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Student Affairs wants to hear your voice

11 November 2020 | Story Xolisa Mnukwa

Join the University of the Free State (UFS) Division of Student Affairs for the annual Student Affairs Week, where the division will showcase the programmes and services on offer!

This includes your awareness and perceived relevance of various Student Affairs divisions as well as your participation in the programmes offered by the department.

For more information on Student Affairs’ services, you can visit Blackboard and click on the Student Affairs link for either the UFS Bloemfontein, Qwaqwa, or South Campuses. You will then have the option to follow the prompts that will take you on a tour of the Student Affairs division for the respective campuses.

Student Affairs would also like your input on preferred communication platforms, co-curricular programmes, and safety and security on campus.

The division would furthermore appreciate your valued feedback through comments and recommendations on how to make your student life and experience better.

Let your voice be heard – complete the 2020 Student Affairs Week Survey:

Bloemfontein: http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=K5HJK

Qwaqwa: http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=DJ9RN

South Campus: http://surveys.ufs.ac.za/evasys/online.php?p=2RACR

Accessible online from 12 to 13 November 2020.

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Establishment of International Institute for Diversity gains momentum

2009-03-30

Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector of the UFS, and Prof. Allen
Photo: Supplied

Prof. Josephine Allen, Emeritus Professor at Cornell University, USA, met with representatives of executive management, staff and students of the University of the Free State (UFS) during March as part of a consultative process with the university community in the establishment of the proposed International Institute for Diversity (IID).

The establishment of the IID follows the closure of the Reitz Residence in 2008. The Institute will be established on the same premises. The IID is envisaged as a centre of academic excellence for studying transformation and diversity in society – a living laboratory for combating discrimination and enabling and enhancing reconciliation in societies grappling with the issues of racism, sexism and xenophobia.

It is planned that the IID will be a multidisciplinary and multidimensional Institute with institutional governance and research responsibilities in the broad context of diversity management, and a fundamental commitment towards inclusiveness.

Prof. Allen said: “The consultation process is an important aspect of the establishment of the IID to ensure that all institutional stakeholders contribute to the project from beginning to end.”

Prof. Allen will continue her Fulbright Fellowship at the UFS this year, following an initial research period of six months in 2008.

A number of senior specialists will join UFS for different periods during 2009 and 2010, with major support from the USA Embassy and the Fulbright Programme in South Africa, to assist and advise on the establishment and roll-out of the IID.

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