A five-member delegation from the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), secretariat in Uganda has paid a courtesy call on the Pro- Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh.
Purpose of Visit
The Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology Education, Prof. Douglas D. Agyei, has noted that UCC will continue to offer quality academic services to its affiliate institutions.
Prof. Agyei noted that UCC provided the best mentorship to its affiliate institutions stressing that “Currently, several institutions are knocking on the doors of UCC for affiliation due to the quality of services we offer our affiliate institutions”.
As part of promoting Chinese language and culture in Ghana, the UCC Confucius Institute has celebrated the third Spring Festival on campus.
The Chinese Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is an annual event held in China and in Chinese communities around the world. This massive event takes place on different dates each year, but it typically begins during the beginning of February and continues until the middle of the same month.
The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) has organised a training programme for students of the University Practice Senior High School (UPSHS) to enlighten them on adolescent health development and sexuality.
The programme was aimed at educating the students to recognise the various factors in the foundational stages of adolescence which make young people vulnerable to undesired sexual behaviours.
A representative from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has paid a courtesy call on the Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh.
A delegation from Iowa State University, in the United States of America (USA) has called on the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh at her office.
The leader of the delegation, Dr. William Graves said the purpose of the visit was to explore possible collaboration with the University and hoped the University would open its doors in that direction.
In an attempt to address risk-taking in farming and land matters in the country, the School of Agriculture has organised a “Public Lecture” to discuss “Land Conflicts in Ghana: Causes, Effects and Resolution” and Farmers Adaptation to Extreme Drought: Do Risk Attitudes and Perceived Risk Probability Matter?”
Drought is a Major Challenge Farmers
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has called on researchers to interrogate the role of Microfinance in attaining the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) One .
The SDG one focuses on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has launched the UCC-African Intellectual Database for Development and Excellence (AIDDE) Extended Library and Digitisation Project to help staff and students of the University to have easy access to educational materials.
Access to over 50,000 Educational Materials
Hundreds of students of the University patronized the Centre of International Education’s (CIE) 2019 Study Abroad Fair to inquire about opportunities to study in partner institutions of UCC.
UCC has several partner institutions in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia where faculty, staff and students embark on exchange programmes. CIE has been holding the Study Abroad Exhibitions on biannual basis for students of the University and the 2019 event was held at the ground floor of the C. A. Ackah Lecture Theatre Complex.