Tumaini Class & Campus

We are about one third of the way through the term so it is about time I post some pictures of my students and the campus. The classes are going well and are fun. I am pretty busy preparing for them so I guess retirement will have to wait until we get home in July. My class schedule is:

M 8:30 - 10:00 Data Structures and Algorithms
10:30 - 12:00 Procedural Programming with C
T 9:00 - 10:30 Software Engineering
11:00 - 12:30 Application Projects in Java (I am only assisting)
W 11:00 - 12:30 Application Projects in Java (I am only assisting)
Th 8:00 - 9:30 Procedural Programming in C
F 9:00 - 10:30 Data Structures and Algorithms
11:00 - 12:30 Software Engineering

All of these classes are for the 2nd year students and I am also advising with the third year students on their senior projects.

Wanafunzie na Malimu (Students and Teacher)


This is where I have the Software Engineering and Data Structures classes using a projector:


The local coke stand and photocopy shop out of a used shipping container. These make convenient small buildings.


No campus in the world would be complete without an ATM machine. Tumaini has two and this is where we get our money out of our Wells Fargo account with an excellent exchange rate and no fees:


Couple pictures of students studying in the Library. They do not typically have textbooks for their classes and need to come here for books on reserve. The library is always busy and very quiet:




This is the main computer lab in the library for all students. The IT students have their own lab with dual boot windows/linux pcs and a Mac workstation for media classes.


The round building is where my classes and office are, it is called the Science Park but they are building a big multistory building for the science program on the other side of campus that should be done a year from May and take in students in Fall 2011. I am working on the syllabus for Chemistry, Biology, and Physics for a new Education Degree in Science. Graduates will study two out of the three to become Secondary School Teachers.


More picnic tables which are always full with groups of students. The weather is so nice that they study outside a lot.