General News of Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Source: Eric Boateng

Pentecost University College is overall best private university

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Pentecost University College (PUC) has been adjudged the Most Outstanding and Overall Best private university in Ghana for 2019 by the Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG). The college received this award at the 2019 Annual PUSAG Congress which took place at the All Nations University College, Koforidua.

PUSAG is an umbrella body of private universities in the country and the award is in recognition of the performance of the PUC in all facets of student development and affirms its place as a leading private university in Ghana.

Rector of PUC, Apostle Dr. Daniel Okyere Walker in an interview with journalists after receiving the award expressed gratitude to God for the honour. He said the successes had been attained with the help of committed, dedicated and tireless management, staff and the entire student body. “We ask for more grace to do more because this is just but the beginning,” he added.

Apostle Walker said, Pentecost University College has been equipped with the best teaching resources, training methods and practical exposure encapsulated in Christian principles so that their lives are shaped for the challenging world out there.

PUC has recruited a faculty of academic professionals and experienced industry leaders who combine theory with practice in their deliveries.
The University library is a full member of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH).

Membership to the consortium enables PUC Library to subscribe and provide easy access to over 80,000 full text scholarly electronic journal articles to enhance teaching, learning and research. In addition, the E-library subscribes to more than 26 online academic databases such as Emerald, EsbcoHost, SAGE and WHO publications.

Over the years, students of PUC have occupied positions of repute both locally and internationally. In 2017, an Alumnus of PUC, Mr. Steven Blessing Ackah, was selected as the first Black African to chair the G200 Youth Summit on New Strategies for Financial Sector and World Economy Committee under the Ministers for Economy Delegation at the 2017 G200 Youth Summit.

PUC is the biggest ABE Centre in West Africa and among ABE's Top 40 Centres from over 200 Centres globally. ABE Students at PUC are listed among ABE's Global Top Paper Award Winners.

The college won the 2017 Career Development and Business Challenge Competition organized by L'AINE Services. PUC Students emerged the

overall Best Institution at the 2018 PUSAG games held in Kumasi after winning thirteen (13) trophies out of seventeen (17).

Students at the IT Department also won the Ghana HACKATON Contest in 2016, a programme organized by Technology Executives Conference (INNOVATE) for students to showcase their creative skills in Technology.