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Student Affairs host future UFS leaders during leadership conference
2018/2019 student leaders gather in the EBW Auditorium for the annual Leadership Conference

Newly elected 2018/2019 Kovsie student leaders, comprising the Student Representative Council (SRC), Residence Councils (RC), and Residence Assistants (RA), gathered in the EBW Auditorium for training during the annual Student Leadership Conference. This year’s conference was also privileged to be joined by the South Campus SRC members.

The Director: Student Affairs, Dr WP Wahl, kicked off the programme with a session highlighting the importance of creating value-driven communities. Pulane Malefane, Assistant Director: Residence Life, spoke about student leaders fulfilling their roles and responsibilities as RC and RA representatives.

The Dean of Student Affairs, Pura Mgolombane, delivered a presentation based on The Role of Student Leadership as Aligned to the Student Affairs Strategic Plan, Pedagogies and Policies. Students also enjoyed an inspirational talk about Lessons in Leadership: What Leadership Taught Me presented by UFS Council member, David Abbey. 

 
The conference concluded with a delightful dinner and networking session for Kovsie’s future leaders.

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UFS receives memory sticks to simplify brailling process for students
2007-03-29

The Unit for Students with Disabilities at the University of the Free State received 20 high quality memory sticks from Rectron.  The sticks apparatus will be used in the intensive brailling process of material for the many blind students on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Attending the hand-over ceremony were, from the left: Ms Refiloe Seane (Director of Kovsie Counselling and Development), Mr Liebenberg, Ms Ronelle Ceronio (Head of the Unit for Students with Disabilities at the UFS) and Mr Sakkie Janse van Rensburg (Director of Computer Services at the UFS).

Photo: Stephen Collett

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