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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.
UFS promotes wellbeing of staff
2009-11-03
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Members of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) staff recently attended a seminar presented by Synergy Consultants at Somerton Estate in Bloemfontein. Prof. Johann Coetzee, Honorary Professor at the UFS and industrial psychologist, was the speaker. The topic, Work-life Integration, incorporated issues like balancing life and work, self-management and wellness.
Synergy Consultants is a newly established Career and Human Resource development consultancy firm based in Bloemfontein, which operates nation wide. At the seminar were, from the left: Mr. Frank de Beer (Owner: Synergy Consultants and lecturer at UFS), Ms Annette Weyers (Managing Director of Talent and Wellness Management), Dr Annette Prins (Head of Wellness at the UFS) and Prof. Johann Coetzee (Honorary Professor at the UFS).
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