Dear Denis,
Thanks for sharing the background of our fallen hero, we will miss him dearly. He was a Great man! May his soul rest in eternal peace! My sincere condolences to the family and may the Almighty God comfort them at this hard times. Willy On 27 January 2016 at 11:32, Christine Munduru <cmund...@gmail.com> wrote: > May his soul rest in eternal peace. My sincere condolences to the family > and may the good Lord comfort them at this trying moment. Great background > information about him, if only you could also add something about his > family background, will be of an added advantage example, district of > origin etc. Home is home, it helps to identify with the roots. > > Christine > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Denis Adia <adiadenis2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Death has occurred of Associate Prof. TITUS OGAVU >> at his home in Gayaza >> Burial arrangement will be communicated >> Kindly share this information others >> May His Soul Rest in Peace >> >> Below is his rich profile >> >> *Institution: *French Section, Department of Languages and >> Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kyambogo University, >> P.O. Box 1 Kyambogo, Kampala, Uganda. >> >> *Summary of Skills: *Associate Professor Titus Ogavu obtained his >> Doctorate degree in Francophone Literature at Université de Limoges >> (France), MPhil in Semiology of Cultural Interactions; Université de >> Limoges (France),MA in Language and Society at Makerere University >> (Uganda), B.A in Politcal Science (Public Administration and Adminstative >> Law) and French at Makerere Univesirty, Diploma of Education at Makerere >> University and a Diploma in Law at the Law Development Centre (Kampala). >> His professional skills include: bilateral/collaborative research >> management; training of trainers and development of consultancy; community >> development and institutional capacity building; research in languages and >> language learning, literacy and teaching material production; project >> planning and management, training of trainers in language teaching; >> managing NGOs / CBOs for poverty and exclusion reductions. >> >> *Career Background: *As an Associate Professor, teaches French >> Language, Francophone Literature, Research Methods, trains teachers of >> French as a foreign language and has developed French curriculum/syllabuses >> at Kyambogo University. Furthermore, Associate Professor Ogavu has >> supervised scores of undergraduate research work for Bachelor of Arts with >> Education, Bachelor of Education students as well as guiding some master’s >> students in other faculties. He has also reviewed some articles written by >> some academics for publication. In the 1980s - 1990s, Associate Professor >> Ogavu worked as a teacher of French, geography, commerce, and political >> education in various secondary schools in Uganda after having served at the >> Ugandan High Court (Kampala) as a Court Clerk in 1970s. >> >> >> >> *Professional and Working Experience*: In addition to his professional >> duties at Kyambogo University (Uganda’s second biggest public university), >> Associate Professor Titus Ogavu has served as a Faculty of Arts and Social >> Sciences staff representative in the University Research Grants and >> Publications Committee; vetting and approving Masters and PhD research >> proposals and grants; External Examiner (French) at Makerere University and >> Kabale University; Team Leader for a collaborative research (Projet CECA) >> involving International Federation of Teachers of French/Agence >> Universitaire de la Francophonie, the University of Nancy (France) and >> Kyambogo University; research project on Cultural Clash in the French >> Speaking Sub-Saharan African Drama at the Université de Ouagadougou and >> Centre Culturel Gambidi (Burkina Faso). He undertook several short courses >> in teaching French as a foreign language at CAVILAM/Université de Clermont >> Ferrand (France), CLAB/Université de Besançon (France), CELAB/University of >> Burundi, (Bujumbura). He worked as an examiner of French with the Uganda >> National Examinations Board. He has translation and interpretation skills >> in English, French, and vernacular languages. Working with communities is >> one of his hobbies. >> >> *Research Interests, Publications and Conferences: *Associate Professor >> Ogavu has published books, produced manuscripts, peer-reviewed articles, >> research papers, and presented papers in many conferences, seminars, and >> workshops, and chaired many international, regional, and national >> conferences. One of his new books is titled: *Local Culture and Teaching >> Foreign Languages*, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN >> 978-3-659-17730-9, Saarbrücken, Germany. He has also published several >> articles in international journals. Currently, he is undertaking projects >> of writing study and reading materials in both foreign and local languages. >> >> *Membership:* Associate Professor Ogavu is a member of many national, >> regional, and international networks: The Uganda Textbook-Academic and >> Non-Fiction Authors’ Association (UTANA), International Literacy >> Association;Reading Association of Uganda; Reading Council of Central >> Uganda; Association of Teachers of French in Uganda and the Scientific >> Committee of the African Synergy Magazine of the Great Lakes. He served as >> a member of the Board of Directors of Alliance Française de Kampala for a >> number of years. He speaks many key languages spoken in Uganda, Eastern >> Africa and the Great Lakes region like Kiswahili, and Europe including >> French (perfectly) and German (elementary). >> >> >> >> >> >> Adia Denis >> Kyambogo University >> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences >> Sociology and Social Administration >> 0774119299 >> 0702361786 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WestNileNet mailing list >> WestNileNet@kym.net >> http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >> >> WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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