Hope SJUT

St John's has a new social action student club called Hope SJUT focussing specifically on health and gender issue. It was founded by a Business student, Kipeja Benedict S., a Nursing student Lyangwa Joyce and Theology student Mtaki Venastus and was officially inaugurated on the 25th of October. The first official activities were visiting an orphan centre called the Village of Hope (Kijiji cha Matumaini) and an HIV/AIDS orphanage in Dodoma that is run by the Catholic Church. Other activities include giving seminars to the nearby secondary schools including Kikuyu Secondary School here in Dodoma.

Most of the money used so far for such activities has come from the generosity of the founding members however they are now looking for other sources to support their work.

A new university intake - our second

St John's University has over 1100 new students on campus, over 600 of them studying education.
This is the swearing in ceremony of the new President of the University Student Council.

TANZANIA HOUSE OF PRAYER

The SJUT Multipurpose Hall, Chapel and Residential Halls are full! SJUT is hosting the Tanzania House of Prayer's Prayer Convocation this week of 14 July, 2008.

SJUT Chapel is filled each morning from 4 am to 6 am with the House of Prayer's Prayer Convocation Attendees united in prayer. Wednesday morning's Prayer Meeting, lead by the wife of SJUT Vice Chancellor, was inspiring and God was glorified!

Prayer Convocation Attendees join in the worship and intercession.

SJUT LABS IN USE

The campus and Residence Hall are filled! SJUT is the site of the "Practicals" for the students enrolled at the Dodoma Open University.

The Students are busy, the labs are providing the hands on application required to complete the course work.

What a delight to extend the doors of education to a wider group of students!

SJUT welcomes those in pursuit of higher education.

UK MISSION GROUP TOURS SJUT

Seventeen students and leaders from the UK spent the morning touring the campus of SJUT.

A reception was held to welcome the group and give the University a chance to visit and exchange ideas and objectives of SJUT.

The Group was hosted by the Salaman family, CMS Volunteers and SJUT Physic lecturer.

Welcome all!

EARNING TO LEARN AT SJUT

SJUT Student works through the academic year and summer to earn the money needed to continue his education. With plans to graduate with a degree in business, he is aquiring the practical experince needed to be a success. Selling chickens door to door selected from the local villages. Next he will bring eggs!

VOLUNTEER AT SJUT

Volunteers at SJUT this summer are busy in the Library.
Helping the staff by entering information, cataloging and shelving the books recently donated from Books for Africa. (www.booksforafrica.org)

The Science text books and support material are wonderful and will go far to provide information to the students at SJUT!

Thank you Books for Africa!

TAMASHA AT SJUT

SJUT Multipurpose Hall was the site of a Tamasha (Fundraiser) for the Revival Choir that sings at the Kikiuyu Parish which meets in the Chapel on Campus.

The Revival Choir, above, performs for the audience. CMS Missionary and wife of Physics staff lecturer adds her talents to the choir by singing (Swahili), dancing, and serving as Treasurer and committee member for the Tamasha.

The auction included a goat, chickens and much more!

MISSION TRIP- HOLY TRINITY, NC, USA

SJUT hosted a group of Americans from Holy Trinity Church, North Carolina. The group spent their time at SJUT touring the campus, discussion the "Alpha Program", attending a choir rehearsal and fellowship with SJUT staff and families.

The wife of the Vice Chancellor demonstrates the how to tie a khanga. The group visited on the fourth of July-USA independence day-the "khanga of the day", in red, white and blue -reminds all:"Mungu ni muweza wa yote" (God is able over all).

TOUR SJUT

SJUT Staff hosted the visitors from the McCallie School, USA for a tour of the University on 18 June. The McCallie School (http://www.mccallie.org/) sent a group of 16 to Dodoma to work on three houses for Habitat for Humanity. The SJUT Tour included Academic area with it's lecture Theatres & Multipurpose Hall, the Library. Faulty areas of Pharmacy labs, Computer Block, Nursing Block, Science Labs and the Chapel. Residential housing for Staff and Students.

Fellowship and Dinner followed, providing a time of open discussion between staff and visitors. Assistant Theology Lecturer, CMS Australia Volunteer and guest.

McCallie Dean of Residential life and wife of Physics lecturer, CMS UK Volunteer, discuss life at SJUT.

Physic Lecturer CMS UK Volunteer discuss SJUT and life in Tanzania.

Deputy Vice Chancellor, US Volunteer and Dean of Education, CMS Australia Volunteer exchange ideas with McCallie Visitors.

While in Dodoma, visit SJUT and see for yourself God's work in East Africa, as the Anglican Church of Tanzania establishes a new University in Tanzania. To arrange a tour contact SJUT through the Website.

SJUT COUNCIL MEETS

SJUT Council and Senate met and approved the advancment of the Institute of Development Studies, the Institute of Communication Skills, and the Centre for Informaiton & Communications Technology. Currently overseen by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academics pior to becomming independent units.

SJUT Council is lookinga ways of building the much needed new hostels and finding accommodations for the up comming academic year.

Also underway, the setting up of "Tanzania Friends of SJUT", starting with former students education on the campus of SJUT when it was home to the former Alliance & Mazengo Secondary schools.

MARKING BEGINS

Now,...the marking begins! The staff at SJUT is VERY busy marking the final exams.

Dr. Carr, Dean of Education begins to process the scores and scores of final exams.

Yes, they are stacked everwhere,..and this is just part of the Education exam section!

The Students are anxious for their results comming out at the end of June.

SCHOOL'S OUT!

SJUT exams finished June 6 and students begin to head home to all parts of Tanzania!

...by taxi

...by car

or by bus! Exhausted and excited to have completed their first year at SJUT! Congratulations to all.

Leon Sullivan Summit VIII

The Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Finance and Planning joined a host of others at the Leon Sullivan Summit VIII http://www.thesullivanfoundation.org/summit/about/index.asp

held in Arusha.

President Kikwete addresses the packed conference room.

The support of Higher education in Tanzania is key to the future of it's citizens.

Physics!

Yea! Physics, Math, English, Kiswahili and Finance are all new courses SJUT will be offering in 2008-2009.

Mr. Salaman has begun the preparations in the Physics labs.

The next few months will be very busy for SJUT!