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Graduation season hits Qwaqwa Campus-  Justice Tati Makgoka
Honourable Acting Judge of the Supreme Court ofAppeal, Mr Justice Tati Makgoka

Over 650 degrees, diplomas, and certificates will be conferred upon deserving Kovsies when the Qwaqwa Campus hosts its graduation ceremonies on Thursday 10 May 2018.

Graduands at both the morning and afternoon sessions will be addressed by the Honourable Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Tati Makgoka.

All degrees in the Faculties of Economic and Management Sciences and Education will be conferred during the morning session. The Faculties of the Humanities and Natural and Agricultural Sciences will have their turn during the afternoon session.

Among the degrees to be conferred will be seven PhDs and seven master’s degrees in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and one PhD in English in the Faculty of the Humanities.

Three members of the current and seven from the 2016/2017 Student Representative Council (SRC) will be graduating.

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Prof. Johan Grobbelaar named as Bloemfonteiner of the Year
2010-09-10

Prof. Johan Grobbelaar.

Prof. Johan Grobbelaar from the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) has been named as Ons Stad, Mimosa Film Group and ABSA’s Bloemfonteiner of the Year for 2009.

Prof. Grobbelaar is honoured for a total of 43 years’ loyal service to Bloemfontein and its people, as well as his invaluable contributions which brought Bloemfontein locally, nationally and internationally into the foreground. He has generated many firsts as well as awards in the field of research. According to Ons Stad, his leadership of the first two experimental research expeditions to Marion Island and other parts of the world has made him a true citizen of the world.

He is also Chairperson of the UVPERSU Union at the UFS and strives towards reconciliation, equity and equality. As one of the “architects” of the UFS remuneration model he has contributed thereto that the UFS’s salary negotiations are now the most successful of all higher education institutions countrywide.

Prof. Grobbelaar is also a Mangaung Councillor who campaigns for the best service to the Bloemfontein community.

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