College of Social Sciences and Humanities conducted National Curriculum Review Workshop on August 28, 2017 as part of its preparations to launch two Ph.D. programs: Ph.D. in Peace & Development Studies and Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Studies for the coming 2017/18 academic year.

In his opening speech, Dr. Belaineh Legesse, Vice-president for Administration and Student Affairs, appreciated the College’s initiative to expand and diversify its academic programs by launching such innovative programs that would become vital additions to the existing pool of diverse Ph.D. programs run by the university. He also noted that both programs are relevant and in line with the university’s vision to become one of the leading universities in Africa by the year 2025 and assured the university management’s relentless and continuous support for the college in implementing the programs as envisioned.

As Dr. Adinew Tadesse, Dean of the College clarified the curricula for the programs were developed based on needs assessment. The developed curricula were also critically scrutinized and evaluated through Internal/In-house Curriculum Review Workshop. It is after passing through these rigorous processes that this National Workshop was organized to further evaluate and enrich the two curricula with the participation of professional reviewers, staff, students, and stakeholders.Through these programs, the college aspires to address the dynamic and complex issues of the society such as conflict, security, justice, environmental crisis, climate change, food security, migration, disaster, etc. to mention some.

Furthermore, Dr. Mengistu Urge, Director for Postgraduate Programs Directorate, in his closing speech, expressed his gratitude to the reviewers and the workshop participants for the constructive comments and suggestions forwarded to shape the content, pedagogy, and structure of the curriculum for the two programs.

He recommended addressing the concerns and inquiries forwarded and making both programs ready for implementations they are relevant and high demand at the moment. The event was attended by over 60 HU staff, postgraduate students and senior professionals from Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar Universities.

College of Natural and Computational Sciences, in collaboration with the Vice-President for Community Engagement and Enterprises Development, and Vice President for Administration and Students Affairs has conducted one-month training for 379 grade 9 -12 students selected from the nearby high schools.

According to Dr. Seleshi Demie, Associate Dean of the College said “The College has been offering such programssince2013to service high school students during the summer.
The 379 outstanding high school students were drawn from West and East Hararghe zonal districts, Harari Regional State, Haramaya University Model School and schools around the University vicinity. The students were given practical training in the field of natural and social sciences: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, ICT, English and mathematics.

Dr. Seleshi added that during the course of the training, the University provided boarding services to the students for about a month in addition to meal, health and other related services. He said, “This program has been a paramount opportunity for cultural exchanges, in addition to the intended lessons. Since the program accepts only those who are outstanding, it has also served as a venue to inculcate competition amongst the students back in the schools where they come from.”
Among the 379 trainees, 297were male, whereas the remaining 82 were females.
One of the trainees, Tsedey Teshome a Grade 12 student from East Hararghe Zone, Deder Secondary School, explained that the training was crucial in filling the gap they had and invoked their interest toward science.

Another trainee, Ayisha Mohammed, Grade 10 student, from Harari Regional State, Aw-Abdal Secondary said that the training has enabled her to get answers to the questions that bothered her mind concerning university life.

Student Sulteyb Afendi from Harari Regional State, Aw-Abdal Secondary Grade 10 student added that this kind of training is so important to increase their interest as a venue to develop a healthy competition amongst students back in the schools they come from.

All candidates appreciated and gave many thanks to the University and indicated that they are happy with the training program and the event has enabled them to get see what university life would be like; as well as obtaining a multitude of knowledge from the training which will enable them to prepare for next level in their further education.

Ethiopian Society of Animal Production celebrated its 25th Silver Jubilee in Haramaya University from August 24-25, 2017.

Prof. Fekadu Beyene, Minister of Ministry of Livestock and Fishery, on the occasion said technological processes need to be implemented to advance the livestock resources. He also added that there are efforts are being made in irrigation technology and advanced research outputs in order to alleviate problems related to animal feed that stems from climate change.

The Minister indicated beside the activities being done by the Ministry, higher educational institutions need to address the problems of the agropastoralists through problem-solving research activities.

Dr. Getachew Gebru, President of ESAP, said “The Ethiopian Animal Production Society is a professional society which was established in 1990 with the objective of promoting the advancement of livestock production through sustained scientific research, development and extension. ESAP is working toward fostering interest in research and development in animal production; as well as safeguarding professional quality, academic standards and relevance in research.”

Prof. Chemeda Fininsa, President of Haramaya University, on his part said in addition to the learning-teaching process, the University is doing its part in asserting its resources to improve the livelihood of the society, and researches in livestock resources and health are among them.
“The University,” he added, “has distributed improved varieties of sheep and goats that give improved quality and quantity of meat and milk productions to the surrounding agrarians”

According to Prof. Chemeda, the University sends its animal production students to nearby towns in East Hararghe Zone, Harari Region and Dire Dawa Administration to give vaccinations for diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

On the occasion, a certificate and medals ceremony was conducted to individuals who have contributed to the establishment and development of the Society. The two-day event saw the presentations of scientific papers on livestock resources and animal production as well as an animal fair, where individuals from the surrounding community presented their experiences in livestock fattening and rearing.

ታዋቂው ተመራማሪ ፕሮፌሰር ተካልኝ ማሞ ባደረባቸው ህመም ምክንያት ከዚህ ዓለም በሞት ተለዩ፡፡

በተማሪነት በ1966 ዓ.ም ዩኒቨርሲቲያችንን የተቀላቀሉት ፕ/ር ተካልኝ ማሞ በዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ውስጥ በመምህርነት ፣ በተመራማሪነት ፣ በደብረ ዘይት እርሻ ምርምር ማዕከል ዳይሬክተርነት ፣ በአስተዳደርና ልማት ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንትነት በርካታ የኤም.ኤሲ እና ፒ.ኤች.ዲ ተማሪዎችን በማማከር ሳይንሳዊ ጽሑፎችን አበርክተዋል፡፡ ከዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ከለቀቁ በኋላ እስከ ቅርብ ጊዜ ድረስ የዩኒቨርሲቲያችን ስራ አመራር ቦርድ አባል በመሆንም አገልግለዋል፡፡
በ1996 ዓ.ም በግብርና ሚኒስቴር ሚኒስትር ዲኤታነት ተሹመው ለአንድ ዓመት ከስድስት ወር ካገለገሉ በኋላ ለህክምና ወደ ውጪ ሀገር በመሄድ ህክምናቸውን ተከታትለው ሲመለሱም በጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ፅ/ቤት በሚኒስትር ዲኤታነት እንዲሁም የምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴሩ አማካሪነት በመሆን ከአምስት ዓመት በላይ አገልግለዋል፡፡
በጠቅላይ ሚኒስቴር ፅ/ቤት የፖሊሲ ጉዳይ አማካሪ ሆነው ባገለገሉባቸው ጊዜያት በአሁኑ ወቅት በመተግበር ላይ የሚገኘውን የማህበረሰብ አቀፍ ተፋሰስ ልማት ስትራቴጂ (Community-Based Participatory Water-Shed Development) በመንደፍና በዘርፉ ላይ የሚሰሩ ባለድርሻ አካላትን በማሳተፍ ረቂቅ ፖሊሲውን አዘጋጅተዋል፡፡ በሀገራችን የሚገኝ አሲዳማ አፈር በኖራ በማከም ለግብርና ስራ አመቺ እንዲሆን ቴክኖሎጂውን አመንጭቶ የማስተዋወቅ፣ የኮትቻ አፈር በሚገኝባቸው አካባቢዎችም አፈሩን የማንጠፍጠፍ ቴክኖሎጂን በማስተዋወቅ እንዲሁም በሀገራችን የተጎሳቆሉ የተፈጥሮ ሀብቶች እንዲያገግሙ የሚያስችሉ አሰራሮችን በመንደፍና በማስተዋወቅ የሀገራችን ግብርና ውጤት እንዲሻሻል ፕሮፌሰር ተካልኝ ከፍተኛ ጥረት በማድረግ ተጨባጭ ለውጥ እንዲታይ ሙያዊ አስተዋፅዖዋቸውን አበርክተዋል፡፡ ከዚህም ባሻገር የሀገራችን የአምስት ዓመት የአፈር ለምነት ፍኖተ ካርታን በ2003 ዓ.ም በማዘጋጀት ከአንደኛው የዕድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ ጋር ተጣጥሞ ተግባራዊ እንዲደረግ አድርገዋል፡፡
ፕሮፌሰር ተካልኝ ማሞ በሀገራችን አንቱ የተባሉ የአፈር ሳይንስ ተመራማሪ የነበሩ ሲሆን በሀገር አቀፍና ዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ በርካታ እውቅናና ሽልማቶችንም አግኝተዋል፡፡ ከነዚህም መካከል እ.ኤ.አ በያራ የ2014 የአፍሪካ አረንጓዴ አብዮት ሎሬት ተብለው ሲሸለሙ በ2015 የዓለም የምግብና የእርሻ ድርጅት ዓለም ዓቀፍ ልዩ የአፈር አምባሳደሮች ብሎ ሁለት ተመራማሪዎችን ሲመርጥ ፕ/ር ተካልኝ አንደኛው ተመራጭ ነበሩ፡፡ ከዚህም በተጨማሪ እ.ኤ.አ በ2016 ዓለም አቀፍ የማዳበሪያ አምራቾች ማህበር ከ30 ዓመት በላይ የኢትዮጵያን አፈርና የተፈጥሮ ሀብትን ለመጠበቅ ባደረጓቸው ምርምሮች 11 ሚሊየን አርሶ አደሮችን ተጠቃሚ በማድረጋቸው ማህበሩ የሚያዘጋጀውን የኖርማን ቦርላግ ሽልማት ተሸላሚ የሆኑበት ከብዙዎቹ ሽልማቶቻቸው ለአብነት የሚቀርቡ ናቸው፡፡
ፕ/ር ተካልኝ ማሞ በቅርቡ በሞሮኮ በሚገኘው የአፍሪካ አፈር ጥናት ማዕከል ኃላፊ ሆነው በማገልገል ላይ የነበሩ ሲሆን ባደረባቸውን ህመም ምክንያት ከዚህ ዓለም በሞት ተለይተዋል፡፡ አስከሬናቸውም ዓርብ ጷጉሜ 3 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም ወደ ሀገር ውስጥ ገብቶ ስርዓተ ቀብራቸው ቅዳሜ ጷጉሜ 4 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ መንበረ ፀባኦት ቅድስት ስላሴ ካቴድራል ይፈጽማል፡፡
የሀረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲም ለቤተሰቦቻቸው፣ ለስራ ባልደረቦቻቸውና ለወዳጅ ዘመዶቻቸው መፅናናትን ይመኛል፡፡

Research Extension and Publication Directorate in collaboration with ISSD East Oromia Region Project offered training to 35 trainees of whom 10 were woreda experts, 5 cooperative development  agents (DAs) and 20 seed producers’ cooperative executive committee gathered from five different  woredas that are engaged in seed production in the East Hararghe Zone from 5-6 September 2017 at  Harar Ras-Hotel.
During the opening sessions Mr. Fayisa Hundesa, on behalf of the Directorate, said that the participants  are expected to take the general concept of cooperative from the training that would enable them to  practically implement in the seed business. He added that the purpose of the training is to identify  challenges faced by seed producers’ cooperatives executive committee members while implementing the four components and rules of cooperative in their tasks.

The training commenced with active involvement of participants with an experience sharing session among with one another and the participants were given group assignments on business plan development and financial record keeping and reporting of their respective cooperative work and  presented in front of the audience with the guidance of respective trainers.  The training was delivered by two experts invited from East Harahge Zone Cooperative Office and the trainees from Haramaya, Babile, Kombolcha, Jarso and Chelenko participated.

The training consisted of four important cooperative components such as principles of cooperative  management, seed business plan, cooperative financial management and seed marketing system that create strong linkage among actors and increase the knowledge and skill of the participants while running seed business at their local areas to satisfy the input (seed, fertilizers, chemicals, etc.) demand of their respective members.  Mr. Abinet Tesfaya, Assistant Manager of Eastern Hararghe Zone Cooperative Office, in his closing  remark said the training was encouraging to the seed producers cooperatives’ to be active in performing their activities basing on the rule and regulation of cooperative agency and to enhance the knowledge  and capacity of the trainees in seed production.

On a similar note, BENEFIT-ISSD Project, Oromia East Unit organized and conducted a four-day  training on Cooperative Organizational and Financial Management, Marketing, and Business Plan  Development for Seed producers’ Cooperatives (SPCs), Development Agents (DAs) and woreda  partners at Chiro and Harar cities respectively from 1-2 and 3-4 September 2017.

A total of 60 trainees of whom 8 females with direct support from SPCs (Haji Faji, Lalisa Ifadin, Abdi  Gudina, Oda Madda and Rakata Fura), and DAs and Woreda Cooperative Agencies (Babile, Kersa, Habro, Oda Bultum and Mieso) participated in the training.

In the four-day training different topics including but not limited to cooperative organization  management, concept of good governance in cooperative, power and role of boards of directors in cooperative governance, cooperative leadership and its challenge, basic values and ethics in  cooperatives, membership and gender participation (women, men and youth participation), and women  participation in cooperative leadership; Principles and mechanisms of quality seed marketing, seed value chain actors in seed production and marketing, standard store and seed management, principles of  quality seeds production and marketing, business plan development, practices, and implementation and action plan development at individual and SPCs levels were covered.
During the general discussion session, trainees raised issues they considered to be of importance and the way forward was indicated. The trainees confirmed that the training enabled them to realize that  they were understanding and undertaking professionalism mistakenly due to lack of awareness and  knowledge.

2017/18 Call for Proposals on

Women Research Grant (WG) Competition

Proposals should be submitted in line with the Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons.

• Deadline for submission:  October 30, 2017
• Place of submission:           HU Research Affairs Office (Main Campus) or Theme 2 research leader office (Harar Campus)

• Team composition:             The project PI must be a female and atleast 50 % of the other team members should be females.

Innovative Research Grant (IF) Grant Competition

Proposals should be submitted in line with the Research Thematic Areas of the University and shall focus in the Eastern Part of Ethiopia except for compelling reasons.

• Deadline for submission:   October 30, 2017
• Place of submission:   HU Research Affairs Office (Main Campus) or Theme 2 research leader office (Harar Campus)

• Focus:  Water conservation and development, Climate and Environment, Nutrition, Maternal and child health, Software, Electrical and Mechanical engineering technologies, etc.

2017/18 Special Research Grant Competition

The Research Affairs Office would like to invite interested staff to compete for the following research grant competition

1. Women Research Grant (WG)
2. Innovative Research Grant (IF)
3. Knowledge Transfer (KT) Grant

• Deadline for submission:  October 30, 2017
• Place of submission:  HU Research Affairs Office (Main Campus) or

Theme 2 research leader office (Harar Campus)

2017/18 Call for Proposals on

Knowledge Transfer (KT) Grant Competition

• Applicants must be staff members of Haramaya University
• It should be based on knowledge and best practices generated under previous research undertaken anywhere, as far as the knowledge is justifiably important.
• Focus areas of should fall under the Research Thematic Areas of the University
• Proposal should focus on eastern Ethiopia.

Submission: In a hard copy to the Research Affairs Office (main campus) or to the

Office of Theme 2 leader (Harar Campus)

• Deadline October 30, 2017
• Further details at www.haramaya.edu.et

2017/18 Call for Proposals

With USAID’s support, local lawyers and law students are helping open up the justice system to hundreds of thousands in Ethiopia.

Is this really happening to me?” Abdela Muhammed Ahimed kept asking himself that question.

Several years ago, he left his property in the East Hararghe Zone of Ethiopia’s Oromia Region for voluntary military service. When he returned home, he discovered that his land had been seized by squatters.

Ahimed tried to regain possession of his property, but in January 2016, local police confronted him, arrested him and kept him in jail for three months with no charges filed. Because land ownership certificates are non-existent in some rural parts of Ethiopia, he could not produce any formal records to prove his ownership.

During Ahimed’s confinement, the squatters accused him of rape and the prosecutor filed charges against him. He waited another nine months until trial. He had no money to hire a lawyer and had no knowledge of the criminal court system. After the accusers testified, the judge found Ahimed guilty and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

For many Ethiopians, such a scenario is all too familiar. Justice is inaccessible largely because of lack of knowledge of laws and legal rights. More importantly, with nearly 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line, most people cannot afford legal fees. Women, children, the disabled and the elderly are especially disadvantaged. Not surprisingly, citizens’ confidence in the justice system is low.

In an effort to make the justice system more accessible, academic staff and students from the College of Law at Haramaya University began providing legal services in the local area in 2010. In 2013, USAID teamed up with the university to expand the program, creating the Access to Justice and Legal Awareness Activity. Through the program, trained lawyers provide services from 43 legal service centers strategically located inside courts and prison facilities. The lawyers provide advice, write pleadings, represent clients in court and resolve disputes outside of the courtroom. To help train the next generation, the lawyers supervise law students in providing advice.

One of these lawyers, Megersa Abate, who provides legal advice in prisons, heard about Ahimed’s story and filed an appeal to the Oromia Region Supreme Court. The court conducted further investigation, determined that the witnesses’ testimony was false, and dismissed the charges.

One year after his arrest, Ahimed was a free man and able to return to his property. “I’m very happy, thank you to Haramaya University and USAID,” he said upon his release from prison.

Thus far, lawyers like Abate have filed 262 prisoner appeals and achieved an extraordinary 92 percent success rate. Through the appeals, the court freed 38 prisoners like Ahimed and reduced sentences for 204 prisoners by anywhere from six months to 18 years.

Cases like Ahimed’s that relate to land disputes are not uncommon and can often turn into criminal cases, with those charged unable to afford private layers or even the court fee to bring their case to court.

Take the case of Asha Adem. The 20-year-old was living with her grandfather. After he died, the right to live in his house passed to her through inheritance. However, eight people filed a joint action against her, hoping to keep Adem from getting the house.

The case eventually went to court. Because she had no funds to fight against them, Adem was afraid and on the verge of abandoning her claim to the house. Fortunately, she was eligible to receive legal assistance from the Harar Legal Service Center.

Zelalem Michael, the attorney at the aid center, helped prepare pleadings and successfully represented her in court. “I was in tears when the judgment was in my favor; I couldn’t even speak. I am so grateful to Zelalem for his support,” Adem said.

Access to Justice has provided free legal aid services to nearly 169,000 people, 52 percent of whom were women, and has explained legal rights to nearly 324,000. Perhaps more impressive is the value of services provided—using an hourly rate of $4.50 (the average for legal services in rural Ethiopia), the value of legal aid services provided so far is approximately $58.1 million.

People are now able to get advice about seeking redress and obtaining professional representation before a court of law. The center’s lawyers are also involved in teaching the community about legally recognized rights, duties and privileges in various settings like court compounds, prisons, and public and private schools. These legal awareness activities take place in court compounds before the morning court sessions and at the start of the afternoon court sessions. The activity also has a community radio station that provides legal dramas, radio call-in programs, guest speakers and other activities in two different local languages.

According to Mahir Abdu Semad, president of the Harari Supreme Court, “With these legal services and increased awareness, the community’s confidence in the court system, and in the justice system in general, has grown.”

“Access to legal aid in Ethiopia advances inclusive and accountable governance and improves confidence in the legal system. Without free legal aid, these communities will continue to suffer from escalating violence and exploitation,” said USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director Leslie Reed.

Not surprisingly, Haramaya University’s reputation has grown stronger because of these legal services, and with USAID support, the quality of legal education at the university has improved. In the activity’s remaining year, USAID and Haramaya University are working with other universities and the Government of Ethiopia to continue the legal services.

“This activity has become an indispensable asset for ensuring access to justice and respect for human rights,” said Haramaya University President Chemeda Fininsa.

(By Robert Sauers)

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Haramaya University’s College of Law participates in the 26^th African Human Right Moot Court Competition which took place in the University of Mauritius, Mauritius from September 18-23, 2017.  The team representing the College consisted of two 4^th year law students: Ashenafi Debash and Fisum Girma and one college representative, Mr. Yibeltal Alemu.

According to the moot court rule, the competitors are expected to prepare a maximum of 4000 words memorials for both the applicant and respondent side. The students did the written submission during their vacation and the submissions were approved by the organizers which made the team qualify for the oral argument.

This competition is the largest human right competition in Africa and above 54 universities participated representing different countries. The competition was organized by the center for human rights in Pretoria in collaboration with the University of Mauritius. Mainly, the competition strives to create awareness on human rights in the region. This year the theme of the competition was the “Privatization of tourism industry and its related consequence on human rights”.

The competition had preliminary rounds to be argued on the given hypothetical case, and Mr. Yibeltal Alemu was a judge on those rounds.

The students showed an outstanding performance throughout the competition and they scored 74 point for their written submission and 69 for the oral argument. The experience was great for the students as well as for the College to be recognized and appreciated.

Haramaya University’s College of Law took the fourth rank in the second Africa Regional Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition held in Nairobi. The competition was held on September 1^st and 2^nd.

The HU team consisted of law students Amenti Abera, Menen Bezabeh, Asegidew Tsega, Barkiligne Berhanu and Coach Daniel Esubalew. They faced teams from different African law schools and showed up an outstanding performance. Additionally, two  advocates  of the  team Menen Bezabih and Barkiligne Berhanu,  have  made  it  into  the  Top 10 Advocates  of  the  Regional round.

Mr Daniel said the team has performed profoundly both in research, memorial, and oral advocacy though the result was not as expected. The competition has contributed a lot for research and oral advocacy capacity of the students to enhance their self-esteem.

A moot court competition imitates proceedings followed in real courts, simulating a real court environment where participants will have to adhere to court decorum and procedure. It is a legal debate between two teams that will be evaluated by legal practitioners. Particularly Foreign Direct Investment moot court is crucial for developing countries like Ethiopia due to the increasing international investment, the proliferation of international investment treaties, domestic legislation, and international investment contracts which would contribute to the development of a new field of international law that defines obligations between host states and foreign investors and refers to internationalised procedures (e.g. ICSID) for resolving related disputes. These disputes involve not only vast sums, but also panoply of rights, duties, and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy. The FDI Moot helps future lawyers attain a practical understanding of these issues. The case and hearings offer  a  unique  forum  for  academics  and  practitioners  from  around  the  world  to discuss developments and assess emerging talents.

The Coach also said the team members are grateful for the continuous follow-up of the College, the Dean of the College and the University administration. “They have consistently encouraged students to take part in extra-curricular activities such as moots,” he added.

The moot court was organised by the Africa Nazarene University. The co-founders of the FDI Moot are the Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS), Kings’ College London (KCL), Pepperdine University School of Law (PUSL), Suffolk University Law School (SULS), and the German Institution for Arbitration (DIS).

የሐረማያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ  “የላቀ ውጤት ማስመዝገቢያ ዘዴዎች” በሚል ርዕስ ለተቋሙ  መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች ስልጠና ሰጠ፡፡

የዩኒቨርስቲው ፕሬዝዳንት ፕሮፌሰር ጨመዳ ፊኒንሳ እንዳሉት ስልጠናው የሰው ልጅ በኑሮው ውጤታማ መሆን የሚችሉበትን መንገድ ከተለያዩ የአገር ውስጥና የውጭ ተሞክሮዎች በማቆራኘት የሚቀርቡበት በመሆኑ ጠቀሜታው የጎላ ነው። “መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች ተሞክሮ በመቅሰም ልምዳቸውን ያጎለብቱበታል ” ብለዋል ።

በተለይ ሰላማዊና ቅን አስተሳሰብ ማዳበር የተቋሙን የመማር ማስተማር ስራና በተማሪዎች መካከል ያሉትን መልካም ግንኙነቶች ወደ ተሻለ ደረጃ ለማሸጋገር እንደሚያስችል ጠቅሰዋል።

እንዲሁም የተቋሙ አጠቃላይ የስራ ሂደት ሰላማዊና ውጤታማ እንዲሆን አስተዋጽኦ እንዳለውም ጠቁመዋል።

”የላቀ ውጤት ማስመዝገቢያ ዘዴዎች” በሚል ርዕስ ፅሁፍ ያቀረቡት በኦሮሚያ ክልል በምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት ማዕረግ የኦህዴድ ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ ጽህፈት ቤት ኃላፊ   ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ ምሁራን ከቀለምና ሙያ ትምህርት ጎን ለጎን ሰላማዊና ቀና አስተሳሰብን በማስተማር ለአገር እድገት አስተዋጽኦ የሚያበረክቱ ዜጎችን የማፍራት ኃላፊነታቸውን መወጣት ይጠበቅባቸዋል ብለዋል፡፡

ምሁራን ለዜጎች የሚሰጡት የቀለም ትምህርትና የሚያከናውኑት የምርምር ስራ የማህበረሰቡን ህይወት ከመቀየር ባለፈ የላቀ የሀገር እድገትና አስተሳሰብ በማምጣት በኩል አስተዋጽኦ እያደረገ ነው ።

ዜጎች ሀገሪቱ ያላትን አንጡራ ሐብትና ባህሎችን  በአግባቡ ተጠቅመው የተሻለ ህይወት እንዲመሩ በማሳወቅ ረገድ ምሁራን ሚናቸውን ሊወጡ እንደሚገባም አሳስበዋል።

የሰው ልጅ ማህበራዊ በመሆኑ የላቀ አስተሳሰብና እውቀት ቢኖረውም ብቻውን የሚሄድበት ርቀት ውስን ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም በሰላም የመኖር አስተሳሰብ፤በፍቅር የመኖር አስተሳሰብን በማዳበር በጋራ መበልጸግና መስራት እንደሚቻል ነው የተናገሩት፡፡

የስነ አዕምሮ ባለሙያ መምህርና ደራሲ ዶክተር ምህረት ደበበም ሀሳብና ትሩፋት /Idea and Legacy/ በሚል ርዕስ ሳይንሱንና የህይወት ተሞክሯቸውን በማካተት የማነቃቂያ ፅሁፍ አቅርበው ውይይት ተደርጎበታል፡፡

ለሁለት ቀን በቆየው ስልጠና የዋናው ግቢ እንዲሁም ሐረር ከተማ የሚገኘው የጤናና ህክምና ሳይንስ ኮሌጅ መምህራንና የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች የተሳተፉ ሲሆን መሰል ዝግጅቶች ለወደፊቱም እንዲዘጋጅ ጥያቄ አቅርበዋል፡፡

October 16, 2017

Vacant position under the Vice-President for Research Affairs

Position: Editorial manager for the Haramaya Law Review

Number required:1 (one)

Terms of assignment: position equivalent to Associate Dean

Job description:

• Organizing manuscripts to be published, doing editorial and formatting work, preparing manuscript for printing and online uploading, etc. in compliance with the journal guidelines.
• Corresponding with authors, reviews, editors, and editorial board members for facilitating reviewing and other activities related to preparing manuscripts for publication.
• Administering publication website
• Facilitating indexing of publications and monitoring visibility of journals and compiling data.
• Following up on article citations and giving feedback to authors.
• Preparing and maintaining database of reviewers and editors.
• Performing all other related duties.

Required Qualifications and skills:

1. A minimum of Master’s degree in law and related disciplines;
2. Three years of experience at the University(preference will be given to related experience),
3. Good command of spoken and written English;
4. Adequate computer and document formatting skills; and
5. Experiences of working with software such as publisher, Adobe Photoshop, In Design, etc. will be an advantage.

Duty station: Haramaya University main campus

Deadline: Application letter and CV should be submitted to the Human Resource Management and Development Directorate in hardcopies until 26 October 2017.

Our University stood 3rd among the 1st generation Ethiopian public universities based on the 2009 E.C. performance evaluation made by the Ministry of Education. Congratulation for all, as this is a fruition of our efforts and hard work in the year 2009 E.C.
We can snatch a better rank in 2010 E.C, if we exert all our efforts with a strong team spirit.
Hraramaya University

Haramaya University’s English Language Improvement Center (ELIC) has won the English Access Micro scholarship Program which is funded by the American government, and received more than 3,700 donated books from the American Embassy.

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia announced an open competition for Grant Proposals for the administration of the English Access Micro scholarship Program (Access), which provides English-language instruction to 13 to 20 year-old disadvantaged pupils, to include pupils from urban, rural and/or ethnic minority regions of Ethiopia. As per the call, Haramaya University’s ELIC has won the project and started executing.

It is possible to understand from Mr. Melkamu Alemu, ELIC coordinator that the overall objective of the Access Program is to enhance the English-language skills of disadvantaged youth and thereby develop increased self-confidence, stronger critical thinking skills and opportunities to study abroad or obtain jobs.

Specific objectives include: 1) Providing students from socially disadvantaged families with English language classes at no cost;  2) Enabling these students to develop leadership and interpersonal skills through various enhancement activities;  3) Increasing students’ understanding of U.S. culture and ideals through enrichment activities;  4) Enabling students with improved English language skills to successfully participate in U.S. government-funded academic exchange programs and other public diplomacy initiatives.

As per the agreement, the university is expected to select 75 students from the nearby high schools to give this scholarship opportunity which will have a duration of two years of after-school English language instruction and enhancement activities, e.g. at least 180 hours of instruction per year or a minimum 360 hours, aimed at improving students overall English language proficiency in the four basic skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading. Mr. Melkamu said that in addition to providing quality instruction in the English language to Access students, the university will be encouraged to conduct enhancement activities with content that gives the participants insights into, and an appreciation for, U.S. culture and democratic ideals.  These activities could involve such things as public speaking or debate clubs; lessons on U.S. society and culture (celebrations of American holidays); community awareness activities, including civic education classes; community service and advocacy discussions and activities, including Global Youth Service Day; and English-language summer camps.

The project has been launched on October 21^st 2017 after selecting 75 high school students from Harar, Aweday, Haramaya, Adele, Haramaya University Model and Bate high schools. The selection was made in collaboration with seven high schools’ principals to sort out students with economic problems and best academic performance.

The center’s coordinator has also stated that more than 3,700 books have been donated to the project and the university through the office, ELIC. He stated that these books which approximately worth more than 500, 00 ETB are diverse in nature though many of them focus on English language. All the books are handed over to the university’s library after books used for the access students are selected out of them.