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01 October 2019
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Story Xolisa Mnukwa
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Photo Xolisa Mnukwa
From the left; Gift Taku, 2019 Doty winner; Reabetswe Mabine, Doty Coordinator Tshepo Zweni, first runner-up and Jacobeth Selinga, second runner-up
The votes have been tallied, and after much deliberation, the UFS is proud to announce Gift Taku as the winner of the 2019 KovsieGear Designer of the Year (DOTY) Competition!
Tshepo Zwane and Jacobeth Selinga won second and third place respectively, with innovative designs that complied with the assessment requirements, based on originality of the design, adherence to the brand guidelines, creativity, and other criteria.
Gift’s design triumphed with 845 votes on the UFS KovsieLife webpage, as well as in the presentation in front of a judging panel.
Since 2016, KovsieGear has been discovering local (UFS staff and students) graphic designers and giving them a platform to showcase their work through DOTY, which runs annually. The aim of the competition is to support local talent by giving entrants an opportunity to come up with creative designs that are unique to the university and which will be used on limited-edition apparel in the store, as well as getting featured in the KovsieGear catalogue.
The competition has since fashioned the best clothing-logo designs the university has ever seen and continues to motivate and empower students to make positive contributions to the Kovsie campus culture and brand.
For more information about DOTY contact Reabetswe Mabine at MabineR@ufs.ac.za
The winning design by Gift Taku:
43rd Conference of Agricultural Economics
2005-10-06
During the 43rd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) 13 of the 30 papers (excluding invited papers) were presented by students and staff from the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS). The conference was attended by 24 students and 12 lecturers from the department.
From left: Prof André Jooste (chairperson: Department of Agricultural Economics at the UFS), Mr Andries Jordaan (awarded 2nd price in the category for the best M Sc thesis), Mr Dikus van Wyk (awarded 2nd price in the category for best student essay in agricultural economics), Mr Pieter Taljaard (best article published in the past 12 months in Agrekon, accredited journal of AEASA) and Mr Henry Jordaan (best 4th year student in agricultural economics in 2004 at the UFS).
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