All Level 400 students of the Department are required to check who their supervisor is from the Departmental Noticeboard and contact them accordingly.
A licensing coach and a representative of Building Community Through Tennis (BCTT), UK, Mr. Tunde Adefowora, has donated tennis kits and teaching aids to the University of Cape Coast Primary School at the school premises.
Mr. Tunde Adefowara said the donation was a result of discussions he had with Rev. Prof. Joshua Owusu-Sekyere of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Cape Coast to support the school. He stated that the idea was to introduce tennis at the grassroots level to encourage children who normally would not have access to tennis.
He indicated that the goal of the BCTT is to bring more people into the game of tennis and to keep them playing for life and also to facilitate their growth.
Mr. Joseph Obeng, Assistant Headteacher of the University Primary School who received the items on behalf of the school thanked Mr. Tunde and BCTT for the kind gesture, saying the donation marked another milestone in the relationship between the Primary School and BCTT. ‘I wish to express our heartfelt appreciation for the donation, this will supplement what we have in sports and we promise it will be used profitably to produce future tennis stars in the country," he said.
Present at the presentation ceremony were the Physical Education Teachers of the school, Mr. Jerry Rockson and Frank Aboagye.
The Vetting Committee that was constituted to shortlist three candidates for the upcoming Pro-Vice-Chancellorship elections has submitted its report to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Kobina Yankson indicated that their task was to shortlist three out of the five candidates nominated by the Vice-Chancellor to vie for the position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor as stipulated by the University of Cape Coast Statutes.
Statute 10.2 specifies that “Three months before the term of office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor expires, the Vice-Chancellor shall submit the names of five persons of Professorial status to the Registrar who shall convene a meeting of a Vetting Committee. The Vetting Committee shall comprise the following: a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University appointed by the Vice-Chancellor who shall chair, two persons nominated by the College of Professors, and one person each nominated by the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA). The Vetting Committee shall interview the candidates and conduct whatever enquiries as are necessary and submit the names of three persons to the Registrar for election by Convocation. The Registrar shall be the Electoral Officer. The results of the elections shall be submitted to Council, which shall appoint one of them as Pro-Vice-Chancellor.”
This has become necessary because, the three year term of the current Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. John Nelson Buah is due to expire on 31st December, 2015 and therefore, there was the need to elect another academic staff of professorial rank to take up the position with effect from 1st January, 2016.
The three candidates shortlisted by the Vetting Committee are the Provost of the College of Distance Education (CoDE), Prof. George K. T. Oduro; Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh and the Director of the Centre for International Education, Prof. Rosemond Boohene.
Receiving the report, the Vice-Chancellor, commended the committee for the hardwork and particularly thanked Prof. Yankson for bringing his rich experience to bear in the interpretation of the statute. He also praised him for chairing a committee that was constituted by council to review some gray areas in the University Statutes.
Prof. Kuupole assured the committee the report would be presented to Council for further directives. He however assured them that the date would soon be set for the elections.
The University Community and the general public were treated to an entertaining and hilarious stage play written by Senior Assistant Registrar, Public Relations and Protocol Section, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd) of the University of Cape Coast at the Main Auditorium of the University.
The play titled “Honourable and Unable” which was performed by Echoes Production brings to bear the high level of corruption in society.
In his welcome remark, Major Baah-Bentum explained that the play was a reminder that the public also have a role to play in the fight against corruption.
“Honourable and Unable” speaks to the conscience of Ghanaians to eschew corrupt practices and also respect and tolerate the views of others. It also reveals that corruption is not only limited to the politician but every individual in the country.
The audience who could not help but laughed throughout the performance commended Major Baah-Bentum and Echoes Production for the masterpiece work.
Valco Hall has launched its Silver Jubilee Celebrations with a call on students and alumni to project the ideals of the hall.
The anniversary celebration is on the theme “First Among Equals, 25 Years of ‘Industrialist’ Prominence.”
Launching the 25th anniversary celebration, the pioneer Hall Master, Prof. Kobina Yankson urged students of the hall to continue to maintain the positive attributes of the hall which include sacrifice, law abiding and hardworking. He entreated them to bring these attributes to bear especially during the preparations towards the Silver Jubilee Celebrations to make it successful and memorable.
Tracing the history of the hall, Prof. Yankson said the first hall master was appointed during the developmental stages of the hall from 1990-93 whilst the first batch of 140 students occupied the hall in November, 1990. He explained that within that period, the various blocks thus A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H of the hall were constructed and furnished with the hall’s internally generated fund.
Explaining the rationale behind the name of the Hall, Prof. Yankson noted that earlier, the halls had names such as New Hall, ECOMOG among others, however, after much deliberation, the Hall Council proposed Valco as the new name which was approved by the Academic Board. He further explained that the name ‘Valco’ was adopted to recognise the remarkable contributions of Volta Aluminum Company limited (VALCO) towards promoting education in the various second cycle institutions in Ghana. He indicated that VALCO in the late 1980’s and 1990’s donated buses and also constructed science laboratories for most of the secondary schools in Ghana, hence, the naming of the hall after the company.
Speaking at the launch, the Hall Master of Valco Hall, Dr. Kwasi Opoku Boadu said a number of activities have been lined-up for the celebrations and some of them include Fun games between staff and students, women empowerment, aerobics, fashion show, seminars and donation to orphanage.
Later, Prof. Yankson inaugurated some projects in the hall such as 440 KVA generator, washing bay, refurbished washrooms and an infirmary. Present at the lauch were the Vice-Dean of Students, Prof. Okae-Nti who represented the Vice-Chancellor, former hall master, Dr. Joseph Aggrey-Fynn, hall tutors of Valco Hall, Presidents of other Halls, Members of the Junior Common Room Council (JCRC) of Valco and other halls.
The University Library in collaboration with the Information Literacy Skills Unit has organised a four-day reading clinic for five basic Schools in some communities around the University.
The event was organised as part of activities marking the 3rd National Library and Information Week celebrations held in the last week of October, 2015.
Schools that benefitted from the reading clinic were; Presby Model Basic School and Imam Khomeini Basic School in Amamoma; M/A Basic School, Apewosika; M/A Basic School, Kwaprow and Catholic Basic School, Okyeso. As part of the package, each of the schools received 150 books to start their own libraries. A similar presentation was also made to the Children’s Library at the Southern Campus (Old site) to beef up their collection.
Explaining the rationale behind the reading clinic and presentation of books, the Acting Deputy Librarian, Mrs. Paulina Afful-Arthur said the programme was aimed at inculcating the habit of reading in children within the University’s catchment area. She commended the selected schools for showing interest in the programme.
Sixteen staff from the University Library provided assistance during the four-day programme.
The University of Cape Coast was crowned the overall winners of the 20th edition of the inter-university cross country competition which was hosted by the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).
Eight public universities participated in the competition with UCC winning gold in both the men and women categories to emerge champions.
The eight Universities were, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast; University of Ghana (UG), Legon; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi; University of Education, (UEW), Winneba; University for Development (UDS), Tamale. Others were University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa; University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Accra and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani.
At the end of the race, the host university, UEW placed second, winning silver in both the men and female categories. The defending champions, UG was third while the KNUST took the fourth position. UDS and UPSA were tied up in the fifth position whilst the UMaT took the seventh position.
UENR which made its first appearance at the competition and placed eighth. Both men and women covered twelve and eight kilometres respectively.
For the individual awards, Godwin Adukpo of UEW won gold, Emmanuel Duah of UCC took silver while the bronze medal went to Justice Kwadwo Quarshie also of UEW.
The gold and silver in the women's division went to Agnes Mariah and Beauty Abini all of the UEW whilst Misiso Yayra Mensah of UG, the defending champion, took bronze.
A Professor of English at the Department of English, University of Cape Coast, Lawrence Kodwo Owusu-Ansah has stated that “Ghanaian English means more than just the English spoken by Ghanaians.”
The statement was made at an inaugural lecture held at the university on the topic “Does Ghanaian English Mean More than Just the English Ghanaians speak or not? Sic Et Non”.
The lecture provided a background to the origin of the question in the title and interpreted the question within the context of negative attitude to non-native varieties of English such as Ghanaian English.
Prof. Owusu-Ansah examined the argument that if the English spoken and written by Ghanaians was not different from other varieties of English, notably British English and other native varieties of English, then there was no need to recognise it as a distinct variety.
The Lecture also discussed the various linguistic features that cut across a number of varieties of English and the several unique ways in which Ghanaians use the English language indicating, “There are differences in Ghanaian English and native English”.
Prof. Owusu-Ansah cited some examples of the use of words such as ‘impartation” to mean spiritual healing in the Ghanaian context, “private” to mean a toilet facility, “shine” to mean bright, “queen mother” to mean a queen among others. “You will agree with me that these are unknown to the native English”, he stated.
He mentioned for example the term “title” in the country’s political field “honorable” as a sign of respect for people in political office adding that “Now even the wives of people in political office are referred to as honourable, but it is only used during parliamentary sittings by the native speakers”.“If the Ghanaian wants to say some one should not be taken seriously, he says do not mind him ‘he is doing concert’ but to the original speakers it is a musical performance”.
Another notable example of Ghanaian English is the reference to any beverage be it chocolate, oval tine, milo or coffee as “tea”. “Any breakfast including coffee is described as “tea” in Ghanaian English”, he declared.According to the eminent scholar, the Ghanaians always come out with new norms everyday, and even use more verbs plus ‘ings’, concluding that “The Ghanaian English is much more than the English spoken by Ghanaians”.
A tape cutting ceremony has been held to officially inaugurate the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Allied Health Sciences under the auspices of the College of Health and Allied Sciences.
Tracing the background of the two schools, the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences, Rev. (Prof.) Harold Amonoo-Kuofi explained that the establishment of the two schools formed part of the Collegiate System, which was adopted by the University of Cape Coast in 2014. He said the College of Health and Allied Sciences was created to run all health related programmes, hence the upgrading of the then Department of Nursing to a School status. He further indicated that the Department of Optometry and the Department of Medical Laboratory have also been put together to form the School of Allied Health Sciences.
Rev. (Prof.) Amonoo-Kuofi commended the Vice-Chancellor for playing an instrumental role in the realisation of the two schools. He also thanked Unibank and Urban Logistics for furnishing the offices of the two schools. He finally expressed gratitude to both teaching and administrative staff for cooperating with leadership of the College to bring the two schools into existence.
Inaugurating the two Schools, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. John Nelson Buah expressed delight for the effort to establish the two schools. He paid glowing tribute to the leadership of the College for their effort and charged the founding Deans of the two new schools to work assiduously towards projecting the College of Health and Allied Sciences as the best among institutions that offer similar programmes in the country and beyond.
Prof. Buah pointed out that the School of Medical Sciences which started very small has now gained recognition beyond the boundaries of Ghana as far as the training of medical doctors was concerned. He singled out the significant contribution of the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences, Rev. (Prof.) Harold Amonoo-Kuofi for the creation of the two new schools and called on the teaching and administrative staff to help to achieve the vision and mission of the college.
Currently the College of Health and Allied Sciences can boast of three schools namely; the School of Medical Sciences; School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Allied Health Sciences.
The University of Cape Coast has signed two separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Entrepreneurship Training Institute (ETI) and the Academic City College (ACC) at a memorable ceremony on campus.
Explaining the rationale for the signing, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole, noted that the MoU was intended to officially strengthen the collaboration between UCC and the ETI institutions. He gave the assurance that UCC would do its possible best to provide ETI with the necessary support and direction as their mentor institution. He further indicated that “We are delighted to be tying the knot finally between UCC and these two institutions since it provides us the framework for our discussions”.
In his remark, the Rector of ETI, Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosah, noted that they were glad that the relationship had been formalised and pledged his institution’s readiness to abide by the terms stipulated in the document.Prof. Kuupole and Prof. Akosah later initialed for their respective institutions.
Addressing the team from the Academic City College, Prof. Kuupole noted that it was a great pleasure for the College to have decided to do business with the University of Cape Coast, describing the decision as “an honour and a show of confidence in UCC’. He remarked that once they have chosen to do business with UCC, the University would do everything within its power and the rules and regulations laid down by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to assist them to grow”.
Prof. Kuupole reminded the team that the University was also under the scrutiny of the National Accreditation Board (NAB) and would therefore apply the rules to the latter. He called for exchange of knowledge and experience sharing to ensure a win-win situation for the two institutions.
Responding, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Academic City College, Dr. Kapil Gupta commended UCC for the level of competence exhibited and also promised that ACC would go by all the regulations stated in the agreement.
Present at ceremony was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. John Nelson Buah; Registrar, Mr. John K. Nyan; Deputy Registrar, Division of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff Onyame and Coordinator of the Institutional Affiliation Office, Mr. Justice Agyenim Boateng.