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Popular student activist Salifu Zulifawu (Miss Zully) of  KNUST-Ghana has put together a pensive article for publication: Engineering is simply the application of science, mathematics and technology to address real life problems. In many parts of the world we classify as developed, engineers have a major role to play, they spent time identifying problems and finding solutions to them.  Ghana in our case has bad road network, poor sanitation, and all kind of situations which makes us consider our mother Ghana as under developed. There is a direct relation between what engineers do and what we see as development. Now the question is, don't we produce enough engineers?  We have three main universities that produce engineers in this country, we have KNUST, the university of Ghana and the university of mines and technology. What kind of education did these engineers receive? Were they trained to be able to solve our societal problems? That doesn’t connote my point that all our...

Women empowerment have always been an intriguing step to nation building in the 21st century. Several platforms have been proffered specially to throw women into the limelight despite the genre of our political ideology. Opinions about which political brackets stands tall when it comes to amplification of women remains questionable regardless of the diverse ways these political brackets attempted sugarcoating their works and steps taken so far.  A popular political enthusiast, Rosemond Obeng also known as the Peoples Mother stands from the view point that offering platforms that promote the well-being of women should be entrench in the fabric of our society, which she believes it is in lieu with this that the past year was declared a year of amplification. Pursuant to this, the explicit Peoples Mother Show will from time to time hatch programs and projects to push the women agenda. The "Interact with Peoples Mother show" is one of such as it is purposed to spread light on the...

The incumbent president of the Senior Staff Association of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (SSAK-KNUST), Mr. George Ansong has been re-elected as president of the association. SSAK-KNUST is a union that exists for the welfare of all senior staff of the university. Mr. George Abb xsnsong was elected to the presidential position for the second time on October 15, 2020, polls. Prior to his election, the Principal Technician had served as the president of Senior Staff Association, KNUST from February 2018 to date. The 2020 SSAK-KNUST elections saw 9 candidates contesting for 6 portfolios; The president, Vice-president, Main Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, and Women’s commission. Mr. Ansong garnered 372 votes (59.14%) votes against his close contender, a Principal ICT Assistant at the University Information Technology Services (UITS), KNUST, Mr. Francis Akabo who pulled 257 (40.86%) votes. Other winners for various positions include; VICE PRESIDENT Abraham...

Arkoh Services, a company based in Kumasi that specializes in Content Development, Research, Publishing, Write ups and Pageantry has launched a new website to facilitate easy access of information about the company by its clients. In a chit-chat interaction with the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Mr. Kofi Arkoh, a veteran KNUST writer and a poet who bagged several prestigious awards during his stay in KNUST as a student expressed his profound gratitude to his teammates for enormously rewarding their cherished clients with professional services. Mr. Kofi Arkoh, CEO and Founder of Arkoh Services   Mr. Kofi added that, Arkoh Services has relentlessly prioritized its clients satisfaction as a top notch and an indelible trait in the company, which what so ever the circumstances, wouldn't be compromised. He asserted that, people's opportunities have always been sidelined due to misrepresentations and miscommunication of their ideas in the public domain, he...

In line with the Vice-Chancellor’s vision to support one needy student with one laptop dubbed ‘SONSOL PROJECT’, Absa Bank Ghana Limited has donated Fifty (50) brand-new Lenovo laptop computers to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The Corporate Affairs Director, Nana Essilfuah Boison stated that the presentation was in fulfilment of a promise made when her outfit visited the Vice-Chancellor. According to her, Barclays now Absa Bank has been a great partner of KNUST over the years. Absa Bank has a robust business continuity management to protect the needs of their stakeholders, hence, was in full support in providing learning tools to needy students. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson thanked Absa for making the first move in making her vision a reality. She said that the problem of students with financial challenges was real and appealed for more assistance from other corporate institutions. She added that corporate bodies should help...

The Provost of the College of Science, Prof. Leonard K. Amekudzi is set to provide clarifications and dispel confusion with regards to the supplementary exams amidst the abnormalities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on a much anticipated SCISA TODAY PODCAST SHOW. The show which is scheduled today 24th September, 2020 at 16:30 GMT with Julius Acheampong Kwabena as the Host/Moderator, will have the president of the college, Michael Abuah as a co-guest alongside the special guest, Prof. Leonard K. Amekudzi. Citing from a one page document signed by the deputy Public Relations Officer of the college, VINCENT JOHNSON ATTAKPAH, the discussions on the show will be geared towards the following concerns of SCISANS, which were gathered by the academic board through the " ASKPROINITIATIVE " and subject to address by the appropriate authorities. Out of the 261 responses, the dominant concerns were as follows Timely Release of semester's Academic results for effective preparation. Earl...

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. – Source: FocusNewsRoom.com