The 8th annual conference was special this year as its emphasis was on the growing alumni group. Three of the alumni Aphonce Oginga, Denis Mtwiri and Michael Murigi organized and planned the entire event. Student Coordinator Catherine Kaimenyi can be proud as she has mentored the scholars to do just this. Third year scholar Hussein Said reviewed the mission, vision, and goals of PATHWAYS.
With the growing emphasis on the alumni group, a guest speaker with over a decade of experience in project implementation, Fred Otieno, was brought in to provide suggestions on the way forward. He noted the levels of engagement in an alumni organization and exactly how to erect an alumni posture from scratch. His message encompassed issues on alumni leadership, structure of the alumni association and the ways of interaction/communication, and even offered the usual misconceptions that tend to be associated with such entities. Kudos, Fred, you did a handsome job! After two days of activities, a quote that the group walked away with was, ‘The best way to predict your future is to create it” –Abraham Lincoln. Many thanks to Dr. Mbaabu Mathiu, Vice President of PATHWAYS, Catherine Kaimenyi, Student Coordinator, and Monicah Wairimu, Outreach Coordinator, for their dedication and commitment to the scholars and the PATHWAYS mission.
