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CEGRAD-UCC Launches 10th Anniversary Celebration

19 Jun, 2023 By DIS

The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation of University of Cape Coast (CEGRAD-UCC) has officially outdoored its 10th anniversary celebrations on the theme: "Yesterday, Today and the Future: Gender Activism at UCC and Beyond."

Several activities including fundraising, documentary production, Open Day, among others, have been lined up to mark the Centre’s decade of existence.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, at the 10th anniversary launch, congratulated CEGRAD for the giant feat and lauded the pioneers for their determination to make CEGRAD a formidable force to reckon with on campus.

Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene

She made special mention and praised former Directors of CEGRAD, Prof. Akua Biritwum and Dr. Genevive Adukpo, as well as Prof. D.D Kuupole, a former Vice-Chancellor of UCC for their contribution to the Centre. 

"I look forward to the next 10 years, where CEGRAD will be a world acclaim centre of excellence for gender issues", Prof. Boohene continued. 

The Director of CEGRAD, Prof. Georgina Yaa Oduro, expressed gratitude to her predecessors for their invaluable contributions to the Centre. She extolled the remarkable achievements of the Centre, including the publishing of a Gender Policy.

Prof. Georgina Yaa Oduro, Director of CEGRAD-UCC

Prof. Oduro announced that plans were afoot to introduce a liberal programme on gender in the University, as well as short courses on gender.

She also thanked the student bodies on campus for their enormous support for CEGRAD. 

At the launch, various speakers took turns to walk the audience through the history of the Centre and shared solidarity messages with the audience as regards the Centre for its gender advocacy in the University and beyond.

Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, immediate past Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC

The immediate past Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, unveiled the anniversary logo of CEGRAD.

The grand durbar of the celebration is scheduled for August 15, 2023.

 

The anniversary launch was also graced by a former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D.D. Kuupole, under whose tenure the idea of creating the Centre was birthed. He was impressed with the gains CEGRAD has made in its ten years of existence and suggested that the Centre be upgraded to a Directorate or Institute to further enhance its impact in gender-based research and advocacy. He also appealed for male involvement in the activities of CEGRAD.

An anniversary cake was cut to formally launch the 10th anniversary celebration

About CEGRAD-UCC

The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) is a non-teaching Centre established in the University of Cape Coast. CEGRAD focuses mainly on Research, Advocacy and Outreach and operates under two core departments, Research and Outreach and Advocacy who support the Director in the delivery of the Centre’s mandate, mission and vision.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Pharmacy Students urged to leverage on technology to solve emerging health challenges

15 Jun, 2023 By DIS

The Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Mr. Kwabena Asante Offei, has implored pharmacy students to leverage growing digital technology to address health problems in the country.

"…when we do that then, our profession will be distinguished and we (Pharmacists) will also be distinguished. The necessary reward will come later" he added.

Mr. Asante Offei made the remarks during the week celebration of the Ghana Pharmaceutical Students’ Association of University of Cape Coast. It was on the theme, " Harnessing Technology in Pharmaceutical Service Delivery: Opportunity for the next generation Pharmacists."

The Vice President further encouraged them to think globally and take advantage of current opportunities in the world of work and embrace entrepreneurship. 

Mr. Offei, who is also a legal practitioner, stressed the need for pharmacy students to read on government and public affairs so they could be on top of issues in those areas.

Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Mr. Kwabena Asante Offei

To him, the role of government in every facet of the economy, including health, agriculture, education, should be of interest to pharmacy students hence, the need to read. 

Speaking on the topic: "Opportunities for the next generation Pharmacist", the Country Manager of Denk Pharma in Ghana,  Pharm Naa Okailey Adamafio-Mantea, entreated pharmacy students to adequately prepare for opportunities in the world of work. She, therefore, told them to take up internships and strike bold acquaintances to achieve more in future.

Pharm Adamafio-Mantea counseled the students indicating that the pharmacy programme they were studying was a launch pad to propel them to take other jobs outside their profession.

As an example, she said the Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Ltd, Mrs Mansa Nettey, was a pharmacist but was into banking.

Pharm Adamafio-Mantea, therefore, challenged them not to limit themselves to only the pharmacy profession but grab any golden opportunity in other sectors of the economy.

Country Manager of Denk Pharma in Ghana,  Pharm Naa Okailey Adamafio-Mantea

"Prepare for the opportunities which are yet to come your way. Whenever you have the opportunity to learn something new just grab it. Take up internships and develop growth encouraging friendships” she said. 

“Consider the Pharmacy profession as the key that gives you entry into the space you are looking for" she added.

The patron of GPSA UCC, Dr. Daniel Anokwah advised students to take extracurricular activities at the department seriously because those are the activities that will prepare them for the opportunities out there.

In the closing remarks, the Vice Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences-UCC and Chairperson for the event, Dr. Robert Peter Biney, advised that students should take advantage of the technology around them.  He added they should be ready for opportunities that came their way.

The guest speakers with some faculty members and executives of GPSA

Also present at the event was the Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences-UCC, Prof. Elvis Ofori Ameyaw and other members of faculty.

 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Management of UCC applauds Basic School for Excelling at UBASA Games

15 Jun, 2023 By DIS

Management of University of Cape Coast has applauded the sports contingent of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Basic School for their sterling performances at the 2023 Basic School Sports Association (UBaSSA) Games held at the University of Ghana.

The pupils, who participated in the various track and field events, as well as soccer, competed with their counterparts from the basic schools of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Ghana (UG) and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT).

After the three-day event, Team UCC Basic School obtained seven (7) out of thirteen (13) trophies at stake.

UCC Basic School was first in the boys and girls Junior High School (JHS) category Table Tennis contest, Table Tennis (Primary, boys), Athletics (Primary, girls), Athletics (JHS, girls) and Football (JHS, girls).

The sports delegation in a group shot after meeting Management of the University

Team UCC Basic School also picked up an additional trophy as the overall champion adding up to make seven the total number of trophies UCC won.

Team UG came second with three trophies, while Teams KNUST and UMaT tied for the third place with two trophies each.

The Director of the Directorate of Consular and General Services, Mrs. Alberta Yaa Graham, who led the delegation of sports participants, some teachers and authorities of the basic school, outlined these details of the competition at a brief ceremony to present the trophies to Management. 

For her part, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, who received the trophies on behalf of management, commended Team UCC participants for their staying power in the face of well-organised opponents to eventually emerge winners of the competition.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, who doffed her hat for Team UCC Basic School for making the University justly proud at the games, advised the students and their teachers against complacency and implored them not to rest on their oars. Instead, she challenged them to train harder to win the 2024 edition of the UBaSSA Games which will be held at KNUST.

Prof. Boohene assured the delegation of the support of University Management to the Basic School to bring honour to the University.

Master Peter Appiah Thompson presenting his award to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof(Mrs). Rosemond Boohene. Looking on are, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, the Registrar and Mrs Alberta Yaa Graham, Director at the Directorate of Consular and General Services.

At the ceremony,  Master Peter Appiah Thompson presented his Presidential Independence Award to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene. He received the award for his exceptional academic performance as the best male student in the Central Region in the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).  He is currently a student of Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast.

 

Source; Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Vice-Chancellor cuts sod for 3-storey Primary School Block at UCC Basic School Annex

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

A ground breaking ceremony has been performed for the construction of a three-storey Primary School Block at the Basic School Annex of University of Cape Coast.

The project, which comprises classrooms on the ground floor, first floor and second floor, will also come with a computer laboratory, kitchen, snack shop, and bookshop. Other facilities include washrooms, administration block, media centre, offices, science laboratory, a library and other ancillary facilities.

The Ceremony, performed by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, was witnessed by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene and the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Onyame, as well as other high-level university office holders.

For his part, Prof. Boampong expressed the hope that the project, when completed, would go a long way to ensure easy access to education by pupils in the Cape Coast Metropolis. He attributed the admission pressures by parents and guardians on the UCC Basic School to the sterling academic and sports performances by the pupils.

A group photo of some participants in the sod-cutting ceremony

He urged the contractor working on the project to do quality work and also strive to complete it within the scheduled period.

The Chairman of the Project Implementation Committee, Prof. Edward Marfo, on his part, called for the commitment of all stakeholders to ensure the execution of the project. He said the Committee was determined to ensure that construction of the ground floor was completed by October, 2023 to admit fresh students for the new academic year.

"Our greatest hope and expectation is to get the support from all who matter so far as basic education is concerned" he continued.

The Directorate of Physical Development and Estate Management-UCC is the project constructor. 

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Registrar of Free State University pays working visit to UCC

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

The Registrar of Free State University (FSU), South Africa, Mr. Nikile Ntsababa, has  paid a working visit to the University of Cape Coast to familiarise himself with the administrative system of UCC.

 At a meeting with the Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, Mr. Ntsababa stated that the visit was to follow up on the implementation of an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UCC and FSU in Education with the Faculty of Science and Technology.

 Mr. Ntsababa further noted that his engagement with the UCC Registrar and his team was to exchange ideas and best practices from the two institutions.

The Registrar of FSU used the opportunity to brief Mr. Onyame and his team about his institution and its governance structure.

 

 In response, Mr. Onyame noted that UCC has a robust administrative and governance structure that had evolved over the years.

 He explained the role of the Office of the Registrar and the various directorates, sections, offices and units under it.

 Mr. Onyame expressed gratitude to Mr. Ntsababa for the visit and also choosing UCC for collaboration. 

"At UCC, we believe in mutual satisfactory relationship with our partners. We will ensure that this collaboration yields fruit to the benefit of our institutions in particular and the African continent" Mr. Onyame added.

 Present at the meeting were Director of Academic Affairs, Gideon Enoch Abbeyquaye (ESq.); Director of General and Consular Services, Mrs. Alberta Yaa Graham; Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd); College Registrar, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Mr. Ebenezer Aggrey; College Registrar, College of Distance Education, Mr. Eliot Nyieku and Senior Assistant Registrar, Office of International  Relations, Mrs. Juliana Audria Dankwa.

 

‘There is No Substitute for Hard Work’ - VC to Matriculants

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

Fresh students of University of Cape Coast pursuing various undergraduate and post graduate courses at the College of Distance Education (CoDE) have been cautioned to commit themselves to achieve academic excellence and be well disciplined in order to sustain the legacy of the Institution.

The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, gave the advice at a matriculation ceremony which saw a total of 8, 475 fresh students take the oath of matriculation for the 2022/23 Academic Year.

The matriculation took place in-person at the Holy Child College of Education in Takoradi and virtually at all the study centres of CoDE-UCC throughout the country.

Out of the total number of students, 3, 268 males and 3, 324 females were admitted to read undergraduate courses, while 1,126 males and 757 females were offered admission to pursue postgraduate programmes.

Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Nyarko Boampong delivering his address at the matriculation ceremony

Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong further admonished the fresh students to adhere to the rules and regulations governing the University to ensure their successful passage through the latest phase of their academic journey.

These rules, he explained, were contained in the Students' Handbook, Academic Programmes, Policies and Regulations, as well as Brochure on Graduate Studies and urged the students to read them thoroughly in order to be abreast of the rules and regulations governing the University.

According to him, conducive and congenial teaching, learning and entertaining environment had also been created by the University.

The Vice-Chancellor implored the students to take advantage of the provisions to enhance their learning, while tapping into the rich knowledge of professors, senior lecturers, lecturers and Research Fellows.

He charged the fresh students to work hard to merit the various certificates they would earn at the end of their respective programmes.

VC-UCC (middle), Prof. Nyarko Boampong; Pro VC, Prof. Rosemond Boohene (2nd left) and other members of convocation at the ceremony

"Your primary objective of coming to this university is to study hard towards attainment of your degrees or diplomas. Always remember that you need to work hard on this journey and that hard work never kills" he counseled.

Prof. Boampong, therefore, reminded the students that the Sam Jonah Library (University Library) had provided them with both physical and virtual services, as well as research support services to facilitate their studies.

He told the fresh students that examination malpractice was the pet hate of the University and advised the students to attend lectures regularly, as well as focus on their studies to become responsible leaders.

The Vice-Chancellor used the occasion to entreat the students to keep the environment of their study centres clean and in good shape.

Registrar of UCC, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, administering the matriculation oath  

The students took the Matriculation Oath administered by the Registrar of the University, Mr. Jeff Onyame, to signify their formal admission into the institution.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

Channel your Energies into Farming, not Galamsey – Youth Advised

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

A Senior Citizen, Mr. Yaw Opoku Asiama, has raised alarm over the increasing spate at which young people are engaging in illegal mining (popularly called galamsey) to the detriment of agriculture.

He expressed dismay over the urge by the youth to indulge in illegal mining instead of farming where more hands are needed. He said many individuals engaged in extensive commercial farming were far advanced in age and physically weak hence, the youth should be more interested in that field.

‘I have left my 5 acres of farm at Effutu with this beautiful grey hair. I can’t weed 5 acres at my age. We need to inculcate the love of farming in our up-and-coming generation instead of them using their strength to do galamsey’ he explained.

Mr. Asiama, who is a retired lecturer, School of Agriculture-UCC, said this when he took his turn at the Research Seminar Series organised by the School of Agriculture of the University of Cape Coast.

Participants in the Seminar

Held at the Sasakawa Conference Room, the Seminar was on the topic, ‘Ghana’s Agriculture: Which way in the light of Climate Change.’

He also called on government to revive the defunct Farm Institutes to produce professional farmers and farm workers.

Mr. Asiama, fondly known as Kwame Nkrumah, admitted that estate developers were the major competitors of farmers and they were using their affluence to grab lands to put up magnificent buildings.

Mr. Asiama also called for the institution of a Land Use Policy aimed at demarcating areas for estate developers and agriculture.

He called for the establishment of a Weather Commission mandated to study the weather to re-demarcate the agro-ecological zones of the country.

‘As human beings, we don’t have the power to alter climate change to suit our agriculture but we can do serious research to change agriculture to suit climate change’ he stressed.

In his view, the time had come for the country to place emphasis on root and tuber crops, indicating, ‘These are very resilient and can withstand weather changes and can also serve as animal feed for poultry.’

Like Cocoa Marketing Board, he appealed to government to set up marketing boards for stable crops to enable the farmer earn money irrespective of any uncertainty that would hit the agriculture sector.

Prof. LK Sam Amoah, chairman for the seminar

Mr. Asiama encouraged import substitution of products made in Ghana to decrease the over reliance of foreign products.

He discouraged the misuse of pesticides and herbicides in farming and called on farmers to use farm machinery in their farms.

Mr. Asiama implored agriculture academicians in the tertiary institutions to set up an Agric Advisory Council to be the driving force behind agriculture in the country rather than politicians.

The Seminar was chaired by a former Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. LK Sam Amoah.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

Students at Confucius Institute- UCC dazzle at Chinese Bridge Competition

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

Students of the Confucius Institute, University of Cape Coast, put up an exceptional display at the 22nd Chinese Bridge Competition held at the University of Ghana, Accra leading to the receipt of various awards.

The students showcased their Chinese language skills and understanding of the Chinese culture through speeches, singing, dancing and some cultural performances.

Parousia Ama Appiah

A level 300 UCC student, Daniel Sekyi Ansah, thrilled the audience to his exquisite stage craft and vocal ability. He further charged the atmosphere with his classical Chinese songs and performance, which eventually won him the first prize to visit China to observe the World Chinese Bridge contest later in the year.

Daniel Sekyi Ansah

The other students; Dickson Seth Kojo (level 300) received the second prize, Abigail Nana Ama Twekuwa Hayford (Level 100) received an award for placing third, Haneef Mohammed Saani (Level 300) also came third and Parousia Ama Appiah (level 300) received a prize for placing fourth.

Dickson Seth Kojo

In a short remark after the event, the Director at the Confucius Institute at UCC, Prof. Ismael Mensah, expressed gratitude to the contestants for the feat chalked up.

The Chinese Bridge Competition is a Chinese Proficiency Competition held annually for non-Chinese university students who study the Chinese Language.

 

 Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

 

 

 

Centre for African and International Studies Receives Computers

14 Jun, 2023 By DIS

The Centre for African and International Studies of University of Cape Coast (UCC) has received two sets of desktop computers to enhance its work.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Mrs. Rosemond Boohene, who presented the computers, mentioned that the Centre had earlier informed her of their plight which was the need for computers to augment their official activities.

She noted that discussions for support with the Building Expertise and Training for Growth in the Consumer Goods and Food Processing Industry in Ghana (BET Ghana) project resulted in the donation of a brand new DELL computer to the Centre. The Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Office also supported the Centre with an additional computer.

Prof. Boohene appealed to the Centre to put the equipment to good use and further assured them of more of such interventions to boost their work.

Receiving the computers on behalf of the Center, Dr. Eva Quansah, a lecturer, was grateful to the Pro Vice-Chancellor for her swift response in resolving the Centre’s plight.

Other staff members of the Centre present to receive the computers were Dr. Mario Nisbett, a lecturer and Sammy Korbiah Appiah, Administrator.

A Senior Assistant Registrar at the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Alfred Ghartey was also present.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC

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