At a special congregation, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has conferred an honorary doctorate on the Oguaamanhen, Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II.
The honorary award was in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the advancement of society, as well as his visionary leadership and distinguished service to the nation, the University, the global community and humanity at large.
A Professor of English at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, has called for a change in Ghanaian parliamentary discourse.
According to her, discourses in Parliament have been characterised, in recent times, by obscenities, provocative or threatening language, personal attacks, and insults which sometimes cloud the discussion on the floor of Parliament.
Ghanata Senior High School has emerged winner of the maiden Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Ideathon Challenge on Air Pollution organised for Senior High Schools by the Breathe Accra Project.
Bole SHS took the 1st runner-up position, whilst Twene-Amanfo SHS and the Ghana National College grabbed the second and third runner-up positions respectively with Kpasenkye STEM placing fourth in the contest.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has relocated a taxi rank operating at Science to a temporary place on the “School Bus” road.
This will pave the way for a more congenial atmosphere to ensure teaching and learning at the newly-built School of Sustainable Engineering.
A professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis, has stressed the need for social and cultural issues, including values in mathematics to be considered seriously in mathematics curriculum development and delivery in the country.
That, according to him, would make the teaching and learning of the subject relevant to students.
The School of Business has held its annual Dean’s Award ceremony to celebrate first-class students who obtained a CGPA of 3.6 and above at levels 200 to 400.
A breakdown of the 302 students who were honoured for their hard work includes 126 level 200 students, 68 level 300 and 108 level 400 students.
For the first time, since the inception of the Dean's Award, three (3) postgraduate students (level 850) with the highest CGPA were also rewarded for their academic accomplishments.
The Centre for Coastal Management-ACECoR at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has inaugurated a new Library at its new multi-purpose building complex.
The new Library is named after Prof. Daniel Pauly, Lead Scientist on the Sea Around Us Project at the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries at the British Columbia, and Prof. Rashid Sumaila, a Professor of Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the same university based in Canada.
The University of Cape Coast has held an orientation for Cadet Officers Course 53 of the Ghana Police Academy at the Ghana Police Training School in Accra.
The Cadet Officers made up of 431 officers will also pursue Postgraduate Diploma in Security Studies from the Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Cape Coast as part of their regular police training.
Final-year students reading Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Management have donated some educational materials to Kwaprow Junior High School to enhance the academic performance of learners.
The items, which included five whiteboards, two graph boards, four boxes of markers, and four packs of dusters, were meant to augment the effort of parents in providing the academic needs of their children.
The gesture forms part of the semester course, “Project Management”.
A former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. George K.T Oduro, has implored students not to be carried away by religious liberty on campus to sway them from their studies.
Rather, he told them to develop good study habits and time-management skills toward achieving their purpose for enrolling in their respective programmes at the university.
