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Graphic MD meets Webster University delegation

The Managing Director of Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Ken Ashigbey, met  a delegation from the Webster University Ghana Campus in Accra last Tuesday.


The meeting provided the opportunity for the GCGL and the university to collaborate to help build the knowledge and skills of the students of the university.

During the discussions, officials of the university made it known that they would bring their students on internship to broaden their knowledge on the field.

The Director of Webster University Ghana Campus, Dr Thomas Oates, said the university sought to establish campuses to provide quality education worldwide.

“We chose to establish a campus in Ghana because it has the fastest growing economy in West Africa and the government is committed to the development of education,” he said.

The director said currently courses available under its undergraduate programmes are International Relations, Business Administration, Communication Studies and Advertising, but indicated that the university would add more programmes in due course.

The Director of Enrolment Management at Webster University Ghana Campus, Mr Ken Wichert, said the difference with Webster University  is that the school is part of an international network which would afford its students international exposure and make it easier for a student to take a semester off to its main campus in America or any of its campuses.

He said there were a maximum of 25 students in each undergraduate class to offer a modern activity, dialogue, discussion in offices after lectures, internships and many others.

Mr Ashigbey said GCGL has collaborated with various universities to offer them current information and the platform to enhance their skills.

He briefed the officials on the various products of the organisation, and said the Junior Graphic was the most critical because the paper targeted the younger generation.

“We try to find a way of getting the younger ones to cultivate the habit of reading  at a very tender age,” he said.

He said in deprived areas where there were inadequate textbooks, the paper served as a teaching guide for some teachers.

Mr Ashigbey expressed the hope that officials of the Webster University would fulfil the goals of setting up the Ghana Campus and be able to attract people from other West African countries to the school.

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