Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Quinter Awino and Hammerton Sila have been crowned as the  Mr and Miss UoN for the academic year 2023/2024. This prestigious title was bestowed upon them during an elegant event hosted at the renowned Bomas of Kenya on the night of December 1, 2023. Beyond being a conventional pageantry competition, the event served as a dynamic platform for students, particularly Quinter and Hammerton, to showcase not only their physical charm but also their diverse talents and abilities.

In the recent concluded signing of 2023/2024 Performance contracts and the celebration of 2022/2023 performance recognition and awards which was held in Taifa Hall on Monday, 27th November 2023, The Faculty of Vet. Medicine emerged position 3 with a score of 2.6332 in all the 10 faculties.

The Vice chancellor presented the Certificate and the trophy to Prof. J.D Mande, Dean Faculty of Vet. Medicine for the exemplary performance.

The Department of Veterinary Pathology Microbiology and Parasitology , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Nairobi, hosted a guest lecture by Professor Craig Linden; a Prof of Pathology at University
of Tennessee on Thursday November 23, 2023 from 08:00am to 10:00 am. The lecture was about Gross
Pathology, techniques, lesion descriptions and necropsy tips. It was attended by 4 th and 5 th year
veterinary students and representative faculty. This lecture was illustrative, interactive and insightful

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine hosted a One Health symposium on November 24, 2023 in the Seminar room Clinical Studies Department. The symposium innovatively brought together students from the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Health Sciences UoN to discuss Clinical case scenarios within the paradigm of one Health. The cases were covered in a two-way knowledge exchange platform that integrated group work and plenary case discussions that interfaced with Jeopardy game of categorized incrementally weighted question and answer. The symposium was graced by Prof J. D.

The University, as its annual ritual, will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023. This year's theme, 'Let Communities Lead' will guide the conversations and activities that will be held. A Webinar has been organized on November 29, 2023 from 2:00pm-5:00pm. 

The panel of experts will discuss:- 

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, In an effort to enhance collaboration between different organs and units of the university,  the top management of the University of Nairobi, led by Council Chair Prof. Amukowa Anangwe, has gathered in Mombasa for a three-day induction retreat. The primary objective of this session is to offer a comprehensive understanding of the university's operations and to encourage a collective approach to addressing challenges. Prof. Anangwe emphasized the importance of evaluating the strategies devised by the management to tackle the university's pain points.

Monday 13th November 2023, the Faculty of Vet. Medicine honoured iniative by the government to plant 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle the climate crisis and deforestation amid worsening impacts such as a severe drought in the country and the wider Horn of Africa region.

The Event was flagged off by Prof. Mande, Dean FVM, Dr. Onono, Chairman PHPT and Vet.Farm Manager Mr. Augastine Raila.

STEP BY STEP

1. Students forward PDF version of their final project/theses to their respective Deans for approval

Christopher Wainwright, the Chief Executive Officer, Brooke East Africa and his team made a courtesy call to the Faculty of Vet. Medicine on 3rd November 2023.

The team was met by the acting Dean, Dr. J.O. Onono together with Prof. Samwel M. Githigia, Associate Dean, Dr. Timothy M. Wachira, Senior Lecturer, VPH/Project PI- Department of PHPT and Dr. Peter Kimeli, Lecturer & Head of Surgery Discipline, Department of Clinical Studies

OHIO State University Global One Health Iniative team visited the Dean's Office on 2nd November 2023

The team from OSU-GOHI was led by Professor Wondwossen Gebreyes the CEO Global One Health Initiative and accompanied by colleagues from Gondar University, Ethiopia.

Discussed was opportunities for Student Exchange, curriculum training projects, twinning of institutions to attract more international funding, strengthening existing collaborations & expanding engagement with other institutions.