Search committees for a new Vice-Chancellor and Registrar for the University have been inaugurated at a ceremony in Cape Coast.
The terms of the current Vice-Chancellor and Registrar ends on July 31, 2020, hence the need to constitute search committees to propose to the Council, candidates for appointment in accordance with Statute 18.6. The new Vice-Chancellor and Registrar will assume office on August 1, 2020.
The University has held a matriculation ceremony for students of the College of Distance Education (CoDE) who were admitted to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through distance for the 2019/2020 academic year at various centres in the 16 regions in the country.
The University has honoured 17 members of staff who distinguished themselves in their duties in 2019 at the 4th Staff Awards Ceremony.
The awardees were made up of three Senior Members, seven Senior Staff and seven Junior Staff.
Each awardee was presented with a certificate, shield and a cash prize each. The awards ceremony recognised deserving staff in the areas of administration, finance/audit, library, teaching, technical, and health as well as community involvement.
The University has instituted a centralised fund to support brilliant but needy students to complete their education.
The Electricity Section has honoured four retired staff members of the University at an End-of-Year Get-Together.
The three staff members are Mrs. Agnes Arthur, Mrs. Margaret Addison-Fynn and Mr. James Boafo. Mr. Boafo was presented with a table-top refrigerator and Mrs. Arthur received a gas cooker with oven whiles Mrs. Addison –Fynn and Mr. John Billy Arthur received cash prizes.
The Distance Education Students’ Association of Ghana (DESAG) has held a handing over and induction ceremony to swear in a new National Executive Council (NEC) and Regional Presidents for the 2019/2020 academic year.
A renowned Pan-Africanist, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has called on Africans to wake up from their dream and take bold actions to develop the continent.
Prof. Lumumba made the call when he delivered a lecture at a Public Dialogue as part of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORU) 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is currently ongoing at the University of Cape Coast. He spoke on the topic “Reawakening the African Dream”
About 500 delegates from different countries across the world have converged at UCC for the Regional Forum for Agriculture (RUFORUM) 15th Annual General Meeting.
The theme for the 15th AGM is Delivering on Africa's Universities Agenda for Higher Agricultural Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI): What will it take?
A delegation from the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) Secretariat in Uganda led by the Executive Secretary, Professor Adipala Ekwamu, has paid a courtesy call to the Minister of State in-charge of Education, Prof. Kojo Yankah. The visit was to formally brief the Minister about the upcoming Annual General Meeting(AGM) of RUFORUM to be held at the University of Cape Coast from 2nd to 6th December.
The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has commended members of the University Council for helping to maintain a conducive academic environment on campus.
Dr. Prempeh was interacting with members of the Council at a meeting on campus as part of an official visit to the University.
