The University of Cape Coast has introduced farmers to new breeding lines of soybean at a farmers’ field day at the Teaching and Research Farm.
Political parties in the country have pledged to channel more resources towards revamping the fisheries and coastal sectors of the Ghanaian economy when voted into government in the 2020 elections.
This commitment was expressed during the maiden town hall engagement organised by UCC through the Centre for Coast Management (CCM).
The political parties that participated in the dialogue session were the Convention People's Party (CPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), New Patriotic Party (NPP) and People's National Convention (PNC).
The Vice Chancellor has on behalf of the University Council, appointed Dr. David Teye Doku as Deputy Director of the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) of the University of Cape Coast effective 1 September 2020. He joins Dr. Mrs Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah who was recently appointed by the Vice Chancellor to a similar role at DRIC.
Two officials from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana have called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong.
The two officials are the President of AIMS, Dr. Prince Koree Osei, and the Scientific Administration Manager, Ms. Rhoda Mahamah.
The Department of Music and Dance in collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Film Studies has held a performance to observe the one-week celebration of the late Mr. John Elolo Kwame Gharbin, a lecturer.
The Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) in collaboration with the Sam Jonah Library has organised a training workshop for staff of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), on how to use the “Turnitin” (Plagiarism Check Software).
The leadership of the Central Regional GCB Bank has called on the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of the University.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko-Boampong and the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, have held separate meetings with the executives of the various unions on campus.
The Unions are the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), University Teachers’ Association of Ghana, (UTAG), Senior Staff Association, Universities of Ghana- (SSA-UoG)-UCC branch, and the Teachers and Education Workers Union, (TEWU).
Chiefs and elders of the nine adjoining communities of the University have commended the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, and Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, for visiting and interacting with them in their respective communities.
They described the visit as historic since none of the past leaders of the University formally introduced themselves to the traditional leaders upon their assumption of office.
The Registrar’s Department Welfare has visited two members who recently retired from the services of the University at their separate residences.
The two retired senior members are the immediate past Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan and former Headmistress of the University Junior High School, Mrs. Kate Frimpong.