knust alumni cpoly branch: June 2011

By Felix Schmermer

Teknokrats have been urged to provide quality services in their respective outfit in order to improve the image of Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology.

Prof. Kwame Nkum (Provost College of Sciences

The Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology, Prof. William Otoo Ellis made this known at the inauguration ceremony of KNUST Alumni Association of Cape Coast Polytechnic Branch in a speech read by the Provost of the College of Sciences, Prof. Kwame Nkum on the theme Mobilizing Teknokrats for National Development.

He appealed to them to form a strong network to assist each other in diverse ways of national affairs.

Education and further education are achievements and experiences that will shape the life of a person and can take different shapes some drop out after JSS some after SSS other continue their education and finish the Poly technic or University. One of the most respected forms of Education is a degree of a University. Having finished University is considered one of the highest educational honours a person can achieve. The long time and way needed to finish as the highest product education has to offer brings people closer and connects them in a very deep relationship to their alma mater, a relationship, which will remain a lifetime like marriage. Some of the alumni are so committed to their alma mater that they form organisation to serve their alma mater even after graduation. They have constant meetings and try to contribute.

Mr. Tony Danklue (National Alumni President at the right)

The National President of the association Tony Danklue called on all alumni to patronise the activities of the association where ever they find themselves. He noted that this year the university will be celebrating her 60^th anniversary in December and appealed to all to participate.

One of those meetings was held recently at the C-Poly from the Alumni of KNUST. However this meeting was not only a regular get-together for a retrospective of the good and bad times at university it had a deeper purpose. The meeting was held because of the inauguration of a new branch of the KNUST Alumni a sub branch at the C-Poly called Zone and it is the first of its kind in whole Ghana a Pilot Project. The dedicated Alumni of KNUST working at the C-Poly initiated it, the leader of the now officially inaugurated C-Poly branch Emmanuel Bamfo- Agyei, and his executives spearheaded it.

The executives of rhe C-poly branch

Dr. Sir chaired the programme. Lawrence Honny, he expressed dissatisfaction that the regional association has not been able to meet since November 2010. He called on members in the Cape Coast Chapter to attend the meetings conducted in the metropolis.
Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei disclosed that the association would be registered as a business entity to generate income for members when they engage in training people to acquire skills. He said a research journal would be published to encourage many lecturers at the polytechnic to publish for them to be promoted to Senior lecturers.

Alumni of KNUST attended numerous coming from all over the country to meet their former fellow sufferers and comrades of University. Also attending were several dignities as guest speakers to express their gratitude about the new vibrant, dedicated and committed branch.