Members of the University Community were treated to great musical performances at the 2018 edition of Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Service.
The new Central Regional Director of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Mr. George Adu Boampong, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah.
Explaining the purpose of the visit, the Central Regional Human Resource Manager of GBC, Mr. Frederick Ofori-Nimako, said the visit was to introduce the new Regional Director to the Vice-Chancellor and the University Community.
The UCC Pensioners’ Association has climaxed activities for 2018 with the ‘End of Year Get-Together Party’.
A Professor of Education Planning and Leadership at the Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (I. E. P. A), Yaw Afari Ankomah, says there seem to be no political will to ensure the full implementation of the Language Policy in our school system.
Ten staff members of the University have been honoured for their commitment and dedication to their duties at the Third Staff Awards Ceremony.
The 10 staff comprised one senior member, four senior and five junior staff members.
A team from the Ghana Medical and Dental Council (GMDC) has paid a courtesy call on the Pro Vice-Chancellor.
The Director of Health Services, Dr. Evans Ekanem, explained that the team was on campus to assess facilities for training House Officers and Physician Assistants at the University Hospital for the purposes of accreditation.
The School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS) has presented the trophy the School won at the Eighth Medical Inter Schools’ Public Speaking Competition held to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor G. K. T. Oduro.
Background
The competition was on the theme “Child Sexual Abuse in Ghana: The Extent of the Problem, Consequence and Proposed Solutions”.
UCCSMS defeated three other Medical Schools from the University of Ghana, Legon, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University for Development Studies to win the trophy.
The Women’s Commission, NUGS, UCC Chapter has organised the Women Economic Empowerment Summit’ 18 under the theme “Women Economic Empowerment: Driving Force for Societal Change”
The Women’s Commissioner, NUGS - UCC Chapter, Ms. Faustina Maama, explained that the summit was aimed at sensitising young women on the need to identify the current economic trend in order to determine the right opportunities available. She noted that the programme was held to help enlighten and empower the female youth on the driving forces of the country’s economy.
The School of Allied Health Sciences under the College of Health and Allied Sciences has held its first Dean’s Awards Ceremony to honour brilliant students.
The Chairman of the programme, Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences, Prof. Moses Jojo Eghan, said the ceremony was organised to honour deserving students from the various departments in the School.
Twenty-three (23) cash prices were presented as departmental awards and ten (10) plaques with cash prizes were also presented as to the awardees.