Ashesi’s twentieth Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Archer Cornfield Courtyard on August 24, 2024, at 9.00 am. Watch a recording of the livestream below.
Welcome
Casper Annie,
Chief Marshall
Opening Reading
Prof. Angela Owusu-Ansah, Provost
Remarks by Class Speaker
Chudah Yakung ’24
Remarks by President
Patrick G. Awuah Jr.
Remarks by Guest Speaker
Sylvia Mbama ’06,
HR Business Partner, AngloGold Ashanti
Presentation of President’s Award
Profiles read by Dean of Student and Community Affairs, Abdul Mahdi; Presented by Patrick G. Awuah Jr.
Presentation of the Graduating Class
Dr. Anthony Essel-Anderson (Head of Department, Economics and Business Administration)
Dr. Ayorkor Korsah (Head of Department, Computer Science and Information Systems)
Dr. Elena Rosca (Head of Department, Engineering)
Conferring of Degrees
Patrick G. Awuah Jr.
Class Gift Presentation
(Wofa) Yamoah Frimpong Attafuah ’24, and Maxine Nana Fosua Akosah-Yiadom ’24
Alumni Association Welcome
Nii Lous Nelson ’14,
Product Development Manager, Financial Services,
Complete Farmer
Abdul-Latif Issahaku ’05, Chair, Alumni Council
Recession
Sylvia Mbama, a member of Ashesi’s graduating Class of 2006, will be our Commencement Guest Speaker this year. After a nomination process, the Class of 2024 also elected Chudah Yakung ’24 to represent them as Class Speaker.
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If you’re on social media, celebrate the Class of 2024 with us by using the hashtags for this year's Commencement event: #Ashesi2024 and #AshesiGrad.
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Watch Class of 2024 representatives (Wofa) Yamoah Frimpong Attafuah ’24 and Maxine Nana Fosua Akosah-Yiadom ’24 reflect on the class’ journey and what to expect for Commencement 2024. Check this page for updates on Commencement this week.
Representing 19 countries and 123 high schools, the first cohort of the Class of 2024 was welcomed online in September of 2020. Enrolment for the Class was completed in January of 2021, and with COVID-19 vaccinations widely available, the class was welcomed to campus for orientation activities that same month.