MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER

Field trip to Ghana Cement (GHACEM) Production Plant

Apart from traditional internships, educational field visits play an important role in experiential learning. Our Principles of Management students embarked on a field trip to Ghana Cement (GHACEM) at Tema on 5^th May, 2023. The visit was aimed at helping students connect concepts, models and theories of management studied in class to what happens in the workplace.

The students were given a tour of the GHACEM plant and interacted with officers and leaders of departments.

Career Seminars

Acting Interviews seminar

During the semester, Mr. Patrick Djan-Sampson, an Electrical Engineer with General Electric USA, with a wide range of experience interviewing potential employees, facilitated a seminar on “Acting Interviews" with our freshmen and sophomores. The session focused on strategically positioning oneself for successful interviewing using the STAR interview methodology. Patrick encouraged students to take interviews seriously because it is one way job applicants prove themselves worthy of employment opportunities. Patrick engaged some of the students in mock interview sessions to assess the impact of the knowledge they received during the seminar.

Personal Branding seminar

Mr. Albert Ali Welle, a Chartered Marketer interacted with our freshman class on personal and professional branding. He walked the students through tips on how to brand themselves to suit intended careers and professional profiles. He encouraged the students to take note of qualities and strengths that would help develop their Unique Selling Propositions (USP). “Your personal brand is what comes to mind when people think of you. It is what you are especially noted for,” Mr. Ali said.

The Center for Ethical Leadership (CEL) - School Outreach

The Centre for Ethical Leadership (CEL) at Palm embarked on an outreach to the Prampram Senior High School in Accra on Tuesday May 9, 2023. During the outreach, faculty at the CEL engaged final year students at the high school in an interactive session using ethical dilemma cases.

The session was centred on ethical dilemmas students were likely to face in life. In groups, students discussed each dilemma case and suggested possible remedies in each instance. By the end of the session, students had come to the conclusion that living a life of integrity was worthy.

The CEL team further engaged the Head Master and other staff of the school on potential future collaborations.

Admissions Outreaches

During the month of May, the admissions team reached out to students and teachers through career fairs organized at Aburi Girls SHS, Legacy Girls SHS, Akuse Methodist SHS and Ghanata SHS to create awareness of what Palm has to offer and to recruit potential students.

Palm Student Club Presentations

Through the activities of Student Life and Career Services Department at Palm, we encourage student activities and participation on campus. This semester, our students submitted proposals for club the establishment of student clubs on campus.

The leaders of four (4) proposed student clubs presented their club ideas to the entire Palm community after a rigorous selection process. The clubs were the Entrepreneurship Hub, Palm Fitness Club, Honour Club and the Men, Women and Youth of Purpose Club. The session was very engaging and interesting as the clubs’ executives competed at winning the interest of the students.

The End of a Successful Semester

Congratulations to the freshmen and sophomore classes for finishing another successful academic year. The second semester of the 2022/203 academic year ended on May 23^rd, 2023 for the students after a two-week final examination period. Summer School commences for our January freshman on June 12^th, 2023. After the two weeks of intensive examination, the student body organized a movie night for relaxation and entertainment.

Internship Preparatory Session

At Palm, preparing our students for employment, entrepreneurship, or graduate school remains our goal and priority. To prepare our students for the summer job-shadowing and internship experiences, a training and preparation session dubbed, “Are you Ready” was organized by the Student Life and Career Services Department.

Examples of topics discussed were Email Composition, Building Professional Networks, Personal Branding, Dress for Success, Business Etiquettes, Teamwork and Conflict Resolution, Presentation Skills, Problem-Solving Skills etc.

The case study scenarios approach was employed for the various sessions. The training was successful as the students were made “ready” for their job-shadowing and internship experiences.

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