The College of The Bahamas signs an exchange agreement with The African University College of Communication
College of The Bahamas President, Janyne M Hodder and President of The African University College of Communication (AUCC), Kojo Yankah, were both tremendously excited about the exchange agreement they signed on March 22nd, 2008. This agreement will cement a collaboration between the two institutions that will lead to meaningful and educationally substantive academic experiences for College of The Bahamas students traveling to study abroad in West Africa and for African students who will travel from Accra, Ghana for exchange programmes in The Bahamas.
President Janyne Hodder welcomed the willingness of the West African institution to partner with The College of The Bahamas and President Yankah pledged to do all he could to assist in the successful outcome of the collaboration.
Preliminary plans are underway for the summer of 2009, so that students will be able to deepen their understanding of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade between Africa and The Bahamas. They will take classes at AUCC and travel throughout the West African region for cultural activities and programmes.
The West African journey will take Bahamian students to Accra, Kumasi, and the Cape Coast while they explore articles and literature by notable West African authors, such as Atukewi Okai and Kofi Asare Opoku.
The journey to West Africa will be in memory of Dr. Thaddeus McDonald, former Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Social Sciences who began to forge links with AUCC on his travels to Ghana.
The signing ceremony was also attended by Dr Linda A. Davis, Vice President of Research, Graduate Programmes & International Relations; William Godfrey Davis, Attorney-at-law and Transformative Mediator, Burbank, California; and
Valdez K. Russell, International Relations Liaison at The College of The Bahamas.
After the signing of the exchange agreement Valdez K. Russell, International Relations Liaison, College of the Bahamas; President Janyne M Hodder; Kojo Yankah, President AUCC; Dr Linda A. Davis, Vice President of Research, Graduate Programmes & International Relations, College of The Bahamas; William Godfrey Davis, Attorney-at-law and Transformative Mediator, Burbank, California
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