The School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has dispatched a total of eighty-four (84) medical students to the Agona East District of the Central Region for the Community-Based Experience and Service (COBES) programme.
COBES gives the students a strong community orientation which increases their awareness of the role of social, cultural and environmental factors in health and the relationship between health and development.
The executives of the Association of Sport and Exercise Science have reached out to final-year students in selected second-cycle institutions in the Cape Coast Municipality to educate them on the relevance of pursuing BSc. Sport and Exercise Science.
The final-year students were armed with information on the admission requirements for the Sport and Exercise Science programme, including prerequisite courses and the application process.
A Centre of Transformative Education is to be established at the University of Cape Coast to provide professional development on transformative pedagogies to tutors of colleges of education, teacher educators at the university, school improvement officers at the Ghana Education Offices and pre-tertiary teachers.
The Director-General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom, has urged lecturers to prioritise the needs of students and create an enabling environment for them to thrive.
Six Faculty Members from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics have been granted access to research facilities and database of Penn State University and the International Centre for Diffraction (ICDD) to conduct collaborative projects.
The School of Allied Health Sciences has held a handover ceremony for two former Heads of Department to newly-appointed ones.
Prof. Alexander Egyir-Yawson of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Dr. Richard Okyere of the Department of Health Information Management passed the mantle of responsibility and leadership of their respective departments to the new heads.
VALCO Trust Hall, the sole graduate student hall of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has been given a massive facelift.
The renovation works saw the fitting of all washrooms, replacement of wash basins, repair of leaking ceilings, and refitting of all kitchens.
The rest are the provision of temporary emergency lighting, the addition of new bath and toilet cubicles, as well as polishing and painting of all internal and external wall surfaces.
Eighteen (18) staff members of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been rewarded for their sterling work and dedication to duty. The number comprised four (4) senior members, nine (9) senior staff and five (5) junior staff.
For their prize, each of the awardees was presented with a certificate, an undisclosed amount of money and a plaque.
After several years of dedicated service to the University of Cape Coast (UCC), one hundred and five (105) workers have bowed out of the University on attaining the compulsory retirement age of 60 years.
The retirees, including thirty (31) senior members, twenty-one (21) senior staff, and fifty-three (53) junior staff from various departments and sections of the University, were honoured at a Send-Off and Long Service Awards Ceremony.
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to make budgetary allocations for air pollution to safeguard public health and the environment.
