Twelve dedicated members of staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been rewarded for their significant contributions towards the growth of the institution. The awards ceremony, dubbed, “2nd Staff Awards and Recognition" witnessed awards given to members in the Senior Members, Senior Staff and Junior Staff categorised. Each awardee received a shield, certificate and a cash prize of GH¢3,000 Ghana Cedis. The Director of Human Resources, Rev. Isaac Sarbeng, commended the awardees for giving off their best to advance the development of UCC. He advised the award winners not to rest on their oars, but they should work tirelessly to consolidate the gains chalked up by the University. Giving information on this year's awards, Rev. Sarbeng noted that the Awards and Recognition Committee received 69 nominations for the 18 awards categories. Out of the number, 12 staff members, according to him, were shortlisted for the awards for their sterling performance and dedication to duty at their workplaces. Explaining the criteria used for the selection of awardees, he noted that the Committee considered written justification, nominations by heads of departments and staff. Afterwards, the Committee, the Director pointed out, carried out a thorough probe into the works and conduct of nominees at their workplaces, interacted with their superiors, colleagues, as well as other members of the University community before it decided on a candidate. Rev. Sarbeng explained that no staff member (teaching) was selected for the categories of the Evolving Best Researcher and outstanding best evolving researcher as a result of a similar awards ceremony organized by the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) to honour lecturers for the aforementioned award categories. He further announced that the Awards and Recognition Committee would liaise with DRIC to organise a combined awards ceremony on the same day. The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, commended the award winners and expressed management's continuous support to motivate staff to give off their best to the University. He urged other workers of the University to take inspiration from the awardees in order to achieve similar feat in future. The Award Winners for the 2nd Staff Awards and Recognition are as follow: SENIOR MEMBERS CATEGORY (TEACHING/NON-TEACHING) Distinguished Librarian---- Mrs. Paulina Arthur-Afful (Sam Jonah Library) Promising Administrator---- Mr. Isaac Eliot Nyieku (Directorate of Human Resource) Community Service Award---- Mr. Kwabena Antwi-Konadu (ATL FM) SENIOR STAFF CATEGORY Promising Administrator--- Mr. Prince Paul E. Williams (Grounds & Gardens) Distinguished Technician---- Mr. Anthony Abraham (UCC Printing Press) Promising Technician---- Mr. Francis Parry Nkrumah (Dept. of Chemistry) JUNIOR STAFF CATEGORY Distinguished Clerk ---- Mr. Martin Dadzie (School of Physical Sciences) Promising Clerk ---- Ms. Monica Koomson (Dept. of Maths & Science) Distinguished Technician ---- Mr. Ibrahim Musah (Dept. of Crop Science) Promising Technician ---- Mr. Joseph Middley (Grounds & Gardens) Promising Sanitary ---- Mr. Sulley Yusif (Oguaa Hall) Conservancy/Labourer Distinguished Driver ---- Mr. Francis Yawson (Transport Section)