The Valley View University has tasked the latest of its graduates, numbering 2,700, to make a difference in a world where corruption, pre-marital and extra marital sex, homosexuality, and necrophilia are becoming a norm.
The University’s management distributed certificates to the graduates and awarded prizes to outstanding ones amid great applause from friends and family members, at a ceremony that was attended the Minister of Education, the Seventh Day Adventist Church’s leadership, parents, foreign dignitaries, sister universities and members of staff.
“We congratulate our unprecedented graduates, go to the world and make a difference…,” Professor Dr Daniel Buor, the Vice Chancellor of the university, urged them at the 21st Graduation ceremony.
He advised the graduates to uplift morality and honestly serve their communities, families, and the country without expecting immediate returns.
He said the core values of the university – excellence, integrity and service – inculcated in them should guide them to contribute profoundly to the progress of society and the nation.
“I am convinced that you have received quality education, which enables a person to contribute meaningfully to socio-economic development,” he stated.
Professor Buor noted that since the university received a Presidential Charter, nine years ago, to commence as fully fledged tertiary institution, the school’s enrolment had soared from 1,968 to 10,114 students.
He said the university’s business school was placed the sixth best at the Global Management Challenge Contest held at Sochi, Russia, in September 2014, and beat it all Ghanaian universities that were represented.
“We are, therefore, the best university in the country as far as that contest is concerned,” he added.
He also said the school had, for three consecutive years, maintained the position of the best 8thuniversity in the country as graded by the Webometric ranking of world universities.
The Vice Chancellor attributed the university’s successes to communal commitment and sacrifice as well as significant progress in research, professional development, and quality academic work amplified by discipline.
“Our collective achievements are above average, we can count our superfluous blessings made possible through the divine operation backed by our collective commitment and sacrifices,” he said.
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Education, expressed satisfaction about the progress of the university, saying, “The tremendous progress by your University will go down the annals of history as the most impressive university this year”.
He stated that the university’s deep sense of discipline, academic excellence and its level of engagement with the community needed commendation.
He said the Government would continue to partner private institutions to make education more accessible to the people towards meeting the socio-economic needs of people.
