The maiden edition of the David Wilberforce Kwami Dawson Centenary Memorial Awards has been held at the College of Architecture and Planning, KNUST. The award was given to two students an undergraduate, Vida Agra Sena Aku and a post graduate student Marfo Thomas Ntiamoah. The two awardees are students with the highest Cumulative Weighted Average (CWA)
A delegation from the Ghana Institute of Horticulturists (GIH) has called on the Vice Chancellor to discuss the role of the institute in the development of the horticulture industry in Ghana.
A two member delegation from Datalink Institute an affiliate of KNUST, has paid a brief visit to KNUST. The delegation was made up of Prof. Rose Joshua and Mrs. Ingrid Ansah. The visit was in connection with a Nursing Programme that is yet to be mounted at Datalink institute.
The Board of Trustees of the Poku Transport Endowment Fund has presented this year’s edition of the Scholarship awards instituted some years back to deserving brilliant students. This award was given to five students from five different faculties in the University.
KNUST undoubtedly remains the excellent centre for providing quality Science and Technology education in the country. It became justifiable when the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Kwasi Ahwoi, called on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa to familiarise himself with the new mounted programme, “Veterinary Science” established in the College of Health Science.
Climate change has become one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the universe now. Every institution is committed and working constructively for a global agreement to find solution to this global challenge.
A delegation from the Ghana Air Force (GAF) has donated some items to the Aerospace Engineering programme in the department of Mechanical Engineering, KNUST. The donation was made in fulfilment of the activities marking its 50th Anniversary celebration. The items included 3 Desktop computers, 3 UPS and a helicopter.
As part of Zain’s corporate social responsibility activities and commitment to its valued customers, it has engaged Africa’s major Universities a quiz programme on General Knowledge covering a wide range of areas such as Geography, History, Science, African Culture, Music, Literature, among others. The programme aimed at developing the talents of the youth and equipping them to learn.
The University of Michigan Medical School, has donated medical equipment and accessories valued at a hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the College of Health Sciences, KNUST. The Director of Clinical Simulation Centre, Department of Medical Education of the University of Michigan, Prof.Pamela B. Andreata donated the equipment on behalf of her university.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology through the able leadership of Prof. K. K. Adarkwa is not only recognised as a premier University of Science and Technology but also, as a well-endowed institution in the Humanities.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is to partner with University of Southampton on the study of First Generation Bio fuels project.
An Eleven-member Danish Research team comprising scholars of diverse professional backgrounds has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa.
Serious damage has recently been caused to valuable property in the offices of the KNUST Branch of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG), due to fire outbreak.
The French Ambassador, Francis HURTUT paid a visit to the College of Science, KNUST on Thursday, 21 January 2010. He was accompanied by the Director of Alliance Francais de Kumasi, Julien DAL BOSCO.
In the spirit of cooperation and friendly co-existence, the Vice-Chancellor has organized a grand party in honour of the Chiefs and Queenmothers of the surrounding communities at the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge. The occasion was used to thank God for a fruitful year and to ask God to strengthen the ties between the two institutions.
In November 2009, the Provost, Prof. Aboagye together with Prof. Obiri Danso and some Heads of department welcomed the new coordinator of the French Outreach Programme at the French Resource Center to the college. Miss. Joëlle HALLER was introduced by Isabelle BOKHARI, Linguistic Attacheé at the Embassy of France in Ghana.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa has acknowledged that, the recent Ministers’ Conference held on campus has brought a lot of blessings to the University.
Following the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the University and HFC Bank for the construction of a four-storey Commercial Complex estimated at the cost of Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (¢6.5 Million), a delegation from HFC Bank has called on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa to discuss the commencement of the project.
The College of Art and Social Sciences, (CASS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Sciences and Technology (KNUST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ghana Trades Union Congress, TUC. The MOU would guarantee both parties the opportunity and the formal channel to develop and implement mutually beneficial programmes.
A five-man delegation from Uganda has paid a visit to KNUST for the purpose of bench-marking best practices in education, administration and legal issues in higher institutions. The delegation comprised members of the Ugandan Parliament and some senior staff from the Makerere University.
In September 2009, KNUST and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) located at the State University of New York (Buffalo), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in Earthquake Engineering research. The Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Prof. K. K. Adarkwa and the Director of MCEER Prof.
Professor Emmanuel Glakpe, a Ghanaian Professor and a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University in Washington D.C has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor.The purpose of the call was to help diversify and develop a Masters programme at the College of Engineering, KNUST.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has remained in the fore front of higher learning institutions providing quality education in its beautifully refreshing environment, since its establishment.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Choir has performed "Israel in Egypt" (a night of Choral Explosion) at the National Theater Accra. It was an impressive show of Harmonic Voices and piano skills, under the theme: "To sing hymns, Psalms and Spiritual songs as an act to worship to God and Minister to souls of men".
The Committee for the Community for Coorporation and Understanding Between KNUST and the Surrounding Villages, also known as the Nananom Committee of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has organised a two-day workshop aimed at educating Chiefs of the surrounding communities of the University, on the Chieftaincy Act 759, 2008 and Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 79
