The General Manager of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Ms Hamdiya Ismaila, has called for a strong partnership between academia and industry to drive Ghana’s economic growth.
According to her, such collaboration would enable universities get funding from industry, whereas industry gets the needed research from universities.
A student nurse of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Mrs. Joana Awuah-Odum, has introduced an Electronic Health System at the Out-Patient Department of the Mankessim Health Centre in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, has challenged female students of the University to be entrepreneurial minded.
Legendary Minds, a group of students from the School of Agriculture, has donated fifteen (15) laboratory stools to the School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast.
The donation was to help improve teaching and learning in the laboratory of the School.
A lecturer at the University of Connecticut, USA, Prof. Osei Mensah Bonsu, has donated books to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cape Coast.
Making the presentation, Prof. Bonsu said he was hopeful that the books would reflect in the academic performance of the students and entreated the beneficiaries to make good use of the library to derive maximum benefit from the books.
The All African Diaspora Education Summit 2022 has been launched at the University of Cape Coast, UCC.
The summit, scheduled for September 19 to 24, this year at UCC, will be on the theme: “Reclaiming African Sovereignty through African-Centered Education: Pushing Excellence as a mantra in everything through the Right Education.”
President of Cosumnes River College, USA, Dr. Edward C. Bush, speaking virtually at the event, rallied Africans in the diaspora to stick to their values, culture, and traditions and not to be deeply ingrained in foreign culture.
The University of Cape Coast, UCC, has embarked on a health walk to increase awareness of the UCC at 60 anniversary celebrations scheduled for October 2022.
As part of the University of Cape Coast’s 60th anniversary celebrations, La Femme Restaurant has supported the University’s forthcoming health walk with GHS 2,500.
The amount was presented to the Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame on behalf of the University.
The Tour Operators Union of Ghana (TOUGHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to prepare students at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management for the job market.
Under the agreement, TOUGHA shall provide internship opportunity for students of UCC, as well as honour invitation by the Department as guest lecturers. Additionally, the Department will also periodically support TOUGHA in the organization of short courses for its members
