Saturday, October 4, 2025

Welcome to Makerere University!

My Host -- Dr. Edward Silvestre Kaweesi -- picked me up at the hotel and escorted me to campus the very next day.  I was so pleased to finally get to set foot on the Makerere University campus and to start to collaborate with my new colleagues at the Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States!

In addition to a short orientation to the Makerere campus, Dr. Kaweesi introduced me to campus leaders: the Chair of the Department of Political Science, the Dean of Social Sciences, and the Assoc. Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

For more about Makerere University, see https://www.mak.ac.ug/about-makerere-university






Makerere University celebrated 100 years! This is the monument 






Meeting with the Dean of Social Sciences, Dean Justus Twesigye
https://chuss.mak.ac.ug/en/personnel/justus-twesigye/





A selfie with the Dean - in front of the portraits of him on the wall with pictures of all of the Deans of Social Sciences


Meeting with the Chair of the Department of Political Science Chair Paul Omach
https://chuss.mak.ac.ug/en/personnel/paul-omach/











Meeting with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) Depty Principal Eric Ochen  https://chuss.mak.ac.ug/en/personnel/eric-awich-ochen/



Very much looking forward to spending the next 4 weeks in the Social Sciences Building!






Welcome to the Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States at Makerere University!

After months of application process, planning, and virtual/online meetings and orientations -- the day has finally arrived!

Dr. Edward Silvestre Kaweesi - my host - has officially welcomed me to Makerere University and to the Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States.  It is an honor to be here as a Fulbright Specialist - and to begin working on our projects together in earnest!

About the Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States: https://chuss.mak.ac.ug/glcus/

For more about the Fulbright Program: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/




The Center is housed in the Social Sciences Building