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25 April 2022
Photo Jan van der Walt
From the left are Eduan du Plessis (Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and recipient of the SAIPA Prize for Best BCom third year student in Accounting), Johanco Viljoen (Bachelor of Science: Botany and Zoology), Louis van der Walt (Bachelor of Accounting), and Thinus Greyling (Bachelor of Commerce: Investment Management and Banking).
Seventeen years of friendship, with four degrees among them. This is what friends Eduan du Plessis, Johanco Viljoen, Louis van der Walt, and Thinus Greyling celebrated during the University of the Free State’s April graduation ceremony. The four friends – who started their academic careers together at Grey Pre-Primary in 2006 and matriculated at Grey College in 2018 – obtained qualifications during the graduation ceremonies of the faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Economic and Management Sciences.
National conference for student affairs and services at UFS
2006-10-09

The national student affairs and services conference was hosted by the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. Issues discussed at the conference, jointly organised by the National Association of Student Development Practitioners (NASDEV) and the South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Professionals (SAASSAP), focused on the enhancement of positive institutional experience of students through quality student service, development and support. Some of the delegates attending the conference were, from left: Ms Antoinette Goosen (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), Mr Abraham Schippers (University of the Western Cape), Dr Choice Makhetha (Vice-Dean of Student Affairs at the UFS and President of SAASSAP Central Region) and Ms Lenie Kotze (UFS).
Photo: Lacea Loader