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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
In a year marked by a global pandemic, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides in research, teaching, and impactful engagement.
Our 2020 journey has seen many staff members providing services to advance public knowledge of COVID-19 for the greater good of South Africa. We have produced top-rated scientists, boasting six SARChI research chairs and three A-rated scholars in our world-class workforce. Our various initiatives to ensure student success continue to bear fruit, with current and former students making their mark in the world. One such example is Qinisani Qwabe, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension, who was selected in the education category of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. He was also chosen to represent South Africa at a BRICS conference in Russia.
You can read these and other facts and figures in ‘Our 2020 Journey’ publication.
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Prominent UFS women meet up with media in Wonderland
2011-08-04
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At the breakfast were, from the left: Prof. Magda Mulder, Head of our School of Nursing; Prof. Daniella Coetzee, Dean: Teaching and Learning, situated on our South Campus; Prof. Corli Witthuhn, Vice-Dean of our Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and Lynette Francis, the guest speaker.
Photo: Anja Aucamp
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During a Women’s Breakfast arranged by our Division: Strategic Communication at the UFS, prominent women from the university enjoyed breakfast with some women representatives from the local media. Lynette Francis, who presents the SABC 2 programme Fokus as well as Praat Saam on Radio Sonder Grense, was the guest speaker at this event, with the theme: Alice in Wonderland.