A total of 1,859 students have been admitted by the University to pursue various programmes both at undergraduate and graduate levels via the Sandwich mode.
The number is made up of 559 undergraduates and 1,300 postgraduate students.
This was announced by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, during a matriculation ceremony for Sandwich students on campus.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has held a handing over ceremony for its national executives at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The national executive body which rotates around the various public universities has moved from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to UCC.
The new executives are: Mr. Kwabena Antwi-Konadu-President; Mrs. Audria Juliana Dankwa-Vice President; Mr. Felix Adu-Poku-General Secretary, Mrs. Charity Abraham – Assistant Secretary; Mr. Alfred K. Attom-Prah-Treasurer and Mr. Sowah Boye-Editor.
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency, Shani Cooper, has expressed her country’s readiness to partner UCC to boost Agribusiness, Technology and Innovation.
Her Excellency, Shani Cooper, made this known when she paid a courtesy call to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong.
The new Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong and the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, have embarked on the second leg of their tour to Directorates and Colleges in the University.
The visit this time took them to the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAPQA), Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS), Centre for International Education (CIE), College of Education Studies (CES) and the College of Humanities and Legal Studies (CHLS).
The School of Business has organised a handing over ceremony for the Heads of Department of Management and Human Resource Management, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development (CESED) and the Business Incubator
Dr. Nicodemus Osei Owusu and Dr. Nana Yaw Oppong have taken over from Dr. Abraham Ansong and Dr. (Mrs.) Rebecca Dei Mensah as Heads for the Departments of Management and Human Resource Management respectively.
The University Co-operative Credit Union has presented 20 boxes of face masks to the University Hospital.
The face masks are intended to protect the staff of the hospital from contracting COVID-19.
Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong and Mr. Jeff T. E. Onyame assumed duty as Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the University respectively on Monday, 3rd August, 2020.
As part of their schedule for the first day in office, the they visited some office holders at the Central Administration and the Colleges to thank them for attending their investiture. They called for their support to build on the solid foundation that has already been laid by their predecessors.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, and the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, have received handing-over notes from their predecessors at a ceremony on campus.
The 2000 Alumni Year Group of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management has donated computers and accessories valued at GH¢ 40,000 to enhance teaching, learning and research at the Department.
The new Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has indicated his commitment to lead the process of transforming the University into a World Class Entrepreneurial University with a global competitive edge.
To achieve this, Prof. Boampong said “My vision is to reposition UCC as the global hub of creative thinkers, offering demand-driven programmes, integrated with practical entrepreneurial courses and actively translating the products of its innovative research, for sustainable development.”
