Mr. Andrew Karas, the out-going United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Mission Director for Ghana, has paid a courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro. He noted that the purpose of his visit to the Central Region was to inspect projects initiated by USAID and decided to call on the University to also check on the projects initiated by the Mission at the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Mr.

“As management, we are set on a mission to make UCC synonymous with higher quality graduate education in the country and beyond”. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah stated this during the 12th Session of the 49th Congregation for the School of Graduate Studies. A total of 2,214 students were presented with various postgraduate degrees, which included 51 Ph.Ds.

The Institute of Education has honoured 10 students from the Colleges of Education who excelled in the 2015/16 academic year. Dubbed “6th Excellence Awards Ceremony”, the awardees were selected from a total of 154 students of the 46 Teacher Training Colleges of Education in Ghana who had first class. Ms. Stephanie Tetteh Quansuwaa, from Tamale College of Education, who graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.932 in Diploma in Basic Education, was adjudged the National Best Graduating Student. For her prize, she received a citation, laptop, modem, GH¢ 2,000.OO.

The Provost of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), Prof. Isaac Galyuon, has urged graduands of the College to market the academic programmes run by the University of Cape Coast (UCC). “If the programme will be marketed, you are our marketers. It’s your responsibility as an alumnus to market the University”, he said. Prof.

A delegation from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) was at the 37 Military Hospital to visit Emmanuel Quarshie, a level 100 student who was stabbed during the vandalism that recently happened at Oguaa Hall. The team which was led by the Dean of Student Affairs, Prof Koawo Edjah included the Director of University Health Services, Dr. Evans Ekanem and the Administrator of UCC Hospital, Mr. Atta Yeboah-Sarpong. Briefing the delegation on the health status of Emmanuel Quarshie, the Medical Officer in-charge of the Intensive Care Unit of 37 Hospital, Colonel G.

The School of Biological Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences has held the 3rd Annual K. N. Eyeson Lecture. Instituted in 2015, the lecture was to honour Emeritus Prof. Kojo Ndzeba Eyeson for his immeasurable contributions to the development of the School and the University. This year’s lecture was on theme “Towards Effective Social, Educational, Environmental and Health Standards in Ghana”. Addressing the gathering, an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Prof.

The Director of Reckon Medical Ghana Limited, Dr. Kwame Oben-Nyarko, has donated eye equipment worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to the Department of Optometry. Items donated include Trial lens set, Ophthalmoscope, Near Chart, LED illuminated Distance Chart and Examination Loupe. Presenting the items, Dr. Oben-Nyarko, said the essence of the donation was to assist the Department to join the fight against global blindness. He urged them to take good care of the equipment. Receiving the items, the Dean of the School of Allied Sciences, Prof. Moses Eghan, expressed gratitude to Dr.

The University has held the 11th Session of the 49th congregation for the Institute of Education where a total of 1, 899 students were graduated. The congregation recorded 54% female students graduating out of the total number of students who pursued the Bachelor of Education (Basic Education) and (Early Childhood) through the sandwich mode and 45% males. They were from the St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem, SDA College of Education, Koforidua, St. Teresa’s College of Education, Hohoe, and the Holy Child College of Education, Sekondi centres.