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13th Batch of UCC Medical Students Ushered Into Clinical Training

09 Dec, 2022 By DIS

One hundred and twenty-three (123) level 400 students of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), University of Cape Coast have been transited from the study of preclinical to clinical health services at a White Coat Ceremony. 

 

The Ceremony involves a formal robing of the students in doctors’ traditional wear, the white coat, which symbolises professionalism and compassion in patient care.

 

The students also took the medical Students’ Oath which read in part that they will practice medicine to the highest standards of conduct and seek what was best for their patients without allowing greed, stinginess and the desire for great reputation to corrupt them. 

 

 A former Dean of the SMS, Prof. Ivy A. E. Ekem, administered the SMS Oath to the students. 

 

The visibly elated students received rapturous applause from management, lecturers, parents, relatives and friends as they donned the white coats emblazoned with their names. 

 

At the ceremony,  the Chief Executive Officer of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu, in a brief remark, congratulated the students on completion of the basic science portion of medicine and advised them to show respect and compassion towards their patients without discrimination.

 

The CEO added that every patient had the right to be given quality health care with due recognition and respect. 

 

Dr. Ngyedu told the students to be guided by the ethics of the profession and reminded them of the oaths that they had sworn to serve.

 

Dr Akosua Owusu Sarpong, Central Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on her part, urged the students to take their studies seriously to support the medical services in the country.

 

She asked the students to join group discussions to learn from their peers and also religiously study ethical practices, as well as customer care.

 

"Treat patients humanly by adopting Customer care" she added.

 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof Rosemond Boohene, who chaired the Ceremony, challenged them to build on the frontiers of knowledge.

"We want to see our medical students understanding that they have to prepare for technology that has not been invented, jobs that have not been created, challenges that have not been seen" she added.

 

She encouraged them to justify the investment made in them by their parents and guardians.

 

As a gesture of goodwill, the students presented assorted items to the various departments under the SMS.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

7 Students Benefit from Stanchart Scholarship

09 Dec, 2022 By DIS

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited (Stanchart) has awarded scholarships to seven (7) brilliant but needy students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). 

The beneficiary students are in the second, third, and fourth years, as well as postgraduate levels respectively. 

The students - five (5) undergraduates and two (2) postgraduates - will benefit from two (2) endowment funds: the Standard Chartered Science Education Trust Fund and Standard Chartered Kenneth Dadzie Memorial Education Trust Fund.

Whilst the Science Education Fund covers both undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing Science, the Kenneth Dadzie Fund focuses on postgraduate programmes; Economics and business courses. 

The beneficiary undergraduate students are Bismark Kyei, BSc Nursing; Lovia Boahemaa; Kumah Raphael Sombawire, DPharm; Isaac Danso Amoah, BSc Forensic Sciences and Justice Gyaaba Karikari, DPharm. 

The postgraduate students are Michael Adu-Gyamfi and Anator Clara Mawuena, MSc Economics. 

Addressing the students at a brief ceremony at the Bank’s Headquarters in Accra, the Acting Board Chairman of the Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Twum Asante, advised the students to focus on their studies and take advantage of the opportunity offered them to excel.

He also entreated them to be creative and innovative to help in the development of society and the nation in general. 

Mr. Asante told the students to be committed and hardworking with positive ethical values that would enable them achieve their potentials and dreams.

He urged the students to let integrity be their hallmark irrespective of the opposition they faced.

One of the beneficiaries, Justice Gyaaba Karikari, on behalf of his fellow beneficiaries, expressed appreciation to Stanchart for the scholarship. 

He gave an assurance that they would give of their best to justify the investment being made in them.

For her part, the Administrator at the Students’ Financial Support Office, Ms Grace Mensah, who accompanied the beneficiaries, thanked Standard Chartered Bank for the gesture.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Dr. Brandford Bervell Appointed Deputy Director of DRIC-UCC

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, on behalf of the Council of the University, has appointed Dr. Brandford Bervell as a Deputy Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC-UCC).

Dr. Bervell, a senior lecturer at the Department of Maths and Science, College of Distance Education (CoDE-UCC) will hold the office for a two-year term with effect from 1st December, 2022 to 31st July, 2024.

Dr. Brandford Bervell holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in E-learning/Web-/Internet based teaching and learning (Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia). He had his Master’s in Education (M. Ed.) in Information Technology at the Center for Continuing Education, University of Cape Coast and a Bachelor of Education Degree in Social Studies also from University of Cape Coast.

He has Professional Certificates in a number of fields namely; Google Analytics, Information Technology, Online Teaching, and Microsoft Office Professional. He is very proficient in advanced Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Data Analytics and the use of software such as Smart-PLS; GSCA; AMOS; Articulate 360; QR Code Technology; Learning Management Systems; Video-Conferencing Software (E.g., Google Meet, APACHE Meeting, ZOOM etc.); SPSS, EndNote; Harzing’s POP among others.

 

Publications and Scholarly Work

As an emerging scholar, his Google scholar profile indicates an all-time fifty (50) research publications with eight hundred and eighty eight (888) citations, h-index of sixteen (16) and i10-index of twenty one (21). Majority of these publications are with reputable academic publishers such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Routledge Taylor and Francis.

Dr. Bervell is an International Journal Reviewer and has reviewed for over twenty-three (23) Scopus/ISI journals on issues related to Information Technology and Education. He has some Innovations on Model of Online Learning (MOLS) (2022), Technology-Personality Factors-Based Model (2018), Technology-Related Stimulus-Response-Theoretical Framework (TR-SR-TF) (2020), just to mention a few.

Dr. Bervell is a member of international and local editorial boards. He contributes as an editor (Contemporary Educational Technology (Journal) Scopus), a co-editor (European Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Education), guest editor (Sage Open (Journal) Scopus/ISI, and a co-managing editor (Handbook of Research on Distance Education in Ghana), College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast.

Awards and Recognition

As an Early Career Researcher, Dr. Bervell has won numerous awards and has been recognized for his contributions including: Best College Level Researcher Award (BCLRA) (2022), Best College Level Research Awards (BCLRA) (2020). From the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, he was honoured with the Graduate on Time (GOT) Status Honour for his PhD studies. He was also among the first three students to complete their Masters’ degree within the record two years.

Dr. Bervell was also the Best Graduating Student in Social Studies (2006 batch) during his undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Coast. In 2022, he was recognized as the first Ghanaian inductee into the Hall of Fame as Academic Fellow for Research Influence at the Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Recently, he was recognized with the certificate of honour as the international invited speaker for the 2022 International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention (IMETC).

 

Positions Held on Committee/ Boards/ Institutions/Associations (National and International)

Dr. Bervell has been on several committees and has held a number of positions over the few years in his field as an ICT in education specialist. He is the current Vice-President of Association of Educational & Instructional Technologists Ghana (AEITG), Ghana; Chairman, Adhoc Committee on Realignment of Programmes and Study Centres, CoDE, University of Cape Coast (2022). He is a member of the University of Cape Coast Research Agenda 2023-2027 Committee (2021-date), Member of the Examination Malpractice Committee, CoDE, University of Cape Coast, (2020-date), Member of the University of Cape Coast Publications Committee (2021-date), Member of Distance Education Policy Development Committee, University of Cape Coast (2022), Member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), USA; and Member of International Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE).

Dr. Bervell is an International Academic Fellow, Centre for Institutional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains, Malaysia (2021-date). He also serves as an external advisor to PhD students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia; as well as at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.

It is expected that Dr. Bervell will bring on board his dynamism in research as well as expertise in Information Communication Technology and Data Analytics to the Directorate.

Documentation and Information Section-UCC

SDS-UCC Holds 3-Day Non-Residential Retreat

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The School for Development Studies of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies (CHLS), University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a three-day non-residential retreat for its members of staff.

Welcoming the participants to the programme in Cape Coast, the Dean of the School, Prof. Angela Akorsu, indicated the retreat would afford the staff an opportunity to assess the SDS’s activities over a defined period and fashion out strategies geared towards enhancing and improving its mandate.

The School for Development Studies, previously the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) is a research division established with the overarching goal of taking part in regional, national, and global initiatives to discover and comprehend the processes and mechanisms of development. Additionally, it is to add to the database of knowledge that administrators and policymakers require to solve development-related issues.

The Provost of CHLS, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng in a brief statement described the retreat as timely and important since it would allow participants to think through efforts necessary to tackle challenges saddling the School.

He also mentioned that tertiary education in the 21st century was hinged on critical thinking; problem solving and innovative approaches hence, the SDS must adopt these drives to guard their work.

Prof. Kwarteng encouraged the Dean to apprise his office with decisions reached after the retreat.

On his part, the Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC-UCC), Prof. David Doku, gave the participants an overview of the mandate of his directorate and DRIC’s readiness to support the SDS in its research mandate.

He was quick to admonish the School to live up to its status as a research engine of the University of Cape Coast while encouraging staff to adhere to best practices when embarking on any form of research in order not to bring the  image of the University into disrepute.

Source:Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

UCC Leases 100-acre Land to TOPP Limited for Oil Palm Cultivation

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC), through the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS), and the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the University has agreed to provide one hundred (100) acres of its land acquired at Twifo-Wamaso to TOPP for the sole purpose of oil palm cultivation and production.

Under the agreement, which will remain valid for a period of twenty-eight (28) years subject to a periodic renewal every five (5) years, proceeds from the farm would be shared between the parties on the Abusa basis. That is, TOPP shall take two-thirds of the proceeds while UCC takes one-third.

The terms of the arrangement, however, may be amended by a mutually written agreement prior to the review and any extension to the MoU would be formally agreed in writing by the two (2) parties (UCC and TOPP Limited). A project committee, consisting of eleven (11) members from both parties, shall be responsible for the review function under the agreement.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the project, UCC shall only provide farmland needed for the project, and visiting students and lecturers to the project site shall comply with all safety requirements. The University shall also have unrestrained access to the project site, upon notice to TOPP, for purposes of education and inspection.

On the other hand, TOPP shall be responsible for providing farm inputs, technical knowledge and security for the project and all associated cost in respect of cultivation and maintenance.

The agreement further stipulates that either of the parties, in this instance UCC and TOPP, may terminate the MoU by giving written notice to the other party three (3) months in advance provided that such notice will not, in anyway, jeopardize any on-going project.

Witnesses to the agreement were the Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong and for TOPP, the General Manager, Daniel Kojo Nyame. The agreement was reached in the presence of the Dean of the School of Agriculture-UCC, Prof. De-Graft Acquah and the Business Development Manager of TOPP.

About Abusa Land Tenure System

Under the Abusa land tenure system, proceeds from a parcel of land leased out for cultivation shall be shared in the ratio of 1:2 between the landlord and tenant respectively.

Abusa is normally associated with food and not tree crops. An important feature in the two share-cropping agreements is the relative contribution of labour and capital by the tenant farmer and the landowner.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

Pro Vice-Chancellor Hosts IEPA Director- General

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, has received in courtesy visit the Director General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA)-UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Coast, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom.

 

The purpose of the visit, according to the Director-General, was to congratulate the Prof. Rosemond Boohene on her elevation to the high office of Pro Vice-Chancellor. 

 

During the meeting, Dr. Boakye-Yiadom walked the Pro Vice-Chancellor through the activities carried out by IEPA since it attained the UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa in November 2020. 

 

The Director-General told Prof. Rosemond Boohene that IEPA had rolled out educational leadership training programmes for Planning Officers of the Ghana Education Service, as well as school managers of basic and senior high schools. 

 Dr. Boakye-Yiadom also indicated that plans were afoot to train student leaders in leadership.

He noted that Domestic Financing lay at the heart of IEPA to ensure that individuals holding educational positions were able to generate revenue domestically without depending on International donor funds, which was time- bound. 

 

For her part, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, conveyed the heartfelt of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, who is on official University assignment, to the Director-General. 

 

She lauded the keenness of IEPA to build the capacities of educational administrators. 

 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor requested IEPA to train management and Directors of the University to sharpen their skills in administration. 

 

 

The Acting Deputy Director (Administration and General Services) of IEPA, Alberta Abena Kunadu Owusu and the Head of Communications and Public Relations, Ms. Nana Efua Rockson, were present at the meeting. 

 

Mr. Alfred Ghartey, Secretary to the Pro Vice-Chancellor was also present.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

D-HUB Trains Young Entrepreneurs

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The Design Thinking and Innovation Hub (D-Hub) of University of Cape Coast has organized an orientation for fifty-five (55) young entrepreneurs in the Central Region in the GIZ Business Idea Competition.

The competition would afford the entrepreneurs the opportunity to obtain in-kind equipment support to grow their businesses.

The Director of D-Hub, Dr. Keren Naa Abeka Arthur, explained that her outfit would slash the number of entrepreneurs to thirty-five (35) after rigorous processes.

She said successful young entrepreneurs would receive equipment of their choice not exceeding GHS 6,000.

The Director said GIZ seeks to provide and promote alternatives to irregular migration through fostering entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities.

She added that the project is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zussamenarbeit (GIZ) in Ghana on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Dr. Arthur said D-HUB would continue to train persons in start-ups and small businesses to grow their businesses and called on them to strive for excellence to improve their operations.

The Director urged the youth in the region to participate in entrepreneurial trainings to increase their knowledge in entrepreneurship.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

UCC Debate Society Presents trophy to Pro Vice-Chancellor

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Debate Society has presented a trophy it won at the Ghana Universities Debate Championship to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene.

The debate, held at the University of Ghana, saw the UCC Debate Society win the Novice Champions of the Championship.

In a speech, the President of the UCC Debate Society, Jahman Aikins, said the debaters also won the Public Speaking Champions as well as the Novice Champions of the 2021 Ghana Universities Debate Championship.

He added that Team UCC debaters were also making significant strides internationally and promised to achieve more laurels.

Mr. Aikins expressed gratitude to the Office of the Dean of Students’ Affairs for the support and said the debaters were elated to win the trophies and bring glory to UCC.

For her part, Prof Boohene congratulated the debaters on their sterling performance and urged them to do more in order to raise the flag of UCC high at other competitions.

She said she was elated that the students were actively participating in extra curriculum activities to enable them to identify and develop their potentials.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor assured them of the University’s support to compete at the international level.

 The Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye E. Onyame and the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Prof Eugene Darteh, were present at the event.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

Senior Staff Association Fights Breast Cancer

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) branch of the Senior Staff Association- Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has organized a symposium to create awareness on breast cancer.

 

The programme was organized by the Women's Commission of SSA-UoG, UCC in partnership with the Danquah Institute. 

 

It was on the theme: "Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Screening Practices in Ghana." 

 

The month of October, annually, is celebrated as breast cancer awareness month, to increase awareness for early detection, treatment and palliative care of the disease globally.

 

A Breast Cancer Advocate and Radiologist, Madam Grace Animwaa, said breasts play a crucial role in the human life and must be handled with care, saying every woman is in the "cancer risk group." 

 

She advised women to know their breast status because breast cancer was not a respecter of persons.

She said breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women where the breast’s cells proliferate out of control.  

 

Its symptoms, according to her, included a lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple and changes in the shape or texture of the nipple or breast

 

She, therefore, implored women from age twenty (20) to start monthly breast self-examination and after age forty (40) women should start the baseline mammogram annually. 

 

She encouraged women to regularly visit the hospital for check-up since early detection of the disease was the surest way to fight breast cancer. 

 

The Breast Cancer Advocate said the situation, where some women after being diagnosed with breast cancer refuse to seek medical treatment and resort to prayer camps, with the hope of curing the cancer was not good. 

 

She urged the public to make good lifestyle choices to avoid the risk of getting breast cancer.

 

She said although rare, men could also be affected by breast cancer and, therefore, urged them to partake in such screening exercises.

 

She advised the public to treat with contempt disinformation on social media that sucking of breasts by men prevents and cures breast cancer.

 

"For me I say breast cancer is evil just like COVID-19 is evil.  This disease is not like malaria which will give you headache. It won't give you any symptom. It is painless."

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, described breast cancer as a health red flag which must be hoisted very high to attract the attention of policy makers, health practitioners and ordinary citizens. 

 

She advised the participants in the symposium and members of the University community at large to take advantage of the breast cancer month to get screened, since that was crucial to preventing the disease.

 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor reiterated that the consequences of the disease were dire, and called for women to seek early treatment to save lives. 

 

For his part, the President of the UCC SSA-UoG, Sandy Kumi Sinatra, indicated that the Association was passionate about championing a cause which will enhance the total health and well-being of members. 

 

He also called on Ghanaians to keep the discussion on breast cancer ongoing, seek early detection and embrace its treatment.

The UCC SSA-UoG President said the Leadership of the Association had taken the step to create awareness on the disease and encouraged regular examination. 

In an emotional display, photos of breast cancer sufferers were shown to the audience, throwing members of the audience into a state of shock and disbelief. 

 

Some survivors took turns to educate the gathering that breast cancer could be managed when detected early. 

 

As part of the programme, a breast cancer screening exercise was organized for women, where medical experts from Breast Care International counseled participants on availability of different and modern types of breast cancer treatment options.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

UCC Holds International Symposium Ahead of Climaxing UCC@60

30 Nov, 2022 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC has held an International Symposium as part of activities heralding the peak of the 60th anniversary celebration of the University,

On the theme, “60 Years of Quality Education, Expanding the Frontiers: Experiences and Lessons from International Partners”, the event was organized by the Office of the International Relations of UCC.

The President of Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) in Israel, Dr. Joseph Shevel, speaking as the keynoter at the event, indicated that education was the bedrock of the development of every country and urged Ghana to increase education and investment to unlock the potentials of its youth.

He admitted that “Education is a problematic field for politics because we see the results of education usually in the next generation but politicians want to see the results before the next elections.”

Consequently, he stated that quality education was the bedrock for achieving sustainable and inclusive development and its impact on improving all sectors of the economy could not be underestimated.

Dr. Shevel, who spoke on the theme, “Emerging higher education frontiers experiences from Israel; lessons for African education” attributed Israel’s high investment in education and training to its economic successes and challenged Ghanaian universities to take a leaf out of Israeli universities.

The President of GIMI said Israel was the number one in the world in research and development, saying Israel had the biggest share in the technology industry with sixty-three (63) different companies through education.

He claimed that Israel was the only nation in the Middle East with no water, mineral resources or oil, but had made remarkable strides on the continent as a result of the importance attached to education.

“While Ghana invested less than two (2) per cent of GDP in education, Israel invested 7.3 per cent” Prof. Shevel added.

Touching on agriculture, he predicted that Ghana’s water bodies could be adversely affected by global warming and called on the leadership of the country to take immediate steps to forestall any calamity.

In the midst of abundant rainfall and water bodies, he expressed shocked that only a paltry 50 per cent of Ghana’s population was into agriculture, the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, but contributing only 20 per cent to the GDP.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, in his welcome address, stressed the need for tertiary institutions to establish global partnerships in order to create mutually beneficial relationships.

He said it was through such international partnerships that culminated into UCC becoming the first University in Ghana, West Africa and fourth in Africa.

“So indeed, working closely with our strategic partners, has helped the University of Cape Coast to become the number one University not only in Ghana and in West Africa, but the 4th on the continent. In terms of our research influence, we are at the 24th position; at least we are making progress” the Vice-Chancellor added.

Prof. Nyarko Boampong indicated that such partnerships had helped the university to get grants, citing the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences’ partnership with USAID as a key example.

Present at the symposium were delegations from the Bucknell University, University of Cincinnati, University of Rhode Island, University of Limerick, Millersville, and International Fellowship of Korea.

The delegations, in turn, shared their best practices with UCC, as well as ways UCC could adopt to remain competitive in the world.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

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