A public lecture in memory of the first president of Ghana, Osaagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has been held at of the School of Graduate Studies Auditorium of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The two-day lecture was delivered by Prof. Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong-Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African-American Studies, Harvard University, USA.
A team of assessors from the University of Cape Coast has visited and conducted assessment at Entrance University College (EUCHS) in Accra.
The assessment is in respect of Entrance University College of Health Sciences application to seek programme affiliation from the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The School for Development Studies (SDS) under the College of Humanities and Legal Studies has commemorated the World Development Information Day 2023 to raise awareness of developmental problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has inaugurated a new office for the Cash Office under the Directorate of Finance at the ground floor of the Emmauel Adow Obeng Building (Central Administration) at the University of Cape Coast.
Compared to its old office at the South Campus, the new Cash Office is strategically positioned to make the University’s services more accessible to staff, students, alumni and the general public in a conducive environment.
The Dean School of the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Cape Coast, UCC, Prof. Sarah Darkwa, has underlined the need for members of the public to play a crucial role to complement the untiring efforts of government to eradicate the scourge of diabetes in the country.
Against that backdrop, Prof. Darkwa called for intensive public education, family support, and quality healthcare services for persons living with diabetes.
A scholar from the University of California Global Health Institute, Madam Elise Christine Reynolds, has donated equipment worth $5,000.00 to the Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics.
Items
The equipment included two projectors, two Uninterruptible Power Supply, one HP laptop, one photocopier, one HP printer and printer toners.
The Center for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) has marked the International Day of the Girl Child on the theme: “Digital Generation Our Generation”.
The International Day of the Girl-Child fell on October 11, and was commemorated all over the world in recognition of girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face around the world.
The Central Regional branch of the Ghana Science Association (GSA), has held its hand-over ceremony to swear in new batch of executives to take over the mantle of leadership.
The programme took place at the School of Biological Sciences Conference Room, with members of the association and other stakeholders in attendance.
Officers
The Director-General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom has touted Ghana's transformative education, stressing that the major investments being made in the sector was shaping the future of the country’s education.
A Counsellor at Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), Mr. Michael Tagoe, has debunked myths that breast cancer symptoms include lumps in the breast.
He maintained that people had been diagnosed with breast cancer without necessarily having lumps in their breast.
"Not all breast cancer cases involve lumps so clinical screening is important alongside self-evaluation", he noted.
