One of the leading private universities in the Ashanti region, Garden City University (GCU) has held its 17th graduation ceremony where 2494 students graduated with degrees in their field of studies.
The ceremony also coincided with the silver celebration of the university since its inception.
Out of the total number of students who graduated, 2361 of them were from the School of Allied Sciences while 133 were from the School of Business and Applied Sciences.
Contribution to national development
Speaking at the graduation ceremony, the Acting President of the GCU, Nana Kwaku Owusu-Kwarteng, PhD, said in the 10 years, the university has contributed a total of 11, 656 skilled professionals who are contributing to the development of the country.
Most of the products from the GCU are working in the health sector as it has carved a niche for training health personnel.
Nana Owusu-Kwarteng therefore called for a partnership between the government and the private universities to nurture and mentor these universities for their mutual benefits.
New programmes:
The Acting president announced that the University was finalizing its proposal for accreditation to start PhD programmes in Midwifery and Nursing.
“These will posion GCU to enhance the quality of lecturers with terminal degrees, and addionally train midwifery and nursing educators for other schools in Ghana and beyond”, he said.
Advice:
Nana Owusu-Kwarteng advised the graduands to serve as good ambassadors of the University by excelling in their fields of endeavours.
Excellence
In a speech read for him, the Executive Chairman McDan Group of companies, Daniel McKorley encouraged the graduands not to settle for less and strive to be best in their fields.
Speaking on the theme of the graduation: “25 years of Impact and Beyond: Sustaining Excellence and Innovation for National Transformation,” Mr McKorley also entreated the graduands to be innovative and look for problems to solve and not to be content with being employed.
He said financial sustainability required that they are innovative and hardworking and not join the graduate unemployed in society.
He commended GCU for its vision and consistency for the past 25 years and producing professionals who are contributing their quota to the national development.
Story By Michael Ofosu-Afriyie,
Kumasi.
