KNUST elects a new Pro Vice-Chancellor today

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Members of Convocation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will today, September 23, 2020 elect a new pro vice-chancellor following the appointment of the former, Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson as Vice-Chancellor.

The voting, which is expected to start at 0800 hours and end 01400 hours will take place at two main centers; The Great Hall Foyer on campus and  the Clinical Students Hostel, KATH. The Vice-Chancellor has, in accordance with the university’s status 13(b) nominated three persons for the position of Pro-VC.

They are; Ellis Owusu Dabo, Dean, School of Public Health, Prof. Sir Eugenia Amporfo, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Prof. Wilson Agyei Agyare, Dean of Students.

The Pro-VC position has since August 1, 2020 been occupied for the time being by Prof. Mark Adom-Asamoah, Provost of the College of Engineering.


The KNUST TigerEye Media Inc. will bring you updates on the elections.

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Source: FocusNewsRoom.com

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