AUCC graduation, Daily Graphic, November 26, 2012

 The African University College of Communication (AUCC) has held its ninth graduation, with a call on the graduates to impact on society in order to make a difference in the lives of others.
In all, 77 students graduated, out of which 50 obtained degrees and 27 diplomas.
The degree graduates specialised in areas such as Journalism, Strategic Communications, Development Communications, General Media Studies and Visual Communications.
 The ceremony, which was also used to climax the 10th anniversary of the institution, was themed: “Education in an era of globalisation and convergence”.
The President of the AUCC, Mr Kojo Yankah, outlining the achievements of the school, said the introduction of various degree and diploma programmes had received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board.
He added that the AUCC had signed various memoranda of understanding to collaborate with a number foreign universities, including the Ohio University; the University of the Bahamas; Morehouse College, Atlanta; Simmons College, Boston, and the Clark Atlanta University.
 Mr Yankah also said the institution had received postgraduate scholarships from the Ohio University and the Clark Atlanta University.
 He said the AUCC was guided by a strategic plan and it had put all the necessary structures in place to meet the challenges and expectations.
“The institution will not compromise on its pursuit of excellence,” he added.
 Mr Yankah indicated that the college had acquired new sites in various parts of the country for its major expansion drive.
“All the new sites are on hills, depicting the confidence and growing stature of the school,” he added.
 He urged the graduates not to take mediocrity as a norm, but that when everything seemed to be going against them, they should remember that the airplane took off against the wind and not with the wind.
“We have been taught that excellence is risking more, dreaming more and expecting more than others think it’s possible,” he encouraged the students.
 The Minister of Information, Mr Fritz Baffour, said education was very essential to the development of the country, for which reason standards in the educational system needed to be raised.
He congratulated the graduates on their achievements and urged them to make a positive impact wherever they found themselves, since the world of work was more competitive and challenging.
The overall best student of the degree programme was Ms Anna Ofori, while Mr Eric Amoah was adjudged the overall best student of the diploma programme.