Daystar University

Daystar is a Christian liberal arts university in Nairobi.[1][2]

Daystar's original campus is close to Nairobi city centre, but there was no room to expand at that location. Therefore, in the last decade a new campus has been built at Athi River, some 40 km to the south-east of the city, on the Mombasa Road which became the main campus.

History

In 1967, Dr. Donald K. Smith, an American missionary, and Motsoko Pheko, an African journalist, founded Daystar Communications. Daystar sought to improve techniques used in communicating the message of Christ, to analyze the target audience of these messages, and to design more effective communication strategies for reaching such audiences.

Daystar began short-term training programs in 1971 to assist church leaders in developing cross-cultural communication strategies. Dr. Smith left Daystar in 1980 and since then Daystar University has been run by African leadership. It now has an enrollment over more than 5,000 students in 32 undergraduate majors, 16 masters programs, and 2 PhD. programs.

Academics

It has six schools and fifteen academic departments which include

School of Communication

  • Language and Performing Arts
  • Media and Film Studies
  • Strategic and Organizational Communication

School of Arts and Humanities

  • Education
  • Theology and Biblical Studies
  • Peace and International Studies

School of Science, Engineering and Health

  • Nursing
  • Computer Science
  • Pre-University

School of Human and Social Sciences

  • Development Studies
  • Psychology and Counseling
  • Institute of Child Development

School of Business and Economics

  • Commerce
  • Economics
  • Institute of Leadership and Professional Development

School of Law

  • Media & Communication Law

Department of language and performing arts

The Department of Language and Performing Arts, sometimes referred to as LPA Department houses degree programs and classes in music and in the literature and languages of Swahili, French and English. It is a member department of Daystar University's School of Communication, Language and Performing Arts.

Launch of the Daystar University's BAKE chapter

The department was hived off the former department of Humanities in August 2010. Members of the full-time faculty are Ann Wachira, Bill Rowe, Brenda Wambua, Caroline Rugendo, Kithinji Kindiki, Larry Ndivo, Mike Kuria, Purity Kiambi, Rebecca Oladipo and Regina Gachari. Its head of department is Wandia Njoya.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Daystar". www.daystar.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  2. "Commission for University Education - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya) - Status Of Universities (Universities Authorized to Operate in Kenya)". www.cue.or.ke. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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