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Gearing up for Commencement 2016
On Saturday, June 25th, 145 members of Ashesi’s Class of 2016 will be celebrating their years as students at our 12th Commencement Ceremony. Members of the class will be receiving Bachelor of Science...
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Ashesi Class of 2016 celebrates Commencement in record-breaking style
June 25, 2016 – Ashesi celebrated its 12th graduating class at a touching ceremony held in the Cornfield Archer Courtyard on campus this weekend. Nearly 2,000 family, friends, students and alumni...
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Making Ashesi the choice
When Ivy Esohe Osagie-Erese climbed the stage to receive her degree, the applause was not just from her friends, her classmates, or her club members from the Art Factory she headed while in Ashesi. The...
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From me to you: members of the outgoing senior class welcome the incoming...
"Impactful" is a sentiment you will sense from several Ashesi graduates when describing their experience at Ashesi. The Ashesi experience is built around community, yet how one navigates the terrain,...
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A family’s values: the Ashesi way
In the Vorgbe household, conversations around Ashesi are plentiful and often stretched taught, and no one is a spectator - not Francis or Annie Vorgbe, or any of their four sons, three of whom have...
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Pioneer class of MasterCard Foundation Scholars at Ashesi celebrates...
In 2012, Ashesi was named one of nine pioneer partners for The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program; the education initiative provides talented but under-resourced students in developing countries -...
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Sarah-Michelle Mills ’07: Reflecting on Ashesi, General Electric, and a...
In December 2007, Sarah-Michelle Mills graduated from Ashesi with a degree in Business Administration. Exactly a week later, she started work as Ashesi's first Alumni Relations and Development Officer....
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Professor Emerita Nana Araba Apt launches book on national development
July 8, 2016 - In a brief ceremony held at the Maison Francaise at the University of Ghana, Professor Emerita at Ashesi, Nana Araba Apt, launched the book, Positioning Ghana: Challenges and...
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Farewell to Provost: Marcia Grant leaves legacy of growth and expansion at...
On Thursday July 7, 2016, Dr. Marcia Grant said her final goodbyes to a community she had come to call home for the past three and a half years. Her journey with Ashesi, however, started long before...
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After a year-long internal and external search, Ashesi’ Executive Team announced Dr. Suzanne Buchele as Ashesi’s third Provost. Dr. Buchele who assumed the role on the 1st of July, 2016, takes over...
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Alumni Richard Bempong '14 and Andrew Bimpong '14 on a mission to create...
Towards the end of the 2014 National Service calendar, former classmates from Ashesi, Richard Bempong and Andrew Bimpong started exploring the idea of starting an online-based fashion store. They soon...
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Four Ashesi students selected for IE Business School Summer Programe
Four students from Ashesi were selected from Ashesi to join the IE Business School summer programme in Madrid this month. The IE Summer School is an intense three-week program, that offers...
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Fetzer Institute helps create Engineering programme at Ashesi driven by love...
In a study conducted at Linkoping University in 2013, by psychology researcher Chato Rasoal, it was concluded that students in Engineering are often less empathetic than students in other caring...
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Private University Students Association of Ghana holds leadership bootcamp at...
July 15, 2016 - The Private University Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) held a leadership bootcamp at Ashesi for student government leaders of private tertiary institutions in Ghana. The bootcamp,...
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Engineering students exhibit solar generator prototypes
Two weeks. That was how much time our first-year Engineering students had to design and build a working prototype for solar-powered mini-generators. The generators were a culmination of their six-week...
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Fauziya Anafo '15: Reflections on working with the United Nations World Food...
Ashesi alumna, Fauziya Anafo '15, writes on her experience as an intern with the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome, Italy, and how it fits into her long-term career goals. I am currently...
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Built by Cavemen: two Ashesi alumni share lessons learned from starting a...
While at Ashesi, alumni Emmanuel Nkansah ‘13 and Frank Anamuah-Koufie ’13 had been involved in setting up several mock businesses, in attempts to strengthen their entrepreneurial muscle. None of those...
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Association of Researchers in Construction Management holds doctoral...
July 27 – July 28 – The Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) held a two-day doctoral workshop at Ashesi. Hosted by the Engineering School, the workshop on the theme Sustainable...
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Inaugural cohort of Teach for Ghana fellowship to serve rural communities in...
July 29, 2016 - In a brief ceremony at Ashesi’s Norton Motulsky Hall, the inaugural cohort of the Teach for Ghana fellowship program marked the end of their six-week training program. In all 33 fellows...
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Ashesi Lecturer, Anthony Ebow Spio authors chapter on national branding
In 2009, as part of an effort to boost Ghana’s image on the global landscape, the Ghanaian government launched the Brand Ghana initiative. In the years following, however, the initiative has yet to...
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