The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has congratulated sports men, women and officials of the University of Cape Coast Sports Team on winning the 25th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games held at Tamale.
The Vice- Chancellor, therefore, promised that the gallant men and women would be rewarded appropriately for projecting the image of the University through sports.
The Vice- Provost of the University of Cincinnati (UC), United States of America (USA), Prof. Raj Mehta, has reaffirmed the commitment of his University to strengthen academic ties with the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
He said the University of Cincinnati, which is 200 years old, would partner UCC in the areas of joint research, proposals and, exchange of lecturers and students programmes.
Prof. Mehta was speaking during a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, as part of a day’s reciprocal visit to the University.
Fresh students of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Nursing School at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, have been urged to stand out as specialised nurses with the requisite knowledge and skills to contribute towards enhancing quality health care delivery in the country.
A former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has donated assorted books to the University Primary School.
The Project Manager of the USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project, Prof. Denis W. Aheto, has said fish is the most widely traded agricultural commodity in the world as compared to other products in the agricultural value chain. “It is extremely important to put on record that fish, over the last couple of years, is the most heavily traded agricultural commodity compared to meat sources, tobacco, tea, cocoa, banana, sugar, among others”, he said.
The Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L.K Sam-Amoah, has received the newly-appointed Mission Director of USAID/Ghana, Ms. Sharon Cromer, at his office.
Four affiliate institutions of the University of Cape Coast have participated in a workshop organised by the Institutional Affiliation Office (IAO) and the Centre for Teaching Support (CTS).
The workshop which is the third in a series for UCC affiliate institutions was held concurrently in Kumasi and Yendi. It was aimed at building the capacities of lecturers in the four affiliate institutions on assessment and research.
The Provost of the College of Education Studies, Prof. Eric Magnus Wilmot, has presented a Toyota Hilux vehicle to the Center for Educational Research, Evaluation and Development (CERED) to facilitate its operational activites.
A delegation from the Committee on Institutional Affiliation (CIA) has visited Potters College in Takoradi to assess the preparedness of the College to seek affiliation with UCC.
Potters College (PC) is a new institution that is seeking affiliation to run Diploma in General Nursing programme.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has received a delegation from the Bonn-Rhein -Sieg University of Applied Sciences, and I.U.B.H International University, both from Germany, and the University of Nairobi, Kenya, at the Council Chamber.
