By Peter Agbeko
Old students of St. Augustine’s College through the umbrella body (APSU) will shortly embark on a number of Life Shaping programs designed to benefit both students and APSUNIANS.
These include mentoring, networking and corporate social responsibility activities.
Founded in 1930, St. Augustine’s College, Cape-Coast (Augusco) is Ghana’s premier Catholic senior high school. APSU will mark this year’s Students Representative Council
(SRC) Week on Wednesday 1 July 2015 with a Mentoring Session for the current students on the College campus.
APSU is involved in continuing education and career development of Augusco students.
APSUNIANS are encouraged to participate actively in the mentoring session and for further information the following should be contacted : Eric on 0208127598 or Kwesi on 0244619278. Email : [email protected]
As Oprah Winfrey notes : “A Mentor is someone who allows you to see Hope inside yourself “.
On the same day, another group of APSUNIANS, APSU 2000 will host “#Apsu Connect” at the Yiri Lodge, Legon. This is dubbed as the “Biggest APSU business networking seminar”.
In attendance will be APSU ’97, ’98, ’99, 2001, 2002 and 2003. The registration fee is GHS 30 and the program starts at 10am on July1st.
As Michael Kweku Amankwa, APSU ’90 contends : ” You can’t attend St Augustine’s College and be ordinary”.
For further information on “#Apsu Connect”, the underlisted are helpful contacts: Roger Daley (Funk Flex) 02433156759, Emmanuel Acolaste (Acore) 0244456955 or Gilbert Donkor (Skido) 0243537133. Email: [email protected]
Augusco is known for its commitment to providing high-quality, comprehensive, and meaningful education for all who are privileged to pass through the College.
Mentoring programs can provide students with emotional support, encourage them to be more involved in schooling, and help as they transition from school to work. The impact of mentoring programs designed to encourage students to complete high school has been well documented. Mentors offer friendship, guidance and positive role models while instilling the social skills needed in the workplace.
Jekielek et al (2002) found that students with the highest risk of dropping out benefited the most from mentoring. Their grades improved and they were more likely to pursue postsecondary education. She also found that the more positive the perception of the mentoring relationship, the better the outcome for the students involved. The most successful mentoring programs were highly structured, driven by the needs of the youth involved, and provided mentors with in-depth training.
As APSU President, Dr Anthony Osei observes: ?Each time we gather together as APSUNIANS, we bear witness to the greatness of our alma mater and affirm its strength and achievements. I like to think that our forebears, who masterfully combined academic and social life, would be delighted that the tradition goes on?.
?We recall the values and enduring ideals that bind us together, and make us great and strong. Our allegiance to Augusco and its motto ? Omnia Vincit Labor? is indeed a call to action. Let us together embrace with solemn duty the spirit of team work, volunteerism and our civic responsibilities”.
I would argue that every person needs a mentor. In fact, I have more than one. One is supportive and inspirational, and the other challenges me and encourages me to dream bigger and go higher. Roger Babson said it best: ?The good that is in you is the good that you do for others.?
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), APSU ’90 last week made separate donations worth GHS 4000 to the Wednesday 3 June, 2015 GOIL Station fire and flood disaster victims. The donation was made to patients at the Korlebu and Ridge Hospitals by Mr Michael Tetteh, an executive of the year group.
