In 2016, a delegation from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, led by the Executive Vice President, Prof. Mariet Westermann, and the International Higher Education and Strategic Projects Director, Dr Saleem Badat, visited the University of Ghana.

The delegation held a series of meetings with the leadership of the University including the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Pro­ Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs (ASA), Prof. Samuel Kwame Offei and the Provost of the College of Humanities,  Prof. Samuel Agyei-Mensah. The delegation also held meetings with the Coordinator, Carnegie Corporation Funded Programmes at the University of Ghana, Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa­ Baidu, the Director of Finance, the Acting Head of the Institutional Research and Planning Office, and the Director of Public Affairs.

In sum, the support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow the University of Ghana to maintain and reinvigorate its long-standing commitment to the humanities. It will serve as an impetus for research that explores new perspectives in the humanities, it will increase the scholarly productivity of faculty and students in the humanities, serving as leverage for future research activities, and strengthen teaching and learning.