The Provost of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), Prof. Isaac Galyuon, has urged graduands of the College to market the academic programmes run by the University of Cape Coast (UCC). “If the programme will be marketed, you are our marketers. It’s your responsibility as an alumnus to market the University”, he said. Prof.
A delegation from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) was at the 37 Military Hospital to visit Emmanuel Quarshie, a level 100 student who was stabbed during the vandalism that recently happened at Oguaa Hall. The team which was led by the Dean of Student Affairs, Prof Koawo Edjah included the Director of University Health Services, Dr. Evans Ekanem and the Administrator of UCC Hospital, Mr. Atta Yeboah-Sarpong. Briefing the delegation on the health status of Emmanuel Quarshie, the Medical Officer in-charge of the Intensive Care Unit of 37 Hospital, Colonel G.
The School of Biological Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences has held the 3rd Annual K. N. Eyeson Lecture. Instituted in 2015, the lecture was to honour Emeritus Prof. Kojo Ndzeba Eyeson for his immeasurable contributions to the development of the School and the University. This year’s lecture was on theme “Towards Effective Social, Educational, Environmental and Health Standards in Ghana”. Addressing the gathering, an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Prof.
The Director of Reckon Medical Ghana Limited, Dr. Kwame Oben-Nyarko, has donated eye equipment worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to the Department of Optometry. Items donated include Trial lens set, Ophthalmoscope, Near Chart, LED illuminated Distance Chart and Examination Loupe. Presenting the items, Dr. Oben-Nyarko, said the essence of the donation was to assist the Department to join the fight against global blindness. He urged them to take good care of the equipment. Receiving the items, the Dean of the School of Allied Sciences, Prof. Moses Eghan, expressed gratitude to Dr.
The University has held the 11th Session of the 49th congregation for the Institute of Education where a total of 1, 899 students were graduated. The congregation recorded 54% female students graduating out of the total number of students who pursued the Bachelor of Education (Basic Education) and (Early Childhood) through the sandwich mode and 45% males. They were from the St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem, SDA College of Education, Koforidua, St. Teresa’s College of Education, Hohoe, and the Holy Child College of Education, Sekondi centres.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has organised a dinner for both faculty members and students from the Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University (GVSU), USA. The visiting students and faculty were in Ghana for an outreach programme to familiarise themselves with the Ghanaian healthcare systems. The collaboration between the Department of Nursing and Midwifery and the GVSU Public Health Nursing which started in 2013 is aimed at establishing and improving partnership with both local and international collaborators in the area of Public Health.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has organised a dinner for both faculty members and students from the Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University (GVSU), USA. The visiting students and faculty were in Ghana for an outreach programme to familiarise themselves with the Ghanaian healthcare systems. The collaboration between the Department of Nursing and Midwifery and the GVSU Public Health Nursing which started in 2013 is aimed at establishing and improving partnership with both local and international collaborators in the area of Public Health.
The chiefs and people of Agona Asafo in the Central Region have installed the Vice President of Auburn University, Alabama, United States of America as Nkosuohene (development chief). The newly installed chief, known in private life as Dr. Royrickers Cook was given the stool name Nana Kwesi Cook I. Giving the background to the installation, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro said during a visit to Alabama, Dr. Cook expressed interest in the development of Africa so he in- turn invited him to Asafo so that he would help with the development of the town.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Auburn University, USA, have held a day's colloquium to solicit views on how the two universities can embark on outreach programmes to assist communities they found themselves. The colloquium created the platform for the two institutions to learn from each other about issues and challenges associated with outreach programmes and to help improve on the quality of outreach services rendered to their respective countries. The Vice-President for University Outreach and Associate Provost, Auburn University, Dr.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) House of Parliament has won the 2017 Commonwealth Day Debate Competition. The debate was organised by the Ghana House of Parliament to commemorate this year's Commonwealth Day, which fell on 13 March at the International Conference Center in Accra.
