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UCC Printing Press donates to Apewosika Basic School

11 Dec, 2023 By DIS

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Printing Press has presented exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and other educational materials worth thousands of cedis to Apewosika Basic School.

 The donation, which took place on Friday 8th December, 2023, at the premises of the school, was meant to augment the effort of parents in providing the academic needs of their children.

 Presenting the items, the Manager of University Printing Press, Mrs. Mary Quainoo Boadi-Kusi, expressed the dedication of the University Press to giving back to society as part of its corporate social responsibility.

 She encouraged the school pupils to take their education seriously and asked them to use the books well to enhance teaching and learning.

 For her part, the Director of the Directorate of Consular and General Services at UCC, Mrs. Alberta Yaa Graham said the gesture was in line with the UCC’s long held policy to reach out to communities within its catchment area.

 She said the University had over the years, assisted schools in various forms and would continue to do so to improve on teaching and learning.

Some pupils with the donated educational materials

The Headmistress of the School, Mrs. Elizabeth Brew-Wartengberg, thanked the University Press for the donation.

 She said the lack of basic educational materials was one of the many reasons most students failed to come to school.

 Mrs. Brew-Wartengberg, therefore, expressed optimism that the books and other educational materials would improve learning in the school.

 The Headmistress said the school needed a whole lot of support and that the books came at the opportune time to help the pupils.

 She asked other corporate organisations to emulate the University Press by extending similar support to the School.

Source: Documentation and Information Section

 

 

 

 

Prof. Oduro disproves publications by Modern Ghana and Phoenix

07 Dec, 2023 By DIS

A former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast and renowned Professor of Educational Leadership, Prof. George K.T. Oduro, has asked the public to disregard reports by news portals, Modern Ghana and Phoenix, that he obtained his PhD through subterfuge from the University of Cape Coast.

Again, he has also strongly denied the spurious allegation of rape levelled against him by one John Boateng, who claimed Prof. Oduro raped one of his colleagues at UCC.

The malicious publication also indicated that Prof. Oduro was cited for plagiarism while reading his doctoral programme at UCC, an allegation which has been refuted by the University of Cape Coast.

The former Pro Vice-Chancellor, addressing a press conference, said he received his doctorate from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom in 2003.

He further indicated that at Cambridge University, his thesis was adjudged the best in the UK regarding educational leadership and was also adjudged the second best by the British Educational Leadership and Management Association.

“I also want to say that my thesis, the academic paper they are referring to, is the source of the Ministry of Education/Ghana Education Service’s Leadership for Learning Programme. It is being used to strongly develop and strengthen the capacity of leaders in our country. So, whoever says that my work was plagiarized is clearly not in tune with reality” he said.

Prof. Oduro, who described the publication as mischief, took serious exception to the unfounded publication saying, “The University of Cape Coast has been ranked number one and so, if you make such a publication, then you are implicating the University. You are saying that the University does not employ quality rigour screening to get its staff, but the University of Cape Coast doesn’t just appoint people”.

Prof. Oduro, therefore, entreated members of the general public to treat the publication with the contempt and disdain it deserves.

He indicated that the University of Cape Coast would not compromise on its values to recruit social misfits as its employees.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Dept. of Education and Psychology celebrates retired staff

06 Dec, 2023 By DIS

The Department of Education and Psychology has held a send-off party in honour of three retirees of the Department.

 They are Dr. Stephen Baafi-Frimpong (Senior Lecturer), Madam Gloria Sarfo (Chief Administrative Assistant) and Mr. Palmas Anyagre (Senior Lecturer), who rendered 26 years of dedicated service to the Department.

 Past and present faculty members in the department spoke highly of the retirees, indicating that their milk of human kindness, sober and affable nature would be missed.

 In farewell messages, Dr. Baafi-Frimpong entreated lecturers to relate well with their students and charged them to uphold the tenets of discipline in the classroom. He called for unity among staff to take the Department to greater heights.

 Mr. Palmas Anyagre, for his part, urged lecturers in the Department to help one another and sacrifice for the Department.

Dr. Stephen Baafi-Frimpong (2nd from left), Madam Gloria Sarfo (middle) and Mr. Palmas Anyagre (right) with Prof. Mark Kwaku Owusu Amponsah (2nd from left), as well as  a faculty member at the Department

On her part, Madam Gloria Sarfo underscored the need for staff of the Department to love to serve one another regardless of one's status in life.

 The Head of the Department, Prof. Mark Kwaku Owusu Amponsah, in a message, congratulated the retirees on their many years of meritorious service to the Department and the University of Cape Coast.

 While wishing them the best in their endeavours, he expressed the hope that the retirees would bring their wealth of experiences to bear on the development of the Department.

The retirees were later presented with gifts by the Department at the event, which was held at the University Catering Services (UniCat).

 Source: Documentation and Information Section

 

Adhere to professional ethics — Prof. Gatsi to UCC finance staff

30 Nov, 2023 By DIS

 

Staff of the Directorate of Finance of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been alerted on the possible threat to the legitimacy of the finance profession if they fail to adhere to the code of conduct of the profession.

 In this regard, they have been urged to uphold the principles and the code of ethics of the profession to ensure honesty, integrity, transparency, confidentiality and trustworthiness in the execution of their duties.

 The Dean of the School of Business at UCC, Professor John Gatsi, who gave the advice, said respect for ethics was critical as they formed the backbone of any professional institution. 

 He was speaking at a seminar organised by the Directorate of Finance Welfare Association (DoFWA) as part of its 30th anniversary celebration on the topic, “Professional Work Ethics".

 He told the finance officers about the boundary documents of the University such as the Procurement Act and Processes, the Public Financial Management Act, and the Financial and Stores Regulations, whilst admonishing them to follow religiously the provisions in all the documents.

A section of staff of the Directorate of Finance

Prof. Gatsi mentioned some of the professional misconducts as disclosing information acquired in the course of professional engagement to others without the consent of the client, gross negligence of professional duty, refusal to provide timely records, reports and wrong advice among others.

He said it was important for finance officers to enhance their skills in the areas of operations to help deliver quality service.

Due to the sensitive nature of the work of finance officers, Prof Gatsi urged the Directorate to come up with a gift policy to guide staff. 

According to him, gifts received by finance officers had the potential to compromise their professionalism.

 Speaking on the topic, "Liver-Kidney Cross Talk", the Director of University Health Services, Dr James Kojo Prah, called on Ghanaians to stop consuming too much alcohol to avoid kidney and liver problems. He bemoaned the spate at which Hepatitis B Viral and its related diseases like liver cancer, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease were ravaging families in the country.

Director of University Health Services, Dr James Kojo Prah

He advocated an increase in the consumption of fruits due to their benefits to humans whilst he encouraged the general public to report to the hospital early to reduce the extent of damage of these diseases.

“Drinking water, engaging in exercise, reducing the intake of junk and avoiding addiction to painkillers are the best ways to care for the kidneys,” he added.

 The Director of Finance, Mrs. Elizabeth Obese, advised the staff of the Directorate to take their health seriously and attach a sense of professionalism in the discharge of their responsibilities.

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

DPA holds retreat to develop action plan for 2024

30 Nov, 2023 By DIS

The Directorate of Public Affairs (DPA) has held a day’s retreat to develop an action plan for 2024 to serve as a guiding working document.

The action plan will serve as a roadmap for undertaking key actions and setting targets to be achieved in 2024.

Opening the workshop, the Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd), commended heads of sections and units as well as their staff for contributing towards managing the University’s corporate image positively.

“Each sectional and unit head and your staff have helped through various roles to build an enviable reputation for the University,” he said.

Major Baah-Bentum noted that the retreat was aimed at setting clear targets to be achieved in 2024 which would subsequently help to shape the Directorate’s strategic plan for the next five years.  

He urged participants to think outside the box and develop bold and ambitious strategies to improve the Directorate's function at the University.

The Director of Public Affairs Major (rtd) Kofi Baah-Bentum

The Director of Public Affairs said the action plan would help to identify potential obstacles or challenges that need to be addressed in order to achieve the desired outcome, while facilitating effective communication and collaboration among the sections and units under the Directorate.

As part of the retreat, heads of the various sections presented reports of their activities for 2023.

Working in groups, participants critiqued the action plan for the previous year and developed a new one for 2024.

Heads of sections present at the retreat were the Manager, Campus Broadcasting Services (CBS), Mr. Kwabena Antwi-Konadu; Head, Documentation and Information Section (DIS), Mr. Nasir Yaqub Entsie; Head, Public Relations and Protocol Section (PR/PS), Mr. Felix Adu-Poku and Head of Accra Office, Mr. Umar Moomin Farouk.

 Also present were Chief and Principal Administrative Assistants of the sections and units under the Directorate.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice-Chancellor receives University of the West Indies delegation

29 Nov, 2023 By DIS

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has received Prof. Clive Landis, the Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbados, and his accompanying delegation visiting UCC.

 The visit was aimed at deepening the academic relations between the UWI and the UCC.

 During the meeting, Prof. Landis said the UWI had developed "an articulated BSc Pre-Clinical - MB ChB medical degree programme."

According to him, the articulated medical degree programme was developed between the UWI and the University of Ghana.

In light of that, he said "The UWI is keen to extend a similar collaborative arrangement with the University of Cape Coast." 

Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong, VC of UCC receiving from Prof Clive Landis, the Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies

For his part, Prof. Boampong, who welcomed the delegation, said UCC was ready to collaborate with the UWI on the articulated medical degree programme.

He indicated that the College of Health and Allied Sciences at UCC had the competence to assist the UWI.

 The meeting also discussed a number of issues of mutual interest.

 The delegation accompanying Prof. Landis were Dr Damian Cohall, the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences; Dr Jeanese Badenock, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology; Dr Kenneth Connel, the Deputy Dean of Recruitment and Outreach at the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

 Present at the meeting were the Registrar of UCC, Mr Jeff Onyame and other top UCC office holders.

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

Embrace entrepreneurship - UCC senior staff advised

29 Nov, 2023 By DIS

 

The immediate past president of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Barima Dr Ofori Ameyaw I, has called on members of the Senior Staff Association (SSA) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to take advantage of the opportunities available within the entrepreneurship space to rake in additional income.

According to him, senior staff members while in active service could venture into entrepreneurship as a pastime to cater for themselves even after retirement.

 Barima Dr Ameyaw I, who is also the Kwahufour Tufuhene, made the call when he was speaking at the SSA-UCC entrepreneurship seminar on the theme, "Empowering Senior Staff for Entrepreneurial Success; An Added Advantage."

 The former GUTA President encouraged the members to learn to take risks to enhance their income.

 Barima Dr Ofori Ameyaw I addressing the seminar

He noted risks enable one to learn new skills and grow already existing ones.

 Drawing from his personal experience, Barima Dr Ameyaw I told the senior staff of the many difficulties that fraught his entrepreneurial journey and counselled them to take the bull by the horns to face challenges associated with entrepreneurship.

 The former GUTA President, who is known in private life as George Kweku Ofori, expressed worry that the youth in the country were obsessed with getting employed in the public sector to receive salaries rather than “daring to be entrepreneurs.”

 He noted that the infiltration of all sectors of the retail trading market in Ghana by non-Ghanaian nationals was an affront to the GIPC Act 865.

 Barima Dr Ameyaw said if the illegal activities of the foreigners were not stopped, it could take a toll on entrepreneurship in the country.

 He, therefore, passionately appealed to Parliament through the Member of Parliament of Cape Coast North, Dr. Kwamena Minta Nyarku, who was present at the seminar, to swiftly come up with pragmatic measures to solve the challenges.

 The Director of the Office of Ethics and Internal Investigations at the Bank of Ghana, Mr Bernard Otabil, for his part, asked entrepreneurs to adopt ethical financial responsibility to sustain their businesses.

He also underscored the importance of integrity and trust in business.

 Mr Bernard Otabil

The Director of Human Resource at UCC, Rev. Isaac Baafi Sarbeng, in a remark, threw his weight behind the call for senior staff to venture into entrepreneurship but was quick to caution them against using official office hours to do business.

 The seminar was chaired by Prof. (Mrs.) Mavis Serwah Benneh, the founding Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development at the UCC.

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

 

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Prof. Denis Aheto appointed visiting professor at University of Waterloo in Canada

28 Nov, 2023 By DIS

The Director of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Denis Aheto, has been appointed as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Environment of the University of Waterloo in Canada.

In a letter signed by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Bruce Franye, and dated November 21, 2023, said:” I am writing to extend an invitation to you to hold the University of Waterloo’s “TD Walter Bean Visiting Professorship in the Environment” for the 2023/2024.

“We think of no one who has contributed more to coastal resilience and connects better with our Faculty of Environment and University of Waterloo’s mission to impact positive change than you,” the letter added.

According to the letter, Prof. Aheto was selected based on his outstanding leadership on environmental and social issues globally.

As TD Walter Bean Professor, Prof. Aheto would also present a public lecture to high school students during his visit and interact with hordes of undergraduate and graduate students across the University.

That, the letter indicated, was also in line with the decision of the University to host the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network Canada (SDSN Canada) and was committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through partnership, education and innovative research.

Prof. Aheto is expected to deliver the public lecture in March, 2024.

About TD Walter Bean Visiting Professorship

The University of Waterloo established the TD Walter Bean Visiting Professorship in the Environment with funding from TD Canada Trust in order to assist the University to continue on its mission of impacting positive change locally and globally, to honor the memory of Walter Bean- an outstanding local, national, and global citizen.

 

UCC Pensioners' Association embarks on excursion

22 Nov, 2023 By DIS

As part of efforts to promote the ‘Experience Ghana, Share Ghana’ Campaign, the Pensioners' Association of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) recently toured the renovated and modernised Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum, in Accra, on an excursion. 

The excursion provided the hale and hearty retirees an opportunity to learn valuable insights into the history and impacts of Ghana's first President.

While touring the facility, the retirees were shown around the Mausoleum, which houses the bodies of Kwame Nkrumah and his wife, Fathia Nkrumah.

Also on display were Kwame Nkrumah’s official car, his black limousine of 1960 vintage, as well as the metallic casket that carried Dr Kwame Nkrumah from Guinea to Ghana, along with the student mattress and the mirror he used in school.

The tour guides seized the moment to educate the retirees on the ‘Cold Room’, a place that showcases the life and legacies of Ghana’s first President.

In an interview, a member of the Association, Mr. Francis Darko, said the excursion was part of activities geared towards deepening the domestic tourism agenda in Ghana.

According to him, Dr Nkrumah remained a strong pillar of Ghana’s tourism as some of the developmental projects he led remain the backbone of the country’s tourism.

Mr. Darko paid glowing tribute to late President Jerry John Rawl­ings for the idea of building a monument in honour of the first President of the country.

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

 

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