UG International Programmes

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I  know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”  ―  Michael Palin I woke up in my dorm in Volta Hall to the sounds of Ghana. The sound of wild birds like I have never heard before filled the air, and I felt as if I had woken up in the Amazon or deep in the Congo. After Breakfast we headed for our tour of the campus. Our Assistant Director Dorcas was our tour guide. We hopped in the bus that would become our best friend for the next few weeks. The campus was much more impressive than I thought it would be. It is a massive campus that hosts almost 40,000 students, and is very spread out. The buildings are built in a Colonial   Japanese inspired style. The white buildings are beautifully contrasted against the red Ghanaian soil and green surrounding foliage. After our tour, we met our program director Dr. Rose Walls, a.k.a. Auntie Rose at the International Programmes Office....

GO Red for Women Ghana in collaboration with the University of Ghana (UG) Sports Directorate presents the “WEAR RED DAY” Family Picnic on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the University of Ghana Athletics Oval from 6:30 a.m . The day will include the following activities: 1    .         1km health walk (on some selected routes of the University of Ghana),  2    .           Aerobics (led by the Sports Directorate aerobics instructor Alfred Attieku) 3    .        Health talk (by speakers from UG Sports Directorate, Go Red for Women Ghana and experts from the Ministry of Health) 4    .      Picnic and fun games   The WEAR RED DAY programme serves as a platform to create awareness on the prevention, diagnosis and control of Heart diseases and stroke among women.   GO Red for Women Ghana in collaboration with the U...

This is the New Year (a little late but hey, I’m working with a different time system). Apparently 2014 is the year of condensing the past years accomplishment into short, digestible nuggets that are only a little bit longer than tweets. How social media of us. A impossible as it is to capture the significance of a year, for 2013 I want to put in my two bits. This year has been transformative and unreal in a lot of ways. I learned a lot about myself this year, as vague and pretentious as that sounds. I learned that I’m the type of person that can change my circumstances; for good and for bad. I took a lot of risks. I made some bad decisions. But from the fallout I made my way across the world and found within myself an insatiable student of my environment. I spent Christmas with my Ghana family (some pictured above); the beautiful, silly, tenacious, passionate, and food-crazed Sylvesters. My friend Priscilla (who is my Ghana sister) invited me to stay for a while ...

The International Programmes Office, on behalf of the University of Ghana, welcomes all international students to the second semester of the 2013/2014 academic year. To all students continuing their stay with us, we look forward to having you this semester once again. To all who are experiencing Ghana and the University of Ghana for the first time, we say AKWAABA ! We are excited to have you with us. We wish you a fruitful and memorable stay. Last semester was quite an eventful one. The International Students campus and city tour, welcome dinner, welcome durbar and orientation were just a few of the programmes organised by the International Programmes Office (IPO) to make the stay of our students an enjoyable one. Students also enjoyed other campus and personal events such as a Halloween party, Moonlight Cafe, hall week celebrations, SRC events, seminars and many more. We look forward to another eventful semester! The International Day celebration to be held on 1st March 201...

Elizabeth Opoku  aka "Akiti" a level 200 student of the University of Ghana grabbed two major awards at the just ended Hockey African Cup of Nations in Kenya from the 18th to 23rd November 2013. "Akiti", 19 years old, is currently reading Sociology and Social Work and is an astute sports person for the school and country. Elizabeth Opoku and 5 others students from the University of Ghana, were selected to be part of the Ghana national Hockey Team. During the national team's outing in Kenya, Elizabeth was considered as a sensational and a never-say-die striker during the entire tournament. She won the Top Goal Scorer in the female category with 11 goals and was also awarded the Best Player of the Tournament . In the Final match against South Africa, she scored a quick brace in the First Half but the South African team came back strongly into the second half to cancel Ghana's lead and finally snatch a 3-2 victory with 2 minutes to the end of pl...

On this episode of Lisa Writes Home , you will read about: Cultural adjustments, stigmas, acclimations and revelations All the pretty, pretty nature! Beach rave! (or just a regular old party on the beach) And so the journey has begun. I’ve sent out group emails, recorded more audio than I can ever synthesize into stories (though that won’t stop me from trying— Transom , where you at?), hiked through the North, braved the bustling and aromatic streets of the Madina Market, visited schools, learned the special snappy handshake (video tutorial to come), experienced my first political protest (the Supreme Court verdict on the questionable election results) and finally started classes. The road is long and it has just begun but I’m relishing in the experience, drinking in each moment and insatiably seeking out the next adventure. I can feel the gravity that this place has on me, it’s a deep aching tug on my heart that feels like meeting an old friend for the first time ...

I promise to post more soon, but until then here are some pictures from my incredible weekend in Wli Todzi. Wli Todzi is in the Volta region about 6 miles up the mountain from the Wli waterfalls. I was here for an eco-tourism project led by my friend Ethan from UC Santa Cruz. Typically people pay 70 Ghana cedis ($35) to be guided up the mountain, eat delicious food and stay in the beautiful village. It was absolutely unforgettable, and quite a work out getting up there!   This article was posted from Lisa's blog. Kindly follow the link for more from Lisa Carmack http://lisawriteshome.tumblr.com/