{"id":1999,"date":"2021-01-07T19:38:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinvolvement.wordpress.com\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2021-01-07T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:38:19","slug":"january-2021-freshmen-matriculated-into-daystar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2021\/01\/07\/january-2021-freshmen-matriculated-into-daystar\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2021 Freshmen Matriculated into Daystar University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thumbnail photo courtesy of Moses Wafula<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Freshmen of January 2021 semester were officially matriculated into the University on Wednesday, in a ceremony held at the Daystar main campus in Athi River. The matriculation ceremony signifies the formal entry of freshmen into the University by taking a matriculation oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those in attendance during the Matriculation ceremony were the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Laban Ayiro, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs and Research, Prof. Faith Nguru, as well as other members of the faculties and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theinvolvement.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/01\/freshmen-taking-the-matriculation-pledge.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2003\" \/><figcaption>Freshmen taking the matriculation pledge. Photo courtesy of Moses Wafula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VC and DVC led the freshmen into taking the pledge, thereby officially admitting them as students of Daystar University.<br \/><strong>&#8220;With the authority given to me by the University Council, I hereby admit you to pursue the courses in the discipline of your calling,&#8221;<\/strong> said the VC Prof Ayiro.<br \/><strong>&#8220;This (oath) will initiate you to formally become a student of this great University, and doing so also comes with a number of responsibilities, the most important being your obligation to contribute for the realization of the University&#8217;s mission and vision, as well as your own mission and vision,<\/strong>&#8221; said DVC Prof. Nguru to the freshmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This semester&#8217;s freshmen will be among the first to experience a different learning approach that is problem-based and collaborative learning. The new teaching method introduced by the VC Prof. Ayiro, aims to produce students who are problem solvers. <strong>&#8220;The Daystar you are coming into is a Daystar that aspires to teach the way Harvard, Stanford and Oxford University teaches,&#8221;<\/strong> said Prof Ayiro during the matriculation ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theinvolvement.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/01\/img_0272.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2005\" \/><figcaption>Photo courtesy of Moses Wafula.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the University is offering blended learning whereby classes are partly physical and partly online. Covid-19 protocols have been ramped up in both campuses ahead of physical classes and include handwashing and sanitization points, isolation rooms and social-distance markings in classrooms and public places.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Moses Wafula Freshmen of January 2021 semester were officially matriculated into the University on Wednesday, in a ceremony held at the Daystar main campus in Athi River. The matriculation ceremony signifies the formal entry of freshmen into the University by taking a matriculation oath. 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