SRC

THE President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Accra City Campus (ACC) of the University of Ghana, Mr Francis Agilinko, has appealed to university students to strive hard to acquire knowledge that would make them useful to society in future.
He gave the advice when he took over the mantle of office from the outgoing executive of the SRC at a ceremony in Accra.
Other executive members of the SRC who were sworn into office were Mr Stanley Larbi, Vice President; Nana Osei Bonsu, Secretary; Ms Mercy Ankoma, Treasurer, and Ms Marian Markins, Women’s Commissioner.
Mr Akilingo, told the Daily Graphic that under his leadership, the SRC would dialogue with the administration of the university to solve such problems such the restructuring of the academic timetable and high tuition fees.
He said the SRC would also explore opportunities to resuscitate the students loan to enhance the lives of students on campus.
Mr Akilingo, however, said it was regrettable that in this 21st century in Ghana some students still carried chairs from their homes to lecture theatres, and pledged the commitment of his SRC to finding a lasting solution to the problem.
The immediate past SRC President, Mr Steve Abayah, urged the new administration to work together to improve the image of the university, and also advised it to do away with politics, since it had the potential for dividing their front.

UAM

TWENTY-FIVE freshmen and women of the University of Applied Management (UAM) have been officially admitted to the university to pursue various degree programmes.
The occasion marked the commencement of the summer semester for the 2009 academic year.
The Country Director of the university, Prof. Martin Dzambrah, said the school, which was established in Ghana in October, was also associated with universities all over the world.
Prof. Dzambra noted that UAM was committed to its responsibilities of striving for international excellence.
The Country Director noted that UAM was the centre for business competencies, which created and distributed knowledge with practical academic disciplines.
Prof. Dzambrah said UAM was one of the few universities in the country that ran distance learning programmes for its students.
He noted that the university’s education was to enable them to acquire relevant knowledge in certain fields of study and develop analytical minds that would be important to them and society.
An architect, Mr Felix Abbey, who was also the guest speaker for the occasion, advised the students to live above reproach and be good examples of the good moral training that the university inculcated in them.
“Look up to the ultimate for excellence, always strive hard towards your education so as to raise the standard of learning in the country,” he advised.
An MBA student, Mr Gordon Akotey, said the practical teaching methods gave them the knowledge that they would required at their various workplaces.
The university currently has about 35 students pursuing Bachelor and Master’s degree programmes.

Clean up

VANGUARD Assurance has embarked on a clean-up exercise at the Christian Faith Foster Home at Fafraha, a suburb of Accra, to improve sanitation at the home.
It was the first time the company had organised such an exercise at the home, and it was to help build a maintenance culture for the home as part of the company’s corporate and social responsibility.
The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vanguard Assurance Company, Mr Gideon Amenyedor, said the company as a business entity was out to partner the government to help the less privileged in the society.
Mr Amenyedor said children and teachers in deprived areas such as Fafraha needed support and that the Vanguard Assurance Company had built a four-classroom block with a modern office complex for the home, and named it after the founder of the company, Nana Awuah- Darko Ampem.
In addition, the company also donated sets of textbooks to the home.
The CEO, therefore, asked administrators of the home to use the books for future references to enhance their horizon.
Members of the foster home expressed appreciation and assured Vanguard that the books would be put into good use.