Thirty (30) students who undertook a one-year training programme in counselling to become Para-Counsellors have successfully passed out.

The programme, Young and Wise, which began in 2004, was designed to equip  students with the tools and knowledge to counsel their peers on campus.

An Associate Professor of Mental Health and Psychiatry, Prof. Jerry Paul Kukye-Ayiri Ninnoni, has been appointed as the new Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM) of the University of Cape Coast.

He replaces Prof. (Mrs) Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, the immediate past Dean of the School.

Prof Ninnoni, before the current appointment which takes immediate effect, had served as the Head of the Department of Mental Health.

As part of an annual practical curriculum assessment in the course, FSC 316A: Crime Scene Investigation, the Department of Forensic Sciences has conducted a mock crime scene exercise for the students in Level 300.

 This activity was aimed at providing hands-on experiences in forensic techniques, as well as crime scene processing and management skills. 

 Scenario Setup

The School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has dispatched a total of eighty-four (84) medical students to the Agona East District of the Central Region for the Community-Based Experience and Service (COBES) programme.

COBES gives the students a strong community orientation which increases their awareness of the role of social, cultural and environmental factors in health and the relationship between health and development.

The executives of the Association of Sport and Exercise Science have reached out to final-year students in selected second-cycle institutions in the Cape Coast Municipality to educate them on the relevance of pursuing BSc. Sport and Exercise Science.

The final-year students were armed with information on the admission requirements for the Sport and Exercise Science programme, including prerequisite courses and the application process.

 A Centre of Transformative Education is to be established at the University of Cape Coast to provide professional development on transformative pedagogies to tutors of colleges of education, teacher educators at the university, school improvement officers at the Ghana Education Offices and pre-tertiary teachers.

The Director-General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom, has urged lecturers to prioritise the needs of students and create an enabling environment for them to thrive.

The School of Allied Health Sciences has held a handover ceremony for two former Heads of Department to newly-appointed ones.

Prof. Alexander Egyir-Yawson of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Dr. Richard Okyere of the Department of Health Information Management passed the mantle of responsibility and leadership of their respective departments to the new heads.

VALCO Trust Hall, the sole graduate student hall of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has been given a massive facelift.

The renovation works saw the fitting of all washrooms, replacement of wash basins, repair of leaking ceilings, and refitting of all kitchens.

The rest are the provision of temporary emergency lighting, the addition of new bath and toilet cubicles, as well as polishing and painting of all internal and external wall surfaces.

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