The School of Business has awarded two hundred and nine (299) students at its Dean’s awards ceremony held at the University of Cape Coast.
Instituted in the 2008/2009 academic year, the ceremony is aimed at recognising students at levels 200, 300 and 400 for obtaining Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.6 and above per academic year.
A level 400 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) student, Atitso Emmanuel Mawuli, with a CGPA of 4.0, was the toast of the occasion.
The awardees received certificates for their outstanding performances.
Addressing the ceremony, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Ghana, HE Hilton John Mitchell, explained that employers were facing uphill task to recruit reliable, trusted, committed and loyal human resource.
“The biggest headache employers face today is the right, honest reliable and committed human resource. This is bigger than any financial hurdle that employers have” he noted.
Some students at the awards
He advised student leaders to eschew dubious means of attaining wealth and use their positions to serve their colleagues. He also admonished students to be wary of the friends they kept because that could influence life and alter their decisions, while urging them to use their time responsibly.
Congratulating the students for the feats, HE Mitchell entreated them to pursue their goals with diligence and eschew shortcuts to success and advised them to aspire to be outstanding in all endeavours of life.
For his part, the Dean of the School of Business, Prof. John Gatsi, said the School would not relent on its efforts to train and produce “fit-for- purpose” graduates who can work in multi-cultural environments to build interpersonal skills, Innovation and data skills.”
He said the School had introduced a two (2) hour credit course – Professional Development Skills - at level 400 to consolidate various skills needed in industry and the world of work.
Prof. Gatsi announced that a new undergraduate programme was in the offing in the area of BCOM Financial Engineering.
The Dean hailed professional bodies for the support towards the School and indicated that the School would work in concert with the bodies to get database with past students of the School who enroll on their professional courses.
“We are now working with professional bodies to create database for the number of our students, especially fresh graduates who pass professional exams for our records,” he observed.
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah, chaired the event.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC