BACKGROUND OF ON THEIR SHOULDERS SHOW

What is ON THEIR SHOULDERS SHOW?

On their shoulders show is the platform SHOW that hosts inspiration media, specifically for students in Food Science and Technology by sharing testimonies and experiences with people in food related business or entities/enterprises. 

It was established to motivate the students in Food Science and generally embodies inviting people in the field of (or related to) Food Science and Technology to come and inspire the food science students still at the university so as to foresee the prevailing situation and decide on how to usefully make their profession. For, all the four years spent at university would mean something reliable for the career pursuit.

Birth of the show

Truthfully; many of the students in Food Science were not motivated and satisfied with the course they were studying. Albeit they were all admitted to study Food Science And Technology, only few students had applied for it before and only a few knew even what was it all about. It seemed to be not feeling at home with the situation, despite all the time elapsed being in the class, following different class sessions, working on various assignments and continuous assessment tests.

Things were not to stay so. Some of the students looked at how to deal with the situation so as to come out with a benefiting solution for all the classmates. The solution would not only influence the mindset on Food Science And Technology in students, but also the way lecturers, the staff members of the department and the entire School Of Food Science and Technology in the system of interaction in the academic aspect. 

Students would not leave for other course departments; it was too late for that. The only way was to continue the way forward but this time, with a new view and perception. That is where and when the idea of searching the source of the motivation and inspiration came from. A project proposal was presented to the staff members and after the checking and corrections as well as all necessary modifications, a program of inviting people to inspire food science students was established. 

Since students would stand on the shoulders of those giants to see far (as Newton quotes in his popular quote); hence the name ON THEIR SHOULDERS. And it would be carried out as a SHOW, which finally gave birth to the appellation ON THEIR SHOULDERS SHOW (OTS SHOW).

Volunteering students immediately made an organizing team to implement what was said in the proposal aforementioned. It started with inviting lecturers to share their biography and later evolved with inviting industry managers, CEOs and founders of various entities to come and share their testimonies and experiences.

Effect and current situation

Currently; the way is clear now for many of the students as everyone now understands how Food Science and Technology is vitally needed in the daily life, how nothing can be done by everyone without food and that only professional dealers in food stuffs and the science behind could manage the case. It even led to have dreams on pursuing their career in Food Science.

Students coming in YEAR ONE, are warmly welcomed in the ever growing world of Food Science initiated by their elders (Class 2014-18). For, the earlier the guideline is established, the better the future is prepared and the lesser regret is likely to occur. 

And the most amazing part of the story is that NO LONGER REGRETS OF BEING ORIENTED IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE MAJORITY IS PROUD OF BEING WHERE THEY ARE NOW. With The Almighty God’s hand, success will pursue ON THEIR SHOULDERS SHOW.

The trend

The academic year 2017/18 started with the shifting of all food science and technology students (from Year 2 of course) at BUSOGO Campus. the new environment seems to be a welcoming one as the shifting will not disintegrate what had had been achieved, rather circumstances will strengthen the bond and the progress of the show. We hope to explore the opportunities found at Busogo Campus in building ourselves.