The University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Sunyani Technical University (STU) of Ghana recently signed an articulation agreement that would create a detailed plan to initiate specific activities necessary to develop a sustainable pipeline of STU students in its pharmaceutical sciences program as a feeder for UMES’s Doctor of Pharmacy program.
The documents were signed during a ceremony that included UMES President Heidi M. Anderson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Rondall Allen, Dr. T. Sean Vasaitis, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions Interim Dean, and delegation members from STU including Vice-Chancellor Professor Ing. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, and Samuel Obour STU’s registrar and COO.
Adinkrah-Appiah said the pact will have a profound impact on both UMES and STU as it will deepen the relationship between the institutions.
“This articulation agreement is a fulfillment of a memorandum of understanding for our two institutions signed way back in 2017,” he said. “Madam President, we are very grateful for this opportunity. This is a dream come true.”
Allen said the agreement not only allows STU students to make an impact on the student community but to potentially play a role in solving a dilemma in the medical professional field locally.
“This agreement will allow us to continue to address the need for healthcare professionals and practitioners here on the Eastern Shore,” he said. “I am also looking forward to having these students come over and enliven the experience that currently exists here at UMES.”
“What you have done has been a big credit to the university, to Ghana, and the world,” Obour said. “Today is a memorable day.” The event concluded with a ceremonial exchange of gifts between the members of the two institutions as well as the offering of a formal invitation to Anderson and the UMES delegation to attend STU’s commencement ceremony in January 2023.
