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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.
Sustainable Agriculture is bursting at its seams
2009-01-24
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The Master's degree in Sustainable Agriculture presented by the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development at the University of the Free State (UFS) is bursting at its seams this year and has the most students in the 16 years the programme has been presented. During the recent welcoming of the group of 70 students on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein are, from the left: Prof. Izak Groenewald, director of the centre, Ms Priscilla Pitsholo, teacher in agriculture from Amalinda in the Eastern Cape, Mr Manie Wessels, a farmer from Frankfort, Mr Dirk Coetzee, technical marketing advisor from Lichtenburg; front: Ms Monica Nkqayi, agricultural councellor from the Department of Agriculture in Adelaide, Eastern Cape.
Photo: Lacea Loader |