UEW Honours Four Retiring Registrars for Decades of Dedicated Service
The Registry of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) honoured four retiring senior administrators for their contributions to the University’s development and administration, celebrating their combined 108 years of dedicated service at a send-off ceremony held on Tuesday, 27th October, 2026.
The retirees, Mrs. Wilhelmina Tete-Mensah, Mr. Steve van Kamassah, Mr. Alexander Wilfred Essah and Dr. Francis Narh Akrono, reflected on their professional journeys. They highlighted the challenges, lessons and institutional milestones that defined their years at UEW.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Tete-Mensah, a former Acting Registrar who served the University for 32 years, recalled the institution’s early years, when infrastructure and staffing were limited. She attributed its progress to perseverance, teamwork and a willingness to learn. She noted, “No matter the responsibility we were given, I saw it as an opportunity to learn.” She, among others, played a pioneering role in establishing the Department of Human Resource, successfully guiding its evolution into the current Division of Human Resource.
Mr. Kamassah, a former Deputy Registrar at the Division of Publications and Communication, recounted his 27-year career, which began as a Junior Assistant Registrar. He highlighted his involvement in advancing academic administration and public relations. He described the Registry’s work as “the engine of the university.”
Mr. Essah, former Registrar of the College of Languages Education at the Ajumako Campus, reflected on his 26 years of service, recalling the resource constraints and demanding workloads that characterised the University’s earlier years. He underscored perseverance and humility as essential qualities for administrators and cited his contribution to the establishment of the Jophus Anamuah-Mensah Conference Centre as part of his institutional legacy.
Dr. Akrono, former Registrar of the College for Distance and e-Learning (CoDEL), recounted how mentorship and opportunity shaped his 23-year career at UEW. He commended the University’s efforts to expand access to education through distance learning. He described his work as “a privilege to support innovation that breaks barriers for learners nationwide.”
The Registrar, Mrs. Ekua Abedi-Boafo, commended the retirees for their dedication and sacrifice, noting that a significant portion of their lives had been devoted to the service of our university.
The ceremony featured a dialogue highlighting the contributions of the four administrators, moderated by Ms. Eva Annan and Mr. Collins Kofi Awuku. The celebration honoured their invaluable service with gifts and concluded with a dinner at the SEMSA Club House.
The send-off ceremony recognised the retirees’ contributions to UEW’s institutional growth and underscored the importance of preserving their experiences and professional legacies for future generations of university administrators.
