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Pro Vice-Chancellor with the GRASAG Executives

Pro Vice-Chancellor confers with GRASAG Executives

24 Feb, 2023 By DIS

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, has received in courtesy visit the executives of the Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG) University of Cape Coast (UCC).

 

The purpose of the visit was to among others, introduce the new executives to the Pro Vice-Chancellor after taking office in November 2022.

 

The president of GRASAG-UCC, Mr. Achire Adam, who led his team, added that the executives were willing to tap into the Pro Vice-Chancellor’s wealth of experience to govern the Association in the right direction.

 

He seized the chance to also draw the attention of management of the University to issues affecting graduate students on campus and asked the Pro Vice-Chancellor to use her good offices to resolve them.

 

Prof. Mrs. Boohene in a discussion with the GRASAG executives

 

For her part, Prof Rosemond Boohene after welcoming the delegation congratulated them on their elections and asked them not to lord their positions over their colleague students. 

 

Prof. Boohene was quick to point out to the executives to embrace the modern type of leadership via dialogue and do away with the old style of student leadership riddled with demonstrations and destruction of government property to register their displeasure.

 

She advised them to be trustworthy in their tenure to justify the confidence and trust placed in them by the students. 

 

Prof. Boohene urged students to be innovative and venture into entrepreneurship to create more employment opportunities. 

 

After the meeting, the executives presented a painted portrait of the Pro Vice-Chancellor to her for her contributions to academia. 

 

Prof. Mrs. Boohene receiving her portrait from the GRASAG executives

Prof. Mrs. Boohene receiving her portrait from the GRASAG executives

                                                                                                     

The GRASAG-UCC delegation was made up of Mary- Pearl Opare Addo, Vice-President; Bernice Ocran Dodoo, Secretary; Phillip Essilfie, Treasurer; Alfred Kusi Tandoh, Financial Secretary; Luu Darlyn Yinpok, Women's Commissioner, and Kingsley Opoku Antwi, Public Relations Officer. 

 

The Senior Assistant Registrar at the Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Mr. Alfred Ghartey attended the meeting.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Prof. Neville G. Pinto (President, UC) and Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong (Vice Chancellor, UCC)

UCC, University of Cincinnati renew MOU

24 Feb, 2023 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Cincinnati (UC), Ohio in the United States of America have reviewed an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.

The President of UC, Prof. Neville G. Pinto and the Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, under the renewal agreed to extend the period of collaboration between the two Universities as strategic partners for five years.

Prof. Neville G. Pinto expressed appreciation to UCC for being a strategic partner, and for the opportunities offered their students and staff especially in the area of study abroad programmes. He further expressed the readiness of UC to work to further expand the areas of collaboration.

Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, on his part, thanked UC for being a good and active partner and for working with UCC to establish the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was also grateful for grants UCC staff enjoyed to travel for short programmes at UC. He used the opportunity to invite the President of UC to visit UCC.

 

A group shot of members present at the signing ceremony

Present at the signing ceremony from UC-Ohio were Dr. Raj Mehta, Vice Provost, International Affairs; Ms. Jenni Sutmoller, Director of International Strategic Partnerships and Prof Prince Ellis, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance.

The Vice-Chancellor’s visit to the University of Cincinnati, Ohio formed part of efforts to deepen UCC’s ties with some key strategic partners in the United States of America. Accompanying the Vice-Chancellor were Prof. David Teye Doku, Director, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Research (DRIC); Dr. Samuel Bert Boadi-Kusi, Vice Dean of the Office of International Relations (OIR); Dr. Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi, Coordinator for some of the Institutions being visited and Mr. Samuel Danso Akoto, President of the UCC Alumni Association in Ghana.

 

As part of the visit, the UCC team also met the College of Medicine of UC to discuss possible areas of collaboration. The team agreed to collaborate in the area of students and staff exchange programmes, especially UC medical students travelling to Ghana to participate in the Community Based Experience and Service (COBES) Programme for students of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of UCC and virtual collaborative teaching as well as joint research between faculty.

Delegations from both universities in a meeting

The UC team also agreed to help UCC train some of the faculty from SMS in specialty areas and at the PhD level. Finally, the UC team pledged to study the curriculum of UCC SMS to ensure harmony, while maintaining their distinctiveness, to enhance the collaboration.

The UCC delegation also visited the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences of UC. The team from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences agreed to work with UCC to put in place measures to train the first ten (10) faculty who will be recruited into the UCC School of Sustainable Engineering. They also agreed to review the curriculum of the new areas of engineering that were being developed at UCC and to collaborate with the faculty to give practical exposure to the UCC engineering students.

 

At the College of Pharmacy of UC, the UC team led by Dr. Chris Surratt, Dean of the College and the UCC team led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong agreed to work in new areas such as Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Sciences and Pharmacogenomics graduate programmes, research and faculty exchange and development. Further, a working team is to be established to drive the UC & UCC Pharmacy collaboration to harness opportunities for both universities.

 

UCC Team at the Digital Features Laboratory of UC

 

The UCC team visited the Innovation Centre and Digital Features Laboratory of UC to get first-hand information on facilities available and how these were helping to advance research, innovation and technology transfer at UC and the Cincinnati District.

Source: Office of International Relations (OIR)/Documentation and Information Section (DIS)-UCC

 

TEWU-UCC Elects New Executives

23 Feb, 2023 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast branch of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) has elected new executives to steer the affairs of the Union for the next four years. 

 Mr. Benjamin Mensah-Gorman, who was elected Chairman, left his challengers far behind with a massive 531 votes. His closest challenger, Patrick Essuah, registered 330 votes, with Eric Jonathan Fanyinkah, highly tipped to impress, in a distant third with 140 votes and Joseph Kofi Mensah polled 133 votes placing fourth. 

 For the Vice-Chairmanship position, which had four contenders, Mr. Philip Kaaku, emerged winner with 473 votes, Mr. Richard Ofori polled 378, Isaac Jonah Baidoo and Mawuli Agboadah garnered 155 votes and 127 votes respectively. 

 The Secretary portfolio saw Mr. Benjamin Frank Hagan coming out victorious with 533 votes; Mr. Lambert Dogyiire had 427 and Alfred Donkor garnering 164 votes. 

 For the Assistant Secretary position, which had the greatest number of contestants of seven (7), Mr. Mahama Ahmed polled 241 votes to emerge winner.

 The others, Mrs Lydia Baffoe got 201 votes, Messrs Frank Yorke, Francis Godfred Eshun, Evans Adu-Arhin, Richard Kwofie, Philip Arthur and Thomas Quainoo polled 156, 146, 133, 112, 081 and 061 votes, respectively. 

 Mr. Joseph Francis Ackon becomes the Trustee with 685 votes, beating Samuel Kpieleku who had 422 votes. 

 There was spontaneous joy and celebration at the Old Academic Board Chamber when the results of the elections were declared.

 The Returning Officer for the elections, Major (rtd) Kofi Baah Bentum, on behalf of Management of the University, commended the aspirants and their supporters for comporting themselves and applauded the election officers for demonstrating professionalism during the exercise. 

 For his part, the TEWU Chairman elect, Mr. Benjamin Mensah-Gorman, speaking to reporters shortly after the elections, thanked members of the Union for the confidence reposed in him and the other executives. He promised they would serve them in truth and faith.

 The election was conducted and supervised by the staff of the Directorate of Public Affairs and supported by the Directorate of Human Resource.

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

  

 

International Mother Language Day observed at UCC

23 Feb, 2023 By DIS

The Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics has commemorated the 2022 International Mother Language Day.

The International Mother Language Day was first announced by UNESCO on  November 17, 1999,  but was formally recognised by the United Nations General Assembly in 2002 with February 21 set as the day to commemorate languages across the world.

The global theme for the Mother Language Day was: “Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education.’’

Speaking on the topic: " Mother Tongue in Bible Translation, Interpretation and Related Matters, " the Dean of School of Human Development at the Heritage Christian College in Accra, Rev. Prof. Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh, underscored the need for Bible translators to familiarise themselves with the source and receipt languages before engaging in Bible translation for public consumption.

According to him, Bible translators expunge the equivalency of works from the source to recipient languages.

"...and they (translators) did not take equivalency from the source language to Ghanaian Languages and, therefore, translators just took the expression there and translate the expression in words that are not in conformity with Ghanaian languages making it difficult for Ghanaians to get meaningless expressions., " he continued.

Prof Ntreh stated that a multilingual country such as Ghana ought to develop its indigenous languages, to safeguard its rich cultural heritage and linguistic diversity.

He opined that Ghanaians were losing their identity as a result of the imposition of foreign language over the Ghanaian languages

"We are just losing our identity because we continue to use the English language. So somehow, we are imposing English language on Ghanaian language, " he added

" If I were speaking Ga and you understand it in Akan and my Ga makes sense to you as an Akan person. You speak to me as an Akan person and I understand it as Ga perfectly. We are communicating, " he noted.

The Dean told the Department of Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics to be" up and doing" to save Ghanaian Languages from extinction.

Prof. D.D Kuupole - former Vice-Chancellor,UCC.

A former Vice-Chancellor, Prof D. D Kuupole, who chaired the occasion, called on Ghanaian parents not to sacrifice their native languages in favour of others in the upbringing of their children and the younger generation.

While it was good to learn and speak other languages of the world, he advised parents not to lose sight that language gives people  real sense of identity.
Dr. Kofi Busia Abrefa - Head, Department of Ghanaian Languages

The Head of the Department of Ghanaian Languages, Dr. Kofi Busia Abrefa, in his welcome address, encouraged parents  to speak the local Ghanaian languages with their children to help them appreciate the country's Indigenous culture at an early age.

He hinted that the Department was making strenuous efforts to introduce a certificate course in Bible Translation to enable Bible translators to get insight to close the yawning gap in translating the Bible from source into various local languages.

The event was graced by the Provost of College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng;  Dean of Faculty of Arts, Prof. K. S. Sarfo-Kantanka, lecturers from Faculty of Arts and other senior members from the University.

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