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09 August 2020 | Story Leonie Bolleurs

Every year on 9 August, South Africa commemorates the 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria against pass laws in 1956. 

Today, the University of the Free State celebrates its scientists, sports stars, surgeons, and so many more of its women where they not only add value to society in their professions, but also contribute to better the lives of others.

Wherever you find yourself as a woman today – in the support services, in management, as a service worker, as a student, as an alumna, a donor, or a business partner – the UFS shines a spotlight on you as women who are making a positive impact on a daily basis.

Happy Women’s Day!

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall

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American delegation visits UFS Centre for Plant Health Management (CePHMa)
2007-03-28

The Centre for Plant Health Management (CePHMa) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) hosted visitors from the Virginia Cooperative Extension Agents and Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in the United States of America (USA). Opportunities to establish co-operative research, training, outreach programmes and student exchange activities in southern Africa were discussed among others. From the left, are:
Prof. Zakkie Pretorius (Department of Plant Sciences at the UFS), Mr Matthew Lewis (Virginia Cooperative Extension), Ms Mary Ann Hansen (Virginia Tech), Prof. Wijnand Swart (Chairperson of CePHMa at the UFS), Ms Robyn Whittington (Virginia Cooperative Extension), Prof. Schalk Louw (Department of Zoology and Entomology, UFS), Prof. Erik Stromberg (Virginia Tech), Dr James Allemann (Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences, UFS), Mr David Moore (Virginia Cooperative Extension) and Prof. Neal McLaren (Department of Plant Sciences, UFS).
 

Media release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl@ufs.ac.za
28 March 2007
 

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