{"id":168358,"date":"2015-11-20T12:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T12:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=168358"},"modified":"2015-11-20T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T11:42:57","slug":"merck-expands-best-student-award-to-3-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/merck-expands-best-student-award-to-3-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Merck expands best student award to 3 universities"},"content":{"rendered":"
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has expanded its \u201cBest Student Award\u201d program to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Central University College.<\/p>\n
For the past three years, the company has selected three students from the University of Ghana\u2019s School of Pharmacy to participate in a month-long internship at its headquarters in Germany.<\/p>\n
The students receive practical training in pharmaceutical and life sciences before specializing in their respective fields during the internship.<\/p>\n
Member of the Executive Board of Dr. Kai Beckmann said \u201cthe program is part of Merck\u2019s commitment to supporting healthy families, healthy communities and healthy economies in Ghana\u201d where it opened an office in 2014.<\/p>\n