21ST GRADUATION CEREMONY PROGRAMME AND ORDER OF EVENTS

21ST GRADUATION CEREMONY PROGRAMME AND ORDER OF EVENTS

Basic article Feb 18, 2022

8.00am      All Graduands and invited Guests are seated at the Graduation Square

8.30am      The Chancellor’s Procession takes position in front of the Office of the Dean School of Education

  • The Chancellor’s Procession and the Academic Procession proceeds to the Graduation Square.
  • All standing, the Procession moves to the Graduation Square
  • National Anthem
  • East African Community Anthem
  • Maseno University Anthem
  • Prayers
  • All remain standing till the Chancellor and the Cabinet Secretary take their seats
  • The Vice-Chancellor constitutes the Assembly as the 21st  Congregation of Maseno University
  • The Vice-Chancellor addresses the Congregation
  • The Chairman of Council addresses the Congregation and invites the Principal Secretary, State Department  for  University Education and Research
  • The Principal Secretary addresses the Congregation and invites the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education
  • The Cabinet Secretary addresses the Congregation
  • The Vice-Chancellor invites the Chancellor to address the Congregation
  • The Chancellor addresses the Congregation

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, calls upon Deans of Schools to present graduands for the conferment of degrees  and award of diplomas and certificates of Maseno University in the following order:

i.    Dean, School of Agriculture , Food Security & Environmental Sciences
ii.   Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences
iii.  Dean, School of Business and Economics 
iv.  Dean, School of Computing and Informatics
v.   Dean, School of Development and Strategic Studies
vi.  Dean, School of Education
vii. Dean, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science 
viii. Dean, School of Medicine
ix.  Dean, School of Nursing
x.   Dean, School of Physical and Biological Sciences
xi.  Dean, School of Planning and Architecture
xii. Dean, School of Public Health and Community Development

  • The Chancellor  confers Degrees and awards Diplomas and Certificates in the following order:
    • Doctor of Philosophy
    • Masters 
    • Postgraduate Diploma 
    • Bachelors 
    • Diploma 
    • Certificate 
  • The Vice-Chancellor makes announcements and dissolves the Congregation
  • National Anthem

  • The Chancellor’s Procession leaves the  Graduation Square (Congregation to remain standing)