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26 November 2020
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Story Leonie Bolleurs
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Mind Matters is a first for the UFS. It is a mental-health publication for students aimed at highlighting what matters most when it comes to your mind, life, and well-being. Some sections share how individuals in the top echelons of the UFS take care of their minds. Other sections focus on how to support your grey matter (i.e. your brain) and, consequently, improve your general functioning. Some parts discuss matters related to careers, well-being, finance, and self-development. We also provide news and resources that might matter to you.
Whatever your fancy, Mind Matters focuses primarily on why the health of your mind matters. Our minds and brains are the most powerful intelligence or apparatuses on the planet. A power like this needs to be wielded wisely, otherwise we may suffer much from our own neglect of our mental health. It’s not always easy, but it is important!
Mind Matters was possible due to the cumulative contributions, inputs, and work of numerous UFS professionals, especially within
Student Affairs. We are grateful and proud of each person involved. We endeavour to honour these efforts by continually improving and developing Mind Matters. Your feedback and voices are most welcome and will continue to inform what we do next.
Workshop held to celebrate cooperation between the UFS and the National Museum
2009-08-19
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The first annual workshop to celebrate the cooperation between the University of the Free State (UFS) and the National Museum was held recently at the Oliewenhuis Art Gallery in Bloemfontein. Various research collaborations between the two institutions are currently underway, among others in the use of oral history as a teaching tool on tertiary level, plant microfossil research in Southern Africa and a research collaboration in Anthropology. Attending the workshop are, from the left, front: Mr Derek du Bruyn, Museum Scientist in History, Mr Ashley Kirk-Spriggs, Senior Museum Scientist in Entomology, Ms Amy Goitsemodimo, Assistant Museum Scientist in Anthropology, Dr Ziets Zietsman, Principle Museum Scientist in Botany; back: Prof. Schalk Louw, Department of Zoology and Entomology at the UFS, Mr Rick Nuttall, Director: National Museum, Prof. Marietjie Oelofse, Department of History at the UFS, and Prof. Louis Scott, Department of Plant Sciences at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett |