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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.
Dept. of Agricultural Economics donated guide to two projects
2006-05-14
The Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS) and donors donated a manual and DVD titled Growing vegetables, a comprehensive guide on how to establish, maintain and manage a vegetable garden to two projects in Bloemfontein. Ms Marieta Jonker of Free State Care in Action and Ms Mathilda Koch of Child Care Bloemfontein and Childline Free State received the manuals on behalf of their organisations.
Handing over the manuals are from the left Ms Dora du Plessis (co-ordinator of the vegetable garden project), Ms Mathilda Koch, Dr Wimpie Nell (Senior Lecturer in the Department Agricultural Economics and Director of the Centre for Agricultural Economics at the UFS) and and Ms Marieta Jonker.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs