This interview was granted to ascertain the views of Mr. Bernard Otabil of the future of the new Business School of the African University College of Communications. He is the Director of the Business School that was launched today at the Discovery House Campus in Adabraka.His ambitions for the new school go far beyond the borders of Ghana and envisions the new school will churn out students who would be very innovative and creative in positively impacting the wider business community
Monday, January 24, 2011
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT NEEDS A MULTI FACETTED APPROACH - NANA KONADU DECLARES AT AUCC
Former First lady of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has stated that “a multi- facetted approach is needed to make women empowerment a reality”. She said this at the African University College of Communications (AUCC) on Monday, 17th January, 2011 during the launch of the women’s week celebration organized by the AUCC Students Representative Council
The theme for the launch was “Empowering today’s woman for the challenges of the 21st Century.”
Mrs. Rawlings, who was the guest speaker for the programme, stated that although there had been some positive strides towards the attainment of gender equality in Ghana, “there is no systematic approach towards the empowerment of women in Ghana”. She therefore advised the female students to seek for empowerment wherever they found themselves since empowerment issues were inherent in politics, marriage, culture and tradition, religion, education, business and health. She took the opportunity to advise the ladies not to shy away from politics and current affairs since their very survival hang on the decisions made by politicians.
Mrs. Rawlings stressed on the need for women to seek for education and knowledge in order to identify and understand the issues that confronted them and find solutions to them. “Use your God given talents to bring positive change wherever you find yourself.” she advised.
She indicated that one of UNICEF’s key messages on the empowerment of women stipulates that “women and children are the double dividends of gender equality”. She emphasized that gender equality was an indispensable tool needed to equip women to lead productive lives which would ultimately benefit their children (male or female).
She further encouraged the students to endeavor to be confident and proactive after they had been armed with the necessary education and knowledge since knowledge was more beneficial when applied.
Lastly, she emphasized that women empowerment did not mean that women wanted to have power over men but it rather meant that women wanted partnership with men because although women constituted more than half of the world’s population, they wielded only 10% of the world’s income and a paltry 1% of the means of production.
Other speakers at the progamme included the chairman of the launch, AUCC’s Executive Vice President, Prof. E. Ofori Akyea who likened the empowerment of women to “a rooster that belongs to one family but crows for the whole village”. This proverb according to the learned Professor simply meant that the entire nation would be better off when women were empowered.
DR. MACDAVIS URGES AUCC GRADUANDS TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION
The African University College of Communication (AUCC) has held its 7th Graduation Ceremony at the Discovery House Campus of the University College at Adabraka, Accra on 10th November 2010. The theme for the ceremony was “Broadening Educational Opportunities through International Communication".
Delivering the keynote address, the President of Ohio University in U.S.A. Dr. Roderick MacDavis exhorted the graduands to apply whatever they had learnt at AUCC in a positive, meaningful and productive way wherever they found themselves. He advised the graduands to start seeing themselves as professionals who would continue to be seekers of knowledge. Dr. MacDavis however impressed on the graduands that they needed to have a serious plan of action in order to ensure that their dreams became realities that could help to elevate Ghana and the rest of Africa.
The President of AUCC, Hon. Kojo Yankah in his address, revealed that AUCC was set to be the first university in West Africa to introduce Health Communication as an academic discipline in 2011. He stated that other courses to be introduced in 2011 were B.A. in Communication Technology, M.A. in Journalism and M.A. in Integrated Marketing Communications. Hon. Yankah also revealed that plans were for advanced for the establishment of AUCC campuses in Tamale and Kumasi in the Northern and Ashanti regions of Ghana, Overall Best-Student
The Director of Statistics at the Ministry of Education, Dr. Dominic Pealore read a speech on behalf of the Vice President of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama who was the Special Guest of Honour of the Ceremony. He stated that international communications was an important component of education because it placed students in a unique position by offering them different global perspectives whilst keeping them abreast with current issues. He added that international communications was highly relevant in today’s global village since “it is the gateway of exposing students to the dynamics which make the world.”
A total of forty (40) students were awarded with their Diploma in Communication Studies certificates at the ceremony. Special awards were given to deserving graduands while the worker of the year award was given to Mr. Samuel Aidoo of the University’s I.T. department. The Deputy Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (C.H.R.A.J.) and Member of the AUCC Governing Council, Ms. Anna Bossman, presided over the ceremony as Chairman.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Interview with Kwabena Mantey
Kwabena Mantey is the personal assistant to the president of the African University College of Communications.His appointment as the personal assistant took effect from November 2010.
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