The National Investment Bank (NIB) has donated a cheque for 15, 000 to support the Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) Alumni Homecoming. Presenting the cheque to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, the Cape Coast Branch Manager of NIB, Mr.

The Department of Environmental Science has received donation of educational materials from two alumni of the University of Cape Coast. Dr. Charles Odame-Ankrah, an Atmospheric and Air Pollution Scientist, and Mrs. Odame-Ankrah who are currently domiciled in Calgary, Canada presented books, laboratory manuals and other teaching resources worth several thousands of US dollars from their partners in Canada. Dr.

The University Junior High School (JHS) has celebrated its 30th anniversary and 17th Speech and Prize- Giving Day with a call on teachers and parents to help train children to perfectly fit into society in the face of technology advancement. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof.

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Kindergarten (KG) School has graduated a total of 222 pupils at the 2017 End of Year Activity and Graduation Ceremony. The graduating pupils received certificates of promotion to class one in the next academic year.

The Department of Hospitality and Tourism (DHMT)of the University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly to position KEEA as a “Model Tourist Destination” in the country. The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Eric Amuquandoh, signed on behalf of the Department, whilst the Municipal Chief of KEEA, Nana Appiah Korang, signed for the Municipal Assembly.

Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has indicated the University of Cape Coast’s commitment to strengthen its relationship with the University at Buffalo (UB) in the United States of America. Prof. Ampiah noted that the two universities had been working together through exchange of expertise, experience and best practices even though the relationship was yet to be formalized at the institutional level. Prof.

The Department of Vocational and Technical Education (VOTEC) has launched its maiden Skills Training Workshop to mark the commemoration of the World Youth Skills Day. Globally, the World Youth Skills Day, which is celebrated every July 15 by the United Nations, was marked on the theme “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment”.

Participants at the end of a two-day National Security Forum organised at the University of Cape Coast have called on Ghanaians to tackle security as a collective responsibility. The participants, in a communique released to the media, stressed that peace and security are prerequisites for development and noted that issues of mob injustice, vigilantism, land guards, drug trafficking, ethnic and chieftaincy disputes threaten state peace and security. The two-day forum on National Security was on the theme, "Ghana's Peace and Security 60 Years on: Successes, Challenges and Prospects”.