The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Counselling Centre has organised the 2025 edition of the Young and Wise graduation for 31 students who received training in basic counselling and life skills.

Speaking at the function, the Director of Counselling Centre, Dr Eugene Kwarteng-Nantwi, noted that the vision behind the initiative was to nurture the youth to become responsible individuals in society. He, therefore, entreated them to make good use of the training they have received to the benefit of society. 

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has received the Executive Director at the Institute of International Business at IOWA University, USA, Prof.  Dimy Doresca.

Their discussions centred on strengthening academic relations between the two universities.

“We have an MoU that defines the collaboration that we need to have on entrepreneurship programmes, research collaborations and faculty mobility,” he added.

The Department of Forensic Sciences of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has  honoured the Technical Adviser to the Minister of the Interior, Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah for her dedication to the advancement of forensic science in the county.

The Department’s citation of honour acknowledges COP Addo-Danquah’s remarkable service and impact on law enforcement, and her continued efforts to mentor and empower the next generation of investigators.

The Technical Adviser to the Minister of the Interior, Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has stressed the need for massive investment in science to prevent wrongful conviction in the Ghanaian Criminal Justice system.

To that end, she maintained that Forensic Science was the panacea to ensure that innocent people were not wrongfully imprisoned and perpetrators of heinous crimes were rather brought to book to face the full rigors of the law.

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has inaugurated the Resource Governance Campus Hub at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

The initiative, which will be under the Institute of Oil and Gas Studies, UCC, is aimed at providing students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and ethical principles for effective resource governance and management, serving as a platform for intellectual discussions, research initiatives, advocacy, and collaborative projects.

The Faculty of Science and Technology Education, under the College of Education Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has organised a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Workshop to build the capacity of academic senior members from multiple departments.

Participants were drawn from the College of Education Studies, School of Sustainable Engineering, and the Departments of Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics.

An MTN Ghana delegation led by the Chief Enterprise Officer, Mrs. Angela Mensah-Poku, has paid a working visit to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

The  visit was to cement the cordial relationship that had existed between MTN Ghana  and the UCC.

During the visit, Mrs. Mensah-Poku updated the Vice-Chancellor on the role the telecom giant  was playing  to drive industry connectivity in the Central Region.

Following the decision by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to no longer accept manual applications for programme accreditation for all tertiary institutions in Ghana, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has organised a day’s training and technical support workshop for selected lecturers in the University.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Denis Aheto, has received the leadership of the Church of Pentecost (COP), Cape Coast Area, at his office.

The leadership was led by its Area Head, Apostle Dr. Amos Jimmy Markin, the Cape Coast Area Secretary, Pastor Patrick Ayertey, and the Cape Coast Area Executive Member, Pastor Stephen Mensah.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof.  Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has signed the condolence register for eight persons who perished in the helicopter crash at Adansi-Brofoyedu, near Akrofuom, in the Adansi Akrofuom District in the Ashanti Region.

A Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter carrying eight people went missing after taking off from Accra on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.