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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.
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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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