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.
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