KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KNUST),

 GHANA GOLDEN JUBILEE HOMECOMING

The Executive Committee of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Alumni

Association of USA, Inc. invites you to Ghana, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of 

the university.  It is certainly going to be a great occasion and we would like to invite friends 

of Ghana and anyone interested in joining us on this memorable trip. 

You can spend a week with us in Kumasi while enjoying the wonderful sites and sceneries of the capital 

city of the ancient Ashanti Kingdom.  Other attractions of the trip will include a visit to the ancient 

castles at Cape Coast and Elmina, Bonwire, the home of the famous Kente cloth, a day at Lake Bosumtwi, 

the largest natural lake in Ghana, and a boat party on the Volta River.

You will enjoy the luxury of some of our four and five star hotels that overlook the ocean, with swimming 

pools, spacious bedrooms with fully-stuffed fridges, AC, free night entertainments with live bands and 

health-conscious multi-national cuisine.  The trip will be crowned by a durbar of chiefs in Kumasi.

JUBILEE DETAILS

When:

TRAVEL:

TEMPORAL TRAVEL & TOURS

Tel: 732-605-1626

Fax: 732-605-1627

E-mail: amedianark@juno.com

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

KNUST GOLDEN JUBILEE

Inter-faculty/occasional lectures:                                  Mid/Oct. 2001 2002

Alumni Lectures:                                                            Alumni Ass. to provide date

Professorial Lectures:                                                    Dates to be provided later

R. P. Baffour Memorial Lectures:                                 Dates to be provided later

Faculty Flag Week/Open Days/Hall Weeks:

SRC Week:                                                                     Dates to be provided later

Special Congregation: Award of Honorary Degrees:    July/Aug. 2002

Alumni Home-Coming/Congress:

Alumni Jubilee Home-coming:                                        July/Aug. 2002

Alumni Jubilee Congress:                                               July/Aug. 2002

Special Jubilee Dinner/Ball:                                           July/Aug. 2002

Special Thanksgiving Service:                                       July/Aug. 2002

ALMA MATER - SOUVENIR ITEMS

Clocks: 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor informed the Committee that some sample clocks had been made by an entrepreneur in Accra who had made some for other schools in the past. The entrepreneur had agreed to make some corrections in the sample and would be expected to re-submit in due course. Commemorative

 Stamps:

The Committee was informed that the University was already in discussions with the Ghana Post Company to produce some commemorative stamps for the University"s Golden Jubilee.

LECTURE SERIES

Golden Jubilee Lectures:

R.P. BAFFOUR LECTURES:

The Speaker should build his lecture around the Jubilee theme: "KNUST Its impact and challenges for National Development". There would be four (4) lectures in Kumasi, Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi. The Speaker is at liberty to select his own topic for each lecture bearing in mind the theme.

ALUMNI LECTURES:

This had been reserved for the Alumni Association.

INTER FACULTY  LECTURES:

It was suggested that this could be part of the Faculty Week activities and that both staff and professionals in both the faculty and in industry could be invited to deliver some of the lectures.

DURBAR OF CHIEFS:

 It was suggested that a durbar of Chiefs presided over by the Asantehene and his retinue, together with chiefs/queenmothers who are alumni of KNUST be organised on the Campus as one of the highlights of the celebrations to give the Jubilee a traditional flavour.

LONG SERVICE/BEST WORKER AWARDS:

There were suggestions that the long service award could, perhaps be merged with the durbar of chiefs but no conclusive decision was taken as to the merger.

ALUMNI CONGRESS/HOMECOMING & DINNER/BALL:

The Alumni Congress / Homecoming and Dinner / Ball would be left to the Alumni Association.

CONTACTS NORTH AMERICA KNUST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of USA, Inc

OFFICERS 2001 - 2003