Adehye Hall has climaxed its 55th Hall Week Celebration with a call on the future generation of women to be bold, focused, hardworking, and also serve as role model to others.

The week-long celebration was on the theme “Celebrating the Past, Honoring the Present and Shaping the Future of an Ideal Woman”.

Addressing the durbar, the Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, said the future generation of women should be ideal in many ways. She said they must be educated to meet the challenges at the place of work.

“The workplace is challenging not only because women have to work and still run families. The biggest challenge is that women have to prove themselves twice” he observed.  She added “That double bind that frustrates the woman of today will continue to haunt the woman of tomorrow if we do not shape the lives of young boys with the young girls”. According to Prof. Edu-Buandoh, the educational system should equip the future generation with confidence and skills sets that would be needed in the future place of work

Prof. Edu-Buandoh said the future ideal woman should have decorum in lifestyle, dressing, attitude, communication and relationships. She advised the students to make good use of the training they had received even after marriage stressing that “the future does not have space for women who will just marry and be housewives”. 

The Provost called on the students to follow the steps of women working in the University. “So we want you to look at us as your role models. The context in which we operate as educated women, as women in positions of trust, as wives, mothers, sisters, daughters is still not even but we cannot afford to live in a state of victimhood. You must get up”. She advised them to be focused and set achievable goals and work towards realising them. She mentioned opportunities available to them on campus and urged them to build their skills in entrepreneurship by taking advantage of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprises Development.

On behalf of the Hall Warden, Ms.  Paulina Kwafoa, the Senior Hall Tutor, Mr. Ebenezer Aggrey, said the hall continued to ensure that its students were trained in all spheres of their lives thus traditionally, culturally and intellectually. She said ladies of the hall continue to excel in their academic works and sporting activities.

Ms. Kwafoa advised the students to be guided by the outstretched eagle of UCC Coat of Arms which signifies strength, determination and excellence. She urged them to stay away from extra-curricular activities that would negatively affect their studies.

Some of the achievements of the Hall she mentioned were the installation of CCTV cameras, creation of a garden for relaxation for students. She also noted the dilapidated nature of the wardrobes in the rooms was a major challenge and called for more support to fix them.

Three Level 200 students and a Teaching Associate of the Department of Music and Dance, are traveling to Italy to participate in a mini GLOMUS Camp organized by the Conservatorio di Musica, Licino Refice di Frosinone, Istituzione di Alta Cultura from the 8th to the 15th of April, 2018.

The Department of Music and Dance, is a prominent member of the Global Music Network (GLOMUS); a large network of Academic Music Departments distributed in at least 18 countries globally.   The mini music Camp is one of the several programs of GLOMUS which brings together teachers and students in participating institutions and countries to engage in thorough interactions that promote teaching and learning, socialization, internationalization and positive inter-cultural learning among others. All costs related to this trip are being covered by the Conservatory of Music, “L. Refice.” 

The four representatives: Mr. Amos Asare Darkwa, Ms. Jennifer Sosavi, Mr. Kojo Essuman Yamoah Papa and Mr. Mawuliplim Paa Kwesi Adjahoe (from left to right in the picture respectively) will be performing and showcasing items from Ghanaian indigenous musical traditions, engage other participants in intensive workshop activities and also join the GLOMUS ensemble in other performances co-orchestrated by members of the workshop.

Credit: Dr. Eric Debrah Otchere, Department of Music & Dance

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has commended the Campus Broadcasting Association of Ghana (C-BAG) for playing a key role in the dissemination of factual and relevant information to the public.

Prof. Ghartey noted the various radio stations on campuses in tertiary institutions in the nation have served as important platform for academia to educate, sensitize and also share research findings on critical issues affecting society.

The Vice-Chancellor gave the commendation when members of C-BAG paid a courtesy call on him at the Council Chamber. He also praised C-BAG for exhibiting professionalism in its work adding that “These days, people say all sort of things in the media but you have been consistent in disseminating factual information”.  He noted that through the activities of campus radio stations, the image and reputation of universities and other tertiary institutions had been enhanced.

Prof. Ampiah said C-BAG has also played a critical role in the management of the various tertiary institutions. “You help us to convey notices and other vital information to lecturers, students and other categories of staff” he said.

The Vice-Chancellor particularly applauded ATL FM for the professionalism of its staff and the quality of content they churn out.  He said the station had made UCC proud by winning several local and international awards. He pledged his administration’s continuous support to enhance ATL FM’s activities.

Explaining the purpose of the visit, the Station Manager of ATL FM, Mr. Kwabena Antwi-Konadu, said members of C-BAG were on campus for a two-day meeting and strategic dialogue and deemed it important to pay courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor.

On his part, the Chairman of C-BAG, Dr. Abubakar Sadique Ahmed, said the association was formed in the early 2000s to share best practices, knowledge and also seek the welfare of its members. He said initially campus radio stations operated on experimental basis for teaching purposes. He noted that most of the astute broadcasters in the mainstream media were produced by the campus radio stations.

Dr. Ahmed said campus radio stations had over the years demonstrated the relevance of universities to the general public saying “We want to demystify the issues surrounding academia as living in an ivory tower” He noted that campus radio stations were partners in the management of tertiary institutions and, therefore, need support to play their roles effectively. He appealed to the Vice-Chancellor to convince his colleagues in other institutions to pay keen interest in the activities of campus radio stations and provide them with the needed support.

The team from C-BAG was made up of representatives from University of Ghana, Valley View University, Ghana Institute of Journalism and Takoradi Technical University College.

A two-week International PhD Summer School has been opened at the Institute for Development Studies (IDS).

The Summer School which is a collaboration between IDS and the International Centre for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) at the University of Kassel, Germany has the theme “Constructing Research Frameworks on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa’s Policy Environment”.

IDS and ICDD sought funds together to offer opportunities to enable 33 others participate in this year’s Summer School. In all 43 participants from ten countries are taking part in the programme. The School would consider goals 2, 5, 8 and 15 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Welcoming participants, the Acting Director of IDS, Dr. Emmanuel Y. Tinkorang, said the programme since its inception has created exchange programmes and some PHD collaborations. Dr. Tinkorang was hopeful that, any framework that would come out as result of the School, could be implemented and transcend into policy gaps to reflect in the lives of the people.

The Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Prof. Francis Eric Amuquandoh, indicated that in dealing with Agenda 2030, researchers had huge roles to play in order to meet the targets.“To achieve the 17 SDGs, there is the need to prepare researchers in order to reach the targets. We need to equip future researchers with knowledge and skills”, he said.

Prof. Amuquandoh, said the School provided an opportunity for students to take advantage of and learn new things in development.“This is an opportunity for students to learn how to combine knowledge and practice”.

Opening the Summer School on behalf of the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, Prof. Peter Grant said he was elated that the programme was being hosted by the IDS since the SDGs were all about the development of the society. She noted that: “With the pool of scholars assembled for the Summer School, I can say that the theme aptly fits the programme”. Prof. Grant urged the participants to come up with policies that would be beneficial to the society.

“Whatever framework you come up with, should not be for the award of degrees alone, rather, they should be fit for policy development and implementation”, he said. She indicated that, he was particularly happy for the various SDG themes to be examined during the two-week period of the School adding: “they should impact positively on the populace”. He commended organisers for the South-South cooperation that influenced their choice of participants and urged the 10 PHD students from UCC to take active part in the School saying “You have a lot to learn from the array of scholars assembled at the school”.

The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Prof. Ernest Laryea Okorley, chaired the function and reiterated the need for the School to come up with realistic framework to serve humanity. “Many at times, we come up with frameworks but do not come up with what to do and leave it to the politicians. The time has come for us to have a clear cut and practical policies that no one can run away from”, he said. “I believe that, with the calibre of people and cultures here, we can share ideas and have concrete frameworks that are implementable”, he concluded.