Five Egerton University students recently participated in the Technologists-in-Residence Program by the Mozilla Foundation, as part of the ongoing collaboration with Michigan State University (MSU).

Staff at Egerton University were joined by students from Egerton Primary, Kilimo Primary, and Kilimo Secondary Schools to plant 4,000 tree seedlings. This initiative follows a directive from Dr. Beatrice Inyangala, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Higher Education and Research at the Ministry of Education, urging all public universities to plant trees on Friday, May 24, 2024. This effort is part of the Presidential Initiative to plant 15 billion trees by 2032. Since its launch in December 2022, Egerton University has planted a total of 18,000 seedlings to this environmental cause.

In the heart of Egerton University lies a bustling department responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the institution's infrastructure and grounds.

Egerton University has embarked on a mission of implementing the ISO standards after a hiatus that saw service delivery deteriorate in key directorates and departments in the University. Top management members of the university were taken through a briefing session for the ISO 9001: 2015, to ensure its smooth implementation. Led by National Quality Institute NQI – Kenya Bureau of Standard (KEBS) facilitator Mr Charles Maru; Prof Paul Makenzi, Coordinated ISO Secretariat of Egerton University towards the ISO 9001 QMS Top Management briefing which went on smoothly.