{"id":6860,"date":"2021-01-08T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucu.ac.ug\/new\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:40:22","slug":"ucu-holds-its-first-online-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/ucu-holds-its-first-online-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"UCU holds her first online graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Tsebeni Ivan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda Christian University (UCU) has held her first ever virtual graduation successfully with over 1,810 graduating in different disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the ceremony, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda and Chancellor of UCU, the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, advised graduands to serve selflessly. He said the way to promotion is through service to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In addition to your degrees, you must be ready to serve people with humility&#8221; Kaziimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also applauded the university for being the first in the history of Uganda to be granted approval to offer online classes and a Charter in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have empowered you with the mind to think and take independent decisions. This is your generation so you need to stand for peace and civility,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Vice Chancellor, who was the Chief Guest, Rev. Canon Dr. John Senyonyi, congratulated graduands and asked them to live up to their dreams if they are to be successful in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The University is navigating through the turbulent times but this means that you need to play your part as alumni of this great institution,&#8221; Senyonyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also encouraged them to uphold UCU Core Values which are; Christ-Centeredness, Diligence, Integrity, Servanthood and Stewardship, adding that these will shape their work ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice Chancellor, Assoc. Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, said that the University is shifting to digital operations so as to match the current needs in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have a vision to becoming an e-campus. We have moved a step in doing this because we successfully held Pre-Entry Exams for the following programmes; Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. We also held virtual Guild Campaigns, elections and handover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda Christian University (UCU) has held her first ever virtual graduation successfully with over 1,810 graduating in different disciplines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,83,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduation","category-kampala-campus","category-news-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/grad_2020-compressed1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7664,"url":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/school-of-business-to-promote-bird-watching\/","url_meta":{"origin":6860,"position":0},"title":"School of Business to promote bird-watching","author":"Son Twongyirwe","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When you grow up around these feathered, flying and strutting creatures, you have a mild interest for what the rest of the world views with intensity.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News &amp; Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News &amp; Updates","link":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/category\/news-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lwanga-min-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lwanga-min-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C420&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lwanga-min-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C420&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lwanga-min-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C420&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lwanga-min-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C420&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8850,"url":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/8850\/","url_meta":{"origin":6860,"position":1},"title":"Uganda Christian University Arua Campus\u2026","author":"Arua Web Admin","date":"May 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda Christian University Arua Campus Day Time Table For Trinity Semester 2023Click to Download","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6844,"url":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/ucu-wins-sh8-4bn-norhed-ii-grant-to-start-phd-in-communication-and-media-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":6860,"position":2},"title":"UCU wins sh8.4bn NORHED II grant to start PhD in Communication and Media Studies","author":"Arua Web Admin","date":"January 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By John Semakula\u00a0 Uganda Christian University (UCU) Faculty of Journalism, Media and Communication has won a sh8.4bn (20M NOK) grant to start a PhD programme in Communication and Media Studies in 2022.\u00a0 The taught PhD programme that will be the first of its kind in Uganda, and one of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News &amp; Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News &amp; Updates","link":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/category\/news-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/grant.jpg?fit=720%2C503&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/grant.jpg?fit=720%2C503&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/grant.jpg?fit=720%2C503&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/grant.jpg?fit=720%2C503&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8804,"url":"https:\/\/arua.ucu.ac.ug\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/arua-campus\/","url_meta":{"origin":6860,"position":3},"title":"Advent Semester 2021 Examinations","author":"Son Twongyirwe","date":"December 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Semester Examinations Starts on 1st December 2021 and ends on 17th December 2021. 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