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05 November 2019 | Story Lacea Loader
The term of office of the current Chancellor, Dr Khotso Mokhele (who has served two consecutive terms), will expire on 03 June 2020. The University has therefore commenced with the process of nominations for the election of a new Chancellor, who will assume duties on 04 June 2020, for a period of five years.
 
Council, at its meeting held on 14 June 2019, established an Ad-hoc Committee, inclusive of representatives from University stakeholders, to facilitate the process of the nominations for the election of a Chancellor. The Ad-hoc Committee will consider all the nominations and  submit its recommendation to Council, for consideration and decision, on the advice of the Institutional Forum.
 
In terms of the Statute of the University, only Council members may submit nominations. Members of the University community (staff, students and Alumni) who wish to submit a nomination must familiarise themselves with the requirements for the position and submit any nomination via members of Council.
 
Please note that the closing date for nominations to be submitted to the office of the Registrar is Friday, 30 December 2019 at 16:30. Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted or considered.
 
Kindly contact the Registrar at registrar@ufs.ac.za should you require any further information or clarity.

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Darwin lecture focuses on the genetic foundation of evolution
2009-05-22

 
The Department of Genetics at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently made their contribution to the story of life and survival by presenting two lectures on The genetic foundation of evolution. Prof. Johan Spies, Head of the Department of Genetics at the UFS discussed the variation that was created by mutations and how this variation was enhanced by re-combination. He also pointed out that these methods contributed relatively little to the gene pool of a species and that the expansion of the gene pool primarily took place by means of chromosome evolution. The latter also contributed to the creation of isolation mechanisms to prevent hybridism. He further emphasised the multitude of deviations of mendelian heredity, which contributed to more variation within a species.

Prof. Paul Grobler, Associate Professor from this department, next pointed out how natural selection played a role to form new species. He used various examples to indicate how the process took its course, for example, lactose intolerance. He also reported out that the man on the street mostly believed that Darwin with his theory of the survival of the fittest meant that the physically strongest species would survive. It was more a case of the one that could reproduce the fastest and the most, that would survive, he stated.

Present at the occasion were, from left front: Ms Letecia Jonker, student, Prof. Grobler, Ms Paula Spies, lecturer at the Department of Genetics and Ms Zurika Odendaal, junior lecturer at the Department of Genetics; back: Prof. Spies.
Photo: Stephen Collett

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