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01 Apr, 2023

APPOINTMENT OF PROVOST

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Provost for the College of Health and Allied Sciences which will become vacant on 1st August, 2023.

Key Responsibilities

The Provost is the Academic and Administrative Head of the College and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for providing leadership to the College and maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the College in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the University of Cape Coast Law, 1992 (PNDCL 278), the Statutes and/or as may be determined from time to time by the University Council, the Academic Board and the College Board.

Qualification and Experience

Applicants must be internationally acclaimed scholars of professorial status. They must be individuals of stature and integrity with strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, capable of executing the responsibilities outlined above. They must also possess a terminal degree (PhD) in a relevant discipline with over ten (10) years working experience in a reputable university or related academic institution.

Applicants must also show evidence of the following qualities: 

  1. demonstrated capacity to manage a College and to foster and promote good internal and external relations
  2. proven ability to provide strong and visionary leadership and innovation, and to project a College locally and internationally through research, graduate output and extension
  3. proven ability to raise funds to support the activities of a college

Tenure of Office

A Provost shall hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible, upon completion, for reappointment for second consecutive term only. Applicants should be able to complete a term of three years before reaching the retirement age of sixty (60) years.

Conditions of Service

Salary and fringe benefits attached to the position are attractive.

Mode of Application & Closing Date

  1. Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should please submit their applications and comprehensive curriculum vitae, together with relevant supporting documents and a Three-Page Vision Statement to:

The Registrar

University of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

  1. Applicants should request three (3) referees to submit reports on them directly to the above address
  2. The closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday, 5th May, 2023.

Application forms are obtainable from the Senior Members Section, Directorate of Human Resource, University of Cape Coast. The forms could also be downloaded from the University’s website: www.ucc.edu.gh

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The MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members of UCCThe MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members

New MD of Prudential Bank visits Vice-Chancellor

01 Apr, 2023 By DIS

The newly-appointed Managing Director of Prudential Bank, Mr. Bernard Appiah Gyebi, has paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong.

Explaining the purpose of the visit, Mr. Gyebi, noted that upon his assumption as the new MD of Prudential Bank, he had begun interacting with notable customers and organisations that transact business with the Bank.

He indicated that  UCC was one of the prime institutions that the Bank had been working with over the years, hence, it was in the right direction to formally introduce himself and also interact with management.

Mr. Bernard Appiah Gyebi speaking at the meeting

“We have engaged in a number of Social Corporate Responsibility activities for UCC. We value our relationship with UCC and I pledge to do more under my leadership,” he pointed out.

The new MD of Prudential Bank further noted that despite the economic challenges, the bank would soon roll out digital products and services to their clients at a convenient and cheaper rates.

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor thanked the MD for the recognition given to UCC.                  

He commended the Bank for supporting the University to undertake various infrastructural development on  campus.

He noted that after 60 years of its existence, UCC had strategically transformed to become the University of Competitive Choice.

The MD of Prudential Bank (4th from left) and his team with the Vice-Chancellor (4th from right) and some management members of UCC

“Our footprints are all over the world and this has been reaffirmed by our position as the number one University in Ghana, West Africa and the 4th in Africa by the world acclaimed Times Higher Education ranking,” he averred.

 Prof. Boampong called on the new MD to help the University to solve the accommodation challenges of students, adding that “ We are unable to accommodate most of our students due to the limited residential facilities on campus

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INAUGURAL LECTURE
Date/Time/Duration
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue/Location
SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AUDITORIUM (SMS)
Chairperson
PROF. JOHN NYARKO BOAMPONG, VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
Speaker
PROF. ERIC NYARKO-SAMPSON

BIODATA 

ERIC NYARKO-SAMPSON, PhD, APR, F. AFTRA, FChPA, FCMC, Professor of Guidance and Counselling, began his education at Apowa Methodist School (near Takoradi), then to Abakrampa Methodist Primary School, Boa Amponsem Primary and Middle Schools in Dunkwa-on-Offin, and finally Aboom A. M. E. Zion Middle School, Cape Coast. He attended University Practice Secondary School for his GCE Ordinary Level Certificate and continued to Komenda College (now Komenda College of Education) where he had his initial teacher training education (Certificate “A”). He holds a Bachelor of Education (Psychology), Master of Philosophy (Guidance & Counselling), and Master of Arts (Human Resource Management), from the University of Cape Coast. He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Guidance and Counselling, from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

He was the Foundation Dean, Faculty of Educational Foundations, College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, having served in various capacities in the university. He taught courses and serves as facilitator at national and international workshops in counselling, human resource management and organisational behaviour and change. His research interests include career counselling, school counselling, teacher education, issues in multiculturalism, and entrepreneurial education. Eric’s major research focuses on school counselling, and the implementation and evaluation of counselling services at all levels in Ghana’s educational institutions. His studies also investigate entrepreneurship as an alternative to building careers among the teeming youth, and thereby tackling the age-old issue of youth employment. He is a member of teams researching on issues in teacher education. He has supervised and turned out several postgraduate students at the Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy (12 in his area of specialization and 1 in Higher Educational Administration) levels, and published widely in locally, nationally and internationally refereed journals.

As Chairman of Ghana’s National Teaching Council from 2017 to 2020, Eric led the agency of the Ministry of Education in major reforms nationwide in the teaching profession to uphold the standards of teaching by the provision of a quality assurance process to support the delivery of education in pre-tertiary institutions in a professional and competent manner by licensed teachers who have graduated from a recognized teacher training programme. He led the National Teaching Council to introduce, and organized the first ever teacher licensing examinations, the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE), in Ghana, as part of the process of teacher professionalization.

Eric serves as an examiner/assessor for universities within and outside Ghana.

He served in capacities such as

•  Chairman, Committee on Strategy for Placement of Products of Government’s Free Senior High School Policy, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).

•  Chairman, Committee to Advise the Hon. Minister of State for Tertiary Education on Distance Education in Ghana.

•  Chairman, Committee to consider offer of land with structures for the establishment of a College of Education at Ezinlibo, Jomoro District, Western Region.

•  Chairman, Board of Governors; Oguaa Secondary Technical School.

•  National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Representative, Methodist University College, Ghana (MUCG) Governing Council.

•  Member, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Council.

•  Member, Academic & Technical Committees of National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).

•  Member, Finance Committee, OLA College of Education, Cape Coast.

•  Member, Technical Committee on Tertiary Education Reforms in Ghana, January 2017.

•  Member, Education and Programme Accreditation & CPDs Committee, Ghana Psychology Council.

•  Member, Board of Directors; Joining Hands Foundation.

  • Member, Central Regional Media Advisory Committee, (CRMAC).

•  Member, Planning & Resources Committee, University of Cape Coast, August 2016.

•  Member, Academic Board, University of Cape Coast, August.

•  Member, Atlantic Hall Council, 2014 – 2016.

•  Member, Board of Trustees, University of Cape Coast Students’ Emergency Relief Fund (SERF), August 2013.

•  Member, Board of Governors, University Practice Senior High School. 2006 – 2010.

•  Editor-In-Chief, The Oguaa Educator, Journal of College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.

•  Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Development & Practice (JED-P), Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast.

•  Consulting Editor, Institute Journal of Studies in Education, Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.

•  National Vice President, UCC Alumni Association, 2015 - 2021.

•  Acting National Secretary, UCC Alumni Association, September 2005 – April 2015.

•  Senior Hall Tutor, Atlantic Hall, University of Cape Coast. 1st August 2014 –31st July 2016.

•  Hall Tutor, Atlantic Hall, University of Cape Coast. January 2014 - July 2014.

•  UCC Representative on Pentecost University College Board.

•  UCC Representative on Governing Council, OLA College of Education, Cape Coast

•  UCC Representative on Kings University College Board, 2017.

•  Patron, Methodist Guild, Wesley Cathedral, Cape Coast

•  Patron, Methodist Guild, Rev. Gaddiel Acquaah Mem. Methodist Church, Abakrampa

•  Patron, Methodist Choir, Rev. Gaddiel Acquaah Mem. Methodist Church, Abakrampa

•  Patron, University Practice Old Students Association, UCC Branch.

•  Patron, Databank Universal Economics School, UCC Branch. April 2009 - August 2010.

•  Patron, Atlantic Hall Naval Cadet Corps, UCC. 2008.

On 30th May 2022, Eric was awarded a Fellowship by the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) “in recognition of distinguished contributions to the development of the teaching profession at the national and international levels”, the fourth (4th) person in Ghana to receive such award since its inception in 2017.

He is a licensed and a certified Counsellor, and member of Ghana Psychological Council (GPC). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants (CIAMC), Ghana where he is a Chartered Public Administrator (ChPA) and Chartered Management Consultant (CMC). He is an Accredited Public Relations (APR) professional of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana; and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRM); and other international bodies.

A Local Preacher of the Methodist Church Ghana since 1995, Eric is married to Margaret, a Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of the Central Region and blessed with two young adults, Eric Junior and Peggy-Sonia.

Professor Nyarko-Sampson was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, in Somanya, on 1st June 2020 where he currently serves as the Foundation Vice-Chancellor. 

ABSTRACT

 Career decision-making is one of the critical issues in considering the career development of any individual. Career is not merely a job, but it is about embracing ideas of planned and structured advancement that lead to career development. Thus, careers are unique, and individuals are regarded as having an active role to play in their own career development. And that individuals have constructs that embody their occupational identity and desired goals (career aspirations). The ability of an individual to choose a career that matches his/her interests, capabilities, and skills is adequate enough to result in job satisfaction, increased production and meeting organizational objectives whilst reducing organizational accidents and increased employee turnover. The youth form a bulk of the world’s population, and Ghana, particularly. At the cross-roads in life, most youth experience periods of career indecision, career indecisiveness, and re career undecided, if not for life. The youth are full of potentials for exploration and exploitation of any country’s resources; human and material, towards national development. On the other hand, an idle youth corps with seeming no future due to unemployment is a scare, a national security threat that has often exploded in uprising furthered by the youth. The youth could then lay the golden egg for national development, and yet be the black sheep of national development. So assisting the youth carve out a career for themselves using professional assistance and psychological tools should be encouraged in schools and communities in Ghana.

In his inaugural lecture, Eric takes his audience through his personal experiences as he navigates through the world of work as a young person, more specifically through the changing scenes of his life based on the opportunities that opened to him due to his versatility. He finally settles on teaching in the university (which initial training he had received from a college of education and having taught at a Junior High School earlier), which has brought him to the pinnacle of his area of specialization; guidance and counselling.  Lack of, or inadequate guidance and counselling in schools is one of the major causes of the rising wave of crime, increased indiscipline in schools, drug abuse, increasing HIV/AIDS cases, increasing number of street children and high school drop-out rates. Guidance and counselling has a strategic role to play, particularly as it provides wider access to information which is more transparently and coherently organised. The lecture takes a look at the need for the implementation of guidance services at all levels of education through properly set out School Guidance Programmes (SGPs), Career Guidance Officers/Counsellors and School Counsellors; persons who are trained, qualified and licensed as such. By so doing, the country stands the advantage of benefitting in the future from its young population.

In the lecture, he argues for a national policy on career guidance; career guidance embedded in different contexts such as in schools, universities, training institutions, public employment services and workplaces. He concludes that career is planned, well planned to bring out the best in the individual, and must not be treated in a hit-or-miss way, or water-will-find-its-level way. To assist our young people unearth and unleash their innate potentials to assist in nation building and national development, there is the need to have a schedule across educational institutions and communities to offer such assistance. Careers should evolve from the individuals taking into consideration their abilities, characteristics, and not imposed on them. He recommends among other things, a framework for a national career guidance, and the finalization and implementation of the National Policy on Guidance and Counselling.

 

 

 

 

Inaugural Lecture
Speakers at the programme

DEB Foundation Builds Capacity of Students

31 Mar, 2023 By DIS

The Dora Edu-Buandoh (DEB) Foundation has held a capacity building seminar for levels 300 and 400 students of University of Cape Coast (UCC) to equip them to make the right career choice.

Dubbed: "2023 Young People's Seminar, the event was on the theme, “Build Your Today for Your Future.”

 

A Senior Lecturer at GIMPA, Ms. Grace Abban-Ampiah, who spoke on the topic, "Building Ourselves to Volunteer: Giving Back to Society" encouraged students to embrace volunteerism as a way of contributing to national development. 

According to her, people shy away from volunteerism because "they lack courage to take initiative, lack of time, the attitude of ungratefulness and resistance to give opportunities to others."

Citing reasons why it was important for students to engage in volunteerism, Ms Abban-Ampiah mentioned personal, social, career, health and economic benefits as some of the importance of volunteerism. 

She urged students to see voluntary work as a necessary part of skills development and also advised them to have a balanced life and not only focus on academics.

"Be part of other activities and volunteer" she added. 

The Group Head of Strategic Business Process Solutions Limited (SBP AFRICA), Mr. Akuguri Atoni Lamisi, for his part, said volunteerism exposed students to special skills needed in the corporate world. 

Mr. Akuguri Atoni Lamisi

He backed the call for students to engage in volunteerism to help discharge humanitarian services for the better course of humanity, national development and societal progress.

Addressing the students on "Time Management", a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Statistics-UCC, Dr. Irene Kafui Vorsah Amponsah, stressed that students must be time-conscious in all their endeavours.

She observed that most students wasted too much of their time on unnecessary issues that did not add value to their lives and, therefore, grew up without achieving their goals.

Dr. Amponsah counseled the students to acquire soft skills such as interpersonal and good communication skills in addition to their chosen careers. She pointed out that it was not enough to have the hard skills because soft skills provided an added advantage in developing one's career. 

The Senior Lecturer admonished the students to ensure cordial working relationships wherever they found themselves and to live in harmony with their colleagues at the workplace. 

On stress management, she noted that stress was a normal part of life and urged the students to reduce activities that would increase their stress level. Dr. Amponsah mentioned music, exercise and therapy as some of the solutions to stress management. 

The Executive Director of the Foundation, Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, the immediate past Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, in her remarks, stated that students needed a holistic approach to their development to make an impact in life. The seminar was, therefore, to prepare them to occupy enviable positions in society.

She urged the students to build their social skills to make their careers successful.

The Executive Director admonished the students to acquire the required set of skills in order to live meaningful lives in every sphere of their lives.

  

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

job fair

Chinese Job Fair ends at UCC

29 Mar, 2023 By DIS

To complement government’s efforts at finding lasting solutions to youth unemployment, the Confucius Institute (CI), University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held the 2023 Job Fair aimed at linking graduates of UCC to Chinese enterprises for possible employment. 

At a symposium to herald the Job Fair, the Chinese Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ou Yamei, told students and jobseekers to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Job Fair to land gainful jobs. 

Various Chinese business tycoons in Ghana took turns to address the participants on job opportunities within their firms. 

Ghanaian employees working with Chinese business magnates were also available to take details of students and jobseekers for possible vacant positions in their companies. 

She said CI-UCC was committed to empowering young people to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic and sustainable development of the nation through sustainable jobs.

The Ghana Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ismael Mensah, in his address, stressed the importance of the programme and noted that it offered a platform for job seekers to acquire the needed skills necessary for enhancing employability and creativity in the fast-transforming employment space.

 

 

Chinese Director of CI-UCC, Prof. Ou Yamei (front row-4th from left) and Ghana Director, CI-UCC, Prof. Ishmael Mensah (front row- 4th from right) in a group photo with some Chinese Business Owners and employees

 

Giving credence to Chinese President Xi Jinping's mantra "We are building a community with a shared future for mankind," he said Ghana and China should grow together in job creation. 

Prof. Mensah expressed optimism that the fair would be organized annually, to the benefit of job hunters in the country.

The Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, who chaired the event, said that unemployment had become a national concern and governments all over the world were beginning to recognise that, hence, the innovative step by CI-UCC would help reduce unemployment in Ghana.

He said linking job seekers to potential Chinese employers was critical to the socio-economic development of Ghana. 

Prof. Kwarteng encouraged students to acquire the needed skills to fit into the job market.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Samuel Ato Duncan and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong

UCC, COA Research and Manufacturing Company Partner to Support Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills

28 Mar, 2023 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with COA Research and Manufacturing Company to support students’ entrepreneurial skills development through internship and practical attachment opportunities.

Both institutions under the partnership would promote research and innovations into traditional herbal medicines and organic production and processing of raw materials for chronic diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, kidney diseases, and diabetes among others.

The agreement will also enable the two implement strategies that influence informed decision-making through partnerships with other national and international authorities, business and industries and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). 

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, signed on behalf of UCC, while the Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Samuel Ato Duncan, appended his signature for COA Research and Manufacturing Company.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof Rosemond Boohene, and the Executive Assistant at COA, Dr. Grace Bimpong.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Prof. Duncan said Ghana had traditional medicines that could take care of cancers, kidney diseases, viral infections and many other diseases, with minimal side effects.

 

A group photo of UCC-VC (2nd from right) and CEO of COA (centre) with the Pro VC – UCC, Prof. Rosemond Boohene; Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame and Dr. Grace Bimpong, Executive Assistant at COA

 

He said if the country was able to develop and package those medications to meet international standards; it would have a lot of medicines that could support the health of people. 

According to him, he had developed a product that had the potential to be a breakthrough in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but there was need for further research on it.

He was optimistic the agreement between the two institutions would make his vision come to fruition. 

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor expressed appreciation to COA Manufacturing Company for the continuous support to UCC over the years and stated that management was glad with the agreement.  

He expressed the hope that the two institutions would work together to improve the quality of life of Ghanaians.

"Let us work together to change the circumstances of our people," he added. 

He appealed to Prof. Duncan to put up a monument on campus to have his name on the project.

The partnership will last for five years after which it will be re-assessed for impact and continuation.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Participants of the World Water Day Celebration

Department of Water and Sanitation marks World Water Day

28 Mar, 2023 By DIS

The Department of Water and Sanitation, University of Cape Coast has celebrated this year’s World Water Day with a call on Ghanaians to protect and conserve water. 

The Founder and CEO of the Centre of Awareness (COA) Research and Manufacturing Company Limited, Professor Samuel Ato Duncan, who made the call, added that activities of illegal miners posed a major threat to the future water supply to  communities in particular and the nation as a whole.

The Founder and CEO of the Centre of Awareness (COA) Research and Manufacturing Company Limited, Professor Samuel Ato Duncan

 

"We can never talk about the preservation of water bodies without talking about the damaging effects of illegal mining (galamsey)" he said. 

Prof. Duncan said globally, water had come under serious threats from increasing population, climate change, and human activities and as a result, a multi- stakeholder approach to fight the menace of water pollution was necessary. 

He said understanding the importance of water would help achieve Goal Six of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6) which focuses on access to clean water and sanitation for all.

He said COA was ready to partner with stakeholders in the water and sanitation sector to address the canker of water pollution while calling on government to support agencies promoting water and sanitation in the country.

Keynoter for the event, Mr. Kwesi Brown, Head of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency also cautioned Ghanaians against the fast pace at which Ghana’s water resources were being depleted. He hinted of the imminent danger the country faced in the production of portable water and advised against illegal activities that threatened the achievement of clean water and sanitation for all.

 

Keynoter for the event, Mr. Kwesi Brown, Head of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency

 

He reiterated that achieving SDG 6 was hinged on the collective efforts of the ordinary Ghanaian and people placed in high offices. He added that winning the war waged against illegal mining in the country begged for total commitment and change in the mindset of persons engaged in the illegality.

A representative from the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Central Region, Nicholas Hene Ampong Okyere, re-echoed the need to preserve water as an essential commodity to life. In achieving that, he said the company was working with government to ensure that universal water coverage was met by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal Six (SDG 6).

He, therefore, urged the public to desist from activities that pollute water bodies. 

A representative from the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mrs Ernestina Ohenewaa Benti, said the mandate of CWSA was the provision of safe water to rural communities and small towns as well as promote water related sanitation and hygiene practices. 

She expressed commitment towards achieving its mandate and partnering with its stakeholders to deliver on its planned medium-term programmes and projects. 

Head of the Department of Water and Sanitation-UCC, Ing Prof. Peter Appiah Obeng, in his remark, called on Ghanaians to conserve water bodies to project the nation’s socio-economic development.

He insisted on the need to fight against illegal mining and logging of trees, which destroyed water bodies for Ghanaians to get the full benefits of their water resources.

He observed that it was necessary to share and educate the populace about the implications of pollution of water bodies and wasteful use of water.

This year’s World Water Day celebration was on the theme, “Accelerating Change”.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

StuFSO scholars at the forum

StuFSO Scholars Challenged to Study Hard to Justify Investment by UCC

28 Mar, 2023 By DIS

Beneficiary students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Students’ Financial Support Office (StuFSO) Scholarship have been challenged to take their academic work seriously to justify the investment made in them.

The Chairman of the UCC Scholarship Committee, Prof. Samuel Acquah , who threw the challenge, told the beneficiary students, aptly called scholars, that their academic performance was precondition to enable them enjoy the Scholarship package.

"Your academic performance is the only measure of success if you want to be on the scholarship scheme," he said, speaking to the beneficiaries at the Scholars' Forum.

Scholars Forum

The Forum, organised by the Students’ Financial Support Office (StuFSO) was aimed at helping to produce all-round students. 

Prof. Acquah reminded the beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity they had been given, bearing in mind that so many brilliant-but-needy students attended the selection interview but did not qualify.

In that regard, he pointed out to the beneficiaries that the best way to repay for the investment was to study, abide by the rules, be disciplined, good ambassadors of the Scheme and excel in their various fields of study. 

Prof. Acquah implored scholars to dress decently to lectures and avoid deviancy so as not to tarnish the image of StuFSO. 

Becoming a Scholar

The Administrator of StuFSO, Ms. Grace Mensah, making a presentation on the topic: "Becoming a Scholar" stressed the need for scholars to engage in volunteer activities because it provides the opportunity to gain valuable working skills whilst developing important social skills. 

In view of that beneficiary students would undertake voluntary work on campus five hours in a week. The voluntary works include Shelving at the Main Library, Farm Hands at UCC Farms, Sales and Bookkeeping Training for Petty Traders and Primary School Teaching in Surrounding Communities

She encouraged the scholars to cultivate the habit of reading for intellectual growth and literal adventure.

Ms. Mensah urged the recipients to use the forum to make new acquaintances, network, and share views and ideas that would help the forward match of StuFSO.

She advised the scholars to also be innovative and venture into entrepreneurship to create more employment opportunities after school.

Ms Mensah expressed gratitude to the contributors of the Scholarship Scheme, including the Students’ Representative Council, Graduate Students’ Association, Office of the Dean of Students, Alumni, amongst others 

Some of the beneficiaries praised StuFSO for their support and timely respond to the emails of applicants.

StuFSO Ativities

StuFSO provides financial assistance to needy but brilliant students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). This is done through the management and disbursement of the UCC Scholarship as well as coordination of external scholarships to increase access to funding for students. The Office completed disbursing the 2023 UCC Scholarship for needy and brilliant students by 7th February, 2023.

The objectives for the 2023 UCC Scholars’ Forum were to reorient and challenge awardees to become scholars, discuss the privileges and responsibilities of awardees, explain the role of awardees in the future sustenance of the scholarship and sign-up awardees for the 2023 StuFSO Voluntary Programme.

The maiden UCC Scholars Forum was organised as a two-day event.

UCC and MU

Vice-Chancellor hosts President of University of Maryland

28 Mar, 2023 By DIS

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has met with Dr. Darryll J. Pines, the President of University of Maryland (UM), College Park, USA to discuss areas of collaboration between the two institutions.

During the meeting, Dr. Pines expressed the University of Maryland’s interest in  collaborating with UCC on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme.

Dr. Pines, who is also an American aerospace engineer, disclosed that UM had been whipping up the interest of high school students in the US to take STEM courses offered by the University.

Against this backdrop, his university was working closely with Ghana's Ministry of Education to produce teachers equipped with practical skills to handle STEM classes and whip the interest of students in STEM education.

In view of that, he said, UM would like to collaborate with UCC through the School of Sustainable Engineering to train engineering teachers.

Prof. Boampong warmly welcomed Dr. Pines and appreciated his visit, while expressing the desire of UCC to collaborate with University of Maryland. 

Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong and Dr. Darryll J. Pines also exchanged views on a number of issues of mutual concern and discussed staff-students exchange programme.

The meeting was attended by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene; the Registrar, Mr Jeff Onyame; Provost of College of Education Studies, Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis; Provost of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof Joojo Eghan and the Dean of the School of Sustainable Engineering, Prof. Robert Sarpong Amoah. Also present were the Dean of Office of International Relations, Prof. Kwaku Boakye; the Director of Consular and General Services, Mrs Alberta Yaa Grahama and the Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah Bentum (rtd).

Accompanying Dr. Pines to the meeting were Dr. Marion W. Brown, CEO Clarendon Global Partners, University of Maryland, and Mr. Aaron Twum Akwaboah, the Strategy and Innovation Director at the Ministry of Education.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

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