Thursday 4 July 2013
Peer counselors' launch constitution
Peer counselors launch new constitution
It’s a new dawn for Maseno University Network of Peer
Counselors, MUNPEC after they launched their newly drafted constitution on 1st
July at Trinity Fellowship.
This exercise saw a landmark change as new objectives and
laws will shape how various activities will be carried out in raising change of
behaviors and personal attachment of social mobility to rally improvement of
moral standards.
Speaking after the launch, Director of Students Welfare Services,
SWS, Erick Nyambetha noted the improvement of the network since its formation as
new screened members can now counsel their peers and interact freely to
different levels of training namely silver, bronze and gold.
Through sensitization of sharing ideas ad getting solutions
to issues affecting the society, peer counselors agreed to abide to the new
rules of operatives. They also applauded the management for their continued
support in helping the network achieve its mandate.
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| Dean of students Edward Olela during the launch in Trinity Fellowship |
“Abiding to laid procedures and maintaining a chain of rules
is of great essence in improving ones well-being ”, the director added.
He also said that the network is made for all members of the
university to help in refining skills and mentorship which are a key determinant
of the three levels of training.
According to article
5(a) on membership, one is expected to undergo a screening exercise to be
able to hold a certificate of silver level of training.
On the other hand, active participation and maintenance of a
high level of discipline makes one qualified to engage in the democratic process
of Student Organization Maseno University, SOMU elections.
How to handle a
client
“Romantic relationships are invalid during counseling of
clients and these can automatically lead to loss of membership” said counselor
Rispah Ochola.
She also added that, having shaped how new laws will work, penalties
remained supreme. A committee of experts is mandated with authority to expel members
whose conduct would scratch the dignity expected according to article 5(d).
The office of students’ guidance and counseling is also
expected to serve a watchdog role over gender balance in annual general elections.
The members who should vie are also expected to be active in Networks
activities.
Equator News has
also learnt that quorum of MUNPEC meetings shall not be less than one third of
the registered members and that the agenda will undergo previous communication
through circulars of notice.
By Brian Ochieng
Monday 1 July 2013
Who will be moved to City Campus?
When you can guess who will be moved to City Campus
Plans are underway to move some students to Kisumu City
Campus come September, the Deputy Vice chancellor academic affairs, DVCAA, Prof
Madara Ogot has confirmed.
In an interview in his office, he said that they are working
on various details to determine who will be moved. He also said that the final
decision which will affect only third and fourth years will be reached at before the month of July.
Prof Madara said that the decision to move students is based
on decongesting the main campus as more than 3000 students will be admitted on
September.
Speaking to Maseno
Equator News he said that the departments to be moved will be picked under the
criteria that they are less than 100 and they have no laboratory practicals.
“The lecture halls in Kisumu are small and thus the
departments which will move must have, not more than 100 students”, said Prof
Ogot.
He also added that those to be moved must have no laboratory
practicals as there are no labs in city campus.
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| Prof Madara Ogot, DVCAA, file photo |
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| Kisumu City Campus where students from Main campus will be moved to avoid congestionfile photo |
The academic division is to go through various stages before
arriving at the final decision.
This includes meeting student leaders-SOMU, the
city campus management and landlords in Kisumu to discuss various logistics
which surround this plan before the month ends.
If students’ leaders fail to approve the plan, all students
will remain in main campus but they will be slapped by various consequences.
“If the idea fails, Saturday classes will be introduced and
more temporary lecture halls will be created”, said the DVCAA.
This will otherwise help cater for the many of students who
exceed the number of available lecture halls.
Prof Madara however said that the option of Saturday classes
was not a welcome to the lectures. He also added that it would be tricky as
students who fellowship with SDA, would be disadvantaged.
Upto now, three departments have expressed their wish to be moved but they stand to pass the test. These include the the school of Urban and regional planing, Eco-tourism, school of Business and Economics and Hotel and Institutional Management
In the long run, the school is in the process of renovating
city campus so as to accommodate large number of students.
This will result to
decentralization where various campuses of Maseno university which will handle
specific programs.
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