The immediate past President of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), UCC Chapter, Mr. Seth Odame-Mensah, has called on the new executives of the association to be united and focused in their quest to serve their members. Mr. Odame-Mensah said this when he handed over the leadership mantle of GRASAG to Mr. Benjamin Sundeme, at a ceremony held at the Main Auditorium.

A PhD candidate at Abo Akademi University in Finland, Mr. Kofi J. Brobbey, has called for a multidisciplinary research in the printing industry to find ways of using environmentally friendly materials for printing. For instance, he noted that researchers in the sciences could find possible ways of using conductive inks instead of the traditional ones used for the printing industry. Mr. Brobbey observed that many of the innovations of the world were recombination of existing ideas. Mr.

The Provost of the College of Education Studies, Prof. Eric Magnus Wilmot, has handed over three Toyota Hilux Pickup vehicles valued at GH ¢450, 000 to faculties within the College. The beneficiary faculties are, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Educational Foundations and Faculty of Science and Technology Education. Presenting keys of the vehicles to Deans of the three Faculties at a short ceremony, Prof.

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar India. The agreement would, among other provisions, strengthen the capacity of faculty members in UCC’s Department of Forensic Sciences and offer advanced training opportunities for Ghanaian students in the field of forensics. A key feature of the agreement is the establishment of an Institute of Forensic Sciences at UCC.

Two officials from Coastal Carolina University (CCU) in the United States of America (USA) have called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah as part of their visit to the University. The two officials, Prof. Daniel Ennis (Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and Vice President of CCU), and Prof. Richard Aidoo (Assistant Dean and Professor of Politics) were in UCC to discuss the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UCC and CCU which was signed in March 2017.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, has stressed the need to encourage the study and speaking of French in Ghana to enhance the country’s international image.  He noted that “It is unfortunate that Ghana is surrounded by Francophone countries, but most Ghanaians have not taken advantage of the French language”                                             

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Students’ House of Parliament has been inaugurated with a call on Members of Parliament (MPs) to eschew absenteeism. The new Speaker, Rt. Hon. Awotunde Awosika, who said this during a handover and dinner ceremony, indicated that he would strictly enforce the Standing Orders of the House and advised members to acquit themselves honourably in order not to fall foul of the parliamentary rules.

A Visiting Professor of Guidance and Counselling at the Department of Guidance and Counselling, Prof. Joshua Adebisi Omotosho, has advised Postgraduate students to be mindful of American Psychological Association (APA) style and its usage to avoid goofing during their dissertations. “If you trivialize APA, you worsen your goofing or ‘fooging’ “, he said. Prof. Joshua Adebisi Omotosho was speaking at the First Faculty Lecture organised by the Faculty of Educational Foundations at the C.A Ackah Auditorium 900.