Supporting Higher Education for students in Ghana!

FIELD VISIT TO GHANA CEMENT (GHACEM) PRODUCTION PLANT

Apart from traditional internships, educational field visits help serve an important role in experiential learning. The Principles of Management students at Palm embarked on a field trip to GHACEM at Tema on 5^th May 2022. 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 and faculty members were also given a tour of the organization and also interacted with officers in leadership/management roles and other departments.

SEMINAR ON PERSONAL BRANDING

During the month, a Chartered Marketer who is also a corporate mentor at Palm interacted with our freshmen on how to build their brands as students and future professionals.

The students received tips on how to brand themselves to suit their intended careers or professional profiles. He encouraged the students to take note of their qualities and strengths, develop them and turn them into their Unique Selling Propositions (USP).

The personal brand is what comes to mind when people think of you. It is what you are especially noted for, he said. The session was very successful.

SEMINAR ON ACTING INTERVIEWS

During the semester, one of the NAPE Foundation Board members who is an Electrical Engineer with General Electric USA, with a wide range of experience interviewing potential employees, facilitated a seminar on “Acting Interviews" with some freshmen and sophomores.

The session focused on positioning oneself to become an interview candidate and the STAR interview methodology. He encouraged students to take interviews seriously because that was one way for job applicants to prove themselves worthy of employment opportunities.

The Facilitator also engaged some of the students in mock interviews to assess the impact of the knowledge they had received from the seminar.

CENTER FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP – SCHOOL OUTREACH

The Center for Ethical Leadership at Palm Institute embarked on an outreach to the Prampram Senior High School in Accra on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. During the outreach, final-year students at the school were engaged in an interactive session which was led by the President of Palm Institute.

The session was centered on ethical dilemmas that students were likely to face in their lives. 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 possible future collaborations.

STUDENT CLUB PRESENTATIONS

As one of the ways to encourage student activities on campus, the Student Life and Career Services Department submitted a call for proposals for the club. The leadership of four (4) selected clubs presented their club ideas to the entire community. The clubs were the Entrepreneurship Hub, Palm Fitness Club, Honour Club, and the Men, Women, and Youth of Purpose.

The session was very engaging and interesting as the clubs’ executives competed at winning the interest of the students.

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 find potentially qualified students.

END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR

Congratulations to the freshmen and sophomore classes for finishing another academic year. The semester ended on May 23^rd, 2023 for the students after a two-week final exam period. The January freshman class will however begin their second semester on June 12^th, 2023.

After the two weeks of intensive examination, the student body organized a movie night as a way to entertain themselves. It was amazing.

INTERNSHIP PREPARATORY SESSION

At Palm, preparing our students for employment, entrepreneurship, or graduate school remains our goal. As a way of preparing our students for the summer job-shadowing and internships, a training 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 Etiquette, 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 internships.