Two officials of the National Planning Committee of the Prof. J. E. A. Mills Foundation have called on the Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro at his office.

The two, Mr. Kofi Totobi-Quakyi and Commodore Steve Obimpeh (rtd.) who were accompanied by another member, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University, were on campus to find out about preparation made so far for the forthcoming Prof. J. E. A. Mills Commemorative Lecture to be held on Monday, July 25, 2016 and decided to call on the the Pro Vice-Chancellor.

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro has called on parents, teachers and educators to strive to be good role models in the use of social media.

He noted that these three stakeholders of education have the responsibility to ensure that the youth make the right choices. “As parents, teachers and educators, we need to encourage our youth to express their views on the use of social media by engaging them in one-on-one talks. We must be prepared to listen and offer corrections and suggestions in an affable manner”, he stressed.

The Sam Jonah Library has received copies of books written by Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah from the 8th Pan African Legacy Project.

The University of Cape Coast Basic Schools emerged the overall winners of this year’s Universities Basic School Sports Competition held at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.

UCC Basic School won five out of the ten trophies at stake at the annual event, the remaining five went to the rest of the schools. They were JHS soccer, primary soccer, medley, primary athletics and the overall trophies.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has underscored the University of Cape Coast’s commitment to maintaining its symbiotic relationship with the Colleges of Education.

Prof. Kuupole noted that with the upgrade of Colleges of Education (CoE) to tertiary status, UCC has the responsibility to offer the best form of mentorship to the 43 Colleges that have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University.

An alumna of the University of Cape Coast resident in the United States of America, Prof. Grace Lartey, has called on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. K. T. Oduro at his office.

Prof. Lartey who graduated from the University in 1998 is on a month-long visit to the country and decided to visit the university.

The executives of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), UCC Chapter have paid a courtesy call on the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro.

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has organised the fifth Annual Conference on Social Behaviour and Conflict Management with a call on government, security agencies and election stakeholders to ensure a peace in the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the country.

The 2016 edition of the conference was on the theme “Managing Electoral Conflicts in Ghana’s 2016 Elections: Prospects and Challenges.”