UHAS graduates 1,500 students at ninth congregation
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) has graduated a total 1,519 students who completed various programmes at the premier health University.
Of the number, 268 graduated from the UHAS School of Allied Health Sciences, 92 from the school of Basic and Biomedical Sciences, and 120 from the School of Medicine.
The School of Nursery and Midwifery passed out 276, and the School of Pharmacy, 39.
The Fred Newton Binka School of Public Health churned out a total 661.
The university conferred its first two PHDs, while the School of Sports and Exercise Medicine graduated its first cohorts, 13 in number.
The School of Allied Health Sciences also graduated its first batch of 26.
Females account for 58 per cent of the graduates, and the overall number has a total 50 postgraduates.
The UHAS main campus in the Volta Regional capital drew traffic as thousands including parents and loved ones joined the graduation ceremony at the Cedi Auditorium on Saturday.
Justice Jones Mawulorm Dotse, Chairman of Council conferred the degrees, and commended the commitment to quality training which would enable graduates take up their roles in national development.
He asked to maintain ethics and disciple as they embarked upon their professional journeys, projecting the Institution through professional delivery.
The UHAS, established a decade ago, has graduated close to 9,000 health professionals so far, and the Chairman of Council called on stakeholders to consider various infrastructural needs of the University, and which includes the main campus roads, and student and staff accommodation.
Professor Lydia Aziato, Vice Chancellor of the University presented a detailed report on the Institution, providing updates to stakeholders on academic and physical development progress.
She expressed appreciation over various forms of support for the University, and commended faculty for keeping up the appeal as a top-notch health training and research institution.
Irene Fafa Atadika of the School of Public Health was the best student overall, and Carleen Kabuga Amisun of the School of Medicine received the most academic awards at the ceremony.
Darlington Acquah was valedictorian and received the Vice Chancellor’s prize for the Overall Outstanding Graduating UHAS Student.
Source: GNA