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St. Mary’s University held its annual staff general meeting on October 07, 2024,  at the Undergraduate Campus Multipurpose Hall. The meeting was chaired by Wondwosen Tamrat, PhD, founder, and President of St. Mary’s University, and was well attended

St. Mary’s University participated in the 11th Overseas Coordinators Meeting of the Indira

On September 21, 2024, first-year students of the Tourism and Hospitality Management program conducted an insightful poster presentation focusing on issues of inclusiveness. Utilizing innovative teaching methods such as Flipped Methodology

he Research and Knowledge Management Office (RaKMO) of St. Mary’s University organized the

In a commendable display of community service, St. Mary’s University was recognized by the Lideta Sub City Labour and Skills Office for its significant contribution to youth employment. The University has provided essential job practice opportunities to

St. Mary’s University (SMU) held a grand graduation ceremony on August 3, 2024, at the Ethiopia National Theater, celebrating the achievements of both postgraduate and undergraduate students.

St. Mary’s University (SMU) held the 18th National Student Research Forum at St. Mary’s University, Multi-purpose Hall on July 25, 2024.This annual event, dubbed “By Students,

The Research and Knowledge Management Office (RaKMO) of St Mary’s University organized an enlightening session on July 18, 2024,

St. Mary’s University (SMU) held the 16th Multi-disciplinary Seminar at St. Mary’s University, Multi-purpose Hall on July 11, 2024. This seminar has brought together scholars, researchers, practitioners, and development partners from various fields to share research findings and discussed in important issues.

On Friday, June 28, 2024, the Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA) of St. Mary’s University conducted a half-day training session on annual plan preparation and implementation at the Syndicate Room.
Ato Shegaw G/Medhin, Director of CEIQA, led the meeting, emphasizing the critical role of planning in

he Research and Knowledge Management Office (RaKMO) held its Annual Research Review Session on June 29, 2024,

St. Mary’s University has actively engaged in community development by allocating funds for essential infrastructure and resources.

St Mary’s University’s Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA) held a meeting on June 15, 2024

The Human Resource Management Office of St. Mary’s University organized a half-day training session focused on “Effective Leadership” on June 8, 2024.

Tourism and Hospitality Management Department of St. Mary’s University organized a two-day event,

St. Mary’s University hosted the 22nd International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa on May 23 and 24, 2024 at Inter Luxury Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,

St. Mary’s University, since its establishment in 1998, has been working on research and knowledge transfer, one of the pillars of higher learning institutions

St. Mary’s University Faculty of Informatics organized the 9th ICT Exhibition,

St. Mary’s University Students’ Book Club in collaboration

Ethiopia celebrated its 22nd national and 24th global Intellectual Property Day with the theme “Building Our Common Future with Innovation and Creativity”

In a significant move to revolutionize the educational experience,

The Student Support Service Office of St. Mary’s University, in collaboration with the Charity Club, conducted a cloth donation drive on March 29, 2024

St. Mary’s University’s Computer Science Club, in collaboration with the

In an effort to enhance the quality of customer service, St. Mary’s University Human Resource Management Office conducted a half-day training session on Friday, March 22, 2024,at the Main Campus, Chamber Room.

ceremony for 50, second-cohort students drawn from high schools and universities who completed the Soar to Success University Preparation Program Level One on Saturday, March 23, 2024,

On March 14, 2024, the Gender and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office of SMU,

St. Mary’s University arranged an enlightening event titled “Introduction to Venture Capital in Africa”

St. Mary’s University’s Student Support Service Office (SGS) organized a half-day orientation session for second-batch (entrant -B )postgraduate program students,

St. Mary’s University conferred degrees on its undergraduate and postgraduate students on March 9, 2024, at the Ethiopian National Theatre.

On February 29, 2024, the National Financial Education Program for Youth and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) was

St. Mary’s University has commenced the development of its 4th Strategic Plan with a briefing

In a significant step towards fostering a cohesive and informed workforce, St. Mary’s University

On February 10, 2024, a closing ceremony was held at the Syndicate Room of St Mary’s University (SMU) to mark the completion of the project

St Mary’s University hosts a certification ceremony for Animation and Media Training that took place at the American Corner located at the Main Campus of the University On February 5, 2024.

St Mary’s University is holding a tutorial session for its undergraduate regular graduating students who will sit for the

St. Mary’s University (SMU) invited more than fifty elderly and disabled people from Lideta Sub-city,

St Mary’s University Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA) shared its report on the 2015 E.C.

St. Mary’s University conducted a comprehensive orientation for new remedial program students

St. Mary’s University Charity Club organized a carnival aimed at fundraising for disadvantaged people from January 3-5, 2024 under the facilitation of the Student Service Support Office (SSSO).

በዩንቨርሲቲው በተለያየ የሥራ ክፍል በማገልገል ላይ ላሉ ሰራተኞች የጥናትና ምርምር ዘዴዎች በሚል ርዕስ የተዘጋጀ ስልጠና ታህሳስ 19 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም ተሠጠ፡፡  

St. Mary’s University discussed its Annual Performance Report of 2015 E.C. on December 29, 2023,

በዩንቨርሲቲው የድጋፍ አገልግሎት በቅድመ-ምረቃ ምድብ ዘርፍ የሚገኙ የስራ ክፍል

The Department of Marketing Management of St. Mary’s University has organized a Marketing Trade Show under the

The Research and Community Engagement Vice Presidents’ Forum deliberated on the newly issued Higher Education, TVT, Research Institution and Industry Linkage (HETRIIL) Proclamation, and

St. Mary’s University held a welcoming ceremony for its newly admitted students on December 21, 2023. The ceremony was organized by

በዩንቨርሲቲው የድጋፍ አገልግሎት በኦፕንና ርቀት ትምህርት ኮሌጅ

St Mary’s University’ Office of the Vice President for Research and International Relations  (OVPRIR),

St. Mary’s University students had a cultural extravaganza at the Undergraduate Campus On December 14, 2023.

St. Mary’s University (SMU) organized orientation sessions which were attended by more than 1400 new students on December 11, 2023, with the support of the Student Support Services Office (SSSO)

A certificate awarding ceremony for participants of the English Conversation Program

በዩንቨርሲቲው የድጋፍ አገልግሎት በዋና መ/ቤት ምድብ ዘርፍ የሚገኙ የስራ ክፍል ኃላፊዎችና ምክትል ኃላፊዎች እንዲሁም የሚመለከታቸው ሰራተኞች በተገኙበት

ዩንቨርሲቲው የተለያየ የስራ ክፍል በማገልገል ላይ ላሉ ሰራተኞች ሪከርድ ማኔጅመንት በሚል የተዘጋጀ ስልጠና ህዳር 25 ቀን 2016 ዓ.ም ተሠጠ

St. Mary’s University and French Embassy

Organized in diverse clubs, St. Mary’s University students have a tradition of engaging themselves in extra and co-curricular activities toward enhancing

St. Mary’s University (SMU) and Woreda 10 Administration Office have agreed to collaborate on various community service projects in a formal and structured manner.The

St. Mary’s University (SMU) has successfully completed a two-week training

The College of Open and Distance Learning (CODL) of St. Mary’s University organized

St. Mary’s University (SMU) School of Graduate Studies (SGS) organized a thesis orientation for 200 graduate

St Mary’s University, Department of Informatics attended the fourth annual Cyber Security Month hosted by the Information Network Security

The Initial Bootcamp for the 5th Cohort of the Global Entrepreneurship for Impact MBA (E4Impact) Program just kicked off with twenty two entrepreneurs

በዩኒቨርሲቲው በአስተዳደር ዘርፍ እና በኦፕንና ርቀት ትምህርት ኮሌጅ ማእከላት በተመደቡ ሠራተኞች መካከል በየተሰማሩበት የሥራ መስክ በ2014 እና 2015 ዓ.ም

A cohort of 15 members from St. Mary’s University,

On October 21, 2023, the Hacktoberfest event, organized by the Google Developer Students team (GDSC) under the Computer Science (CS) club

On October 29, 2023, a plan revision session for all clubs in SMU for 2016 E.C. was held at St. Mary’s University.

St. Mary’s University celebrates the graduation of the 4th Cohort of the MBA Impact Entrepreneurship program run in collaboration with the University

On September 23, 2023, new employees hired in various departments of St. Mary’s University were briefed

The Research and Knowledge Management Office (RaKMO) of St. Mary’s University, in collaboration with the College of Distance Learning (CODL),

St Mary’s University held the 17th National Student Research Forum on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The National Student Research Forum is one of the research

St. Mary’s University graduated its Undergraduate and postgraduate students at Addis Ababa Exhibition Centre

Career and Internship Unit of St Mary’s University organized a Job Fair on Wednesday, July 19, 2023,

The Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA) of St. Mary’s University (SMU) held a consultative meeting

On June 10, 2023, the Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA) organized a good practice sharing session at the Syndicate Room.

St. Mary University Research and Knowledge Management Office lead by the vice president for Research and International Relation undertakes work

The Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) on Thursday, 25 May 2023, organized an educational field trip to Bishoftu

The 8th Annual Exhibition, which was organized by the Faculty of Informatics, St. Mary’s University under the theme “Empowering Your Future” was held from May 29 to 31, 2023

The Col John C. Robinson American Corner at St. Mary’s University was officially inaugurated on May 22, 2023

St. Mary’s University conducted its 21st International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa

The 21st  International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa St. Mary’s University, since its establishment in 1998, has been working on research and knowledge transfer, which is one of the pillars of higher learning institutions. Among the five annual research events SMU runs, the International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa draws renowned…

The Career and Internship Unit of St. Mary’s University conducted orientation on the theme: Career Development and Internship   from March 20 to 31/2023,

A half-day training was given to St. Mary’s University staff of the Testing Centre about the Learning Management System (LMS) at the Main Campus on March 28, 2023

St. Mary’s University’s Center for Educational Improvement and Quality Assurance (CEIQA), in collaboration with Quality Enhancement Committees (QECs)

Two rounds of orientation sessions were conducted for Remedial class students on March 22 and March 24, 2023. During the first round, a full-day orientation

St. Mary’s University organized orientation sessions for Freshman students of the 2015 E.C. Academic Year on March 25, 2023, at the Undergraduate Campus.

The Third Institutional Self-evaluation Steering Committee which executes the Institutional self-evaluation that the University prepares once every five

St. Mary’s University in collaboration with the Organization for Women in Self-Employment (WISE) gave a four-day training to its 4th-year year prospective graduates.

St. Mary’s University conducted a two-day training on Script Writing for 14 staff from selected offices on March 11 and 12 at the Main Campus. The training which primarily targeted enhancing the skill

St. Mary’s University (SMU) hosted a half-day exhibition on February 27, 2023, at the Undergraduate Campus Multipurpose Hall organized by Reach for

St Mary’s University awarded certificates to sixteen instructors upon their completion of an eight-hour training on Excellence and Equity in Education (EEE) workshop conducted from March 04-05,2023 at the Main Campus

A half-day Ph.D. candidates’ experience-sharing session was held on March 8, 2023, at St. Mary’s University Main Campus. Two Ph.D. candidates, Asmamaw Getie (Assist. Prof.) and Simon Tareke (Assist.Prof.)

St. Mary’s University was invited to the launching of the Amharic play by Arthur Miller, “Death of a Salesman,” translated and adapted into Amharic as “Ye Aba Wera Guzo” by Alemayehu Gebre Hiwot and directed by Tekle Desta, on March 5, 2023, at the National Theatre. The production team acknowledged St. Mary’s University for providing a place…

St. Mary’s University graduated FY 2018 English Access Microscholarship Program Students on February 11, 2023, at SMU, Undergraduate Campus Multi-purpose

St. Mary’s University (SMU) hosted a half-day exhibition on February 27, 2023, at the Undergraduate Campus Multipurpose Hall organized by Reach for Change

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed, between St. Mary’s University (SMU) and the sister companies Florida University Southeast (FUSE) and Placid Solutions and Consulting (PSC) on January 17,

St. Mary’s University attended an Online Higher Education Exit Exam meeting organized by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education on December 29, 2022 in the premises of the Ministry.  

St. Mary’s University students celebrated Culture Day Under the theme “Let’s wear Ethiopia” on December 15, 2022, at the Undergraduate Campus. The annual event,

A six-team Ethiopian delegate composed of representatives from St. Mary’s University, Reach for Change, Addis College, Ethiopian TVET Institute, and Addis Ababa Science

A memorandum of understanding is signed between St. Mary’s University and Abarar University- Somalia on Nov. 22, 2022. Ahmed A. Hassan – Kadle (PhD),

A team of experts from the Ministry of Education had a working visit to St. Mary’s University on November 22 and 23, 2022.  

Hope for Special Education, in partnership with Florida University South East (FUSE) conducted training at SMU, Green Campus from October 3– November10, 2022.