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Grant Proposal writing training offered

Grant Proposal writing training is offered for Sport Academy and Science College teachers at BDU. According to Dr. Fekadu Melak, one of the trainers from Biotechnology Technology Institute, in terms of being a research university, it is necessary to exchange contemporary knowledge and experience in the fields via different modalities. In connection to this, the training on grant proposal writing is offered to faculty in the two institutions with the objective to equip the staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to win both national and international project calls that benefit themselves and the university. Therefore, it is necessary to provide trainings on writing Grant Proposal Writing, as the students need funds to conduct researches and the university needs to generate the income at this time when it is striding to autonomy, said Dr. Fekadu.

Dr. Fikadu added that through the training, teachers' capacity building and experience sharing will be done by setting up an effective joint team that writes grant winning proposals. Apart from that, he pointed out that the training is a door opener for them to gain international recognition in the process of writing and stated that the university will provide the necessary support and supervision to turn the training into practice.

Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences in collaboration with UNICEF provides social and behavioral change training to different implementers.
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(December 28,2023, Bahir Dar): Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the college in collaboration with UNICEF has provided social and behavioral change training to different implementers drawn from various organizations including academic staff of the university.
In an effort to build the capacity of the trainees, and enable them promote to establish SBC centers in their respective institutions, a wide range of crucial topics have been addressed, including but not limited SBC and sociological model, understanding social norms, understanding social inclusion, behavioral change process, understanding communication, skills for effective communication, interpersonal and group communication, risk communication and community engagement, understanding teamwork, using communication materials.
Senior academic staff at the college, Professor Fentie Ambaw and Professor Netsanet Fentahun, have provided the training and it is hoped that this collaborative effort will significantly contribute to bring positive change on a broader scale.
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The university started providing training on management for female teachers

Department of Multidisciplinary Affairs together with the Training Directorate, BDU, started providing a two-week hands on management training to more than 40 female teachers at the Wisdom Training Hall.

The president of the university, Dr. Firew Tegegne, in the opening program of the training said that in addition to the excellent work on teaching, research and community service, the university made remarkable achievements in campus beauty, technology transfer, collaborative engagements with international institutions, hosting international workshops such as the Tana Forum, and playing major role in the process of registering Bahir Dar City as ‘Education City’ by UNESCO.

In addition, he explained to the trainees the future focus of the university. Also, the president mentioned that university’s previous effort to bring women into leadership has laid the foundation for the emergence of female leaders who will lead not only the institution but also the region and the country, and urged the trainees to attend the training properly.

Dr. Mulugojjam Wondifraw, the Executive Director of Multi-disciplinary Affairs at Bahir Dar University and the coordinator of the training, He said that about forty female teachers of the university will receive hands on management training. She added if the leadership capacity of women is supported by training, it will give them an opportunity to serve their families, institutions and communities in a better way. The trainees on their part expressed their belief that the training will motivate them to use their leadership potential and put it into practice.

The training will be given to forty female teachers for two consecutive weeks. This same training was delivered to female teachers at the university in 2019 many of whom are in different administrative positions  currently.

Grant Proposal Writing training offered

Grant Proposal Writing training for teachers of Bahir Dar University College of Science was given at Peda campus for two consecutive days from 8-9/2023.

Prof. Tsagaye Kasa, the College's Postgraduate Research and Community Services V/Dean, the coordinator of the training, said that the purpose of the training is to raise awareness in terms of finding foreign funds. The dean further noted that the college has been organizing teams whose task was to hunt funds even before the training was given.

Prof. Tsagaye stated that the training was given by the professors with wealth of experience in winning grants from the college, such as Prof. Endalkachew Nibret and Dr. Mellesew Nigussie. The V/Dean extended his belief that the current training of 42 staff further enhances the college’s capacity to winning grants and contributing to meeting the mission and vision of the College and the University.

 

Zimamnesh tower, a business hub in Bahir Dar city, is offered to BDU by its owners to serve as women and children medical center for Tibeb Ghion specialized hospital of the university. 

Mrs. Atsedwein Bekele the owner of the building has done an exemplary philanthropy by offering her five storey building named Zimamnesh Tower which is located at the hub of Bahirdar city to Bahir Dar University. It is learned that the building which is estimated to worth more than 500 million birr was inherited from her mother Mrs. Zimamnesh Woldeyesus. Mrs. Atsdewein's family said that the gift was presented with the objective to support the services provided by Bahir Dar University in the health sector.
Dr. FirewTegegne, president of the university, has paid his utmost gratitude for the philanthropic contribution of Mrs. Zimamnesh Woldeyesus's family responding to BDU's Diamond Jubilee call for supporting its mission to improve the social status and livelihood of Bahir Dar city dwellers. He reiterated the Jubilee's call for similar others to follow Mrs. Zimamnesh's family "love pilgrimage" in supporting the university's community engagement responsibilities. The president noted that with the reception of the ownership of the building, the university is shouldering a great responsibility.
Zimamnesh Tower, which was donated to Bahir Dar University, is a building located close to saint George church of Bahir Dar city that is currently providing various services such as Cafe and Guest House (Ours), office work and others.

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BDU, 21 Dec. 2023(Internal Relations and Communication) Dr. Birtukan Atinkut, an Assistant Professor at the Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Institute of Bahir Dar University, has been honored with the esteemed BOKU Best Talent Award for her outstanding dissertation. She successfully completed her PhD studies in Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Boku) in Vienna, Austria, in January 2023.
Dr. Birtukan's research focuses on the socio-economics of the Lake Tana Basin, employing a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates social and natural sciences. Her exceptional work has been recognized with the BOKU Best Talent Award, a prestigious accolade presented for exceptional scientific Dissertations from all thematic fields of BOKU. This award, which is limited to a maximum of three dissertations annually, is accompanied by a cash prize.
This recognition is a testament to Dr. Birtukan's remarkable skills, knowledge, and unwavering dedication to academic excellence. Bahir Dar University takes great pride in Dr. Birtukan's achievement and is confident that her future endeavors will continue to reflect the same level of excellence demonstrated in this remarkable accomplishment.

Business Demo Day Event held

Bahir Dar University, Entrepreneurship development and incubation center (EDIC) successfully run the demo day event at Bahir Dar university, EDIC entrepreneurship hub.  This demo day event took place on June 02, 2023 with the presence of representatives from the financial and industry sectors.

As part of the Lifting up young female entrepreneurs /LiYFE/ project, which is US embassy Addis Ababa Annual program statement  (APS) –FY 2023 it is being implemented in collaboration with Debremarkos university, Injibara University, Indiana university and The Mill. More than 100 young female entrepreneurs in corridor from Bahir Dar to Debre Markos are part of the program.  The LIYFE project is an excellent initiative to promote entrepreneurship among young women in the corridor.

Participants successfully completed 12 modules in two major categories of the project (I.e. 8 Modules in pre-accelerator program and 4-modules in accelerators program) that can help them to refine their business ideas, building business models, prepare instant business plan and future milestones.   Entrepreneurship trainers, business development services advisers and mentors are working with the young female innovators to facilitate access to resources and mentorship services.

From 30 young innovators, 10 have been selected for final pitching program and for the seed money award.  Hence, three business expertise and adviser were assigned as business judges and evaluated their business idea to put them in order of impacts.  Based on the results those with better innovative ideas will receive seed money.

Dr. Tesfaye Shiferaw, vice president for the research and community services at BDU delivered a speech addressing the young innovators.  He said, “It's always exciting to see young entrepreneurs and innovators bring their ideas to life. Having business advisers and judges present to provide feedback and guidance is also beneficial for those looking to start a business, we have to use our competitive advantages in the corridor and replicate our positives impacts to other parts of the country too.”

 ‘Internationalization and innovations’ are among the university’s core values, and EDIC is striving to satisfy these values in working with various international expertise and institutions.

6ኛው ዓለም አቀፍ ዓመታዊ የመሬት ጉባኤ ተካሄደ
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ግንቦት 25/2015 ዓ/ም፤ ባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ-ባዳዩ] የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት አስተዳደር ተቋም ከኢትዮጵያ መሬት አሥተዳደር የባለሙያዎች ማኅበር ጋር በመተባበር "የኢ-ላንድ አስተዳደርን ለመልካም አስተዳደርና ለዘላቂ ልማት ማስተዋወቅ“ በሚል መሪ ቃል 6ኛው ዓለም አቀፍ ዓመታዊ የመሬት አውደጥናት የአማራ ክልል የመሬት ቢሮ ሃላፊ ፣ የዘርፉ ባለሙያዎች እና ምሁራን በተገኙበት በባሕር ዳር ከተማ ዩኒሰን ሆቴል ተካሂዷል፡፡
በጉባኤው መክፍቻ ላይ የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት አስተዳደር ተቋም ዲን ዶ/ር በላቸው ይርሳው እንዳሉት በመሬት አስተዳደር ዙሪያ ፖሊሲዎችን ለማውጣት ከፍተኛ አቅም የሚፈጥር ፤ በቴክኖሎጂ ታግዞ በአግባቡ የተጠናከረ መረጃ ለማስቀመጥና ብሎም የሀገሪቱን የመሬት አያያዝ፣ አጠቃቀም እና አሥተዳደር ለማዘመን አስተዋፆው የጎላ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል፡፡ የመሬት አያያዝና አጠቃቀምን ለማዘመን ኢንስቲትዩቱ በየዓመቱ ተማሪዎችን ከማብቃት በተጨማሪ ለተለያዩ ባለሙያዎች አጫጭር ሥልጠናዎችን አዘጋጅቶ መስጠቱን እና በሀገሪቱ ከመሬት ጋር ተያይዞ የሚታዩ ችግሮችን ለመፍታትም ከሚመለከታቸው የመንግሥትና መንግሥታዊ ካልሆኑ ድርጅቶች ጋር በጋራ እየሠራ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል፡፡
በአውደጥናቱ ላይ የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፕሬዚዳንት ዶ/ር ፍሬው ተገኘ የባሕረ ዳር ከተማ የጣና ፎረም የምክክር መድረክን ጨምሮ በርካታ ሀገርአቀፍ እና ዓለምአቀፍ ጉባኤዎችን የምታስተናግድ መሆኗን ጠቅሰው ለግዙፉ የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ መነሻው የቀድሞው የባሕር ዳር ፖሊ ቴክኒክ ኢንስቲትዩት እና የባሕር ዳር መምህራን ትምህርት ኮሌጅ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ከምስረታው ጀምሮ እሰካሁን ባለው በመማር ማስተማር በምርምሩ ዘርፍ ካበቃቸው ሙሁራን በተጨማሪ የሚሰጣቸውን የትምህርት ፕሮግራሞች በየጊዜው በማሳደግ በአሁኑ ሰዓት ከ429 በላይ ፕሮግራሞች ፣ በስድስት ፕሮግራሞች የልዕቀት ማዕከል፣ ከ232 በላይ አጋር ተቋማት ያሉት እና በጠንካራ አመራር እና ልምዱ ቀዳሚ እና ተመራጭ ዩኒቨርሲቲ መሆኑን እና በሀገር አቀፍ ደረጃ ከታጩ ቀዳሚ የምርምር ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች መካከል አነዱ ሆኖ መመረጡን ዶ/ር ፍሬው ተናግረዋል፡፡
በአውደጥናቱ መክፈቻ ላይ የአማራ ክልል መሬት ቢሮ ሀላፊ አቶ ሲሳይ ዳምጤ እንዳሉት የባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት አስተዳደር ተቋም በሚሰራቸው የምርምር ስራዎች እና በየዓመቱ እያስመረቀ በሚያወጣቸው ባለሙያዎች አማካኝነት የክልሉ የመሬት አስተዳደር ስረዓት በእጅጉ እየዘመነ መምጣቱን ተናግረዋል፡፡ ተቋሙ በየዓመቱ መሬትን አስመልክቶ በሚያካሂደው አውደጥናት ላይ የሚቀርቡ የምርምር ውጤቶችን የክልሉ መንግስት የእቅዱ አካል በማድረግ በሁሉም ዞኖች ተግባራዊ በማድረግ ላይ መሆኑን ጠቅሰው በአሁኑ ሰዓት 18 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን ሄክታር የተበጣጠሰ የገጠር መሬት በ4 ነጥብ 3 ሚሊዮን አባውራዎች ይዞታ ሥር ይገኛል፡፡ ከዚህም ውስጥ ከ2012 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ በተሠራው ዘመናዊ የመሬት አሥተዳደር ሥራ ከ2 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን በላይ አባወራዎች ይዞታ ስር የሚገኝ ከ11 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን ሄክታር በላይ የተበጣጠሰ መሬት የማረጋገጫ ደብተር እየተሰራላቸው መሆኑን አቶ ሲሳይ ዳምጤ ተናግረዋል፡፡
በኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል ሰርቪስ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የከተማ ዲዛይን ተባባሪ ፕሮፌሰር እና የስራ ሃላፊ የሆኑት ዶ/ር ዳንኤል ላሬቦ በበኩላቸው ኢትዮጵያ የገጠር እና የከተማ መሬት በአግባቡ ከዘራፊዎች እጅ በማውጣት የህዝብ ተጠቃሚነትን እና ዘላቂ የልማት አቅጣጫዎች እንዲቀመጡ ከማድረግ አኳያ የባሕርዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት አስተዳደር ተቋም በየዓመቱ የሚያካሂዳቸው አውደጥናቶች ሚናቸው የጎላ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል፡፡ በተባበሩት መንግስታት ዘላቂ የልማት ግቦች ከሚባሉት ውስጥ የመሬት አስተዳደር ጉዳይ አንዱ ከመሆኑ ጋር ተያይዞ ኢትዮጵያም ለማሳካት ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች የዩኒቨርሲቲ ኢንደስትሪ ትስስር በመፍጠር ከተቋማቶች ጋር መስራት እንደሚገባ ተናግረዋል፡፡ በመሬት አጠቃቀም ዙሪያ የሚታዩ ችግሮችን መነሻ በማድረግ የኢ-ላንድ አስተዳደርን ለመልካም አስተዳደርና ለዘላቂ ልማት ማስተዋወቅን አስመልክቶ ለጉበኤ ታደሚዎች ቁልፍ ንግግር አድርገዋል።
በባሕር ዳር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የመሬት አስተዳደር ተቋም አዘጋጅነት "የኢ-ላንድ አስተዳደርን ለመልካም አስተዳደርና ለዘላቂ ልማት ማስተዋወቅ" በሚል መሪ ሀሳብ ለሁለት ተከታታይ ቀናት በተካሄደው ጉባኤ ላይ የመሬት አስተዳደር እና አጠቃቀም፣ የመሬት መረጃ አያያዝ በቴክኖሎጂ የተደገፈ እንዲሆን እና ቀጣይነት እንዲኖረው ማድረግ እና የመሬት አስተዳደር ፓሊሲና ሕግን በተመለከተ 13 የጥናት ወረቀቶች ቀርበው የጉባኤው ተሳታፊ ሰፊ ክርክርና ውይይት አድርገዋል፡፡
በጉባኤው ማጠቃለያ ላይ ከተለያዩ ተቋማት በመምጣት በአውደጥናቱ ላይ ጥናታዊ ወረቀት ያቀረቡ እና ለአውደጥናቱ መሳካታ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ላደረጉ giz እና USAID እና የኢትዮጵያ መሬት አሥተዳደር የባለሙያዎች ማኅበር በዩኒቨርሲቲው የምርመር እና ማህበረሰብ አገልግሎት ም/ፕሬዚዳንት ከዶ/ር ተስፋዬ ሽፈራው እጅ የእውቅና ሰረትፊኬት ተበርክቶላቸዋል፡፡
 
Asnaqu Dagne was the first female graduate of Poly-Technic Institute, BDU-BiT, in Industrial Chemistry in 1963 E.C. Unique to the previous 4 batches, the 1963 E.C. class were admitted from grade 12 and graduated together with those admitted from grade 10 because of curriculum reform. Asnaku belonged to those admitted from grade 12 for the first time.

Teacher Abeba Gela who was class of 1981 and has been serving her country for the past four decades as a teacher and in different administrative capacities and her husband Mr. Birara Ayenew handed over 104 collection of books to Bahir Dar University in the presence of the president of the University, Dr. Firew Tegegne.

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