The Department of History has received 10 sets of computer and accessories from the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah. Presenting the computers, the Vice-Chancellor said management considered the request by the Department and decided to donate the computers. He commended the Department for taking up the responsibility to produce a book on the history of the University of Cape Coast. The Head of the Department of History, Prof. Osei Kwame Kwarteng who received the computers expressed gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor for the donation.

Beautiful Creations Company Ltd, major importers and wholesaler of hospital consumables, has donated laboratory equipment valued at thirty-two thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 32,000) to the Department of Biochemistry of the School of Biological Sciences under the College of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. The items included HP laser colour printer, a digital 221 Steam autoclave, portable 381 autoclave, 800D Centrifuge and 20 boxes of microscope slides. The Company also promised to provide Incubator shaker and Water bath to the Department following a request made by the Head of Department, Dr.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has paid a courtesy call on the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamena Duncan at his office at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC). The Vice-Chancellor, who was accompanied by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, the Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan, the Director of Academic Affairs, Mr. Jeff T. Onyame, Ag. Director of Public Affairs, Maj. (retd) Kofi Baah-Bentum and Assistant Registrar at the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Mrs.

“As management, we are set on a mission to make UCC synonymous with higher quality graduate education in the country and beyond”. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah stated this during the 12th Session of the 49th Congregation for the School of Graduate Studies. A total of 2,214 students were presented with various postgraduate degrees, which included 51 Ph.Ds. Addressing the graduands, the Chancellor of UCC, Sir Dr.

A three-member delegation from the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, at the Council Chamber. Dr.

A two-day retreat has been held for both management and students of the University to find solutions to some challenges affecting the welfare of students on campus. The event was also to serve as a wake-up call on the various departments of the University to be proactive in the discharge of their duties. Opening the retreat, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, said the retreat was not to find fault but to bring to bear situations on the ground and brainstorm the way forward.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has inaugurated a fully furnished office complex for the School of Allied Health Sciences under the College of Health and Allied Sciences (CoHAS). The offices, numbering 24, situated at the down floor of the C. A. Ackah Theatre Complex, were furnished by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). The equipment, which comprises brand new desktop computers and its accessories, office furniture, photocopier machine, cabinets, stationaries, amongst others, worth GH 140, 000. Speaking at the inauguration,Prof.

A student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast, Mr. Francis Korankye-Sakyi, has presented a set of Jerseys and one football to the University Basic School Annex. Presenting the items, Mr. Korankye-Sakyi said the donation formed part of his commitment towards the promotion of sports in the new school. He stressed the need for school children to be given the opportunity to develop their talents through exposure to every available sporting discipline. Mr. Korankye-Sakyi appealed to the pupils to learn hard to justify the huge parental investments being made in them.

A delegation from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has paid a courtesy call on the management of the University. The visit was also to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between University of Cape Coast and the University of Hildesheim, Germany. The interdisciplinary Graduate School ‘Performing Sustainability Cultures and Development in West Africa’ initiative is a collaborative training network for postgraduate students of the University of Hildesheim (Germany), the University of Maiduguri (Nigeria) and the University of Cape Coast (Ghana).

Adehye Hall, affectionately called Royals, has climaxed its 54th Hall Week with a colorful grand durbar. The week-long celebration was on the theme " Women in Enterprise Development: The Role of Tertiary Education." Speaking at the grand durbar, a banker and a retired army officer, Nana Kwesi Amoako, advised students to be creative and innovative in creating jobs for themselves so as to reduce unemployment in the country. He urged students to come out with creative and innovative skills to make themselves self-reliant.