A total of 1, 198 postgraduate students who pursued various postgraduate programmes for the 2022/2023 academic year have graduated at the 56th Congregation of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

They included 19 PhD; 51 MPhil, 9 MCom, 4 MSc, 575 MED, 59 MBA, and 121 MA. The rest were 4 Master of Nursing, 12 Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), and 344 postgraduate Diploma in Security Studies.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has advised university graduates against joining the Graduates Unemployed Association because opportunities abound to make them self-reliant enough to employ others.

He, therefore, told them to use the knowledge and skills they had acquired throughout their studies at the university to start new businesses.

A new Faculty Commons has been inaugurated for post-retirement contract lecturers at the College of Education Studies of the University of Cape Coast (CES-UCC).

The facility, equipped with a television set, furniture, internet connectivity, and a computer among others will allow the retired lecturers to have a comfortable place to assess the dissertations of their students.

The facility, which is situated within the CES Library, will be managed by the staff of Sam Jonah Library of the University.

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr. Francis Tanam Djankpa, has donated assorted medical-based books to the School of Medical Sciences (SMS).

Making the presentation, Dr. Djankpa explained that the gesture was made possible through Dr Aviva Symes, a pharmacology academic at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the USA.

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has received books on pharmacy to enhance research and learning.

The benevolent gesture was extended to the School by a US-based Philanthropist, Prof. Nelson Kofie, and the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Elijah Yin.

Some selected female farmers from Mankessim in the Central Region have undergone training to be equipped with skills on how to live enterprising lives and gain income-generating opportunities for improved livelihood.

The University of Cape Coast community has expressed excitement over its video which was shortlisted among the finalists in the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) World Intellectual Property (IP) Day 2024 Youth Video Competition. The video, titled; “Seaside Sole Symphony: Upcycled Flip-Flop Art from Ghana” was the only video from Ghana that was shortlisted among 104 entries from 70 countries.

The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Prof. Sarah Darkwa, has assured postgraduate students on distance programmes that the University of Cape Coast is committed to providing them with comprehensive support services tailored to meet their peculiar needs.

Prof. Darkwa gave this assurance when she led Management of SGS to interact with postgraduate students of the College of Distance Education (CoDE) at separate meetings in Bolgatanga and Tamale centres.