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The University of Nairobi’s Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services hosted the launch of the Endelevu Design Challenge Awards in conjunction with Niko Green and the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Nairobi Towers on June 10th 2022. The event was meant to award the outstanding architectural designs developed by students from the University of Nairobi and other Universities for the construction of a Nyonyesha Hub at the University of Nairobi.

It was an enlightening day for the students and teachers of Jomo Kenyatta Boys High School as they paid visit University of Nairobi hosted by the Office of the Dean of Students and career services in conjunction with the Admissions office on 9th of June 2022 at the University of Nairobi Towers.

An exciting day for the graduating class of 2022 and the graduates of 2021 as the Office of the Dean of Students and Careers Services in collaboration with Huawei Technologies Ltd. and other local business partners hosted the Huawei 2022 ICT Job Fair. The Job Fair was held on the Tuesday 31st May 2022 at the Chandaria Auditorium from 1.00pm to 5.00pm, a fitting way to bring to a close the month of May

The Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services on Friday and Saturday May 27 and 28, 2022 held a Leadership Development Program for the University of Nairobi Students Association (UNSA) Council and Congress members. The workshop was held at the Travellers Beach Hotel in Mombasa.

Nairobi, Kenya, 28 May 2022 — Nine Kenyan students, four ladies and five gentlemen, are preparing for a new challenge: to scale the heights of Mount Kenya . To prepare for this challenge, they are climbing today the stratovolcano Mount Longonot. This initiative is part of the Our Rights, Our Lives, Our, Our Future (O3 Plus) Programme that was launched at University of Nairobi and at Mount Kenya University by UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa.

Friday, May 20, 2022

5 UoN students participated in a month long Equity Hackathon competition and were crowned winners. Maluki Muthusi and Franklin Bosire were first runners up, Herbet Kimani, 2nd runners up and in position 4, Janet Mugambi and Jude Thaddeus. These students are all 4th year, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science students mentored by Dr. Elisha Abade, a Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science and Informatics.

The Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services on Monday May 23 2022 held an orientation session followed by interviews for 94 shortlisted Faculty of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Biosystems Engineering Students out of 174 received expressions of interest. The orientation session was held at MLT 401 at the UoN Towers, 4th Floor and was attended by University of Nairobi and Kenya Water Institute students shortlisted for the AICAT Program.

The Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services on Thursday and Friday May 19 and 20, 2022 organized a Job Fair for University of Nairobi Students. The fresh morning was coated with optimism, brown envelopes being waved back and forth as employers and prospective employees gather outside Taifa Hall, Main Campus to kick off the University of Nairobi Students Job Fair 2022.

The Tangaza University College hosted a Team from the University of Nairobi on  April 4, 2022 to share knowledge and learn the best practices in disability inclusion. The University of Nairobi Team comprised of the Disability Liaison Office and Central Disability Mainstreaming Committee Members who were joined by the Disability Inclusion Officer, representatives of Student Leaders, Students with Disabilities and the Coordinator for Professional Development all from Tangaza University College.

The University of Nairobi Disability Liaison Office and the Disability Mainstreaming Committee conducted a benchmarking visit to the Kenya Institute of Special Education on March 24, 2022. The purpose of the visit was to draw lessons on best practices on disability inclusion to be embraced by the University as they work towards establishment of the University of Nairobi Disability Support Center.