A team from the Department of Optometry has conducted eye screening exercise for teachers and pupils of the Salvation Army School for the deaf at Swedru in the Central Region, as part of their outreach programme.
The team also presented spectacles to those whose eyes were examined during the exercise. The team which was led by Head of Department, Prof. (Mrs.) Nathalie G. Mensah included Dr. Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, Dr. Samuel Kyei and Dr. Samuel Abokyi as well as some final year Optometry students.
The Junior Common Room Council (JCRC) in collaboration with the Management of the Kwame Nkrumah Hall has inaugurated a new fitness centre for all affiliates and non-affiliates of the University of Cape Coast. The occasion was graced by the presence of the first hall master (Prof. Atta Britwum), hall tutors, former JCRC executives, executives from sister halls and members of the hall as well.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has called for the abolition of the Power ministry and advocated the setting up of a technical committee to solve the recurring energy crisis in the country. “If we do away with the Ministry of Power and rely on the technical people, we can solve the problem”.
The Faculty of Social Sciences has unveiled a new coaster bus valued at GH¢ 357, 000 to assist faculty and students carry out field work at a ceremony on campus.
The University of Cape Coast has entered into official relationship with Christ The Teacher College of Education (CTTCoE), Kumasi through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). With the signing of the MoU, UCC becomes a mentor institution to CTTCoE, a private College of Education. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole, said it was an honour on the part of UCC to be working with CTTCoE as a mentee institution. “We need to step back and relook at how things can be done right since we cannot live in the past”, he noted.
The Fund is established to provide a solid financial base to enable the School deliver on its mandate. The Fund shall be used for the following: 1. The School's infrastructural project (Buildings and other Facilities); 2. Student Support;
Three members of staff from the University of Bordeaux, France have called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole at his residence. The team was at the University to find possible means of collaboration with some faculty and departments of the University. The team was led by Ana-Marie included Beatrice Boyer, and Jean Christophe Lapouble. Ana-Marie said they had fruitful and far-reaching discussions with the Department of French, UCC to set the ball rolling for an effective relationship between the two institutions.
The Chancellor, Sir (Dr.) Sam Esson Jonah has undertaken a tour of some on-going construction projects at the University. As part of his schedule, he also held separate meetings with Provosts, Deans and Directors and leadership of all unionized groups on campus.
The Vice-Chancellor Prof. D. D. Kuupole has stated that the University of Cape Coast will continue to chart innovative paths in responding to national needs through effective teaching, research and community engagement. “We have continued to significantly transform our knowledge base, the curricula, mode of delivery and academic support for graduate studies”, he stated. Prof. Kuupole said this during the 5th Session of the 48th Congregation of the University where 1915 graduands were awarded various Postgraduate degrees.
An Associate Professor at the Department of French, Prof. Atta Britwum has stated that Kwame Nkrumah’s Consciencism can be described as a philosophy and ideology for attaining socialism. He argued that the basis of Kwame Nkrumah’s Consciencism was nationalist but not economic in nature.
