Stawa University cleared by NCHE
The buildings that house Stawa University. File Photo
The National Council for Higher Education (NHCE) has declared the Ntinda/Nakawa-based Stawa University legal and free to operate.
In a notice issued on May 8, NCHE says the university satisfied the requirements for operation.
"I have pleasure to inform you that at its 35th meeting of May 30, council resolved that STAWA university project be granted a letter of interim authority," the notice issued by the deputy executive director, Rev Canon Dr Alex Mugisha Kaguma said.
Stawa was declared illegal in December 2012 after NCHE claimed that the university was established without a provisional license charter as required by section 118(1) of the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act of 2001.
The Ntinda based university has also appointed a Jamaican professor, Dr Sandra Hamilton as new vice chancellor.
WHO IS DR HAMILTON
Dr. Hamilton earned a B.Sc. in Home Economics from the University of Technology in 1983, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies in 1986, a M. Sc. in Gender and Development from the University of the West Indies in 1996, HACCP Management Consulting and Internal auditing for HACCP from BRI International in 2004 and her Doctorate from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, USA, 2008. Dr. Hamilton majored in Educational leadership in higher Education.
She has also studied music, visual art and drama and is an international award winning floral sculptor.
She has been an entrepreneur and a consultant to international funding agencies including the World Bank and the Canadian International Development fund, and has written curricula for community and education programs and taught from kindergarten through higher education.
Dr. Hamilton had been with Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota since January 2005. She ended her tenure as coordinator of the Master of Education in Teaching and Learning to join Stawa. While with Saint Mary’s, Dr. Hamilton was responsible for getting accreditation from the Higher Learning Council, the accreditation body for colleges and universities in the mid-west region of the United States as well as from the University Council of Jamaica. In addition to education, Dr. Hamilton has also sat on accrediting bodies for hotels in the Caribbean region.
