The Provost of the College of Education Studies, Prof. Eric Magnus Wilmot, has presented a Toyota Hilux vehicle to the Center for Educational Research, Evaluation and Development (CERED) to facilitate its operational activites.   Established in 1992, the Center, which is the main research arm of the College, has been without a vehicle, making it difficult to carry out  research works and also to woo non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and development partners for research proposals. Speaking at a brief ceremony held at the forecourt of the College, Prof. Eric Magnus Wilmot said the vehicle broke down and the College took a decision aimed at repairing it to assist the transportation of officials of CESED. “We detected that the old pick up for the office had a very weak engine. And so we took  a decision that  we could repair it and hand over to one of  the departments that was in need- because an order has been placed for a new one”, said the Provost. He continued: “ And instead of disposing of this old pick up and get it to be auctioned so that somebody buys it for cheap, we could recondition it so that CERED would become mobile”. Prof. Wilmot expressed the hope that the gesture would help the Center to expedite action on an ongoing project - Secondary Educational Improvement – that would need a vehicle to make CERED mobile, to solicit projects from NGOs to enable the University to attract more funds. He advised the Center to put the vehicle into good use so as to prolong its lifespan.

Receiving the keys to the vehicle on behalf of CERED, the Dean of the School of Educational Development and Outreach, Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis, thanked the Provost for the gesture and gave an assurance that the donation would be put to good use.

The Coordinator for CERED, Dr. Mark Owusu Amponsah, expressed delight at the presentation of the vehicle, describing it as “unprecedented since the establishment of the Centre”.

He said the vehicle would give the Center a greater mobility to pay development partners regular visits.

Present at the ceremony were the Dean of Science and Technology Education (STE), Prof. J.K Mintah; the Registrar of the College, Mrs. Alberta Graham, and the Faculty Officer of STE, Mr. Yaw Mensah Anhwere.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has received a delegation from the Bonn-Rhein -Sieg University of Applied Sciences, and I.U.B.H International University, both from Germany, and the University of Nairobi, Kenya, at the Council Chamber. The University of Cape Coast School of Business has had a collaboration with the Bonn- Rhein -Sieg and University of Nairobi since 2012 in the areas of staff-students exchange. Staff and students visit their counterparts to learn best practices to improve on their knowledge and expertise. The delegation was at the University to participate in a project meeting and thought it wise to call on the Vice-Chancellor to apprise him of the results of the collaboration so far. Leader of the delegation, Prof. Dr. Jurgen Bode said he was happy that the friendship had stabilized and, therefore, indicated that there was the urgent need to find further sources of funding to continue with the project. Prof. Bode said it was a privilege to work with UCC since it had been of great assistance and “also opened their eyes to Africa as a continent of great prospects”. He said: “More people now realise that Africa is the future, for next 40 years to come, you cannot ignore Africa and for that matter Ghana”. Taking his turn, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ampiah, expressed his delight to receive the visitors and noted that though he was meeting them for the first time “it’s better late than never”. Touching on the results of the collaboration, Prof. Ampiah said since the project had been a success, it was imperative to continue with the relationship. The Vice-Chancellor said the University would want to share experience and also see which areas they could explore further. Prof. Ampiah noted that he was happy about the positive image that the visitors had about Africa, since there was the need to explore more on the continent to ensure its speedy development. “There is a lot that we can do in Africa, looking at the different ways of doing things to ensure that we move faster in our development as a people. We have to consider cross- fertilization of ideas, especially South-South cooperation, since we have dwelt much on North-South for far too long”, he stated. Prof. Ampiah reiterated the need to examine other sources of funding the project, adding: “In our own small way will be able to contribute to the project to make it sustainable”. He charged the Dean of International Education, Prof. Rosemond Boohene to broaden the relationship by incorporating other areas apart from entrepreneurship and see how best to rope in I. U. B. H International University into the collaboration. Other members of the delegation included the Rector, I. U. B. H International University, Germany, Prof. Dr. Peter Thuy; Project, Leader, GAUP, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Jostus Munyoki; Project Manager, HDCS, Germany, Sonja Keller, and Project Coordinator, UCC, Phanuel Wunu. Also present were the Director, Centre for Teaching Support, Prof. Douglas D. Adjei and the Acting Director, Public Affairs, Major (retd.) Kofi Baah Bentum.      

The University of Cape Coast , UCC, has won a total of 38 gold, 25 silver and 14 bronze medals to emerge champions of the 25th  Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games held at Tamale. GUSA Games, organised biennialy at a selected public University, is aimed amongst other things at selecting potential athletes to represent GUSA at any pending Federation of African Sports games (FASU Games) and International University Sports Federation games (FISU Games). The participating universities fiercely competed in athletics, hockey, tennis, soccer, basketball, badminton and volleyball. The host institution, University for Development Studies (UDS), placed second with 11 gold, 13 silver and 9 bronze, whilst the University of Ghana came third with 5 gold, 10 silver and 22 bronze. The University of Education,Winneba, had 5 gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze to place fourth, with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology taking the fifth position with 4 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. The University of Energy and Natural Resources managed to pick 1 bronze to secure the sixth position, and the University of Professional Studies, Accra, as well as  the University of Mines and Technology failed to pick a medal at the competition. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of UDS, Prof.  Seidu Al-hassan, speaking at the closing ceremony,  congratulated Team UCC  on its hard-earned success and lauded the other participating universities for their relentless efforts. He commended the sports men and women for their show of sportsmanship and comportment throughout the competition. Prof.  Al-hassan used the opportunity to appeal to management of universities to offer incentives such as scholarships to sports men and women to fully realise their potentials.  

The University has signed separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Real Estate Developers, PS Global Ghana Limited and an ICT Service providers, Eaton Towers, at the Council Chamber. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah signed on behalf of the University, while the Managing Director of PS Global, Messrs. Partrick Ebo Bonful and Maxwell Amartey, of Eaton Towers, initialed for their respective companies. With the MoUs signed, PS Global would be providing affordable student accommodation whereas Eaton Towers would construct a bigger mast to host the number of masts that are scattered all over the campus. It would reduce the current over 36 masts on various locations to six thereby ensuring sanity by providing one centralized system. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Prof. Ampiah said it has taken some time to go through the processes,but it has been worthwhile. “It was for good reasons that we have to go the long haul to have things done well per the agreement”, he added.  Prof. Ampiah thanked the two companies for their commitment to collaborate with the university and hoped that the collaboration would yield good fruits. He indicated to the two companies that management would soon come up with the University’s interests in Corporate Social Responsibility for them to help in that direction. Taking his turn, Mr. Bonful said PS Global was grateful to management for the confidence reposed in the company, indicating that the discussion had gone on well. “This administration has been fantastic in dealing with us," he added. Maxwell Amartey of Eaton Towers expressed his company’s gratitude to the University for the opportunity to provide  services to the community. “It has been a long journey but we have finally arrived”. He assured the Vice-Chancellor that his company would not disappoint in the delivery of its part of the MoU and also said Eaton Towers  would engage the University in the provision of Corporate Social Responsibility.