A total of 15 graduate students have received an amount ranging from GH¢ 3000 to GH¢ 4000 at this year's School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Research and Awards Ceremony. Instituted in 2015, the Research Grant is aimed at supporting qualified graduate students to produce high quality research and to enable students to complete their research on time. The 15 awardees, who received a total amount of GH¢ 59,000, were selected based on strict criteria, among which were the quality of the research proposal and possible contribution to knowledge. The award winners were: Dorcas Blankson, MPhil (Soil Science), Vera Anyanwaa Essandoh, MPhil (Soil Science), Samuel Otoo, MPhil (Sociology), Asiama Aikins Amoako, MPhil (Sociology), Paa-Kwesi Sackey, MPhil ( Sociology), Edwin Kodwo Kuntu Blankson, PhD (Development Studies), Emmanuel Nuamah, MPhil (Animal Science) and Jacob Owusu Sarfo, PhD ( Health Promotion). The rest were; Louis Opoku-Mensah, MPhil (Animal Science), Bright Opoku Ahenkorah, MPhil (Health Education), George Agyei, PhD (Population and Health), Faustina Mensah, MPhil (Admin. in Higher Education), Awiah Dzantor Selorm, MPhil (Geography), Simon Ntumi, MPhil (Measurement and Evaluation) and David Baidoo-Anu (Measurement and Evaluation). Speaking at the ceremony, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, lauded the courage, perseverance and determination of the Board, the Dean and the Secretariat of the SGS for the initiative. Prof. Oduro congratulated the awardees on their hard work and commiserated with the unsuccessful applicants for their relentless efforts. He bemoaned the lack of funding as one of the major problems of research by graduate students. Thus, he urged the awardees to use the grant for its intended purposes. "Since you are the second batch of beneficiaries of this Grant, we expect that you become faithful ambassadors of this initiative of the SGS to your colleagues and the University community at large." He advised. Prof. Oduro gave the assurance that management was committed to exploring other sources of funding Graduate Research Awards. He announced that plans were afoot in completing arrangements for a research grant from the All Saints Education Trust in the U.K to support qualitative research-based thesis in the University. He praised Nana Sam Brew Butler, the chairman of the immediate past Governing Council of the University, for also setting up the Samuel & Emelia Brew-Butler GRASAG-UCC Research Fund to support postgraduate research at UCC. For his part, the Dean of SGS, Prof. Ernest Okorley, commended the awardees for their excellent work and urged them to be disciplined in all their endeavours and to remember to give back to society when they prosper. On behalf of her colleagues, a beneficiary, Mrs. Faustina Mensah, thanked the leadership of SGS for instituting the Grant to promote high delivery of post graduate education in the University. The ceremony was attended by the Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh; Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. J. B. A Afful; Prof.. Vice-Dean of SGS, Prof Kamkam Boadu, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Educational Foundations, Prof. Prosper Deku, Vice-Dean of the School of Business, Dr. Siaw Frimpong; President of GRASAG-UCC, Mr. Seth Odame-Mensah among others.

The School of Physical Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (CANS) has held its third seminar for the semester. The third seminar, held at the Faculty of Arts Conference Room, was on the theme " Reiterated Homogenisation Applied in Hydrodynamic Lubrication." Speaking at the seminar, a lecturer at the Department of Mathematics, Prof. Emmanuel K. Essel, noted that Homogenisation is a branch within mathematics that involves the study of Partial Differential Equations (PDE's) with rapidly oscillating coefficients. He said the main purpose of Homogenisation is to Approximate PDE's that easily lend themselves to numerical treatment in a computer. Prof. Essel stressed that Reynolds type of equation were widely used in the field of Tribology. According to him, Tribology deals with lubrication, wear prevention and friction control in machines, adding that " Tribological studies enables lubrication engineers to minimize cost of moving parts thereby producing more efficient, more reliable and more effective machine." He explained that, in the field of Hydrodynamic lubrication, the flow of fluid through machine elements such as bearings, gear boxes and hydraulic systems may be governed by the Reynolds equation. The mathematics don pointed out that equations were often used in analysing the influence of texture and surface roughness on the Hydrodynamic performance of different machine elements when a lubricant was flowing through it.ag

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Chapter of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has organised a get-together dinner to round-off activities for the 2015/16 Academic Year. The annual event, held at the Elmina Beach Resort, was aimed at relieving stress and fostering unity among members. Dressed in their Sunday best, members of UTAG-UCC could not hide their ecstasy and joy as they danced to the seamless flow of specially arranged music from the UCC Suapon Band to unwind themselves after a hectic academic year. Addressing members at the function, the President of UTAG-UCC, Prof. Kwame Osei Kwarteng, commended members for their tireless work during the last academic year. He urged members to maintain their dedicated spirit and redouble their efforts during the 2016/17 academic year. Extolling the achievements of the current executives, Prof. Kwarteng said UTAG-UCC had, in collaboration with the National Executive Committee (NEC) of UTAG, managed to convince government to pay the Book and Research allowance on time. He noted that the executives had engaged Management, Council and the Academic Board of the University to resolve critical issues affecting members, thereby preventing imminent strike action by members to disrupt the academic calendar. Prof. Kwarteng, who is also the Head of the Department of History, said a high-powered delegation of NEC called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House, adding that during the meeting, the Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, informed members that, " the Ministry of Education and National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) were working on their Book and Research allowance in addition to setting up the National Research Fund." The President of UTAG-UCC noted that upon assumption of office, the executives invested substantial money into buying treasury bills, which had yield positive dividends and would be used to embark on massive developmental projects soon. He announced that the Association had entered into mutually beneficial relationship with HFC bank, stressing that, " As part of terms of this relationship, the Bank will build offices for UTAG-UCC on campus at no cost." Prof. Kwarteng seized the opportunity to congratulate senior citizens of the Association on reaching their compulsory retirement age and called on them to use their rich experience and knowledge to guide UTAG-UCC. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T Oduro, who graced the occasion, saluted the hardworking members of UTAG-UCC for their sacrifices, commitment and dedication to duty. He pointed out that management of the University was not oblivious of the challenges facing members and would do everything possible to tackle them head-on. He assured members that management would keep an open administration and called on members to seek clarifications on any issues affecting them. He encouraged them to work relentlessly in this academic year towards the forward March of the University. As part of the activities for the dinner, senior citizens, who have officially retired from active service of the University, were given citations for their meritorious services to the University.  

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah has received some team members of the Healing Jesus Crusade led by the International Campaign Director, Pastor Lovell Nii Ankrah Jnr, at his office. The team was at the Vice-Chancellor’s office to inform him of the forthcoming Healing Jesus Crusade on UCC campus . The Vice-Chancellor said he was happy to receive the team to campus for such an important crusade. “When we call you, you responded and this indicates that there is an unfinished business here”, he said. Prof. Ampiah said, “if the crusade is held and there is subsequent change of hearts; it benefits us to execute our work as academics”. He called on the organisers not to hesitate to contact management for any support whenever the need arose. Pastor Lovell Nii Ankrah Jnr. was grateful to the Vice–Chancellor for the warm reception accorded them. He presented a book authored by Bishop Dag Heward Mills to the Vice-Chancellor. Present at the meeting were the Registrar, Mr. Kofi Nyan, Prof. Peter Kwapong, Dr. Aaron Asare, the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Maj. (retd) Kofi Baah-Bentum, Dr. Paul Nsiah, Pastor Fred Appiah and Miss. Felicia Freda Idun-Acquah.