The 2020 National Best Farmer, Mr. Solomon Kwasi Amoah, has encouraged students of the School of Agriculture to take advantage of the numerous business opportunities in the agriculture sector.
Mr. Amoah was interacting with students of the School at a programme dubbed "Time with the National Best Farmer" at the Main Auditorium.
New executives of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), the Students’ Representative Council (SRC), and the Local National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) have been sworn into office for the 2020/21 academic year.
The Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Sir Sam E. Jonah, has called for a national conversation on how to mobilise national talents and resources to address the challenges and scars created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said such a dialogue should include key stakeholders, such as organised labour, the political parties, traditional leaders, civil society, and youth groups, to come up with "pretty tough decisions" that will be required to bring the economy back to normalcy.
The University of Cape Coast and the Ghana Police Service have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to run a Postgraduate Diploma programme in Security Studies.
The programme which would be hosted at the Police Academy in Accra aims at upgrading the knowledge of personnel of the service in security issues, enhance their performance and improve service delivery.
The College of Distance Education (CoDE) Alumni Association has been inaugurated at a ceremony on campus with a call on members to support the University of Cape Coast during these times of unprecedented crisis brought on humanity by COVID-19.
The programme was on the theme: "The Role of Distance Education Alumni in Modern Day University Administration".
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh has implored the new executives of the Senior Staff Association, Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), UCC Local to serve with honour as they assume leadership of the association.
Prof. Edu-Buandoh made the remark at the handing over and swearing-in ceremony for newly elected executives of the association.
A delegation from the University has called on the Paramount Chief and elders of Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region.
The outgoing executives of the Senior Staff Association, Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), UCC Branch, has introduced newly elected executives to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong.
The Office of the Dean of Students has organised a three-day orientation programme for fresh students admitted to the University for the 2020/2021 academic year.
In order to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols, this year’s programme was decentralised and organised on College basis. The programme was held from Monday January 11 to 13, 2021.
Fresh students from the various colleges were taken through causes and prevention of the pandemic by staff from the Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS).
Management of the University of Cape Coast has paid a familiarisation visit to Nduom School of Business and Technology (NSBT) to assess its readiness to host some newly-admitted students of the University.
The team led by the Vice-Chancellor inspected facilities like lecture halls, main administration, library, auditorium, cafeteria, hostel, infirmary, ICT Services among others.
