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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.
JN Boshof Memorial Lecture
2006-10-09
Mr Bobby Soobrayan, honorary professor in the Department of Public Management at the University of the Free State (UFS), delivered the annual JN Boshof Memorial Lecture on performance improvement policies and strategies in the South African public sector. Some of the guests attending the lecture were, from the left: Mr Lyndon du Plessis (lecturer at the UFS Department of Public Management), Prof Tienie Crous (Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the UFS), Mr Soobrayan and Prof Teuns Verschoor (Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS).
Photo: Stephen Collett.