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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.
Thirty years of teaching translation studies celebrated
2006-03-09
Thirty years of teaching translation studies at the University of the Free State (UFS) were celebrated on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. A symposium with the theme One profession - multiple applications was presented to celebrate the occasion, as well as the fiftieth anniversary of the South African Translators' Institute (SATI).
Some of the guests attending the symposium were from the left Dr Anna-Marie Beukes (chairperson of SATI and lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (UJ); Prof Engela Pretorius (Vice-Dean: Faculty of Humanities at the UFS); Prof Philip Nel (Director: African Studies at the UFS) and Prof Jackie Naudé (Chairperson: Department of Afroasiatic Studies, Sign Language, and Language Practice at the UFS and Director: Programme for Language Practice).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs