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Credit:  Thanks to COVID-19, the traditional AMS Bus-It Program has been scrapped for another year. After consultations with the City of Kingston, the AMS decided not to reinstate the Bus-It Program for the 2021-22 academic year. Instead, Kingston Transit’s temporary student pass—$119 per semester—will be available again. Students can purchase the pass online. The AMS/Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) Bus Pass Subsidy program, which aims to help students pay for the student pass, will continue to run for the Summer 2021, Fall 2021, and Winter 2022 semesters. 263 stu...

Graphic Online BY: Severious Kale-Dery 30.5k Shares 705 The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has lauded the outgoing Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for his contribution towards education in Ghana and particularly for leading the rollout of the Free SHS programme. The President of the NUGS, Mr Isaac Hyde, who made the commendations, reiterated the immense contribution of Dr Prempeh to the education sector during his tenure as the Minister of Education. Mr Hyde said that when he led a delegation of executives of the union, including representatives from NUGS’ constit...

  The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has honoured the President’s representative at the Ministry of Education, Hon. Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh at his office in Accra for his contribution towards education in Ghana and particularly for leading the rollout of the Free SHS programme. The delegation was led by the NUGS President, Mr Isaac Hyde, and included representatives from NUGS’ constituent bodies such as University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) and the Teacher Trainees Associ...

Credit:  January is almost over, and as Journal readers know, the annual search for new student government and club executives is underway. As much as this time is about new beginnings, reflecting on the past helps help shape our goals for the new year. Here’s why joining a campus organization should be one of them. In January of 2020, my executive team had just hosted a cultural formal for our club’s 35th anniversary. We had been going door-to-door for months, looking for guests to invite and sponsors to cover costs. The fact a club based on cultural identity has existed at Queen’s f...

Today the Council of Graduate Schools and ETS presented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the 2020 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion. Suzanne Barbour, dean of the Graduate School, accepted the co-sponsored award on UNC-Chapel Hill’s behalf during a post-meeting event of the virtual CGS 60th Annual Meeting. The ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education recognizes promising, innovative proposals to enhance student success and degree completion at the master’s and doctora...