ECSU Graduates the First PhD Student
"I am greatly honored to be the first PhD graduate of the University. It is very exciting moment for me and ECSU as well, as it is the first milestone in the university. " Mesfin Tilaye, the first PhD graduate of the University, said this in a cocktail party prepared to honor the University`s achievement in graduating the first PhD student in its history, January 23, 2014. Mesfin advised his colleagues, "Studying at PhD level has its own ups and dawns, but you have to have the endurance to see its fruits". Mesfin gave tribute to the relentless support of the University management for his success.
Ato Tilahun Fekade, Director of School of Graduate Studies, believes that Mesfin`s success will be a pass finder for his colleagues. Mesfin completed all the requirements for PhD degree. He published articles and defended his thesis in public, said Tilahun.
Ato Tilahun underscored that the university`s efforts in filling the gap in public service is bearing fruits. “Since its inception, the university graduated many civil servants in Diploma, Bachelor and Masters Degree level who are contributing a lot in the country`s development endeavor. The PhD programme began in the university will have paramount importance in strengthening these efforts by producing competent professionals who can conduct problem solving researches, as those professionals who graduate in such programmes are expected to do so”
Concerning the Defense program Ato Tilahun said, the university invited two external examiners: Professor Pascal Mihiyo who is a professor of Public Administration from Tanzania and Dr.Costantinos Berha a Public Policy professor from Addis Ababa University.
The newly appointed director of School of Graduate Studies,Dr. Melesse Asfaw, on his part said, " I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I need your support to fulfill my aspiration to make ECSU number one. "
In his advice to PhD students of ECSU, gathered to attend their colleague’s success, Dr. Halemichael Abera, President of the University, said " you have the pioneer, you are in the center, I wish you all the best in your studies .
The title of Mesfin`s thesis is: "Dynamics of Urban Governance and its Implication on Environmental Service Delivery: The case of Household Waste Collection in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia."