The University has honoured 17 members of staff who distinguished themselves in their duties in 2019 at the 4th Staff Awards Ceremony.
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The awardees were made up of three Senior Members, seven Senior Staff and seven Junior Staff.
Each awardee was presented with a certificate, shield and a cash prize each. 听The awards ceremony recognised deserving staff in the areas of administration, finance/audit, library, teaching, technical, and health as well as community involvement.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, commended the awardees for their selfless dedication, outstanding performance and contribution towards the development of the University. 鈥淢anagement acknowledges the high level of sacrifice, selflessness, dedication and great sense of responsibility exhibited by staff towards the development of the University in various areas of its operation,鈥� he noted.
Prof. Ampiah however, entreated those who did not receive award not to lose hope and continue to give off their best. 鈥淒o not lose hope and continue to brighten the corner where you are because your time will definitely come,鈥� he added.
The Vice-Chancellor was happy to note that there was an increase in the number of awards from 17 out 76 nominations compared to 10 out of 35 for 2018. He urged the committee to intensify sensitisation efforts in order to have more nominations to bring about the best for the awards.听
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On the awards, the Vice-Chancellor said he has approved for inclusion new categories which include Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Senior Member (Teaching/Academic) to cover teaching and work output of the teaching staff. 听In addition he stated that 鈥淧romising Administrator and Distinguished Administrator f and Distinguished Senior Member (Non-Teaching),鈥漢e explained.
The Vice-Chancellor, implored Heads of Department to nominate deserving staff for the awards in subsequent call for nominations. Prof. Ampiah urged staff to ponder over their attitude towards work adding that 鈥淚t is our collective responsibility to contribute positively towards the growth of this noble institution鈥�.
Explaining the purpose of the criteria for the selection, the Director of Human Resource, Rev. Isaac Baafi Sarbeng, noted that the awards committee thoroughly probed the nominations that were received and the best 17 were selected. 听He indicated that the ceremony has been held since 2015 following approval by the Governing Council in February, 2015, 鈥淭he objective of the policy is to recognise high-level performance in the University and to motivate staff for the achievement of the strategic goals and objectives of the University鈥� he stated.
Rev. Sarbeng assured that the Directorate would continue to widely publicise and educate staff on the awards categories and nomination processes in subsequent awards. He hoped that the ceremony would serve as an inspiration to all staff of the University to work diligently, with the hope that they would also be appreciated for their hard work.
The award winners are as follow
SENIOR MEMBERS
Mrs. Juliana Audria Dankwa听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Community Service听
Dr. James Kojo Prah听听 听听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Best Health worker听
Mr. Felix Adu-Poku听听 听听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Promising Administrator
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SENIOR STAFF
听Mrs. Veronica Mensah听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Administrator听
Ms. Georgina Ekua Denkyi听听-听听 听听听 听Promising Administrator 听
Ms. Linda Otoo听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Technician 听
Mr. Jacob Arthur听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Library听
Mr. Daniel Sackey Minnah听听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Hall Assistant;听
Mr. Sampson Kofi Asare听听 听听听听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Finance/Audit听
Mrs. Doris Darko听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Teacher.
JUNIOR STAFF
Mr. Kofi Annan听听 听听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Driver;
听Mr. Andrew Arthur听听 听听听-听 听 听 听 Distinguished Conservancy Labourer;听
Mr. Alfred Kum听听 听听听 听听听 听-听 听 听 听 Distinguished Sanitary Labourer;听
Mr. Samuel Bakum听 听 听-听听 听听听 听Best Health Worker;听
Mr. Francis Christian听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Technician;听
Ms. Lydia Acquah听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Promising Clerk听
Mr. Samuel Kwesi Mensah听听 听听听 听-听听 听听听 听Distinguished Clerk.