Past students of Sunyani Technical University (STU) have pledged their unflinching support to management to make the institution a centre of excellence and the most preferred technical university in Africa.
To this end, members of the STU Alumni Association have committed to continue to donate generously to the University’s Endowment Fund to help bridge the infrastructural gaps in all Faculties and Departments of the University.
Speaking at a durbar organised to mark the 55th anniversary of the university, the President of the STU Alumni Association, Frank Owusu, called on each past student of Sunyani Technical Institute, Sunyani Polytechnic and Sunyani Technical University to contribute a minimum of five hundred Ghana Cedis (GHS 500.00) to the STU Endowment Fund as their widow’s mite to the fund.
Collaboration
“Sunyani Technical University has come of age, from the Technical Institute era to the days of Polytechnic and now Technical University. These transformational processes indeed called for strategic change in our way of doing things as an institution of excellence”, he said.
He added that the institution could not have reached its current state without the collaborative support of the Alumni, particularly, in areas of capacity building.
Mr. Owusu said the Sunyani Technical Institute was established in 1967 with a few students. “Today, the student population has risen to almost 7,000 students. The University has been shaped by events and activities of the past years and the University is now cruising to a greater height”, he added.
Donation
The STU Alumni leader announce that the Alumni Associations donated a 4-unit classroom block to the university last year toward the establishment of a basic school on campus with an initial number of 42 pupils at creche, nursery and kindergarten levels.
He underscored the need for management to maintain good relationships with Alumni saying; Alumni serve many valuable roles, such as helping to build and grow the institution’s brand through word-of-mouth marketing. For instance, positive posts on social media can create buzz and increase enrolment. Proud alumni often serve as powerful ambassadors for their institution's brand and speak positively of their Alma-Mata.”
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