The College of Health and Allied Sciences has organised a send-off ceremony in honour of the Founding Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, Prof. Ernest Owusu-Ansah at the Coconut Grove Hotel.

Prof. Owusu-Ansah who retired from the services of the University in September 2016 was presented with a citation, cloth, cash and other items in recognition of his valuable contributions to the growth and development of the School during his tenure as the Dean.

The citation presented to him read as follows:

The College of Health and Allied Sciences has organised a send-off ceremony in honour of the Founding Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, Prof. Ernest Owusu-Ansah at the Coconut Grove Hotel.

Prof. Owusu-Ansah who retired from the services of the University in September 2016 was presented with a citation, cloth, cash and other items in recognition of his valuable contributions to the growth and development of the School during his tenure as the Dean.

The citation presented to him read as follows:

The Sports Section has held the 21st Inter-Hall Cross Country competition to hunt for quality talents for the upcoming Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) games, which will take place at the University for Development Studies, Tamale.

The keenly contested competition, organised under the International Association of Athletics Federation's(IAAF) rules, saw athletes from the Kwame Nkrumah Hall (KNH), Atlantic Hall (ATL), Oguaa Hall, Adehye Hall, Valco Hall and Casely Hayford (Casford) Hall.

The Sports Section has invited 20 athletes to start camping ahead of the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Cross Country slated for November at the University for Development Studies.

The camping starts from Monday, October 10, 2016 on campus.

The invited athletes were selected based on their exceptional performances at the just ended Inter-Hall Cross Country competition held at the Casely Hayford field, which saw Oguaa Hall and Casford Hall emerge winners in the women and men categories respectively.

Below is the list of the invited athletes:

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah has told lecturers that the image of the University would get enhanced or diminished through their actions or inactions.

The Vice-Chancellor noted that since the lecturers were at the forefront of academic work in the University, their actions should create good impression about UCC both locally and internationally.

The School of Physical Sciences, of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, has organised the 2015/2016 Academic Year Dean's Awards Ceremony for students who have remarkably excelled in their academics.

The awards, instituted in 2015 with sixty-five awardees, was in recognition of students in levels 200, 300 and 400, who had attained Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate (CGPA) of 3.6 and above presented with certificates of honour at the colourful event, which was held at the Main Auditorium.

Ace broadcaster, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has called on law students of the University of Cape Coast to strive for integrity in all their endeavours.

He challenged them to identify their purpose in life and live a purpose beyond themselves. That, he said, would make them live a life of integrity.

Mr. Azure made the call when he addressed law students at the Celt Auditorium 900.

The Training and Development Section of the Directorate of Human Resource has organised a one-day orientation programme for national service personnel for the 2016/2017 academic year.

The orientation was aimed at sensitising the national service personnel to be efficient and effective in the discharge of their duties in the various colleges, schools, faculties, departments, sections and units in the University.