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STUFSO ORGANIZES 3RD SCHOLARS’ FORUM FOR 2025 UCC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES

University of Cape Coast through the Students’ Financial Support Office (StuFSO) has offered scholarships to 283 brilliant but needy students for the 2024/2025 academic year. The UCC Scholarship is dedicated to lifting the financial burden off the shoulders of under privileged students and their parents.

Pecan Energies and ESL Consulting Visit UCC to Strengthen Partnership

On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the University of Cape Coast’s Students’ Financial Support Office (STUFSO) hosted representatives from Pecan Energies’ CSR Department and ESL Consulting. This maiden visit followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, aimed at strengthening their partnership and exploring new opportunities for collaboration. The delegation, led by Mr. Emmanuel Annor Appiah, CSR Senior Advisor, included Ms. Akuorkor Osuteye from ESL Consulting and Mr. Leonard Annan Prah from Pecan Energies.

2024 UCC SCHOLARS FORUM

The Students' Financial Support Office (StuFSO) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) organized the 2nd UCC Scholars’ Forum on December 14, 2023, at the School of Medical Sciences Auditorium. Established in December 2019, StuFSO provides financial assistance to needy but brilliant students through the UCC Scholarship and coordination of external scholarships. By November 2023, the office had completed disbursing scholarships to 392 students for the 2023/2024 academic year.

Open Call for Applications and Visit to College of Distance Education (CoDE) Centers in Tema, Accra and Kumasi

On Monday, January 22, 2024, the Student Financial Support opened the application portal to receive applications for College of Distance Education (CoDE) students across the country. In the quest of the office to increase the level of awareness of our operations and to publicize the UCC Scholarship and the DESAG Partial Scholarships available to CoDE students, certain new strategies have been introduced to increase the patronage of the financial aid facility.

ABIGAIL CUDJOE WINS BEST GRADUATING AWARDEE OF THE 56TH ANNUAL CONGREGATION

At the 6th session of the 56th Congregation, the Students’ Financial Support Office under the Office of the Vice Chancellor took the opportunity to honor the overall best graduating awardee. This award was presented to Ms. Abigail Cudjoe, a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) student. Ms.

A 12-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM NEWMONT AKYEM DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION VISITS BENEFICIARIES AT UCC

The Newmont Akyem Development Foundation (NAkDeF) is a charitable organization
established to plan and implement sustainable community development projects in communities
surrounding the Newmont Akyem Mines. Their host communities includes; Adausena, Yaw
Tano, Old Abirem, New Abirem, Hweakwae, Tano, Afosu, Mamanso, Ntronang and Yayaaso. In
furtherance to their mandate, NAkDeF has established a scholarship scheme to fund the
education of students from its environs.

GNPC FOUNDATION ORGANIZES AN ORIENTATION FOR COHORT 5 UCC BENEFICIARIES

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation scholarship provides full financial support to brilliant but financially needy undergraduate and postgraduate Ghanaian students offering academic programmes in STEM (Agricultural Sciences, Special Education, Environment).

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR PROF. (MRS.) ROSEMOND BOOHENE

It gives me great joy to welcome and appreciate you for your interest in the welfare of needy but brilliant students. The University of Cape Coast is passionate about providing equal opportunity to all students and desires that every student should succeed.

MS. GRACE MENSAH WINS “BEST GRADUATING UCC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE” PRIZE AT THE 55 TH CONGRAGATION

The Students’ Financial Support Office presented a cash prize of GH¢1,000 and a plaque to
Ms. Grace Mensah for emerging as the overall best-graduating awardee during the 1st Session
of 55th Congregation. With so much pride and enthusiasm, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the
University of Cape Coast who is also the Chairperson of the Students’ Financial Support
The committee presented the plaque and a cheque for Gh¢1000 to the Awardee. Speaking after
the ceremony, Ms Mensah expressed her profound gratitude to the Students’ Financial

AWARDEES' SYMPOSIUM 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
On the 22nd August, 2022 the Students’ Financial Support Office in collaboration with the Design Thinking and Innovative Hub (D-HUB) organized an Awardees’ Symposium for its beneficiaries. The purpose of the symposium was to provide students with the requisite soft skills for life. The programme also made a call on them to be innovative and venture into entrepreneurship and create more employment opportunities after school. Topics treated were developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset, Spotting Opportunities in the University Ecosystem, Goal Setting and Milestones in Life, Time and Financial Management. These topics were facilitated by experts from the University.
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