Solange Uwituze
Solange Uwituze (born 1974) is a
Career
Born in Rwanda, Uwituze was raised in a household that primarily spoke French and she desired from a young age to learn English and learn in the United States, particularly due to the meritocratic advancement available to women in the US. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, multiple members of her family were killed, including her father and two of her brothers, which made her determined to do something with her life and have a purpose beyond the violence that occurred. She went on to obtain a Bachelor's degree from the National University of Rwanda, in 2002 and stayed at the university as an academic secretary in the agricultural research department.[6]
She then obtained a
She returned to Rwanda that same year after finishing her degrees and joined a teaching position at the University of Rwanda before eventually being made vice-dean and then the Dean of the university for the Faculty of Agriculture in 2012. This made her the first female dean at the university and she continued her work there until 2014 where she left to join Uganda's Makerere University and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) program. The purpose of this organization is to combine the efforts of 163 universities across 40 African countries and train graduate students in how to perform agricultural outreach and bring technological research advancements to different parts of the continent, with its setup being modeled after the land-grant university system. Uwituze was put in charge of both the training and quality assurance branches of the program.[6]
Uwituze was also made a member of the international group Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) in 2012 in order to help improve the curriculum of the agricultural programs at the university within three years. At the same time, she acted with the Women Leadership Program in Agriculture as supported by
In 2016, she became a founding fellow of the Rwanda Academy of Sciences.[7]
References
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- ^ "Why foot-and-mouth disease is most prevalent in Eastern Province". The New Times | Rwanda. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Rwanda Academy of Sciences". ras.org.rw. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Kagame: Humankind relies on science". TWAS. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ a b c d Ladika, Susan (September 2015). "Going Home To Teach". International Educator. 24 (5): 14–21. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Dr. Solange Uwituze". Kigali Collaborative Research Centre. Retrieved 2022-02-07.