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28 June 2022
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Story Nonsindiso Qwabe
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Photo ALBERT VAN BILJON
In conversation: Prof Petersen and Leanne Manas.
An outward-looking, globally competitive university that ranks among the top-tier universities in South Africa and on the continent, driven by a strong human-centred, diverse social-justice approach. This is at the heart of the vision
Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS, shared with multi-award-winning
news anchor
Leanne Manas during a sit-down conversation on Friday 22 July 2022.
Prof Petersen reflected on the great strides and difficulties faced during his first term, as well as navigating the UFS through the COVID-19 pandemic to position the institution in a strategic and focused manner as a university of choice on the continent
and in other parts of the globe.
Prof Prakash Naidoo, Vice-Rector: Operations, introduced Leanne Manas
Prof Francis Petersen
Leanne Manas and Prof Petersen In conversation
Leanne Manas
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Prof Petersen with some of our staff members
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Leanne Manas, Prof Francis Petersen and Temba Hlasho, Executive Director: Student Affairs
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
From the left; Prof Prakash Naidoo, Prof Francis Petersen and Quinton Koetaan, Senior Director; HRA
Leanne Manas meeting our staff members.
Students in Human Movement Science perform
2008-09-03
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Honours students from the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Human Movement Sciences were awarded two gold and four silver medals at the student forum of SASReCon, the bi-annual sport and recreation research conference recently presented at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. The theme of the conference was: "Mass participation and a winning nation". Here are, from the left: Janka Fouché, silver medal winner in Children's Kinetics, Murry Capon, silver medal winner in Bio-Kinetics, prof. Johan Bloemhoff, Programme Director at the department, Morné Castelyn, silver medal winner in Sport Science, Coleen Jobes, silver medal winner in Sport Science, and Justin Oelofsen, gold medal winner in Bio-Kinetics. Jessica Bonstein, gold medal winner in Bio-Kinetics, was absent when the photo was taken. Prof. Bloemhoff delivered a presentation at the main conference entitled: "Sport and Recreation Participation: The Transition from Grade 12 to Third Year at University".
Photo: Stephen Collett
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