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Alumni Graduates have role to play at UFS, South Africa Dr Ezekiel Moraka, Vice-rector: Student Affairs at the University of the Free State, called on graduates to plough back into their communties. He was one of the speakers at an alumni function in September in Bloemfontein. He said: “I hope that you are organising yourselves within the context of ploughing back to communities by way of continued strategic interventions such as: • Engaging in skills development in communities and doing other relevant community projects, • Initiating business networks and new venture partnerships, • Having capacity development activities for our people and students of the University of the Free State, • Being a center of influence, thus producing role-models for our learners and students to look up to, • Engaging in the affairs of South Africa. “When you came to the UFS, it was for a particular purpose, to acquire a specific qualification, a skill. Today you have realised that dream. Now the skill you have acquired is for your interest, for the university’s interest, and for the interest of the broader South Africa. “I think, for your skill to be relevant, you need to use it within the context of the challenges that South Africa is faced, namely a leadership crisis, the HIV/Aids scourge, politics, diversity, stereotypes, prejudices and racism, transformation, unemployment, poverty, job-losses, student funding, government subsidy for higher education, globalisation. “This reality requires skilful and morally upright people to address it adequately and effectively. You are part of those skillful people who can make a difference in the lives of our people. You have a very critical role to play. It is about time for graduates to take stock of their role and take their rightful position in the reconstruction and development of our country and the education sector in particular. Mr Gayton McKenzie, well-known motivational speaker and writer of the novel The Choice, addressed alumni on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. From the left are: Mr McKenzie, Dr Ezekiel Moraka (Vice-Rector: Student Affairs), Dr Choice Makhetha (Vice-Dean: Student Affairs) and Dr Ivan van Rooyen (Director of UFS Marketing). “The University of the Free State exists in these circumstances. It is equally affected by these challenges. As a societal structure, the university is dependent on the society because of being accountable to and economically dependent on society. Thus, the university prepares people out of the society, for the society and for the university as a societal institution. Therefore, even if you are no longer here, do not forget the university. We cannot go it alone without your inputs. This is your institution. For instance, the university has embarked on the next phase of transformation. We need your full participation in this process so that we can together ensure the relevance of the University of the Free State as a true South African university.” He said: “If the University of the Free State fails, we all fail. When the University of the Free State succeeds, we all succeed. What I am trying to communicate to you is that managing the University of the Free State is not an exclusive process. It is not the sole responsibility of the Council and the university executive. The University of the Free state is a national and public asset of South Africa. We are in partnership as far as the management of the University of the Free State is concerned. The government, public, council, university executive, students, deans and directors, staff, alumni, all of us, are in partnership. “I would further suggest that your role in relation to our country should be understood in the same context of partnership. As graduates, you should always make contributions towards addressing challenges that I earlier alluded to. South Africa is ours and we should have ownership of the South African society. Shaping and directing the future of our country should be central and close to your heart as a graduate,” he said. Bult •November 06 30
Centenary Alumni Vishuis vier 100 jaar Huis Abraham Fischer, die oudste mans koshuis op die kampus, word volgende jaar ’n eeu oud. Die Eeufeeskomitee onder voor sitterskap van mnr. Wynand Flemming het reeds ’n opwindende program saam gestel vir hierdie besonderse mylpaal. Een van die opwindendste projekte vir die eeufeesjaar is die publikasie van ’n Vishuis-gedenkblad. In hierdie koffietafelboek gaan die geskiedenis van Vishuis oor die 100 jaar weerspieël. Enigeen wat voel hy/sy kan ’n bydrae lewer tot hierdie boek kan gerus met die administratiewe kantoor van Vishuis skakel. Alle foto’s en dokumente sal terugbesorg word. So lyk die program vir die eeufeesvieringe van 8-12 Augustus 2007 op die Hoofkampus in Bloemfontein: • Woensdag 8 Augustus 2007: Koshuis Kroningsbal • Donderdag 9 Augustus 2007: Direksievergadering, ledevergadering, Aand van die Legendes-dinee, • Vrydag 10 Augustus 2007: Vishuisgholfdag, spitbraai die aand • Saterdag 11 Augustus 2007: Huis vergadering / BVOV-jaarvergadering, Eeufees-huisfoto, Eeufees-Reüniedinee, en Sondag 12 Augustus 2007: Gedenkdiens. Alle oud-inwoners word hartlik uitgenooi om die verrigtinge by te woon. Vir enige navrae/besprekings kan u gerus die administratiewe kantoor kontak by 051 401 3470 of e-pos admin@vishuis.co.za Kovsies se sportsterre bekroon Chris Dednam en Charlene Hertzog is vanjaar as Kovsies se sportsterre vir 2006 aangewys. Chris, die sportman van die jaar, het die nasionale pluimbaltitel ’n vierde keer agtereenvolgend gewen, en Charlene, kaptein van die Suid Afrikaanse netbalspan is die sportvrou van die jaar. Die Diamond Eagleskrieketspan, die Cheetah-rugbyspan en die Lynx-netbalspan is as spanwenners aangewys. Wat het geword van… What happened to… Coenie de Villiers • Coenie de Villiers is vanaf 1 Desember 2006 aangestel as die Uitvoerende Direkteur: Kultuur by die ATKV. Hy is tans die Algemene Bestuurder en Direkteur van Eliance Communication in Pretoria. Hy het diep spore in die Afrikaanse kultuurbedryf oor die afgelope twee dekades getrap. Sy prestasies strek oor verskeie sfere, van uitvoerende kunstenaar, televisie- en radiopersoonlikheid tot joernalis en dosent. • Deidre Nortje is bevorder tot kunsdirekteur van die tydskrif Weg. Sy was die afgelope twee jaar aan die tydskrif verbonde en het voorheen ook onder meer vir Volksblad in Bloemfontein gewerk. Sy het ’n graad in Beeldende Kuns in 1990 aan die UV behaal. Indien jy nuus het van oud-Kovsies, stuur dit gerus aan pienaarajl.stg@mail.uovs.ac.za of faks dit aan 051 444 6393. November 06 • Bult 31
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