{"id":44075,"date":"2021-08-05T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T12:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mount-kenya-university-rwanda-graduands-urged-to-be-change-agents\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:10:09","slug":"mount-kenya-university-rwanda-graduands-urged-to-be-change-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mount-kenya-university-rwanda-graduands-urged-to-be-change-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Kenya University Rwanda graduands urged to be change agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He has made the call ahead of the university\u2019s 19th graduation ceremony expected to be held virtually on 6th August 2021 due to ongoing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  <\/p>\n<p>In a message to graduands, Prof. Edwin Odhuno requested them to uphold integrity and strive for excellence in whatever they do.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you go out into the world as graduates, I implore you to be the difference in the face of challenges, in the face of adversity, in the face of impossibilities, you will be the possibility.  God bless you and congratulations,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Prof. Odhuno hailed the courage of 22 graduands who excelled with \u2018First Class\u2019 grading. <\/p>\n<p>He also urged 82 more graduands from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme to continue working hard.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo you, specifically, I challenge you to continue working hard in your profession and ensure that all of you pass the licensing examinations with flying colors.  I say this because the success of your program is highly regarded in the Republic of Rwanda and beyond,\u201d he stated.  <\/p>\n<p>Prof. Odhuno also commended all graduands for tenacity and resilience to overcome societal and individual challenges occasioned by COVID-19.  <\/p>\n<p>The university will graduate 458 students in different programs.  <\/p>\n<p>Graduands will be bestowed diplomas, bachelor\u2019s,  master\u2019s degrees and PhD in various fields including education, health sciences, journalism and mass communication, hospitality and management, information technology and social sciences, nursing, among other disciplines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39118 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/graduates_list_1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39120 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39121 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39122 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_5.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39123 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_6.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39124 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_7.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39125 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/list_8.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Vice Chancellor of Mount Kenya University in Rwanda, Prof. Edwin Odhuno has requested graduands to work hard for excellence in future endeavors.}  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44075"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44075"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}