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The College hosted the Lt. Gen Charles Angina (the Deputy Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation) and Ms Deborah Mercy Nabukenya (Deputy RCC Kawempe) at the Knowledge For Life Symposium of University Students in Uganda that too place on 5th April 2018 at CEES in the DELP Video Conferencing Studio

Makerere University, School of Public Health (MakSPH) in collaboration with the Institute of Open, Distance and eLearning (Department of Open and Distance Learning), College of Education and External Studies; and DICTS has worked tirelessly to improve the online/e-learning and teaching experience of students and faculty on the Master of Public Health Distance Education (MakSPH MPH DE) Programme. Faculty on the MakSPH MPH DE programme have developed pedagogical courses and hosted them on an upgraded MUELE.

The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has sponsored 200 students to participate in the coming MakRun 2018. The Run will take place on Sunday 25^th March 2018 and will be flagged off by, the Katikkiro of Buganda, Ow'ekitiibwa Charles Peter Mayiga who is also an alumnus of the University at 7:00am in the Makerere University Freedom Square. For details click here

As one of the strategies to raise funds for the University, the Makerere University Endowment Fund (MakEF) –was established in 2014. MakEF under its mandate to achieve long term financial sustainability for the University started the MakRun.

The College Management team visited Makerere University, Lira Study Centre in Lira District on 13^th December 2017 for a fact finding mission. The Team   was led by the College Principal Prof. Fred Masagazi-Masaazi, other member of the team comprised of; Deputy Principal, Assoc Prof. Paul Birevu Muyinda, Dean, School of Distance and Lifelong Learning,  Dr. Alex Koop, Ag. Chair, Institute of Open Distance and e-learning, Mr. Nazarius Turyakira, Ag. Chair, Department of Adult and Community Education, Mr. Karembe Ahimbisibwe, Ag.

College Management team led by the College Principal Prof F. MasagaziMasaazi visited the Makerere University, Katungulu Campus in Bushenyi for a fact finding mission. This has been an arrangement by the University Management to plan for the Opening of that campus.

The campus has facilities like Lecture rooms, Computer Laboratories, Student Hostels, Sick Bay, Administration Block and Staff Offices. The report about this visitation is expected before the end of this month (December 2017

The School organized a training workshop where students on the Bachelor of Commerce External and Bachelor of Adult and Community Education were introduced to the Ready to Work program of Barclays Bank. The event took place from Thursday 9^th to Friday 10^th November 2017. It was organised and coordinated by Mr. Richard Kajumbula from Institute of Open, Distance and e-Learning. The event was also graced by the participation and co-ordination efforts of Mr. Ahimbisibwe Karembe, Chair, Department of Adult and Community Education, Ms.

The Department of Humanities and Language Education, Makerere University College of Education and External Studies and the African Association for History Education (AHE-Afrika) − based in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria in collaboration with the International Research Association for History and Social Sciences Education  have organized a  Second International Conference on History Education in Africa.