area and adjacent Offices are covered by safaricom WIFI and LAN

• Main campus is covered by Safaricom• The Student organisation should provide WIFI in the hostels where applicable


Social life• Extra‐curricular activities

– Sports, swimming, music, dancing, making friends– Need to manage time and balance activities

• Avoid drinking – preferably be a tea totaller• Avoid substances of abuse • Border town social activities

– Busia is a vibrant border town– Full of life within Kenya and Uganda– If it is your objective to live large outside campus let us know so that we release you from AUC


Places of worship• There are places of worship for all major religions around the campus – within a kilometre distance

• CATHOLIC• ACK• MOSLEM• SDA• EVANGELICALS


Transportation • With the upgrading of the Busia‐Malaba Road to bitumen standards a number of shuttles have opened up on this route including Bungoma Line shuttle from Bungoma to Busia

• The University can also be approached from the Mumias‐Busia Road, Kisumu‐Busia Road

• The University vans will be used for any formal trips for students for academic functions

• The University vans will be used for organised and timetabled student activities

• We have purchased a new University bus Principal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Amenities • We have water from our borehole that has sufficient water on campus.

• We are working with the Busia water company to ensure consistency in water supply as an additional source of water

• Power outages are common in the area. We have a generator for the library, catering and offices

• Shopping facilities – these are by the roadside of the Malaba‐ Busia Road in Alupe and Angorom shopping centres and in Busia townPrincipal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Health care• Health care of students on campus is solely the responsibility of the student and the parents

• We encourage all students to register with NHIF – a monthly contribution of 500/‐ and you choose a health facility of your choice in Busia County for outpatient care but open for inpatient care when registered

• Inform the Dean of students and your family as soon as you begin to feel unwell.

• Emergency care shall be provided at the Alupe Sub‐County Hospital

• Students are requested to come with 5,000/‐ to cater for their health care.Principal's address to 1st year students Sept

2020

Security • Your security is our concern and so secure yourself first as a

precaution– The area around campus is relatively safe– Do not get into bad company with persons that are security risks

– Do not bring unknown persons to campus especially the hostels

– Inform our security, police, Dean of students and other students of suspicious persons

– Walk in groups in the evening and night to and from the campus and hostels

– We have armed security from the National Police Service 24/7 around campus


Cooking in the rooms

• Cooking in the rooms depends on your agreement with the landlord, but it is not encouraged

• Catering services are available on campus on a pay as you eat (PAYE) basis

• Be careful where and what you eat to avoid contacting diseases like cholera, diarrhea, typhoid fever, dysentery etc


Co‐habiting

• This is not allowed and will lead to dismissal from the hostel ‐ non resident status

• Bringing members of the opposite sex to the room is not allowed as it inconveniences your room mates

• Married couples should seek outside own accomodation


Graduation

• Academic excellence be your objective so that you graduate in December 2024

• All of us will work with you towards this dream as parents, staff, managers and friends

• Take this opportunity and you will succeed


AUC in pictures


Alupe University Council 2019/22


Principal


AUCMB Prof. Fabian Esamai Principal; Prof. Emmy Kipsoi Deputy Principal (Admin Finance

development); Prof. Peter Barasa (Deputy Principal Academics Research and Extension); CPA Imelda Akhonya (HOD, Finance); Pamela Nyongesa (HOD, Administration)


Alupe University College bus


AUC bus 2


Anatomy and Pathology Lab building


Anatomy and Pathology lab building 2


Inside the pathology lab


New Library near completion


Entrance to the administration building


Administration block lawns


Administration building walkways


Lecture halls buildings


Lecture halls and library buildings


Microbiology and Biochemistry labs


Microbiology and Biochemistry Labs 2


Inside the microbiology lab


Inside the biochemistry lab


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