MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 51 MASTER OF ARTS YEBOAH, Freda YEBOAH, Gloria Kyei YEBOAH, Joseph Amokonah ZORMELO, Hazel Senami PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ABRAHAM, Maame Efua Gyasiwaa ADDY, Godwin Nii Ashong AFFUL, Samuel Ayensu AGNES, Tanye AKUMBOMI, Edward Bawah AMOAKO, Isaac Forson AMOAKO-FARKYE, Albert ANANG, Kelvin Nii Tetteh ASANTE-KOREE, Alfred Jnr AVEVOR, Lydia Mawusi Yawo AVORGBEDOR, Gifty Mawutor AWUAH, Lily Agyeiwaa BAAH, Bernard BEDIAKO, Diana Asare BLABOE, Loretta Amonorkuor DIKENOU, Joseph Edoh Kudjo DOUGHAN, Albert Kofi GOLLOH, Karl-Marx Kofi KPODO, Saviour Sefakor MOHAMMED, Fawusatu OBENG, Esther Ama OKUTU, Mary Akweley RIVERSON, Peace TOYIBU, Ayisha ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ADDOQUAYE, Emmanuel Tetteh ASIEDU, Jacob BINKA, Wisdom Komla GYABAAH, Simon LARTEY, Leonie Larteley MAHAMA, Samadu QUAINOO, Randa Adwoa TWIMASIE, Dorothy Adadzewa CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH STUDIES AHMED, Abubakr Sidiq AKUSIE, Daniel Kodwo OTCHERE, Prince ECONOMIC POLICY MANAGEMENT ABU, Jalila ACHEAMPONG, Baafi Moses ADAM, Dauda ADU, Gideon Buabeng AFFRAM, Daniel Edem AFFUM, Kwaku Atta Beyeeman AGBO, Jeano Agbesi AMPOFO, Florence ANTWI, Daniel Amoako ATUBIGA, Ezekiel Awingura BAMPO, Angela Nana BOADI, Ama DONI, Cephas DZAKPASU, Bernard Selikem Kobla ESHUN, Isaac ISSAH, Fuseini KODUAH, Dixon Bannor KRAMPAH, Cynthia Adu MARSHALL, Kelvin Kwame MOHAMMED SANNI, Mariama NGOAH, Kweku Tweneboah NKRUMAH, Stephen NYANTAKYI, Michael OBENG, Richard Kwame OFORI, Francis OKINE, John OSEI-TUTU, George Nkansah OTU-AMOAH, Stephen PUPLAMPU, Angela Bweki QUAW, Paulina Akuba TETTEH, George Armah TULASI, Andrew Mensah UDOBANG, David Uyaiabasi VIDZA, Derrick Selasi Kojo INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ABOSSEY, Naa Dei ABUBAKARI, Abdul-Fatawu ACHEMPONG, Dora AGBOKEY, Benedicta Elinam AGYEMANG, Mina Pokuaa AMARTEIFIO, Nii Amartey AMO-KOREE, Nana AMPAABENG, Gabriella Ewurafua ANDREWS, Naa Adawulede ATTAH, Comfort Akua BAWA, Mercy Agula CIZARO, Kekeli Afua DEBRAH, Richmond HAAFIZ, Ibrahim Imam KWASIE, Cynthia Bahu LAARI, Edith MATTAH, Lebene Abla MBIBA, Grace Maakinyi OWUSU, Douglas SACKEY, Lawrencia Naa Riza SEADE, Esinam Afi SURUGU, Patience TAMAKLOE, Jacintha Ama TAMAKLOE, Juliet Fafa TIJANI, Bohigu Abu-Naim TSOKPO, Bernard Agbemor YEBOAH, Emmanuel Kwarko MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ABDULAI, Samira ABDUL-RAUF, Mariam ABEKA, Michael ADDO, Sandra Ama Adobea ADEMAN, Rita Terkour ADJAPONG, Alexandra ADJARTEY, Esther Narkie ADJEI, Vincentia Naa Atsoi ADJEI-DANSO, Gifty ADJEI-YEBOAH, Eunice AFARI, Maabena Ayebea AFRIFA, Alvin Kwadwo AGBELOM, Loemba Antoinette AGBENYO, Godfred AGBEVIADE, Angela Eyram AGBODOVO, Precious AGYAPONG, Piesie Anto AGYARE, Ebenezer Osei AGYEI, Rachael Ansomah AGYEKUM, Edward Atakora AGYEMANG, Ernest Akoto AKPALU, Favour AKYEA, Barbara Obiribea AKYEA, Kwasibea Korkor Adzo ALA, Justice Adjei ALHASSAN, Yakubu ALIDU, Fridauce Abibatu ALLOTEY, Mildred AMEKOR, Yesutor Maria AMELORKU, Christabel Enyonam AMIN, Amina AMISSAH, Eric Nana Yaw AMOA-AWUA, Irene AMOAFO-SMART, Kwaku AMOAH, Charlotte AMOAKO, Viola AMPONSAH, Adeline Awurama ANAADEM, Patience ANANI-BOSSMAN, Sheila ANDOH-AIDOO, Queensta Ewurabena ANIM, Comfort Boahema APPAH, Lorraine APPIAH, Angela Aba APPIAH, Joyce Oduraa APPIAH, Michael
52 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES ARTHUR, Judith ARTHUR, Rosalyn Kuukuwa ASANTEWAA, Priscilla Wiafe ASARE, Ama Amoabeng ASARE, Belinda ASARE, Eunice Sika ASARE, Samuel ASARE, Thelma ASHAI, Doreen Tsotsoo ASIEDU, Faithful Owusu ASIEDU-GYIMAH, Angela ASIEDU, Stella Baffoe ATAKORA, Emelia Animwaa AWUAH, Bernice AYEH, Doreen Ampomea AYESU, Deborah Okoh BAIDOO, Patience BAMFO, Etornam BANNOR, Sharon Rose BARNES, Emma Ekua BART-PLANGE, Donna BATESIMAH, Susana Sugri BEDI, Benedict Mawuenyega BEMPONG, Mildred Ofosua BOADI, Sabaina BOATENG, Elizabeth BRAGO KUSI, Shallon BRENYA, Portia Pokuwa BUULE, Ernest Popeelong CLOTTEY, Andrilla COFFIE, Rosemary COMMEY, Irene CRENTSIL, Desiree Efua DANSO, Benedicta DANSO, Sharon Maame Efua DEH, Doris DONKOR, Samuel DUEDU, Alberta DWOMOH, Jacqueline Ama Nimoh DZIDAH, Francisca Emefa DZUNU, Alberta EBI, Kanga Landry EDMOND, Sarah Aba EDUAH, Emmanuel ENTSUA-MENSAH, Bernice Delali FIADJOE, Anita Eyram Efua FIASE, Edinam Worlasi FREMPONG, Charles FUSEINI, Hummu Kursum Dembe GBLORKPOR, May Sena GHANSAH, Thelma GOLLO, Janet Serwah GRANT, Awura Ama GYAMFI, George Twumasi GYAMFUA, Mary GYAN OGUAH, Sally HACKMAN, Esther HANS-BELLO, Martha Ovayioza INKOOM, Emma Miranda KOFFI, Doris KOTEI, Peter Christopher Neequaye KRAKA-EDZEMKPO, Patience Terkuor Akosua KRAPA, Hermione KUBI, Priscilla Adzo KUSI, Dorcas KUSI-APPIAH, Helen KWAKYE, Nana Frimpong KWARTENG, Amaniampong Kwadwo LAMPTEY, Naa Odarley Koshie LARBI FREMPONG, Maame Anima LARBI, Mary Appah LARTEY, Eugenia Yaa LAWEH, Florence Maku LAWSON, Nana Achinba MATANAWUI, Geeta MAWUNYO, Francis Cursta MENSAH, Evelyn MOORE, Robert Kojo MOSES, Angelina Aba MUGRE, Lydia Lardi NARTEY, Eric Tettey NYAME, Maureen Ekoh Ama NYARKO, Gerald Isaac OBENG, Evans Fiifi ODEI, Jesse Ohene OFORI AGYAPONG, Paulina OFORI ASARE, Michael OKYERE, Joseph Samuel OPOKU ABANKWAH, Evans OPOKU, Jennifer Adjoa OPPONG, Adwoa Pomaa OSEI, Joyceline Emefa OSEI, Philomina OSEI-YEBOAH, Margaret OSMAN BAWAH, Fati OWUSU, Akua Tweneboaa-Kodua OWUSU, Maxwell Boadi OWUSU-OFORI, Yaw PONGO, Judith Kafui QUARM, Pamela Mushia QUAYE, Jemima Naa Agowa SABAH, Ethel Esinam SACKITEY, Lydia Owusua SAI, Michael Yaw SAMPSON, Gloria Maabena SARFO, Matilda Agyemang SARFO, Vida Asirifi SARKODIE-MENSAH, Baffour Kwaku SEIDU, Faiza Wuni SENAYA, Rebecca Lovelet SMITH, Adwoa Ampomah SOMUAH, Afua Boadiwaa SOMUAH, Akua Korantemaa TACKIE, Audrey Naa Tsua TAMAKLOE, Olivia Yayra TAMAKLOE, Precious Tina TANDOH, Linda Afia Ampontimaah TETTEH, Dorinda Korkor TEYE, Emmanuel Akpeng THOMPSON-ARYEE, Manuella Naa Ayeley TORGORMEY, Elikplim TWUM BARIMAH, Freda VAN-DYCK, Dinah Mercy Blankson WILLIAMS, Peggy Angeley WORGBAH, Bright Kofi YAHAYA, Naeema YEBOAH, Abigail Tibuah YENGE, Emmanuel Jebuni Christwel MARKETING STRATEGY ABOAGYE, Priscilla ABUDEY, Jessica Kekeli ADDO, Ivy Afua ADDO-QUAYE, Edward Nii Aryee ADU-ADDY, Pearl AGBOVI-HUSHIE, Franklin Dornu AGGREY, Gilbert Abeiku AKOWUAH, Flonica Dansoa AKWEI, Aku-Shika Sussie ALORNYO, Charles Kwaku ANANE, Mercy ANANG-SOWAH, Jeroen Nii Anyetei ANANU, Prince ANTWI, Richard Kweku APEREKE-ITA, Clement Danternii APPIAH, Kwame Nsiah ASAMANI, Ebenezer Kwame Otu ASANTE, Priscilla Adjoa ASARE, Catherine ASUMANG, Rita BABANAWO, Lindalin Yawo BEKOE ASARE, Gertrude BOAMA, Eric BOAMPONG, Prince DAFEAMEKPOR, Deo-Donne DANSO, Frank DOE, Doris Kankor EGHAN, Christiana Azumah ENTSUA-MENSAH, Mildred ESHUN, Gifty Kwakyewah GBESEMETE, Bridget Makafui GYIMAH, Love Oduraa HARRUNA, Zakiya KANDA, Ivy Mawusenam KOOMSON, Araba Esiama KUM, Tony Shirley LARBI, Josephine LARBI, Richard LARYEA, Rosa
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 53 MAXWELLSON, James Nehemiah MILLS, Sharon Naa Odarley NOAMESI, David Yaw NTIAMOAH, Douglas Mensah NYADROH, Mabel Nyanyuiegah ODECHIE-BOSSMAN, Derrick OSEI JNR, John Kwasi OWUSU ANTWI, Albert OWUSU -DAPAAH, Janet RUSSELL, Katelyn Maame Esi SACKEY, Frederick SEBBIE, Abednego Tetteh SIAW-WIAFE, Blessing SUMANI, Gifty Haja YANKEY, Catherine Essien MIGRATION STUDIES AGYIN, Ebenezer Asante AVOTRI, Nyuieko Dzidula CODJO, Pamela EFFAH, Charles FOLI, Daniel HAMMOND, Justice Gorman JUMA, Linda Akoth KANGAH, Emmanuel Asei ODONKOR, Ishmael OKAI, Kevin Ayitey OTCHI, Angela Yaa Amponsah QUARSHIE, Abigail TETTEH -CUDJOE, Princess Nana Yaa ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE ACQUAYE, Miriam ADAMAH, Reginald Aryeetey ADDAI, Franklin ADJEI, Ophelia ADUSEI-BEDIAKO, Isabella Anna AGBEKO, Jessie Edzorji Nyalemegbe AGYEKUM, Ama Tutuaah AGYEMAN BADU, Magdalene Naa Arduah AKANBOBNAAB, Christopher AKROBOTU, Vincent Sefenu AMARKWEI, Ebenezer AMOAH, Freda Amopoka AMPADU, Joseph ANNANG, Andrews Adjei ANTI, Gloria Aboagyewaa ANTWI, Fiona ASIEDU, Charles ATTIPOE, Benedict Sika BAWAH, Linda BEKOE, Mark Yeboah BOAKYE, Nana Ama Tima BOATENG, Edward Kwaku BOATENG, Rita Adwoa Acheabea BROWN, Bernard BUERTEY-SANAKEY, Phyllis Balerkwor DARKO, Dennis Akomanyi DARKO-MENSAH, Isaac DUAH-BOATENG, Kwaku ENTSIE, Kofi Isaac ESSILFIE-NTENAH, Ruth Boateng EYISON, Benjamin Ekow FISCIAN, Henrietta FREMPONG, Amos FUMMEY, Cherie Yayra FUSEINI, Farouk INUSAH, Hamza KORANKYE, Bernard Yao KYEREH, Rosina Asuamah LAMPTEY, Eugenia LARYEA, Isaac Annan MEJIDA, Elizabeth Disuur NORTEY, Nuerki NSOAH, Lipton Baffour Senkyire Kwabena OBENG, Gifty OKPORA, Festus OSEI NTI, Priscilla OTCHERE, Emmanuel Nyarko OTINKORANG, Beauty OWUSU, Boateng PARBI, Victor Asamani POBEE, Vicentia Lamont SAKYI, Barbara Awo Kramah SANKAH, Nii Marmah STEPHENS, Wendy Florence TACKIE-KOMME, Samuel TETTEYFIO, Ransford Peter Nii Noi THOMPSON, Harriet Betty TORGBOR, Christabel Oboshie WIAFE DOFFOUR, Richlove Ankomah WUSAH, Judith Atika MUSEUM AND HERITAGE STUDIES NOVIEKU, Erika POPULATION STUDIES ABETI, Wilson AGBALENYO, Richard Kofi AGULA, Michael AGYEMAN, Gifty Pokuaa ANANYA, Gabriel AZU, Robert Mate COMMEY, Felicia KEBBEH, Omar Cf Abu Hamza OBENG, Kwasi Owusu YIN, Daniel Kwame PUBLIC AFFAIRS ABDULAI, Wahab ACQUAH, Eric Nana ADDO, Owusu Asamoah AJANI, Salawatu Abeni AMENUVOR, Elizabeth Mawulolo AMEYIBOR-AKPESAH, Kafui ANTWI-KUMI, Seth ARMAH, Desmond Nii ASANTE, Claudia ATTAKPAH, Richmond Atsu AVORNYOTSE, Godwin Kofi BABA, Yakubu Iddrisu BONSI, Eunice BRAM-LARBI, Vera Oye CLOTTEY, Emmanuel Korkwei GOGO, Godfred Tawiah HAYWOOD-DADDIE, James HLORBU, Patricia Etornam HUKPORTI, Dzifa IBRAHIM, Inusah Mohammed IDDRISAH, Rashidatu KARIKARI, Harry Antwi MENSAH, Peter Atsu MENSAH, Sarah Aku NSIAH-ADJEI, Eric NUTAKOR, Patience Doe OBENG, William OFORI-NYARKO, Florence Abena Agyeiwaa SAM, Isaac SEDDOH, Ruth Dela TAGOE, Sheila TANGA, Emmanuel Maaweh UBDA, Mariam SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES AKOTO, Akorfa Ama AWUAH-APORI, Prince Percy BABA YUNUS, Samiha Simli BOAKYEWAA, Phyllis Danquah FUSEINI, Mukaddas FUSEINI, Mukaddas KOFFIGAH, David Dotse OWUSU MENSAH, Gloria SOCIOLOGY LAVOE, Justice Atsu SPANISH SIAW-DARFOUR, Abigail Maame Somuah TACKIE, Yvonne TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AHOTO, Gladys
54 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES MASTER OF FINE ARTS YEMOFIO, Ruth Naa Yemotely AMADU, Halimah AMOAKO, Jane Anima AMOYAW, Rutherford Alex ATSU, Stella BANDON, Rita GADAGOE, Kelvin KONADU YIADOM, Yaa KPORFOR, Samuel KUWORNU, Angela Rose Ama MENSAH, Samuel Osei MILLS-ROBERTSON, Alberta NACHIM, Kwesi NYARKO, Comfort OFORI, Matthew OWUSU, Nancy Akomaah TAKPO, Eunice Akosua TENKORANG, Ebenezer YAKUBU, Mohammed Sharawe THEATRE ARTS ABBAN-LOOH, Jacinta Efua ADOMAKO, Sarah Abena AVEH, Dodzi Korsi NAAH AMAO, Thelma Anike QUAYSON, Maame Adwoa Amissah SAM, Eric SERWAA, Mavis Nana Ama TRANSLATION BAKARY, Shukurath Adunke RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY ABDULAI, Fatima ADAMS, Abubakar-Zagoon AHIAKU, Amos Quarshie AWUKU, Anita Asare BAANI, George BATSA, Peter Nartey BOAKYE-MARFO, Samuel DZAKAKLO, Theophilius Kodzo INTSIFUL, Rita Esieduah MUSAH, Yawuzah Bagura DEVELOPMENT STUDIES JOSHUA ATURA, Oscar
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 55 WHILE YOU WERE HERE 2018 • A Public Lecture took place at the Great Hall during the Visit of Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium and Vice Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to Ghana. His Excellency, President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was the Special Guest of Honour. The lecture was on the theme, “The SDGs: A Transformative Agenda for the Future we want”. • Minister of Education, Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, performed the official launch of University of Ghana’s 70th Anniversary Celebrations at the Great Hall. The event was chaired by the Chairman of Council, Prof. Yaw Twumasi. • WACCI won an African Union Grant of US$ 1 Million for Research on Food and Nutrition Security. • University of Ghana won a German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) grant to establish the Maria Sybilla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa. • University of Ghana School of Law hosted the 27th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in August 2018. • The University of Ghana Endowment Fund was launched by His Excellency, President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. • Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse was invested into office as the first female Chancellor of the University at a colourful ceremony. The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administered the Oath of Office. • University of Ghana and its consortium of five African partners were awarded a 1.3 Million Euro grant by the European Commission within the framework of the EU-Intra Africa Mobility Programme to implement the project titled “Harmonization of Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (HEED–Africa)” for a period of 5 years. • University of Ghana was awarded an $800,000.00 grant by the Andrew Mellon Foundation to support research in the Humanities. 2019 • Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, opened the 70th Annual New Year School and Conference at a colourful ceremony presided over by the Chairman of Council, Prof. Yaw Twumasi. • The University of Ghana hosted an international conference of the Joint 2nd African light source (Afls2) and Pan African Conference on Crystallography (Pccr2) under the theme “Crystallography: A Tool for Sustainable Development in Africa” at the Bank of Ghana Auditorium.
56 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES • The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) presented a cheque of US$250,000.00 to the University of Ghana for the establishment of a Research Chair in Petroleum Geoscience at the Department of Earth Science, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. • University of Ghana and Toyota Ghana Limited signed a project partnership agreement for the construction of a Training Centre worth US$1 million and the provision of engineering equipment worth US$2 Million over a ten-year period. • The Noguchi Advanced Research Laboratories constructed with a $20 million grant from the Japanese Government was inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, represented by Hon. Yaw Osafo-Marfo, Senior Minister. • University of Ghana was awarded a grant of US$2,940,000 (two million, nine hundred and forty thousand US Dollars) by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support the second phase of the project, Building A New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa). • Her Ladyship Chief Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo delivered the 2019 Alumni Lecture on the theme: “Questing for Excellence” at the Great Hall. • A Thanksgiving Service was held to climax University of Ghana’s 70th Anniversary Alumni Homecoming Weekend held from August 9-11, 2019. The service was graced by the distinguished presence of alumnus Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic. 2020 • University of Ghana recorded a back-to-back win in the Public Speaking Competition at the 40th World Universities Debate Championship held at Assumption University, Thailand from 26th December, 2019 to 4th January, 2020. • In compliance with a Presidential directive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University was closed down from Monday, 16th March, 2020. • Scientists from Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), College of Health Sciences and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, obtaining important information about the genetic composition of viral strains in 15 of the confirmed cases in Ghana. • Four alumni of the University of Ghana - Professor Henrietta J.A.N. Mensa-Bonsu, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu and Mr. Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi were appointed to the Supreme Court Bench of Ghana. • In July 2020, the University organised its first virtual congregation ceremony for students of the University of Ghana School of Law and University of Ghana Medical and Dental Schools.
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 57 2021 • Impact of Covid-19 on Academic Work • Subsequent to the closure of the University in compliance with a directive by the President of the Republic in March 2020, Management of the University approved the proposal to roll-out online teaching and learning. • A number of capacity building programmes were organised to equip both faculty and students with the use of Sakai and other online teaching and learning platforms. • Management also made arrangements to receive students who would like to be resident on campus to have access to the University’s internet resources. • In order to reduce the number of students on campus, the Modular system was introduced in January 2021, which allowed levels 100 and 400 students to resume for the first batch, while levels 200 and 300 students reported after the first batch had completed their academic work for each semester. • PhD Vivas were held virtually since the outbreak of the COVID-19 infection to enable graduate students complete their programmes on schedule. • Chancellor of the University, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, Economics Degree from the University of London at that University’s Foundation Day Ceremony held on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. The University of London honorary degree is the highest honour conferred on exceptional individuals to celebrate their contribution to advance human progress and welfare. By this honorary award, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse, the first female Chancellor of the University of Ghana, chalks another historic achievement as she becomes the first Ghanaian to be so awarded. • Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum inaugurated a new governing Council of the University of Ghana in July 2021. The Council is chaired by a former Chief Justice, Justice Sophia A. Boafoa Akuffo (Rtd.). Justice Sophia A. Boafoa Akuffo is the first female Chairperson of the University Council. • Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo was inducted as the first female Vice-Chancellor and 13th Executive Head of the University of Ghana at a colourful ceremony held in the Great Hall on October 26, 2021. The induction ceremony was presided over by the Chancellor, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse. Many dignitaries including President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo graced the occasion. • Prof. Gordon Akanzuwine Awandare was appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Academic and Student Affairs (ASA). The appointment took effect from 1st January, 2022. • Mrs. Emelia Naa Kwantsua Agyei-Mensah was sworn in as the new Registrar of the University of Ghana at a brief ceremony held on Sunday, 1st August, 2021 at the New Council Chamber of the University. The Chancellor administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy as stipulated by the Basic Laws of the University of Ghana prior to her assumption of office. • Mrs. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, an alumna of the University of Ghana and Ghana’s first female Chief of Staff, delivered the 2021 Alumni Lecture on the topic ‘Social Protection
58 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES in Ghana: Are We On Track?’. • The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, was honoured at the 2021 GUBA Awards held on November 8, 2021 as the GUBA Nana Yaa Asantewaa Woman of Enlightenment. • President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, cut the sod on the University’s 100-acre land at Borteyman for the construction of a state-of-the-art sporting facility. The sports complex which includes a thousandcapacity 8-lane swimming pool, one-thousand-seater multi-purpose sports hall (for Basketball, Badminton, Boxing, Tennis) lecture halls, student hostels and lecturers’ bungalows will be used to host the 13th African Games in 2023. • The Petroleum Commission, Ghana, awarded GH¢35,012 worth of scholarship to ten (10) needy female students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 2022 • The University of Ghana (UG) was ranked the highest tertiary institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2022 Version 2. Additionally, the first of the top 1,000 scientists in the country was from the University of Ghana, and more than 270 scientists from the University of Ghana appeared in the top 1,000 scientists featured. • In April, the University launched the ‘Vice-Chancellor’s Programme for Enhancing Student Experience through Digitalisation’. The Honourable Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, performed the official launch of the programme at a colourful ceremony in the Great Hall. • The United Kingdom Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Hon. Vicky Ford, visited the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) as part of her maiden visit to West Africa. The purpose of the visit was to acquaint herself with WACCBIP’s activities which have resulted in groundbreaking research outcomes in the biomedical science space. • The Vice-Chancellor inaugurated a 22-member Planning Committee to plan the University of Ghana’s 75th Anniversary Celebration which comes off in August 2023. The Committee which is chaired by Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Former Director, Institute of African Studies and co-chaired by Prof. Clement I.K. Appah, Head, Department of Linguistics, begins work with immediate effect till the end of the celebrations. • In line with its corporate social responsibility, the University of Ghana Credit Union (UGCU) is sponsoring the construction of a 50-bed capacity Emergency Centre at the University Hospital to commemorate its 50th anniversary. • The University of Ghana 100 metres sprinter, Solomon Kweku Hammond, qualified for the World Under 20 Athletics Championship held in Cali, Columbia in August 2022. • At the 21st Chinese Bridge Qualifying Competition held online at the Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana, on May 28, 2022, a final year student of the Chinese Section of the Department of Modern Languages, Samuel Ohemeng, won the Grand Prize of the competition. • A number of academic units within the University held activities marking their anniversary celebrations. University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 59 Business School and the Department of Political Science have performed official launches to mark their 60th anniversary while the Regional Institute for Population Studies and the Department of Communication Studies have been commemorating their golden anniversary. • Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) visited the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), to interact with the faculty and staff. The visit formed part of the activities he undertook while at the University to deliver the 2022 Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lecture. • The life and legacy of Emeritus Professor George Kwabena Effah Benneh, Former ViceChancellor of the University of Ghana was commemorated with a memorial service at the University of Ghana in March 2022. • The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) commissioned a 10-million Ghana cedi multi-purpose building to help meet the Institute’s need for additional spaces to support its continued growth and performance. The building, known as the ISSER Office Complex and Digital Centre, comprises an office complex, a digital centre or data hub, an ultra-modern library complex, seminar rooms, and a gymnasium. • The University of Ghana (UG) actively participated in the celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa (DSRA) with series of college-led activities including Public Lectures, Exhibition of Scholarly Works, Roundtable Discussions, Seminars/ Webinars, Artistic Performances, Workshops on Scientific Writing, Open Day, Research Fair, Panel Discussions and Media Interactions. A high-level panel event chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appaih Amfo was held on Thursday, 30th June, 2022 at the Cedi Conference Centre to mark the climax of the celebrations on the theme “Ghana Asks: Legon Answers” with specific focus on the challenge of managing plastic. The event featured the following accomplished academics and industrialists: Former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ivan Addae-Mensah, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), Dr. Fatima Denton, Professor of Pathology and former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa and Ms. Millicent Amekugbe, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science, University of Ghana. • As part of efforts to create an enabling environment to facilitate doctoral training in the University, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, cut sod for the construction of the first phase of a 60-unit apartment for PhD students on 29th June, 2022. The contractors are to complete the first phase of the project between 14-18 months. Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, BANGA-2 Project Lead, in her remarks expressed belief that the University of Ghana is in a unique position to become the hub of doctoral training in the country upon completion of the PhD Apartments. • The West African Genetic Medicine Centre (WAGMC) organised a sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of its multipurpose Genomic Medicine Building Complex. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, who turned the sod on July 4, 2022 announced that the building will augment impactful research in the applied sciences and humanities. The contractor, Five Star Engineering Limited, guaranteed the successful construction of the building between 12-13 months.
60 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES • In a spectacular and colourful ceremony, the University of Ghana launched its 75th anniversary celebration under the theme; Nurturing Resilience; Adopting Technology, Embracing Humanism. The Guest of Honour, was Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi, Second Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana. In attendance were the Chancellor, Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse; Chair of Council and Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo (Rtd). The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum and the Honorable Chief of Staff, Mrs. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare graced the occasion.
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 61 COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES Conference Interpreting - MA Translation - MA Arabic - MA/MPhil Russian - MA/MPhil Spanish - MA/MPhil Linguistics - MA/MPhil/PhD English - MA/MPhil/PhD French - MA/MPhil/PhD SCHOOL OF ARTS Classics - MPhil/PhD Museum & Heritage Studies - MA/PhD Archaeology - MPhil/PhD History - MPhil/PhD Philosophy - MPhil/PhD Study of Religions - MPhil/PhD SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS Theatre Arts - MA/MFA/MPhil/PhD Music - MPhil/PhD Options available: Theory & Composition Ethnomusicology Dance(Choreography/Performance) - MFA Dance - MPhil Options Available for the MPhil Dance: Dance Ethnology Dance in Education SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Economic Policy Management - MA/Weekend/Evening/Fee Paying Economics - MPhil Development Economics - PhD Social Work - MPhil Geography & Resource Development - MPhil/PhD
62 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Psychology - MPhil/PhD Options Available: MPhil Clinical Psychology MPhil Social Psychology MPhil Industrial and Organizational Psychology MPhil in Counselling Psychology MPhil in Development Psychology Psychology - PhD Political Science - MPhil/PhD Sociology - MA/MPhil/PhD Climate Change &Sustainable Development - MSc/MPhil INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH Development Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD CENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES Social Policy Studies - MA REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES Population Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD LEGON CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY International Affairs (One-Year, Regular) - MA International Affairs (Two-year Part-Time) - MA International Affairs - PhD CENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES Migration Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES African Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL Information Systems - PhD Operations Management - MPhil Management Information Systems - MBA/MPhil Health Services Management - MBA/MPhil Human Resource Management - MBA/MPhil Public Administration - MPA/MPhil Marketing - MBA/MPhil/PhD Accounting - MBA/MPhil/PhD Finance - MBA/MPhil/PhD Public Administration and Policy Management- PhD Health Policy and Management - PhD
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 63 Risk Management and Insurance - MPhil UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL SPECIAL WEEK-END /EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMES Accounting - MBA Finance - MBA /EMBA Health Services Administration - MBA Human Resource Management - MBA /EMBA/PHD Management Information Systems - MBA Marketing - MBA/EMBA Public Administration - MPA Project Management - EMBA Entrepreneurial Management - EMBA Accounting and Financial Services Management - EMBA Development Finance - MSC Management and Administration - MA Accounting and Finance (ACCESS) - MSC SCHOOL OF LAW Alternative Dispute Resolution - MA (a two-year evening programme) Human Rights and Administration - MA (a two-year evening programme) Alternative Dispute Resolution - LLM (a two-year evening programme) Oil and Gas Law - LLM (a two-year evening programme) Law - PhD COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Information Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD Communication Studies - MA/MPhil/PhD SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION Distance Education & E-Learning (Distance) - MA Adult Education - MA/MPhil HIV/AIDS Management (Distance) - MA/MPhil
64 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Adult Education & Human Resource Studies - PhD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP Educational Leadership and Management - MA/MPhil Education - MA/MPhil COLLEGE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Petroleum Geoscience - MSc Mineral Exploration - MSc Engineering Geology - MSc/MPhil Geology - MSc/MPhil Hydrogeology - MSc/MPhil Applied Geophysics - MSc/MPhil Applied Geochemistry - MSc/MPhil Economic Geology - MSc/MPhil Mathematics - MSc/MPhil/PhD Chemistry - MPhil/PhD Physics - MPhil/PhD Statistics - MPhil/PhD Actuarial Science - MSc/MPhil Computer Science - MEng/MPhil/PhD Earth Science - PhD SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Fisheries Management - MSc Coastal Zone Management - MSc Aquaculture - MSc/MPHil Molecular Biology - MPhil Biochemistry - MSc/MPhil/PhD Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases - MPhil/PhD Zoology - MPhil Biodiversity & Conservation Science - PhD/MPhil Applied Parasitology - PhD/MPhil Botany - MPhil/PhD Food Science - MPhil/PhD Nutrition - MPhil/PhD
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 65 Marine Science - MPhil/PhD Fisheries Science - MPhil/PhD INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION STUDIES Environmental Science - MPhil/PhD Sustainability Science - MPhil Environmental Sanitation Studies - MPhil SCHOOL OF NUCLEAR AND ALLIED SCIENCES Applied Nuclear Physics - MPhil/PhD Computational Nuclear Sciences & Engineering - MPhil/PhD Health Physics and Radiation Protection - MPhil/PhD Medical Physics - MPhil/PhD Nuclear Agriculture - MPhil/PhD Nuclear Earth Science - MPhil/PhD Nuclear Engineering - MPhil/PhD Nuclear & Environmental Protection - MPhil/PhD Nuclear and Radiochemistry - MPhil/PhD Radiation Processing - MPhil/PhD Radiation Protection - MPhil/PhD Nuclear Science and Technology - MPhil Nuclear Technology Applications in Petroleum and Mining Industries – MPhil SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE Extension & Livelihood Studies - MSc Home Science - MPhil Family and Consumer Sciences - PhD Options available: Food Utilization and Community Nutrition Child and Family Studies Family Resource Management Agricultural Economics - MPhil Agribusiness - MPhil/ PhD Agricultural Extension - M.Agric/MPhil/PhD Applied Parasitology - MPhil/PhD Animal Science - M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD Crop Science - M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD Biodiversity Studies - MPhil
66 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Biodiversity and Conservation Science - PhD Soil Science - M.Agric/ MPhil/PhD MPhil Specialization Areas Available: Soil Chemistry and Fertility Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil Science PhD Specializations Areas Available: Soil Fertility Soil Chemistry Pedology and landscape Processes Soil Physics and Conservation Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry Environmental Soil Science Agricultural Administration - M.Agric/MPhil/PhD Agricultural Engineering - MPhil/M.Eng/PhD Applied Agricultural Economics & Policy - PhD Entomology - MPhil/PhD (ARPPIS) SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES Computer Engineering - MEng/MPhil/PhD Agricultural Engineering - MEng/MPhil/PhD Biomedical Engineering - MEng/MPhil/PhD Materials Science & Engineering - MEng/MPhil/PhD Food Process Engineering - MPhil/PhD COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES Medical Ultrasonography - MSc Dietetics - MSc/PhD Audiology - MSc Medical Laboratory Sciences - MSc Haematology - MPhil Immunology - MPhil Medical Biochemistry - MPhil Pathology - MPhil Chemical Pathology - MPhil Physiology - MPhil
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 67 Anatomy - MPhil Speech and Language Therapy - MSc Medical Microbiology - MPhil/PhD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Applied Health Social Science - MSc Clinical Trials - MSc Occupational Medicine - MSc Occupational Hygiene - MSc Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation - MSc Health Informatics - MHI Applied Epidemiology and Disease Control - MPhil Public Health - MPH Public Health - PhD Options available for the PhD: Biological, Environmental and Occupational Sciences Biostatistics Epidemiology and Disease Control Health Policy, Planning and Management Population, Family and Reproductive Health Social and Behavioural Science SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL WEEK-END PROGRAMME Public Health - MPH Public Health Monitoring and Evaluation - MSc SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFREY Nursing - MSc/MPhil Nursing - PhD UNIVERSITY OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL Anatomy - MPhil Haematology - MPhil Immunology - MPhil Medical Microbiology - MPhil/PhD Pharmacology - MPhil Physiology - MPhil
68 MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Chemical Pathology - MPhil SANDWICH PROGRAMMES Study of Religions - MA Teaching English as a Second Language - MA Public Affairs - MA Contemporary English Studies - MA Information Studies - MA Theatre Arts - MA Migration Studies - MA Music - MA GeoInformation Science - MSc Marketing Strategy - MA Hospitality and Tourism Management - MSc Organizational Leadership & Governance - MA MSc Accounting & Finance - MSc Financial Risk Management - MSc Clinical Leadership and Management - MSc International Business - MSc Actuarial Science - MSc Economic Policy Management - MA Nursing - MSc Nursing - MPhil
MARCH 2023 CONGREGATION CEREMONY - SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES 69 NATIONAL ANTHEM God bless our homeland Ghana And make our nation great and strong, Bold to defend forever The cause of Freedom and of Right; Fill our hearts with true humility, Make us cherish fearless honesty, And help us to resist oppressors’ rule With all our will and might for evermore Hail to thy name, O Ghana, To thee we make our solemn vow: Steadfast to build together A nation strong in Unity; With our gifts of mind and strength of arm, Whether night or day, in the midst of storm, In every need, whate’er the call may be, To serve thee, Ghana, now and evermore. Raise high the flag of Ghana and one with Africa advance; Black star of hope and honour To all who thirst for liberty; Where the banner of Ghana freely flies, May the way to freedom truly lie Arise, arise, O sons of Ghanaland, And under God march on for evermore! (Philip Gheho)
UNIVERSITY ANTHEM Hail University of Ghana The nation’s hope and glory The place that bears the star of peace That bids us all to do our best Let the great Tower of learning Inspire both young and old May we proceed in unity to uphold the public cause. //: Arise, arise O Legon Defend the cause of freedom Proceed in truth and integrity to make Our nation proud: // We ask for strength and wisdom As we climb the hill of learning May we excel in what’er we do As we prepare to face the world With a mind ready at all times And a conscience quick to feel May we proceed in unity to uphold the public cause. //: Arise, arise O Legon Defend the cause of freedom Proceed in truth and integrity to make our nation proud :// Prof. Emeritus J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019)
On behalf of the Council of the University of Ghana Alumni Association and on my own behalf, I wish to extend my warmest greetings and congratulations to the graduating Class of 2022! Today is a great day for each one of you, as you turn a new chapter in your life! You have acquired the requisite knowledge and skillset from your education at the tertiary level. I believe you would make great strides in impacting the world at various fora. Your innovative and holistic approach to facing life's challenges will merit you the utmost honor that society has to offer. Be bold and courageous, strong and sincere at heart, ready to take up the mantle of leadership and garrison on to success. Do not give up in despair when life's billows roll, but with perseverance and a relentless effort, show the world that you are a product of Ghana's Premiere University, the University of Ghana. As the Chairman of the Alumni Association, I edge you not to forget your Alma Mater as you journey on. Register with the Association so that our collective effort will enable the Association achieve its objective of helping our University attain a World-Class Status. Michael Josephson once said, "Take pride in how far you have come. How far you are going. But do not forget to enjoy the journey"! Once again, I take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your endeavours. GOODWILL MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY OF GHANA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION T: 0501 550 501 - 5 E: [email protected] W: alumni.ug.edu.gh UGAlumniGh University Of Ghana Alumni Association ugaa1 MS DORIS KISIWA ANSAH
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