MRU ALMANAC 2024

From JANUARY 2024 to JULY 2024

1

New Year’s Day – Public Holiday

 

Mon, 1st January

 

2

i)           All staff report to work

 

ii)          Commencement of the In-service session(s) - January Session(s)

Tue, 2nd January

Unit Manager & Academic Registrar (AR)

3

All Faculty Board Meetings commence

 

Wed, 3rd January

Deans of Faculties

4

IS Training (Campus Dynamics) (Morning Session)

 

IS Training (Campus Dynamics) (Afternoon Session)

 

Thur, 4th January

 

12:30 – 5:00pm

IS Officer

5

Management Committee meeting (MANCO)

 

Fri, 5th January

Manager, Human Resource (HRM)

6

Saturday

University Hostels Open

6th January

Warden

 

i)             Library, Hostels & all Offices Open

 

ii)            Semester Lectures Commence:

For Year I, Sem II; Year II, Sem I; Year III Sem I

 

iii)          Graduation and Ceremonies Committee

 

iv)          Awards Committee

 

v)           Dean’s Forum – (Faculties workload allocation meeting)

Mon, 8th January (From 08:00 am)

 

 

 

(From 10:00 am)

 

(From 2:00 pm)

 

(From 10:00 pm)

Academic Registrar  

 

 

 

Dean FoE

 

 

DVC /AR

 

DVC

7

i)            Registration Commences (online & physical)

 

 

ii)           Academic Programs Committee

 

Tue, 9th January (From 08:00 am)

 

(From 10:00 am)

Bursar’s Office, AR, FAs, HoDs

 

DVC

8

i)            Committee of Research and Publications

 

ii)           Graduate School Board

Wed, 10th January

Director Graduate Centre

 

Director Graduate Centre

9

Faculty Board Meeting FSTEAD

 

Thur, 11th January

Dean FSTEAD

10

i)         Dean’s Forum

 

 

Fri, 12th January (From 10:00 am)

Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC)

11

SENATE Meeting

 

Tue, 16th January

(From 09:30am)

Academic Registrar

12

Training Workshop for Academic Registrar’s Department (FAs, IO Manager, Admissions and Exams Offices)

Wed, 17th January

(From 09:30 am)

 

AR’s Office and FAs

13

Examinations and irregularities Committee

Thur, 18th January

 

DVC/ Examination Coordinator

14

EXT-MANCO

 

 

Tue, 23rd January

 

Human Resources Manager

15

i)         Olukiiko lw’abataka Abakulu Ab’obusolya

 

ii)        Class List Control: (Academic staff are reminded to provide proof of student activity for all students per Course Unit - registered for Semester 1 (e.g. signed class list, assessment mark on IS)

Thur, 25th January

Marketing Officer

 

 

Lectures, HoDs & QA

16

Liberation DayPublic Holiday

 

 

i)        Omwoleso gw’Amasomero

Fri, 26th January

 

Sun, 28th January

Human Resources Manager

 

Marketing Officer & (BHHTB)

17

i)         Management Committee meeting

(MANCO Meeting)

 

 

ii)        Amatikiikira ga BRIBTE

Mon, 29th January

 (From 10:00 am)

 

Human Resources Manager

 

Marketing Officer & (BHHTB)

18

Student Hostels/residences Meeting

(Updates about infrastructure matters, Hygiene, space capacity & student stats etc)

 

Tue, 30th January (From 10:00 am)

 

Hostel Warden & Student Hostel Prefects & the Estates Manager

19

i)            MRU Policy Dissemination session

 

ii)          Graduate Admissions Board (Graduate Centre)

Wed, 31st January to 1st February

 

DVC

 

Chairperson Board of Graduate Centre.

   

 

      21

 

i)  Pedagogy training for lecturers

 

 

ii)   Resource Mobilization & Marketing Committee

 

1st & 2nd February

 

2nd February

 

Dean Education

& Dean FSSAH

 

Marketing Officer

 

 

22

 

 

i)         Pedagogy training for lecturers

 

ii)       Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student session)

 

Fri, 2nd February

 

Dean, Faculty of Education

 

IS Officer

23

Class List Control: (Academic staff are reminded to provide proof of student activity for all students per Course Unit - registered for Semester 1 (e.g. signed class list, assessment mark on IS)

Mon, 5th to 11th February

Lectures, HoDs & QA

24

Management Committee meeting

(MANCO)

 

Tue, 6th February

Human Resources Manager

       25

i)         Teaching and learning committee meeting

 

 

ii)        Awards Committee

Wed, 7th February (From 10:00 am)

 

(From 2:00 am)

Manger, Quality Assurance (QA)

 

AR & DVC

      26.

 

Last day to cancel inactive course units (CU)

Thurs, 8th February

 

 

FAs

     27.

i)         HoD’s Forum

 

ii)       Graduate Students Orientation

 

iii)     Oluwalo Lwaffe

 

iv)        Census day for all course units (check whether all course units have students attending and how many per course Unit)

Fri, 9th February

 

Fri, 9th – 10th February

 

AR & All Faculty HoDs

 

Director and GC Secretary

 

Marketing Officer

 

HoDs & Lecturers

 

    28

Saturday

 

Postgraduate Students Orientation

 

10th February

 

 

Director and GS Secretary

   29

Sunday

Mid Semester Tests end  

 

11th February

Respective HoDs

29

 

i)      GAT Examinations for Graduate Centre

 

ii)     Curriculum Control exercise (to ensure that all course units have marks captured)

Tue, 13th February

 

Director Graduate Centre

 

All Faculty Administrators

30

i)         Audit and Risk Committee of MRU Council

 

 

ii)       Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student session)

 

iii)      Training of the new curriculum

 

Wed, 14th February

Univ. Bursar Auditors

 

IS Officer

 

NCDC Experts & Dean Faculty of Education

31

Inter-Faculty Games –

Thur, 15th February

 

Dean of Students

32.

 

Archbishop Janani Luwum Day

 

Postgraduate Lectures commence

 

 

Fri, 16th February

 

Sat, 17th February –

 

 

 

 

All Staff & Students

 

DS, Dean & Lecturers

 

 

33.

i)         Student Affairs Committee of meeting

 

ii)        Faculty Board Meeting FSTEAD

 

iii)       Class list control/register (for New intakes)

Mon, 19th February

 

Dean of Students

 

Dean of Faculty

 

Lecturers & FAs

 

34.

 Youth Symposium

Tue, 20th February

Dean of Students

35.

Library Committee meeting

Thur, 22nd February

 

Univ. Librarian

36.

Saturday

Postgraduate Student’s Registration Deadline

 

24th February

 

GS Secretariat & the respective FAs

 

37.

Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (staff session)

 

Mon, 26th February

IS Officer

38.

Student Hostels/residences Meeting

Updates about infrastructure matters

 

Tue, 27th February

 

Hostel Warden & Estates Manager

39.

Teaching and Learning Committee

 

 

Wed, 28th February

(From 10:00 am)

 

 QA

40.

Tourism Dept. Visit to Sanyu Babies’ home

Thur, 29th February

HoD Tourism

42.

MANCO Retreat

Fri, 1st March

 

HRM

43.

Finance Committee of MRU Council

Mon, 4th March

 

Univ. Bursar

44.

MANCO Meeting

 

Tue, 5th March (from 10:00 am)

 

Human Resources Manager

 

45.

HoD Forum (from all Faculties)

Wed, 6th March

 

AR & All Faculty HoDs

46.

i)         Teaching and Learning Committee & Compliance Workshop

 

ii)        Class list control/register (for New February intakes)

Thur, 7th March

QA

 

 

Lecturers and FAs

47.

International Women’s Day (Public Holiday)

Fri, 8th March

 

Manager, Human Resources

48

i)        Call for papers to publish in MRU journal (11th March – 1st June)

 

ii)       Teaching and Learning Committee

 

iii)      Youth Symposium

 

OLUSIRIKA LW’ABAKULEMBEZE

Mon, 11th March

 

 

 

(from 10:00 am)

 

DGS & GS Secretariat

 

QA

 

Dean of Students

 

VC & Marketing Officer

49.

Deans’ Forum

 

 

Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student session)

 

Tue, 12th March

(from 10:00 am)

 

(from 09:00 am)

 

DVC

 

 

IS Officer

50.

Library for Students information /Training

Wed, 13th March

 

University Librarian/Assistant

51.

Updates about infrastructural matters and student complaints reports are required)

Thurs, 14th March

 

Estates Managers and the Hostel Manager

52.

i)         Last day of moderation of Examinations (internal)

 

 

ii)        Display of First Draft Exam time table

 

iii)       Last day of moderation of Examinations (External)

 

Fri, 15th March 2024

 

Fri, 15th March

 

 

Fri,29th March

Examination Coordinator

 

53.

Saturday

16th March

 

 

54.

Sunday

17th March

 

 

55.

OPEN DAY

 

Mon, 18th March

Marketing Officer

56.

i)          To review MRU’s research agenda 

 

ii)          Effecting changes (if any) from internal moderation

Tue, 19th March

Director, Graduate School

Examination Coordinator

 

57.

i)           Student Residences Committee meeting

 

ii)             Human resources Committee (for staff matters/Training)

 

iii)         Class list control/register

Wed, 20th March

Hostel Manager & Dean of students

 

Manager Hr /HR Officer

 

Lectures & FAs

58.

COUNCIL Meeting (On line)

 

Thur, 21st March

DVC

59.

Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student session)

 

Fri, 22nd March

IS Officer

 

60.

Saturday

23rd March

 

61.

Sunday

24th March

 

62.

Meeting Alumni to promote MRU

 

Mon, 25th March

Alumni Chairperson

63.

i)        Resource Mobilization & Marketing Committee

 

Tue, 26th March

University Bursar

         64.

i)         Meeting Alumni to promote MRU

 

ii)       Human Resources Committee meeting

Wed, 27th March

Marketing Officer & Dean of Students

 

Manager, HR

65.

i)         Admissions Committee

 

 

ii)       Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student session)

 

Thur, 28th March

 

DVC/Academic Registrar

 

IS Officer

66

Good Friday

29th March

Human Resources Manager

 

Saturday

30th March

 

67

Easter Sunday (Public Holiday)

 

31st March

Human Resources Manager

68.

Easter Monday (Public Holiday

 

Mon, 1st April

Human Resources Manager

69.

MANCO Meeting

Tue, 2nd April

Human Resources Manager

70.

i)           Students’ Affairs Committee

 

ii)          Display of the final copy of the exam time-table

Wed, 3rd April

Dean of Students

 

AR& Exam Moderator

71.

Audit & Risk Committee meeting

 

Thur,4th April

Auditor & Univ. Bursar

       78.

i)         Miss and MR MRU to be confirmed

 

ii)       Clearence for exams Ms Akullo to confirm

 

iii)      Student Exam briefing

Fri, 5th April

Dean of Students

 

Univ Bursar

 

AR & Exam Moderator

79

i)        Development of a repository for research outputs 

Mon, 8th April

QA, RPGS and DVC

 

80

Examinations briefing for invigilators and Staff

Tue, 9th April

Exams Coordinator & AR

81.

April-August Promotion of In-service program in different dioceses (during holiday)

Wed, 10th April

Unit Manager & Marketing Officer

82.

i)               IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff session)

 

i)               Guild Elections

 

Thur, 11th April

IS Officer

 

 

Dean of Students

83.

i)         Teaching and learning Committee

 

iii)      Regional marketing (in the Greater Masaka)

Fri, 12th April

QA

 

Marketing Officer

84.

Saturday

 

Amazaalibwa ga Kabaka

13th April

 

 

Marketing Officer

 

85.

i)                     Commencement of End of Semester Examinations

 

 

ii)                   Human resources Committee (for staff matters/Training)

Mon, 15th – Sun, 28th April (14 days)

Academic registrar

 

 

 

Manager HR/HR officer

         86

 

International Week (Display of Arts and Cultures)

Tue, 16th April

Manager, IO

         87

Reporting of In-service students & New session Lectures begin.

 

Wed, 17th April

In-service Manager

88

 

 

Library Committee Meeting

 

Compliance Workshop

 

Maintenance of Facilities meeting

Thur, 18th April

DVC & Librarian

 

QA/Estates Manager &

 

QA

89.

Ext- MANCO meeting

 

 Fri, 19th April

from 10:00 am)

The Secretary

90.

Saturday

EID DAY

20th April

 

91.

i)                Graduate School Board

 

ii)               Committee of Research and Publications   (undergraduates)

Mon, 22nd April

Dr Jjagwe A

 

Director of Graduate School

92.

OLUWALO LWAFFE  

 

Tue, 23rd April

Marketing Officer

93.

IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff session) morning

 

 

IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff session) - Afternoon

 

Wed, 24th April (from 09:00 am)

 

 

(from 02:00 pm

IS Officer

94.

i)         Research Proposal Submission Deadline

 

ii)        Miss Tourism- Buganda

 

Olukiiko lw’Abataka Abakulu Ab’Obusolya

Thur, 25th April

Secretary, GS

 

Marketing Officer/ Dean of Students

Marketing & Buganda Kingdom

       95.

Closure of all Semester

 

 

i)       Graduate Research Symposium

 

 

ii)        Community service about socio-psycho counseling and guidance for second year students at Luzira Prison/Mbuya Rehabilitation center

Fri, 26th April

AR & Academic Staff

 

Graduate Students

 

HoD Education

96

 

Curriculum Review & Writing Workshop across all faculties

Mon, 29th April 6th May

AR & Faculties

        97.

i)         HoDs Forum

 

ii)       Luwalo Lwaffe

Tue, 30th April

AR

 

Marketing & Buganda Kingdom

98

Labour Day (Public Holiday

1st May

Human Resources Manager

        99.

i)   Faculty Board Meetings (All Faculties)

 

ii)  AKAKIIKO K’EBYENGIRIZA E’ BULANGE

 

iii)      Career Guidance

2nd May

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deans of Faculties

 

Marketing Officer

 

 

 

 

100.

MANCO Meeting

 

Community engagement activity

About child health Nutrition (ECD)

Fri, 3rd May

(from 10:00 am)

Human Resources Manager

 

HoD Education

101.

OLUKIIKO LW’BUGANDA

 

 

i)  Promote MRU’S Identity as a connected member to Communities

Mon, 6th May

Marketing & Buganda Kingdom

 

RPGS Secretariat

 

104

Dean’s Forum

 

Tue, 7th May 2024

DVC

 

105.

Student Hostels/residences Meeting

Updates about infrastructure matters

Thur, 9th May (From 10:00)

Hostel Warden & Estates Manager

106.

Addressing Feedback from External moderation.

 

 

Teaching and Learning committee meeting

 

Uploading for Exam Marks on the system

Wed, 8th May

(from 09:00 am)

 

(From 10:00)

DVC

 

 

QA

 

 

AR & HODs

 

107.

Faculty Board Meetings - All faculties

 

Academic Programmes Committee

 

Thur, 9th May

 

From 2pm

All Faculty Deans

 

DVC

108.

Faculty Boards Meetings

 

Fri, 10th May

All Faculty Deans

109.

Saturday

 

Induction, Hand over & swearing ceremony

11th May

 

 

Dean of Students

110.

i)        Commencement of Summer School

 

 

ii)       Examination and Irregularities Committee  

 

iii)      Publishing for final results of the Semester exams

 

 

iiInternship FBM, FSSAH and FESTEAD

 

iv)       

Mon, 13th May

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon, 13th May to

Sun, 21st July

 (10 weeks)

Academic Registrar

 

DVC & Examination Coordinator

 

 

Deans & Faculty Staff

111.

i)        SENATE Meeting

 

 

OLUWALO LWAFFE

Tue, 14th May (from 09:30)

Academic registrar

 

Marketing Officer

112.

 

i)         Tourism Academic field Trip

 

ii)       Hosting of Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) Executive & Registration of BMC students

Tue, 14th May

 

 

HoD Tourism

 

HoD for BMC

113.

i)         International Office Meeting (Deans & AR)

 

 

ii)       Graduate School Board Meeting

 

Wed, 15th May

Manager, International Office

 

DGS & Secretary

 

114.

iii)      Ext-MANCO

 

 

Thur, 16th May

Human Resources Manager

115.

Marketing in Busoga region

 

Fri, 17th May

Marketing Officer

116.

Saturday

18th May

 

 

117.

Sunday

19th May

 

 

118.

LUWALO LWAFFE

 

Tue, 21st May

Marketing Officer

119.

Postgraduate Examinations Commence (24th – 1st June)

 

Human Resources Committee (for staff matters) or Training)

Fri, 24th May

(From 10:00)

DSG & AR & Deans

 

HR Manager & HR Officer

120.

Saturday

 

Postgraduate Examinations

25th May

 

 

DGS, AR & Deans

121.

Finance Committee Meeting

 

Mon, 27th May

(from 10:00 am)

 

Univ. Bursar

122.

IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student/Staff session)

 

Tue, 28th May

IS Officer

123.

OLUKIIKO LW’ABATAKA ABAKULU AB’OBUSOLYA

 

Thur, 30th May

VC’s Office

124.

POSTGRADUATE EXAMINATIONS COMMENCE

 

Fri, 31st May

DGS, AR & DEANS

125.

Saturday

 

END OF POSTGRADUATE EXAMS

1st June

 

 

DGS, AR & Deans

126.

Sunday

2nd June – Thur,

 

 

GS Staff

 

127.

Martyr’s Day

Mon, 3rd June

Human Resources Manager

128

i)  MANCO Meeting

 

 

i)         School Practice– Faculty of Education

Tue, 4th June

(from 10:00 am)

 

4th Jue – 19th July

Human Resources Manager

 

Faculty of Educ.

129.

i)               School Practice

 

 

ii)              Teaching and Learning Committee

Tue, 4th June to Fri, 19th July (7 weeks)

Dean FoE

 

 

QA

130.

Awards Committee of SENATE

 

Workshop to promote MRU

Wed, 5th June

AR

 

Marketing Officer

 

131

Marketing Day – All Faculties

 

Thur, 6th June

Marketing Officer

132.

i)         Graduate school committee meeting

 

ii)        Budget retreat

 

iii)      Training for Researchers

Fri, 7th June

DGS

Univ. Bursar

 

133

Commencement of Graduate Lecturers

Sat, 8th June

 

DGC

 

Faculty of STEAD Marketing workshop (Engineering & IT)

Sat, 8th June

 

Marketing

134.

Sunday

National Heroes Day

9th June 2024

Human Resources Manager

135.

Start of Mid-Summer School Tests

 

 

Editorial meeting of MRU Journal

Mon, 10th – Sun, 16th June 2024 (7days)

Examination Coordinator

 

DGS

136.

Regional Marketing in greater Hoima

Tue, 11th June

 

Marketing

137.

IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff/Students)

Wed, 12th June

 

IS Officer

138.

COUNCIL RETREAT

 

Thur, 13th June

(from 09:00)

DVC

139.

COUNCIL MEETING

 

Fri, 14th June

DVC

140.

Faculty Board Meeting (FSTEAD)

 

Mon, 17th June

Faculty Dean

141.

i)         SWASA OUTREACH to Mengo Kisenyi

 

ii)        Exam Clearence

Tue, 18th June

HoD SWASA

 

Univ. Bursar

142.

 

i)         Programmes Committee of Senate

Thur, 20th June

 

DVC/ AR

143

i)         Meeting Masaza Chiefs & Marketing agents

 

ii)        Coronation Vintage Show (date to be confirmed)

Fri, 21st June

Marketing Officer

 

Marketing Officer

145.

OLUKIIKO LWA BUGANDA

 

Mon, 24th June

VC’s Office

146.

Last day of moderation of Examinations (Summer School) (internal)

 

LUWALO LWAFFE

Tue, 25th June 2024

Examination Coordinator

 

VC’s Office

147.

Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff/Students) (review session)

 

Wed, 26th June

IS Officer

148.

i)      Admissions Committee Meeting

 

Thur, 27th June

AR

 

 

149.

 

i)         Updates about infrastructural matters and student complaints reports are required)

Fri, 9th July

 

Estates and Dean of Students

151.

Ext- MANCO Meeting

 

Tue, 2nd July

Human Resources Manager

 

Students Examination briefing (Summer School)

 

Tue, 2nd July

AR/ Exam Moderator

152.

i)      Campus Dynamics Training Sessions or a    Meeting with users (Staff/Students)

 

ii)     MRU Journal final draft to be published

 

Wed, 3rd July

IS Officers

 

 

DGS & Secretary

153.

Open day for Kakeeka Campus, Mengo

 

(Attract Community Members to the Campus to participate in public lecturers/Cultural events)

Thur, 4th July

Marketing

 

All Faculties & Marketing

154.

 IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Student/Staff session) (review session)

Fri, 5th July

IS Officer

155.

Student Affairs Meeting/Committee

 

Tue, 9th July

Dean of Students

156

Last day of moderation of Examinations (Summer School) (External)

Tue,9th July

Examination Coordinator

157.

MANCO Meeting

 

Thur, 11th July

Secretary

        158.

Start of Summer School examinations

Mon, 15th July

Examination Coordinator

       159

Resource Mobilization & Marketing

 

Tue, 16th July

Marketing Officer

160.

End of Summer school Exams.

 

Sunday

21st July

Exam Coordinator

161.

IS Training Sessions or a Meeting with users (Staff/Students)

 

IS Officer

      162.

i)         Career Guidance

ii)      End of Marking and uploading exam Marks

 

Fri, 26 July

Marketing Officer

 

HoDs & Lecturers

       163.

Examination and irregularities Committee

Mon, 29th July

AR & Faculty Deans

164.

AMATIKKIRA GA SSABASAJJA KABAKA

 

i)            Publishing the Final exam Marks

Wed, 31st July

Marketing

 

AR

From August 2024 to JANUARY 2025