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Career Placement Office: ninety percent of graduates employed
March, 2006

In early 2005 Ashesi University officially established the Career Placement Office to help students identify and successfully pursue rewarding careers. In the months leading up to Ashesi's first graduation in December 2005 the soon-to-be-graduates participated in Career Placement office programmes such as resume writing workshops, career fairs, coaching for interviews and counseling on career choices.  All of this hard work has now paid off.

As of March 2006, just three months after graduation, ninety percent of the class of 2005 have found employment.  Ashesi’s first graduates can be found working in top firms including Origin8 S&S, CalBank and Rancard Solutions. Ashesi Computer Science majors are now product managers in several software development firms, while some of their Business Administration counterparts are well placed in management training programmes at prestigious financial institutions.  Congratulations to the Class of 2005!

In addition to helping to find employment for Ashesi graduates the office also works with existing students to place them in internships with top companies such as Ecobank and CocaCola Corporation.  Ms. Adzo Amegayibor, Associate Director of the Career Placement Office works hard to match the right student with the right company, and so far has been very successful.  Ms. Amegayibor states, “I am glad to assist Ashesi students in finding rewarding jobs that will give them an opportunity to get out there and make a difference in our community.”

To learn more about where Ashesi's recent graduates are working click here.

To visit the Career Placement webpage click here

Dr. Princess Awoonor-Williams named Personality of the Year 2005
March, 2006

The African Renaissance Movement, an on—campus organization in its recent newsletter, named Dr. Princess Awoonor—Williams, personality of the year 2005.   Dr. Princess J. Awoonor-Williams is a Development Economist with specialized interests in Gender, Poverty, Productivity, and Labor, issues.   She began her education at Achimota School in Ghana and continued in the U.S to gain her masters and doctorate degrees respectively at Howard University.

She has worked diversely in her field and is a professor at Ashesi, teaching courses in micro and macroeconomics, international trade and policy and leadership. Some of her notable appointments have been: chairman of Macroeconomic Stability CSPG (Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy Update) and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in Ghana. 

Dr. Awoonor—Williams has won many awards, but the one that marked her as a sweetheart to the student body was presented to her by the students themselves in recognition of her participation in the Ashesi business week.  As a fully active member of the Ashesi community, she is the motivation behind many student initiatives such as the Ashesi Investment Society and Students in Software Development. Her bubbly personality and wit draws not only students, but faculty and staff to her.  Her classes are always exciting with her wealth of experience coupled with input from important policy makers who visit as guests and interact with her students.

As an intellectual, Dr. Awoonor—Williams knows how to let her hair down around her students and still maintain their respect and admiration for her. Her tough, yet sweet demeanor and exceptional intelligence make her a unique person who is worthwhile knowing.  She truly deserves to be, the personality of the year.

President of Ashesi helps launch national business plan competition
March 28, 2006

Speaking at the launch of the Believe Begin Become national business plan competition, Ashesi's President, Patrick Awuah encourages Ghanaian entrepreneurs to be bold, and to hold fast to the values of hard work and integrity (click for full speech).  The Believe Begin Become competition is managed by Technoserve, with funding from the Google Foundation. 

The competition's organizing committee includes Ishmael Yamson, former Managing Director of Unilever and CEO of Ishmael Yamson and Associates; Tony Oteng Gyasi, Managing Director of Tropical Cable and Conductor Ltd; Ken Ofori-Atta, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Databank; Grace Amey-Obeng, Managing Director of FC Group of Companies;  Patrick Awuah, Founder & President of Ashesi University; and Nick Railston- Brown, Country Director of TechnoServe - Ghana. For more information about the competition, visit the competition web site www.believe-begin-become.com.

Ashesi Students selected for Goldman Sachs training program
March, 2006

Two Ashesi students have been selected to participate in the Goldman Sachs Easter Internship programme.  This marks the first time that students from a university in Ghana have been given the opportunity to participate in the programme.

Kofi Baidoo and Angela Osei–Kufuor, both third year Business Administration students, were chosen after a series of interviews by a recruitment panel from Goldman Sachs.  Selected students will be flown to London to participate in the programme from April 4th through 13th 2006.

The programme is designed to introduce university students from around the world to the activities of the Equities and Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities divisions of Goldman Sachs. The programme involves a wide range of events including seminars led by FICC professionals, rotations through the various business units that make up the division, challenging assignments and a host of social events.

Goldman Sachs is one of the leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firms. Its headquarters is in New York and it has offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other financial centres around the world.

 
 

  From left to right: Mr. Gianluca Della Torre (General Manager of Alitalia), Yawa Osebreh (Class of 2006), and Renee C. Neblett (Director of Kokrobitey Institute)

Alitalia sponsors Ashesi Student
January, 2006

An annual scholarship offered by Kokrobitey Institute and the American University of Rome has for the second year running been awarded to an Ashesi student.  This year's award went to Yawa Osebreh (Class of 2006).  Alitalia airlines sponsored this year's award with a round-trip ticket from Accra to Rome.

Last year's winners, Mr. Abraham Nantogma (Class of 2005) and Miss Keren Mettle-Nunoo (Class of 2006), both recently returned from Rome, having successfully completed a semester at the American University of Rome with outstanding grades.

Ashesi students will also join students from the American University of Rome in the Governance and Democracy Programme run by Kokrobitey Institute.

 

 


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