The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has commissioned a multi-purpose lecture complex valued at GH ¢19.9 million to enhance academic work in the University.
The lecture complex which was completed within 18 months through Internally Generated Funds (IGF) has 25-lecture halls with the capacity to seat 4, 500 students.
Graduates of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and University at Buffalo (UB) Leadership Empowerment Academy Programme have been charged to be innovative leaders even in the midst of crises.
The graduation ceremony was held for 22 postgraduate students, who enrolled on the programme in 2019 and successfully completed their studies in June, 2020.
The University, has presented GH ¢1,000 each to 57 international students who could not travel back to their countries as a result of COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of the country’s borders.
The presentation ceremony was held at the conference hall of the Supperanuation Hostel.
The UCC Co-operative Credit Union has presented some personal protective equipment (PPE) to the University Health Service to fight the spread of COVID-19.
The items were 30 gallons of hand sanitizer and 20 packs of tissue papers.
The School of Business in collaboration with the ‘Building Expertise and Training for Growth (BET-Ghana Project), has organised a Multidisciplinary Workshop under the theme: “Approach to Applied Mixed Research in the Multidisciplinary Space: The Case of Food Processing and Consumer Goods.”
The University has donated five sets of computers and accessories to the Central Regional Police Command.
The accessories were five sets of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and a Coloured Printer.
Presenting the items, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, noted that the donation was to support the Police to enhance their work. Prof. Ampiah said the items were being presented in response to a request made during a previous visit to the Central Regional Police Command.
It is announced for the information of the University community and the general public that at its Special Meeting held on 17th June, 2020, the University of Cape Coast Council took the following decisions:
Council appointed Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, currently the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast for an initial 4-year term of office with effect from 1st August, 2020.
The University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Affiliation Agreement with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-College of Science and Technology (CSIR-CST) to seal the relationship between the two institutions.
The Office of the Dean of Students, in conjunction with the Directorate of University Health Services, has organised an orientation on COVID-19 protocols for final year students who have returned to campus to complete their studies.
The programme formed part of measures the University had instituted to prevent the spread of the virus following the directive of President, His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for universities, and other educational institutions to re-open for final year students.
UCC lecturers have been urged to support Management to implement the COVID-19 measures and protocols when the University re-opens for final-year students.
The Head of UCC COVID-19 Rapid Response Taskforce, Dr. James Prah, made the call when he gave a presentation on the theme “Return of Students to Campus in the Face of COVID-19: What Lecturers Should Know” at A Virtual Seminar organised by the University Teachers Association (UTAG), UCC branch.
