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What did the board decide?
Tikvah University and Tikvah Ethiopia both reported on Tikimt 13, 2019 E.C. (23 October 2026) that the university's administration board had approved the promotion of ten academics to full professor. Both posts quote the university's own statement, which says the promotions are based on the outstanding results and contributions the scholars made in teaching and academic service, in research and in community service.
The two posts list the same ten names and fields. Two field names are spelled differently between them, so the list below follows the Tikvah University post. The reports do not give the date of the board meeting, the number of applications received or the criteria the board applied.
- 1ዶ/ር አብርሃም ገብሬ ተካለኝ: Structural engineering
- 2ዶ/ር አዳነ ቢተው ተገኘ: Medical microbiology
- 3ዶ/ር አደይ ፈለቀ ደስታ: Environmental microbiology
- 4ዶ/ር ደሳለኝ ያየህ አያል: Disaster risk management
- 5ዶ/ር ኃይለልዑል ንጉሴ ዱባለ: Veterinary epidemiology
- 6ዶ/ር ካሳ ሚካኤል ወ/የሱስ: Mathematics education
- 7ዶ/ር ሰለሞን ገነት ገብሬ: Biochemistry
- 8ዶ/ር ሰለሞን አረዓያ ካሳ: General education
- 9ዶ/ር ያረጋል አሳቤ ላቀ: Artificial intelligence
- 10ዶ/ር የድልፋና ሰጠአርጌ መኮንን: Physical chemistry
Which academics and departments does this affect?
The change concerns the ten academics named above, who move up to full professor. The posts give their fields but not their current ranks, departments or colleges, so readers should not assume which faculty each one belongs to.
Other academic staff at the university are not named in either post. The reports do not say whether the decision affects anyone beyond the ten names.
When was the decision reported, and what is still unknown?
| Event | Date in both calendars |
|---|---|
| Board approval reported by Tikvah University and Tikvah Ethiopia | Tikimt 13, 2019 E.C. (23 October 2026) |
| Day the new rank takes effect | Not announced |
The posts do not say on which day the board approved the promotions, from when the new rank applies or what any change in pay would be, so these details have not been announced.
What can you do now?
No action is asked of students or staff. Anyone who wants the official wording should follow the university's own channels.
- Watch the university's own channels for the board's decision and the day the new rank takes effect.
- When the official notice is posted, check the names and fields against it, since the two reports spell some of them differently.
- Look for any change in pay in a later notice, because the posts do not describe one.
What is the decision based on?
The university says the board based the promotions on the scholars' work in teaching and academic service, in research and in community service. The posts do not describe the criteria in detail or say how many candidates were considered, and they carry no figures from earlier rounds to compare with.
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