The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter has launched its maiden Professional Week to celebrate administrators at UCC.

The event, which began on 1st July and is scheduled to end on 7th July 2024, is under the theme:Advancing Good Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership in Ghanaian Higher Education Institutions for Sustainable."

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Chapter of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has organised a health talk on Hypertension.

The event, which formed part of activities marking the Professional Week Celebration of GAUA-UCC, was to raise awareness on prompt hypertension prevention, early detection and treatment.

    This is particularly significant in Ghana where one of every three adults has hypertension. 

    As part of the activities to mark their Professional Week Celebration, the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), University of Cape Coast (UCC) chapter has organized a symposium for members of the association.

    The symposium was part of GAUA's strategic efforts to help its members develop strong administrative competencies in their diverse specialized areas of work within the University administration.

    The University of Cape Coast Faculty of Law has held the eleventh edition of its annual Jurists’ Confab. The event, which is a gathering of the Bar, Bench and Academia, provides a forum for dialogue between lawyers, scholars, government agencies, the private sector, students and members of the public on current issues related to the administration of justice, legal practice and law-related professions in Ghana.

    A final-year student of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (CIUCC), Lilian Ama Serwaa Tobias has been crowned winner of the 23rd Chinese Bridge Competition at the tertiary level for the year 2024.

    The competition is an annual event organised for university students across the globe to showcase their talent and knowledge of Chinese culture in the spirit of promoting friendship and cooperation between China and foreign countries.

    The Muslim Chaplaincy of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held prayers to commemorate the 2024 Eid-ul-Adha celebration.

    Eid-ul-Adha is the performance of a special communal prayer (Salat) in an open field by Muslims worldwide, to signify the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah’s command.

    Signing of the MoU

    The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Waterloo in Canada to promote academic and research activities.

    At the signing ceremony, the Dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, Prof. Bruce Frayne, said the agreement was expected to promote faculty, staff, and student exchanges, and the development of articulated or shared courses, programmes and degrees.

    The Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), has bid farewell to esteemed Fulbright Scholar, Prof. Jennifer Rhode Ward, who made significant contributions to the department during her period of service.

    The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has received a delegation from the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA).

    The delegation, led by the Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Prof. Dominic Otoo, visited the Vice-Chancellor to discuss the readiness of UCC to host the upcoming GUSA games.

    A two-day training workshop for emerging leaders and administrators on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in leadership has been held at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). 

    The training, facilitated by the Office of International Relations (OIR-UCC), was aimed at helping participants develop their emotional intelligence to manage their work lives.

    The workshop was on the theme, "Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: Developing Skills to Understand and Manage Emotions in the Workplace."

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