The Governing Council of the University
for Development Studies has appointed Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, as the new Vice-Chancellor. The appointment takes
effect from October 1, 2015.
Professor Teye was appointed a lecturer
in the Animal Science Department of the Faculty of Agriculture,
University for Development Studies in 1996. He was promoted to the
position of Senior Lecturer in 2006. In October 2011, he was promoted to
the position of Associate Professor, and in July 2014, he was promoted
to the rank of full Professor.
Professor Teye graduated with a BSc.
(Hons.) Agriculture (Animal Science), from the Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, in 1991. In 1996, he obtained
an MSc. (Meat Science) also from KNUST, and a PhD. (Meat Science and
Technology) from the University of Bristol, UK in 2005. He also holds a
Diploma in Modern Management and Administration, which he obtained in
2004 from Cambridge International College, UK.
Prior to his appointment as
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Teye held several positions in the University
for Development Studies. He was the Head of the Department of Animal
Science from 2005 to 2008, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture from 2008
to 2012 and the Dean-in-Charge of the Nyankpala Campus from 2009 to
2013. He was elected and appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor from November
2012 to October 2014. He again contested and won the election for the
position of Pro- Vice-Chancellor in November 2014, and he was still
serving his second term in office as Pro-Vice- Chancellor, which was to
end in November 2016, when the University Council appointed him as the
new Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Teye also contested and won an
election as Convocation representative (Professorial) on the University
Council in September 2011 and served in this capacity from 2011 to
2012, when he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Teye has served as Chairman and member of several statutory and adhoc Committees and Boards in the University.
Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye has
fifty-eight (58) academic research publications in refereed journals,
twenty-eight (28) papers in referenced conference proceedings and
referenced magazines, and thirty-eight (38) non-referenced conference
proceedings. He has also published four (4) books.
Dr. A. B. T. Zakariah
(Registrar/Secretary, UDS Council)
(Registrar/Secretary, UDS Council)
Source: uds.com.gh
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