A total of 767 students of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Western Region, graduated with various degrees, diplomas and certificates from Congregation 15 on Saturday.
Of these, 80 graduates earned a graduate degree, 13 earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree, 582 graduates earned a first degree in their respective engineering programs, and 7 earned a diploma. , 98 people were awarded certificates.
Abdulrahman Ishaq from the School of Mining Engineering received the Vice Chancellor’s Overall Outstanding Alumni Award sponsored by the UMaT Alumni Association.
He took home his laptop, 2,000 francs in prize money and a certificate.
This year, the Worker of the Year Award, which was established by the university to motivate all staff to work to the best of their abilities for the benefit of the university, was awarded to Hermas Abah Akolgo and Roland Brissette in the senior and junior staff categories. It was presented to Mr. Each was awarded a cash prize of GH¢2,500 and a certificate of recognition.
In his address, UMaT Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Kwasi Amankwah announced that the Department of Mineral Engineering published 53 papers and won the award for the department with the most papers published.
Commenting on his achievements, he said: “UMaT He won first place in the 2023 Regional Petro Bowl Contest. In addition, the UMaT Drillbotics team won first place in the 2022/2023 International Drillbotics Competition with his Virtual Directional Drilling Rig simulator design option. I did.
The UMaT Internal Audit Team was named Best Internal Audit Unit in the Third Division for the 2022/2023 audit year at the Annual Internal Audit Conference. Congratulations to all teams. ”
Professor Amankwah said the university will maintain its position among forward-looking universities by deepening research and fostering interaction with government, industry and the community in triple helix initiatives and partnerships. He explained that he had taken major measures.
“The University continues to support responsible mining and will work with the Akoon Community Mine during the year under review to raise awareness of the need for artisans and workers to adopt sustainable and environmentally friendly methods. Therefore, we organized the Sustainable Small-Scale Mining Awareness Day on June 2, “Small-Scale Mining,” he said.
He said for many years residents of mining areas have complained of not being offered employment in the industry, while companies have said that this is due to a lack of qualified personnel in the area. He said he explained.
“To promote skills development in mineral-rich communities, the university works with the Bibiani community to operate the Bibiani Community School, which equips community members with the ability to pursue professional jobs in the mining and mineral industries. We have built and made it ready.” More such community schools will be established in other mineral-rich communities,” Professor Amankwah said.
Additionally, the university said it held an annual innovation and career fair to encourage innovation among students. Municipal middle and high schools had access to the campus to visit laboratories and interact with instructors.
According to him, “At this year’s event, the student group “Team Tech Works,” which created a power wheelchair, was selected as the winner. As part of the university’s corporate social responsibility, UMaT has developed two power wheelchairs which will be donated to Tarkwa Municipal Hospital in due course. ”
“UMaT has received and is grateful for the tremendous support we have received from many institutions. We would like to express our great gratitude to the government for its support through the Mineral Development Fund (MDF) to complete the legacy project. The Mineral Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has allocated US$2 million to help the university establish a jewelery centre.
“MIIF also affirmed its support for the establishment of the Ghana Mining Museum at UMaT,” he stressed.
Professor Amankwah further added, “The Ghana Chamber of Mines provided financial support through the Tertiary Education Fund (GCM-TEF). For the first five years of support, the Chamber will award scholarships to talented but needy students. , awarded research grants to lecturers and graduate students and built a faculty block.
Seeing the level of transformation seen at UMaT during the first phase of the Fund’s implementation, the Chamber has approved a second phase of funding for UMaT over the next five years. UMaT is truly grateful to the Chamber of Commerce. ”
He said, “AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Limited has also established a disability-friendly ICT laboratory at UMaT called the ‘AngloGold Ashanti Inclusive Tech Lab’. ” he said. Thank you for helping us improve inclusivity at UMaT.
The university will also partner with Atlantic Lithium to conduct a feasibility study on the lithium value chain to assess the feasibility of how the by-product feldspar could be applied to other industries, particularly the ceramics industry. I am. ”
“We would also like to thank Locksure International Limited, AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Limited, Newmont Goldcorp Ghana, Gold Fields Ghana Limited, United States Department of State, Ghana, who have sponsored many of the university’s programs. I would also like to thank the U.S. Embassy.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the companies that have supported our university’s activities.
Mining and related companies have access to our state-of-the-art environmental laboratories, so we would like to extend our support by bringing in samples for analysis at the UMaT Environmental Monitoring Laboratory. Thank you for your understanding. ” added the Vice-Chancellor. .
His Excellency UMaT President John Agyokum Kufuor, the immediate past president, read the speech on his behalf, calling upon the graduates to uphold the highest ethical standards in all their dealings and to provide professional service to the community at home and abroad.
“I believe that our graduates will be able to deepen their knowledge and solve some of our country’s problems that will take our communities and organizations to the next level of development,” he said.