Directorate of Research: 
PREVIOUS EVENTS
DATES | ACTIVITY |
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2018 |
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July 18 |
Auditioning of innovation & business concepts with LAN-X Africa |
August 6 – 17 |
Defenses of Masters’ Theses · Marriage and Family Therapy · Leadership · Theology · Business Administration |
August 27 – 31 |
Research week Guest Speaker: Dr. Munene Mwaniki from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. |
Sept 19 – 21 |
University Research Conference |
| EVENT | FACILITATOR | PURPOSE | DATE | VENUE | No. of PAX | PICTORIALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD Colloquium | Dr. Dionysious Kihika Kiambi | Presentation of Concept papers by PhD in Organizational Leadership students | 22nd – 23rd November, 2017 | Conference Hall 1 | 26 |  |
| APA, Plagiarism and Research Writing Workshop | Dr. Jane Kinuthia | To equip students and create awareness on APA style of formatting and referencing. To inform students about plagiarism and take them through the basics of academic writing skills | 27th January, 2018 | Conference Hall 1 | 77 |  |
| Supervisors and Postgraduates Workshop | Prof. Peter Ngure (Expert in Resource Mobilization) | To improve the quality and effectiveness of supervision in order to ensure production of high quality Theses within the stipulated timelines. Focus will be on enhancement of effective supervision; supervisor-student relationships; roles and responsibilities as well as contractual matters; navigating supervision challenges and monitoring and tracking progress | 3rd February, 2018 | Conference Hall 1 | 93 |  |
| Postgraduate Students Thesis/Dissertations Write shop | Dr. Cavens Kithinji/ Dr. Dionysious Kihika Kiambi | To provide guidance to postgraduate students on the Thesis/Dissertation research and writing process. It will focus on PAC University Order of Sections for Theses/ Dissertations and the expected content in each section. | 24th February, 2018 | Conference Hall 1 | 67 | |
| Seminar on opportunities for promotion, incubation, patenting and commercialization of innovations (Collaboration with Lan - X Africa | Lan X-Africa (which is a business consulting company that focuses on personal development and business enhancement through revenue improvement) | To sensitize and create awareness on opportunities for innovation, incubation, patenting and commercialization of innovations. Also presented were the various techniques and procedures towards registering a business, patenting a product and areas for collaboration with Lan-X Africa. | 14th February, 2018 | Conference Hall 1 | 42 | |
| Data Analysis Workshop | SPSS, NVIVO and | To equip | 16th – 18th May | Conference Hall 2 | 15 | |
| STATA Experts | participants with | 2018 | ||||
| Prof. Abraham | the necessary data | |||||
| Waithima | analysis and | |||||
| Dr. Joshua | interpretation | |||||
| Tumuti | skills required for | |||||
| Dorothy Oluoch | academic, research | |||||
| and development | ||||||
| pursuits. | ||||||
| Research Seminar | Prof. Johannes | Seminar on | 16th & 18th May, | Conference Hall 1 | 30 | |
| Langba, from the | research writing | 2018 | ||||
| University of | and analysis | |||||
| Kwazulu Natal, | techniques | |||||
| South Africa |