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09 September 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS), will answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and its affects.

The webinar will address questions such as the following:

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za

Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00
Register for the webinar

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UFS student wins gold medal

2006-11-20

The Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) launched a festive publication in celebration of its 50 years of existence at the UFS. During the ceremony the gold medal of the Society of South African Quantity Surveyors for exceptional achievement by a final year B Sc Quantity Surveying student in 2005 in South Africa was awarded to Me Helena Jordaan, a student from the UFS.

Here are, from the left: Prof Teuns Verschoor (Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS), prof Basie Verster (Head of the Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management at the UFS), Ms Jordaan and Prof Herman van Schalkwyk (Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS).

Photo: Stephen Collett

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