Vice-Chancellor of Egerton University Visits Virginia Tech

For more than two years, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has benefitted from a vibrant partnership with Kenya’s Egerton University and its Center of Excellence for Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESAAM). The partnership has included faculty exchanges, joint proposal development, academic program evaluation, and more. To date, 20 CALS faculty have traveled to Egerton and eight Egerton faculty and students have traveled to VT to build collaborations.

During October, Professor Rose Mwonya, Vice-Chancellor of Egerton University, participated in the launch of the GAP Report at the World Food Prize event in Des Moines. Afterward, Professor Mwonya and colleagues traveled to Virginia Tech. She presented a lecture at the Women & Gender in International Development Discussion Series and interacted with VT students and faculty. The highlight of her visit was the signing of a new and expanded Memorandum of Understanding between Egerton and Virginia Tech, which will facilitate engagement across the breadth of the universities.