The Department of Theatre Arts and Film Studies has launched the 2017/2018 Theatre Season to showcase some of the major productions to be staged within the academic year. Dubbed “A Season of Six Plays, a Dance Production and Three Classical African Films”, The production also forms part of the academic work of students.
The University of Cape Coast, UCC, has signed an Affiliation Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 16 institutions. The agreements among others are meant to deepen relationship between UCC and the institutions.
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on universities to play their role in nurturing and stimulating creative thinking, undertaking research on problems confronting society and informing policy making. “Universities must see themselves also at the heart of helping to build stronger economies and stronger societies” Dr. Bawumia made the call when he delivered the 3rd Advancement Lecture Series organised by the Institutional Advancement Office on the topic: “Developing Stronger Economies for African Continent: The Missing Link”.
Ghanaians have been advised to protect the welfare of animals in order to improve the quality of meat for consumption. The call was made at the first Annual Animal Welfare Symposium organised by the West Africa Centre for the Protection of Animal Welfare (WACPAW) and Eyes on Animals, Netherlands, in collaboration with the Department of Animal Science, University of Cape Coast. Speaking at the function, an Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Sir Kt.
A team of assessors from the University has embarked on an institutional visit to Klintaps College, Tema to evaluate facilities and documents as part of the process for affiliation. The team comprised Dr. Jacob Setorglo, Dr. Philip N. Gorleku and Dr. Samuel Essien-Baidoo from the College of Health and Allied Sciences; Dr. Precious Mattah of the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance; Ms. Paulina Kwafoa of the Sam Jonah Library and Mr. Justice Agyenim Boateng of the Institutional Affiliation Office.
GCB Bank has presented a cheque for GHc20,000 to support the Institutional Advancement Office (IAO) towards the preparation for the forthcoming third Advancement Lecture Series. The donation was also in line with GCB’s Corporate Social Responsibility to the University. Making the presentation, the Team Leader of GCB at the Corporate Bank Department (Tarkwa), Mr. Joshua Dadzie, said the gesture was to enable IAO to organise a successful Lecture Series. He explained that the Bank would continue to partner the University to achieve a common goal. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof.
GCB Bank has presented a cheque for GHc20,000 to support the Institutional Advancement Office (IAO) towards the preparation for the forthcoming third Advancement Lecture Series. The donation was also in line with GCB’s Corporate Social Responsibility to the University. Making the presentation, the Team Leader of GCB at the Corporate Bank Department (Tarkwa), Mr. Joshua Dadzie, said the gesture was to enable IAO to organise a successful Lecture Series. He explained that the Bank would continue to partner the University to achieve a common goal. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof.
The Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have successfully organized the maiden edition of the Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island (USA) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD). The event was supported with funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the USAID/UCC Fisheries Project and the USAID/GHANA Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP).
The Institute of Education has organised a two-day subject-based workshop for a cross-section of tutors from 44 public and 6 private Colleges of Education in the country. The first session catered for two tutors each for both English Language and Mathematics from each college and the second session had three science tutors in Physics, Chemistry and Biology respectively representing each college. In all, 350 tutors will benefit from the workshop comprising 100 each for both English language and Mathematics and 150 science tutors.
The Central Regional branch of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry is seeking collaboration with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the areas of research, consultancy and training. According to the Chamber, the collaboration would facilitate and help harness the abundant natural resources of the Central Region into business ventures. The Regional Chairman of the Chamber, Mr. Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, made this known when he led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, at his office.
