Garden City University College, Kenyase - Kumasi
Appoints 1st Vice President
The Governing Council of Garden City University College (GCUC), Kenyase - Kumasi at its 32nd Meeting appointed Nana K. Owusu-Kwarteng, PhD (aka Nana Wiafe Brobbey Kwarteng, Nana Maasehene, Maase-Offinso) as the first Vice President of GCUC since inception in 2005. He assumed duty on January 4, 2021 for a two-year term.
Garden City University College, Kenyase - Kumasi
Appoints 1st Vice President
The Governing Council of Garden City University College (GCUC), Kenyase - Kumasi at its 32nd Meeting appointed Nana K. Owusu-Kwarteng, PhD (aka Nana Wiafe Brobbey Kwarteng, Nana Maasehene, Maase-Offinso) as the first Vice President of GCUC since inception in 2005. He assumed duty on January 4, 2021 for a two-year term.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Education, Master of Education Administration (M.Ed), Master of Arts International Affairs (MAIA) and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA; and a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) and Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Nana K. Owusu-Kwarteng, PhD recently served as the 4th Registrar of the Garden City University College, Kenyase - Kumasi from October 1, 2016 to January 3, 2021. In that role, he was a Member/Secretary of the Governing Council and Academic Board of the University College; contributed and collaborated on major policy, programme and developmental initiatives as the University College work towards a Presidential Charter and autonomy.
He previously served as Director, Office for Institutional Advancement (OIA), University of Education, Winneba (UEW) from April 2006 to September 2016. He coordinated UEW's gift solicitation, fund raising, sponsorship, alumni programs and endowment trust fund management as Member / Secretary, Board of Trustees, UEW Endowment Trust Fund. He had earlier served as Assistant Director, Institute for the African Child, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Acting Deputy Secretary, Ghana Education Service Council; and prior to his doctorate program, coordinated IPPD Implementation and Circuit Supervisors supervision at the Accra Metropolitan Education Office, Kinbu - Accra.
He taught sixth form and other classes at St Louis Girls Secondary School, Kumasi, Abuakwa State College, Kibi and Mpreaso Secondary School, Mpreaso. He has been involved in university administration, public sector education administration and public education for almost four decades; academic, community fund raising and sponsorship programs for several years.
Nana has a number of published and unpublished works to his credit; presented invited papers at various local, national and international fora and won a CASE Speaker's Award in 2009. He has participated in and also organized a number of local and international workshops, seminars and conferences on leadership and institutional advancement. He is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Beta Lota (Honor Society for International Scholars), African Studies Association (ASA), and a former member of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and other bodies.
He has served terms on the boards of St Patrick’s Hospital, Maase-Offinso and Dwamena Akenten Senior High School, Offinso. He recently served as a board member and chairman, Radio Peace, Winneba He chaired and served on a number of GCUC and UEW Committees.
He has occupied the position of Nana Maasehene (Chief of Maase), Maase-Offinso since his enstoolment in April 1991; is a member of the Offinso Traditional Council and has served on a number of its committees.
He is married to Mrs. Sally Owusu-Kwarteng, an educator and postal worker. They are blessed with three adult children - a man and two women, five biological grandchildren, numerous grandnieces and grandnephews. Nana is a practicing Roman Catholic. His hobbies are reading, music, tree planting, nature watch and sports including walking.