END OF FIRST SEMESTER.

SO SOON THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THIS ACADEMIC CALENDER HAS ENDED ON GIJ AND BY THIS, GJA ACTIVITIES FOR THE SEMESTER HAVE ALSO ENDED.
INDEED, IT WAS A CHALLENGING SEMESTER WITH UPS AND DOWNS FOR A FRESH BATCH OF EXECUTIVES.

NEVERTHELESS, WE SAILED THROUGH SMOOTHLY. I WAS PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH THE FORUMS WE HELD ON CAMPUS NAMELY THE ONE ON MEDIA ETHICS BY TIM QUASHIGAH, OUR CAMPUS PATRON AND HEAD OF THE BROADCAST JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT IN GIJ, THE ONE ON CLIMATE CHANGE DURRING THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT BY DR. DORIS YAA DARTEY- A COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT AND COLUMNIST IN THE SPECTATOR NEWSPAPER(THE WATCHWOMAN).

ANOTHER FORUM JOINTLY HELD BY THE ASSOCIATION AND THE YAA ASANTEWAA HALL ON JOURNALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY CHARLES KOFI WAYO, LEADER OF THE UNITED RENAISANCE PARTY (URP), AND ONE ON THE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY JOSEPH QUAYE AMOO OF CURIOUS MINDS AND SPEAK AFRICA.

THE TRIP TO THE DAILY GRAPHIC FOR SIGHT SEEING AND PRACTICAL LEARNING WAS A SUCCESS TOO.
WE ALSO BEGAN A PRACTICAL ATTACHMENT FOR MEMBERS TO TV3 FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, I WILL LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO THE ASSOCIATION:
FIRST TO THE GOD ALMIGHTY WITHOUT WHOM THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING.
ALSO TO THE RECTOR AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE GHANA INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM.

THE STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL (SRC) PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVES.
TO THE OLD EXECUTIVES ESPECIALLY, HACKMAN, THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
THE YAA ASANTEWAA HALL.

MR. DAVE AGBENU, NATIONAL GJA ORGANISING SECRETARY AND NATIONAL PATRON OF GJA STUDENTS CHAPTER.
MR. TIM QUASHIGAH, LECTURER, AND CAMPUS PATRON OF THE ASSOCIATION.

TO MY EXECUTIVES AND CLASS REPS WHO COMMITED THEMSELVES TO THE PROGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATON.

AND MOST OF ALL, THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FROM DIPLOMA 1(MORNING) TO LEVEL 400. I CALL YOU THE CADRES AND FOOT SOLDIERS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR RESPONDING TO OUR CALL WHENEVER WE DID.

I HOPE AND PRAY NEXT SEM WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER.
TO THE FIRST YEARS AND CONTINUING DEGREE STUDENTS, GET READY TO TAKE OVER THE BATTON FROM US WHEN THE FORMS ARE OUT FOR THE VARIOUS POSITIONS.

I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMASS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I ALSO WISH YOU SUCCESS IN THE IMPENDING END OF SEMESTER EXAMS.

GOOD LUCK AND SEE YOU NEXT SEMESTER FOR A WONDERFUL TIME.

ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM.

BY: UMARU SANDA AMADU
PRESIDENT.
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