Johanna Glaser

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Fall 2010 to Spring 2011

For my scholarship year in Ghana, it probably would have been most practical to choose a study institution offering graduate-level courses, [ Read more... ]

Rachelle Elodie Konan

Class 2011

Four years ago I was surfing the internet for a good university in West Africa when I stumbled upon the Ashesi website. I was amazed by their affiliation to foreign institutions [ Read more... ]

Sophia Aryeetey

Class of 2011

Strange how a single conversation can change you or maybe it only seems that way in retrospect. During my college search, I engaged in a conversation with some friends from high [ Read more... ]

Kobla Nyomi

Class of 2011

I was still a final year student at Mfantsipim School when I heard about Ashesi for the first time. I got curious after I watched a 20 minute documentary presentation on Ashesi’s [ Read more... ]

Afua Biney

Class of 2011

That is how I would describe Ashesi if you asked me. I joined this family in 2007 and I have had no regrets ever since. I have not only met colleagues and lecturers during my stay here but [ Read more... ]

Derrick Crentsil

Class of 2012

I applied to Ashesi University College with ambivalent feelings because I always wanted to go to an American university. Even though I had received assurance by some close relatives [ Read more... ]

Frederick Deegbe Jr.
Class of 2006

When I first heard about Ashesi I was very skeptical because it was unknown in the country’s tertiary education circles. This uncertainty brought along with it fear. Now, as I [ Read more... ]

Matthew Cushing
Study Abroad, Spring 2005

I first found out I would be attending Ashesi University during my stay in Ghana while I was still living at home, in the United States. At that time the institution was [ Read more... ]

Kaitlin Reese
Study Abroad, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Excited, nervous and extremely curious, I looked up at the building in front of me thinking, “Ashesi University.” This is where I will be coming every day for [ Read more... ]

Ada Ojukwu

Class of 2005
Transfer student from University of Houston

My story is quite different from most of my colleagues at Ashesi. I had been in the United States for a couple of years, and was working towards my BA [ Read more... ]