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S P E C I A L
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SATURDAY DECEMBER 16, 2017
WIUC-GHANA.EDU.GH
FACTS
FILE
VICE
CHANCEL-
LOR’S
ADDRESS
• Dr. Paul Kofi Fynn (Wisconsin
University Chancellor.)
• Wisconsin Choir
• From right to left (Prof. Obeng Mireku, Dr. Paul Fynn, and Mr. W. Fradoa
• Some students of the 2016-2017graduating class
This was the first time
Prof Obeng Mireku
addressed a Congregation
since his appointment as
Vice Chancellor earlier in
the year.
• MBA Graduants
• Ushers
• Sarah Mba Chisom (overall best
student receives her award)
By Hilda Ohemeng
WISCONSIN
International
University
College (WIUC)
held its 10th
Congregation on
Saturday, November 25, 2017 with 899
students graduating.
They were made up of 15 Diploma
students, 779 First Degree students
and 120 Post-graduate students.
The theme for this year’s
Congregation was: “Promoting job
creation, innovation and
entrepreneurship for sustainable
development in Africa”.
Speakers at the ceremony were the
Chancellor, Dr Paul Fynn; Vice
Chancellor, Prof Obeng Mireku, and a
representative of Lutheran World
Foundation, Mr Dennis W. Frado.
Dr Fynn urged the graduates to
use their resources and time wisely
and always remember their
responsibility to serve in the country.
Vice Chancellor’s
address
This was the first time Prof Obeng
Mireku addressed a Congregation
since his appointment as Vice
Chancellor earlier in the year.
He said the Business School
intended to strengthen its
international collaboration with
external institutions such as BEM-
Dakar in Senegal and University of
Venda, South Africa.
He also stated that the Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences has
developed five new degree
programmes and one certificate
course which are undergoing
affiliation and accreditation processes
for the 2018/2019 academic year.
899 students
graduate at 10th
Congregation
“The Africa Development
Report of 2015 suggested
that the percentage of
youth in Ghana's
population will not rise in
the near future as
dramatically as some other
parts of Africa but others
report that youth
joblessness in Ghana is at
about 48 per cent, ....”
Prof Obeng Mireku also spoke
about new developments in the
school, such as the Moot Court and
Law Clinic programmes by the
Faculty of Law, Wisconsin campus
newspaper by the School of
Communication Studies, plans to
establish a healthcare facility, and
the construction of a building for 10
classrooms and five offices.
He appealed to the government
to equip older universities to enable
them to adequately supervise and
encourage the new universities to
mature.
This, according to him, will
standardize degrees awarded by
private universities and make them
respected and recognized
internationally.
“We pray that government
encourages mentoring universities
to charge flat affiliation fee,” he
added.
While thanking the government
for the removal of 25 per cent
corporate tax paid by private
universities, Prof Obeng Mireku also
urged the government to remove
other taxes to help private
universities use their resources to
provide facilities for quality
education.
Guest speaker’s address
For his part, Guest Speaker
focused on three sustainable goals,
namely, to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education,
promote sustained inclusive
economic growth, and build
resilient infrastructure, promote
inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster
innovation.
Mr Frado commended Ghana for
the political stability in the country
and lauded the government’s
agenda of creating jobs, being
innovative and stimulating
entrepreneurship.
“The Africa Development Report
of 2015 suggested that the
percentage of youth in Ghana's
population will not rise in the near
future as dramatically as some other
parts of Africa but others report that
youth joblessness in Ghana is at
about 48 per cent, including ‘those
who are discouraged’ and have
consequently stopped searching for
work and this compares to official
unemployment figures around 10
per cent,” he stated.
He shared about 10 lessons from
the Youth Business International’s
Learning Review.
He said being a successful
entrepreneur required attitude,
market intelligence training
alongside other elements, vocational
skills and entrepreneurship
training, individual support,
thorough mentoring, creative
financial support, engagement of
local support networks, genderappropriate
support services and
technology that enables
monitoring, evaluation and
learning.
Mr Frado advised the graduates
to give their life goals due
consideration for the benefit of their
community and global common
good even in the face of societal
pressure to act individualistically.
The writer is a Level 200 BA
Communication Studies student
• ABIBGROMA
CULTURAL GROUP
• Sisters from Nigeria came to give moral support
• Eze Adaeze BA Accounting
• Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh, UCC
He appealed to the
government to equip
older universities to
enable them to adequately
supervise and encourage
the new universities to
mature.
GUEST
SPEAKERS
He shared about 10
lessons from the Youth
Business International’s
Learning Review.
The Guest Speaker
focused on three
sustainable goals, namely,
to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality
education, promote
sustained inclusive
economic growth.
Speakers at the ceremony
were the Chancellor, Dr
Paul Fynn; Vice Chancellor,
Prof Obeng Mireku, and a
representative of Lutheran
World Foundation, Mr
Dennis W. Frado.