The Faculty of Social Sciences has celebrated first class students at the 2023 Dean’s Awards Ceremony.

The ceremony was on the theme "Disruption for my Future: The Emerging Issues of Jobs and Skills".

A total of 110 students comprising 45 for level 200, 31 for level 300 and 34 for level 400 who obtained Cummulative Grade Points of 3.6-4.0 received various prizes and certificates at the ceremony.

A section of senior members and students of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the programme

In his address at the ceremony, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, congratulated the students on attaining that enviable feat. He urged other students who could not make the first class mark to put in more effort to win awards in subsequent ceremonies.

"Those of you in level 200 and 300 have the potential to also appear in the first class list if you plan your time well and channel your efforts into your studies" he advised.

 Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, speaking at the Dean's Awards

Addressing the students on the theme for the ceremony, the Director of Business Support and Innovation Commercialisation of National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr. Franklin Owusu-Karikari, challenged the students to be creative and innovative in their quest to succeed in life after their education.

Mr. Owusu-Karikari urged the students to acquire soft and hard skills to make them competitive in the job market.

He charged them to think differently, stressing that "Don't limit yourself to the statusquo and remember that your thought runs your mind."

Mr. Franklin Owusu-Karikari presenting an award to a first class student

The Director of Business Support and Innovation Commercialisation of NEIP further reminded them that "You're a product of what you think. You can't be thinking poverty and be rich."

He empasised on the need for students to sharpen their digital skills as a result of the sweeping transformation Artificial Intelligence (AI) was making in all spheres of human endeavours.  

"The traditional idea of job security and stability it provides is becoming a thing of the past. With new technologies emerging and globalisation rapidly advancing, the jobs that we once thought would always be there are now at risk," he averred.

A Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Prof. Victoria Time,  advised the students to make themselves relevant at all times. She implored them not to give up even when they face obstacles as students but strive for excellence. “Speak success into your life and believe in yourself that you can make it to the top," she urged.

Prof. Victoria Time presenting an award to a first class student

Present at the ceremony were the College Registrar, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Mr. Ebenezer Aggrey, Vice-Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Augustine Tanle, Faculty Officer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mrs. Diana Dogbatse, Heads of Department, lecturers, staff and students of the Faculty.