A three-day retreat for staff of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) has ended at the Nyansapon Eco Resort at Moree in the Abura/Asebu/ Kwamankese District  of the Central Region.

The School also discussed its intended  five-year Action Plan.

The retreat was also intended to identify specific difficulties and challenges facing departments in the School, and to iron out the problems in the upcoming academic year.

Some Staff members of SoPPs at the retreat

Other resource persons at the retreat were drawn from the Centre for Teaching Support and the Counselling Centre, UCC.

Closing the retreat, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Denis Aheto, commended the School for the initiative.

He encouraged the faculty to take fundraising and grantsmanship seriously to win more grants to help the forward match of the University.

Prof. Aheto addressing staff of the SoPPS

“I will be one person who will champion grantsmanship as a key promotion criteria in the University,” he stated.

Prof. Aheto called for the cooperation of staff to sustain the gains made by the University and encouraged them to dovetail their plans with the interest of students in mind.

For his part, the Dean, Prof. Ernest Obese, expressed gratitude to staff for their untiring effort in the last academic year

Prof. Obese speaking at the retreat

Prof. Obese urged staff to take keen interest in the development of the Plan as well as its implementation in their respective departments to consolidate the gains the School had made.

He encouraged them to work in collaboration towards a shared vision of success and innovation in line with the broader UCC Corporate Strategic Plan.