The University of Cape Coast has held a virtual matriculation ceremony for fresh students of the
College of Distance Education for the 2020/2021 Academic Year.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, congratulated
matriculants and assured them of Management’s commitment to provide a conducive academic
environment for their studies. He said, "The commitment you make to your studies from today
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held a ceremony to launch the Institute
for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) as a UNESCO Category II
Centre of Excellence for West Africa.
Present to launch the IEPA as a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence was
the Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Hon. Dr. Yaw
Osei Adutwum.
The University of Cape Coast has held a matriculation ceremony for fresh students of the 2020/2021 Sandwich academic year. The ceremony saw a total of 559 undergraduates and 1019 postgraduate matriculants presented by Provosts of Colleges to be matriculated.
Management, staff and students of the University of Cape Coast in collaboration with the Forestry Commission have embarked on a tree planting exercise on the University campus. Dubbed “Green Ghana = Green UCC”, the exercise is part of the Vice-Chancellor’s vision and falls in line with the Government’s Green Ghana Project. In all, fifty thousand (50,000) trees were earmarked for planting.
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has conferred an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership degree on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a special congregation held in his honour.
The honorary degree, which is the highest honour given by the University, is in recognition of the President’s immense contribution to education in the country.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SNM), in collaboration with the Directorate of Research,
Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), has held its maiden Research Support Grants Award
Ceremony.
The Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan, explained
that the principal goal of the ceremony was to work towards achieving the current Research
Agenda of the University of Cape Coast which focused on “Education and Environment for
The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SNM) has held a stakeholder’s
meeting on the theme, “The role of Nurses in managing students on the
ward.”
Presenting on the theme was Dr Christian Makafui Boso, a Lecturer at
the School of Nursing and Midwifery. He expressed that the purpose of
the meeting was to analyze the roles of clinical nurses in managing
students’ behaviour, and also outline strategies to help manage students'
Technical Universities in Ghana have been urged to be more innovative and go beyond publishing academic papers for promotion by focusing on commercialising research output.
This is the only way they can remain relevant and be more agile and responsive to the challenges in 21st-century universities.
The School of Physical Sciences in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry has held a ceremony to honour three retired Professors of the Department for their years of remarkable service and contributions to the University. The retirees are Prof. Francis Tayman, Professor of Organic Chemistry; Prof. Victor Yao Gadzekpo, Professor of Analytical Chemistry; and Rev. Prof.
The Mobile Library project under the “Boa Daakye Foundation”, has donated a mobile library, digital television, and stationery to the Paediatric Unit of the University of Cape Coast Hospital to mark World Book and Copyright Day.
