Dear members of College of Natural Sciences, We, Members of the Academic Commission of College of Natural Sciences, were deeply saddened and shocked to learn Zenebe’s death and we would like to express our sincere sadness and sympathies to his family, you and the University Community at this difficult time. Our colleague was a highly valuable and respected member. The effects of his loss are already felt here by all members of the Academic Commission (AC).

The College of Natural Sciences is the recent name given to the former Faculty of Education with some basic re-organization in departmental composition and future direction as of July, 2009. The Faculty of Education used to train professional teachers in different fields of study (Afan Oromo, Amharic, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Geography and Environmental Studies, Mathematics, Pedagogy, Physics and Sport Sciences) in regular, extension, and/or summer programs.