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August 15 – August 21 Issue 30/10

D AY S TA R
School of Communication & Language
introduces Daystar University Students
Choir
The Department of Language and will take place on Thursdays during class
Performing Arts, formerly known as sessions, as part of the preparations
Keeping you in touch Department of Humanities has introduced for a concert at the end of the
a students’ choir. semester.
This initiative will blend in well with Interested students should sign up at the

DUPA hosts Over 200 new parents were treated to an students’ academic workload, since the School of Communication, Department of
amiable welcome on Monday, 9th August 2010 students’ choir will also double up as Languages and Performing Arts, or send
MUS 113 for one credit hour, meaning
New Parents
at the University’s Athi River campus where an email to humanities@daystar.ac.ke after
they were hosted to a tea reception, an event that a student could register for the course which further communication will be made
organized every semester to allow interaction and get credit for singing. Rehearsals on developments.
between new parents and the different heads of
departments.
The event was attended by the Ag. Vice-
Chancellor, Rev. Prof. James Kombo, the DVC-
Finance Planning & Administration Dr. Philip Kitui,
Ag. DVC-Academic Affairs, Dr. Jon Masso, DUPA
Chairperson Dr. Calisto Onyango, and members
of the University Senate and Management Board.
Speaking at the event, Rev. Prof. James Kombo
thanked the parents for bringing their children to
Daystar University, emphasizing that all the three
campuses offered quality education for students in
the different programmes. This was echoed by the
Director Admissions & Records, Mrs. Nkita Arao,
who went further in urging parents to encourage
their children to study at the Athi River campus
despite the perceived distance, since its location
provides a conducive learning environment.
Dr. Calisto Onyango, speaking on behalf of
DUPA, explained what the parents’ association
was, how it works with the University and the
developments it has contributed to this far,
including the construction of the DUPA ladies’
hostels.

Mrs. Nkita Arao, Director Admissions and Records,

responds to questions by parents during the DUPA
welcome tea
The successful event ended with a question Are YOU interested?
and answer session that was facilitated by the
Sign up at the School of Communication & Language, Department of Language
Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Mr. David Thuku.
and Performing Arts, or send an email to humanities@daystar.ac.ke
 Notice from the
Human Resource
Department
Further to the previous notification regarding
change of insurer from Jubilee Insurance
to APA Insurance, the Human Resource
Department would like to clarify that the
current cover ends on 23rd August
2010, and not 13th August 2010 as
earlier indicated.
Details of the cover and a comprehensive
list of service providers will be forwarded in
due course.
Notice from Finance
Department!
The Finance Department would like to
inform all students and members of staff that
the usual Friday Cooperative Bank mobile
banking services at Athi River campus will
not be available this Friday, 13th August
2010.
The bank will however be on campus on
Monday 16th August, Tuesday 17th August,
Wednesday 18th August and Friday 20th
August 2010.
Any inconvenience is highly regretted.
Library Update Weekly Inspiration
DVDs of the week
“Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense
of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and
towards objective things.”
(Albert Einstein)
1. People-first management (50 min)
Dan Amos argues that the cornerstones of
good business are credibility, respect and
fairness. He believes his company’s success
has come from a reputation of doing the
right thing and from putting employees first. Chapel Diary Students’ Medical
He points out that when employees trust their
company to go the extra mile for them, they go Athi River Campus Insurance Cover
the extra mile for the customers.
Date: 17th August 2010 Starting August 2010 semester, ALL students
2. Dealing with crisis and transition: How Speaker: DCF-Welcome Chapel including evening and postgraduate,
Date: 19th August 2010 MUST be comprehensively covered under
organizations transform themselves (53 min)
Speaker: Rev. Mary Kinoti the medical insurance cover provided by
Why do successful firms sometimes fail? the University. This is in order to ensure
Dr. Charles O’Reilly calls it “the failure of Date: 22nd August 2010
that all students are well catered for,
success.” For long-term success, a company Speaker: Rev. Ken Kimiywe incase of any eventualities. Those covered
has to manage for “here” while at the same elsewhere MUST bring a letter from either
time preparing to move to “there.” By gaining
consensus around implementing new strategies,
Nairobi Campus the employer or the insurance cover, which
must be submitted to the Human Resource
a company can develop the flexibility to adapt
to changing times.
Date: 17th August 2010
Speaker: DCF-Welcome Chapel
Department within the first two weeks of
starting the semester.
Date: 19th July 2010
3. Fighting corruption at every level: insights Speaker: Rev. Stephen Nduto
from Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency
International.
Nairobi Campus; Evening Chapel
From a few dollars exchanged with
handshakes to multi-million dollar kickbacks, Date: 20th August 2010
widespread corruption undermines stability and Speaker: DCF-Welcome Chapel
perpetuates unfair systems across the globe.
The DVD touches on the toll of corruption, Mombasa Campus
showing how new social, political and legal
breakthroughs and strategies offer great hope Date: 19th August 2010
of overcoming it. Speaker: DCF-Welcome Chapel
4. How leaders boost productivity (51 min)
One of the most significant challenges
managers face is that of improving the
productivity of their organizations. Jack
Zenger provides specific and actionable
suggestions that leaders can take to help their
organizations shed the past, raise performance
standards, and give employees the tools
required to excel in their workplaces.