The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has urged graduates of the Class of 2025 to be innovators, ethical leaders, and problem-solvers who will uplift communities and contribute meaningfully to national development.
He reminded the graduates that they had been empowered with the requisite knowledge and skills to enable them make positive impact in the society and the world at large, stressing: “We expect you to give back to society.”
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has graduated a total of 5,100 students of the College of Distance Education (CoDE) at the first and second sessions of the University’s 58th Congregation.
The first session which awarded degrees and diplomas to 1,401 students was dedicated to Northern, Upper West, Bono, Upper East, North East, Ahafo, Bono East, Savannah and Ashanti Region.
The second session was dedicated to students from the Ashanti and Eastern.
The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Hiroshi Yoshimoto, has paid a courtesy call on the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Denis Aheto, in his office.
The visit was to enable the Japanese Embassy in Ghana to deepen relations with the University.
The Building Vegetable Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change (FruitBunch) project has come to an end.
The project’s exit meeting was held at the University of Cape Coast.
The School of Business, University of Cape Coast (UCC), has held a durbar to climax its 50th anniversary celebrations.
The colourful event, which was on the theme: “10 years of inspirational leadership and development”, attracted hundreds of people, including traditional rulers, politicians and personalities, as well as students.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a one-day training workshop on gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices, including child marriage.
The workshop, “Empowering Women Leaders to Combat Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence, and Harmful Practices in Selected Communities around the University of Cape Coast,” was supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Central Regional Coordinating Council.
University Practice Senior High School emerged winners of the first-ever Agri-Brain Challenge Inter-School Quiz Competition held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the School of Agriculture.
The quiz, which was to arouse the interest of second cycle institutions students to pursue agriculture at the tertiary level, had diverse questions from soil science, animal science, agriculture engineering and the practical aspects.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC), through the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, has opened a new Chinese restaurant.
The restaurant, known as Luban, located in the cafeteria building near Casely Hayford Hall, has established itself as a top destination for Chinese cuisine
The Luban Restaurant is the result of a partnership between UCC and the Tianjin Economics and Trade School.
The FruitBunch Project has donated office furniture to the Department of Crop Science at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The items include swivel chairs and an 18-cubic-foot freezer for the storage of research materials in the pathology laboratory.
The donation follows the completion of the FruitBunch Project, which began on March 1, 2020.
