A four-member team from the Ministry of Health, led by its Chief Director, Lepowura M. N. D. Jawula has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor at the Council Chamber, South Campus.

The visit was a follow-up to a letter sent to the Ministry of Health to upgrade the Regional Hospital to a Teaching Hospital status to enhance training at the University of Cape Coast Medical School. Welcoming the delegation, the Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Prof. E. A. Obeng gave the assurance that “UCC is committed to set its Medical School on a firm ground.”

The newly-appointed Managing Director of the Daily Graphic, Mr. Ibrahim Awal, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Prof. E. A. Obeng and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Haruna Yakubu. Discussions which centered on how to forge a closer relationship between UCC and the Daily Graphic included:

The newly established School of Medical Sciences at the University of Cape Coast has received some equipment and medical journals valued at about $15,000 from Mrs. Wilhelmina A. Graves, Chief Administrative Assistant at the Pro-Vice-Chancellor’s Office, UCC. The donation was from the estate of her late husband,

The University of Cape Coast (UCC), on Wednesday conferred a honourary Doctorate of Laws degree on President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa. There was prolonged applause at the auditorium of the University when the degree was conferred on President Thabo Mbeki, who was accompanied by Ghana's President, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor. The presentation was preceded by a lengthy and impressive citation extolling the qualities of Mr Mbeki as a distinguished statesman and role model, both in his country and on the continent.

Statistician, Dr. Grace Bediako on Monday said the use of policy modeling techniques was indispensable for effective policy design and implementation in the country. She said computable general equilibrium models have become especially important in monitoring and evaluating the impact of policy design and implementation. Dr. Bediako said this at the launch of an 'Economic Policy Modeling Unit" (EPMU) by the Department of Economics of the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

First Class Honors Bachelor Degree holders to be admitted into PhD Programs @ UCC

Papa Owusu-Ankomah, Minister for Education, Science and Sports has said that beginning from this year, national service personnel would be expected to check their postings online on the onset of the service period. The website address for the postings iswww.nssghana.org. Speaking at a "Meet the Press" in Accra, Papa Owusu-Ankomah said the National Service Scheme (NSS) introduced the on-line posting-checker system to ensure that registration and posting of prospective service personnel was made easier, faster, more accurate and more convenient.

The Omanhene of the Agona Traditional Area, Nana Okofo Katakyie Nyarko Eku X, has, on behalf of the Chiefs and people of the Traditional Area, donated a 50-acre parcel of land to the University of Cape Coast for the construction of a Study Centre under the University’s distance education programme. The donation was in fulfillment of a pledge made by the Omanhene in response to an earlier request by the Vice-Chancellor of the University during the Jubilee Awards Ceremony held by the Agona District Assembly.

The South African High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency R. S. Molekene recently paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng at his office. The discussion centered on the arrangements by the University to confer an honorary doctorate degree on His Excellency, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa during the AU Summit to be held in Ghana later in the year. Another issue discussed was the strengthening of bilateral co-operation between UCC and the Universities in South Africa especially, in the area of distance education.

A state-of-the-art X-ray machine for the University Hospital will soon be installed at the former Senior Common Room near the University Kindergarten. The availability of an x-ray machine will enable fresh students and newly-recruited staff to undergo medical examinations at the University Hospital.