PRESS RELEASE
The Honourable Chancellor
of The Open University of Tanzania, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro has approved the award
of an Honorary Doctorate Degree of The Open University of Tanzania Doctor of
Letters (D.Litt) honoris causa to His Excellency The President of The United
States of America, Barack Obama for his outstanding contribution to humanity and
in particular in the field of Community Economic Development (CED). President
Obama will be the fifth President to be awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree
by The University.
Other distinguished OUT
Alumni include the late Father of the Nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, The former
President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, The former President of the United
Republic of Tanzania Benjamin William Mkapa and the second President of the United
Republic of Tanzania Alli Hassan Mwinyi. To date, OUT has awarded a total of seven
(7) Honorary Degrees that have also been previously awarded to Dr. Jane Goodall
and a UK Professor of Telecommunications David Mellor.
The Open University was
the first University to introduce postgraduate studies in Community Economic
Development in Tanzania in the year 2001 when it started offering a Master of
Science Degree in Community Development of The Southern New Hampshire University
(SNHU) of USA. In the academic year 2009/10, the Open University of Tanzania started
awarding its own Masters Degree (Master of Economic Community Development, MCED)
following conclusion of the capacity building phase that was supported by the SNHU.
In the next academic year i.e. 2013/14, OUT expects to start awarding
Certificates, a Bachelor Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Community
Economic Development due to the popular demand of such training skills in
Tanzania.
The University is however
not yet sure if it will be able to award the honorary degree to HE during his
imminent visit to Tanzania but if it does not get the opportunity to do so, it
will use other means to confer HE President Barack Obama the Honorary Degree.
Prepared by the Office of the
Vice Chancellor
The Open University of
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
27th June 2013
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