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Prof Petersen opinion piece
Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor.

Click here for a letter to the university community from Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS), regarding the recent student protests on our campuses (4 April 2019 on the Qwaqwa Campus and 21 May 2019 on the Bloemfontein Campus).
 
Klik hier vir ’n brief van prof Francis Petersen, Rektor en Visekanselier van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV), aan die universiteitsgemeenskap rakende die onlangse protesoptrede wat op ons kampusse (4 April 2019 op die Qwaqwa-kampus en 21 Mei 2019 op die Bloemfontein-kampus) plaasgevind het.

Tobetsa mona bakeng sa lengolo la mokgatlo wa yunivesithi le tswang ho Moprofesara Francis Petersen, Rector le Motlatsi wa Chancellor wa University of the Free State (UFS) mabapi le diketso tsa morao tjena tsa boipelaetso ba baithuti dikhemphaseng tsa rona (ka la 4 Mmesa 2019 mane Qwaqwa Campus le ka la 21 Motsheanong 2019 mona Bloemfontein Campus). 


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Mexican Ambassador visits the UFS
2007-10-31

 

The Mexican Ambassador, Ambassador Luis Cabrera and Deputy Head of the Mexican Embassy in South Africa, Chancellor Miguel Malvafòn recently visited the University of the Free State's (UFS) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Possibilities for collaboration between the faculty and similar faculties at universities in Mexico were some of the topics that were discussed. The Ambassador also met with cactus pear researchers at the UFS and developments concerning the memorandum of understanding which was signed last year between the Centre for Plant Health Management (CePHMa) at the UFS and the University of Chapingo in Mexico were also discussed. Here are, from the left, front: Ambassador Cabrera and Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean of the UFS Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences); back: Chancellor Malvafòn and Prof. Wijnand Swart (Head of CePHMa at the UFS).
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