UFUGAJI WA VIPEPEO MBAYA WETU: PROFESA KEN WALIBORA UKURASA WA 7 UKURASA WA 7 Vol. 238, A Daystar University Student Publication since 1989, *Not For Sale*, Monday June 8, 2020 NEWS CAMPUS Vice Chancellor: Grants Daystar goes only for the scholarly digital as pandemic continues to bite I am committing myself to sacrifi ce and intensify my campaign [and] fundraising eff orts so that I can “cushion these bright Kenyans who just happen to come from disadvantaged backgrounds.” Said Professor Laban Ayiro, the Vice-Chancellor Daystar University. >> Page 2 NEWS CAMPUS Corona Eff ects On The Education Sector n Friday the 13th of March, the fi rst Corona case was reported in Kenya and what followed was Oa series of events which ultimately led to the closure of schools from kindergarten to the universities. >> Page 3 >> Page 2 Message from the Vice-Chancellor. PHOTO | daystar.ke INDEX Campus News: Page 1-3 National News: Page 4 Editorial Page 5 Jamvi: Page 6-8 Souvenir: Page 9-11 Features: Page 12-13 Sports: Page 14-16 Join us today 2 MONDAY JUNE 8, 2020 | INVOLVEMENT NATIONALCAMPUS NEWS NEWS Vice Chancellor: Grants only for the scholarly and Applied mathematics. at achieving excellence after he promised an “You cannot get a scholarship here and have undisclosed reward for any student with a 3.7 a Grade Point Average (GPA) that is depressing.” GPA and above. He also told the awardees to Said the VC. In his speech, the vice-chancellor show greater commitment to God through challenged the students to live up to the involvement in the spiritual nurture programs expectations of the University and show intensity that the University offers, and to be good citizens in the work-study programs. of the University. The minimum cumulative GPA is 2.5 for any The Daystar University Financial aid is a plan student who wishes to apply for the Daystar designed to help students who are financially financial aid. However, the vice-chancellor challenged. A total of 293 students have benefitted disputed this standard of subsidy eligibility from this scholarship in the 2019/2020 financial saying it was too low for any scholarly applicant. year which includes 221 getting the work-study Professor Ayiro warned the students with poor scholarship, 67 awardees of one-time scholarship GPAs that things are going to be tougher in the and five students supported by the vice chancellor’s future. Library attendance, according to the VC, scholarship fund. Professor Ayiro intents to, has not been promising since the opening hours however, raise this number to 600 students. changed from 9 am to 6 am on the main campus. According to the rationale on the financial He also pleaded with the students to maximize aid application form, successful applicants of The Vice-chancellor convining a meeting at the ICT thearter Athi-river. PHOTO | courtesy the opportunities that Daystar University offers. these academic grants are required to work at “You are privileged in the eyes of God to get least 10 hours a week throughout the regular BY AARON KITUKU raise more than 160 million Kenya shillings for [email protected] the scholarship fund. This amount exceeds the a scholarship. […] I want my students in the academic year. The Human-resource department usual allocation, which has also prompted Daystar scholarship program to stand to be counted in assigns students work-study stations within the he vice-chancellor convened a meeting U.S to raise their donations by 25%. He said that terms of their character […] you must have a strong university upon which a daily and monthly report on the 19th of February 2020 at the although it is a physically and mentally exhausting mind to give us the grades we are looking for. is demanded. Tmain campus with all students under course which takes about 40% of his time as [And] I want you to flourish” Said professor Ayiro. The work-study doubles as a mentorship the scholarship program to make clear his vice-chancellor, he was dedicated to approaching He emphasized that it was the students’ program which is meant to instill the core values expectations and plans on these grants. potential sponsors who are willing to support obligation to be kind-hearted and embrace an that the University ascribes to – Excellence, “I called this meeting to remind all of you that scholars in Africa. attitude of gratitude as a wholesome gesture for transformation, and servant-leadership. this University this year has subsidized your In an effort to boost the University’s intake, these academic privileges. Getting good grades [school] fees by 134 million Kenya shillings.” Professor Laban Ayiro said that through will be the only way to give back to Daystar Said Professor Ayiro. He further added that the the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central University. He also mentioned that the policy scholarships were open to benefit all successful Placement Service (KUCCPS), he would bring on financial assistance, which is restricted only applicants irrespective of their nationalities. in more government-sponsored students this year. to undergraduate students, would be reviewed In April this year, Professor Laban Ayiro will In addition, he said that he would re-introduce to also benefit post-graduate students in need. be visiting Seven U.S states for a campaign to courses that were frozen like Pure Mathematics Professor Ayiro urged the students to aim IBM-Daystar syndicate set to benefit leaners at zero cost partnerships that will benefit students as she academic initiative provides online tools for added that the initiative was an enhancement to data sampling and manipulation. The main learning outside the classroom, urging students to software for data analysis housed in IBM is the make use of it to widen their scope of knowledge. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) “There are courses that run for a week, others was acquired in 2009. for two hours [and] for as long as you have a It offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast Daystar email, then you are able to log in, self library of machine learning algorithms, text –register and access content.” Said Alice Chemtai. analysis, open-source extensibility, integration There will be an IBM badge for learners who with big data and seamless deployment into complete a particular package. From the Daystars applications. end, Alice says that the collaboration is here to stay. Within the SPSS software family of products, Due to increased risks around data and the package supports the SPSS statistics and information security, IBM is offering cybersecurity SPSS Modeler. Both applications were built to pieces of training through guidance on protocol, help users perform complex statistical analysis awareness programs on security measures, to solve business and research problems quickly security on networks and insight on tools and efficiently. to have on your device for data security. It is SPSS is a user-friendly software. Its defining policies in dealing with data protection, flexibility and scalability make it accessible to IBM logo. PHOTO | opportunitydesk.org cyber-warfare and cyber-terrorism to its critical users of all skill levels. Also, it is suitable for infrastructure, and working with laws within a projects of all sizes and levels of complexity. BY AARON KITUKU interpersonal skills, professionalism, solving specific country. [email protected] problems with critical skills among others. An analysis conducted by the World Economic How to log in. “There is more to it than computer science. Forum reveals that more than 60 percent of the To access this program, all you need to do is log aystar University entered into a There are many other courses that students collaboration dubbed IBM academic global GDP will be digitalized by 2023. This is, onto the Academic Initiative website http://ibm. can tap into, content outside the scope of the therefore, prompting all enterprises to do more biz/academic and register using your university Dinitiative with an American traditional degree.” Said Alice Chemtai Muraguri, than just focus on their adoption of technology, email address. At the point of agreeing to the multinational technology company early this year, the Ag. ICT Manager Daystar University. following partnership conversations through the but also consider how their clients use technology terms of service, first select the links for ‘Academic According to Alice, this initiative is tailored to and their services-products-consumer behaviors. Initiative Terms of Service’ (and agree) then ICT department in October 2019. benefit all learners across the board. She added The International Business Machines Among the milestones that IBM has taken is ‘Privacy Consent’ (and agree). that students needed to take advantage of such Quantum mechanics, which is a branch of science Remember you have access to full software for Cooperation (IBM) headquartered in Armonk, opportunities to widen their knowledge outside New York, has been creating partnerships with that deals with the studying of small or isolated academic purposes (research & learning), so you class. details. According to the IBM website, Quantum need to use your university-issued email address. learning institutions to offer online content on “Daystar is committed to providing quality IBM Cloud, Data Science, Blockchain, Quantum, science creates possibilities and new ways of In case of any difficulties in plugging into the teaching and learning and as ICT, we must dealing with complex problems that classical website and access of the resources, Kindly visit IBM security among others. Daystar University plug into that goal.” Said Alice Chemtai. In this Students and faculty can now access all these computers have difficulty doing. the ICT department or the DITA lab for assistance. regard, therefore, the ICT manager says that All academic disciplines deal with data. This services, including non-technical courses like as a department, they are trying to look for INVOLVEMENT | MONDAY JUNE 8, 2020 3 CAMPUSCAMPUS NEWS NEWS Daystar goes digital as pandemic continues to bite Road campuses midway through the semester, in compliance with the government’s directive, as learning shifted online.