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Six years into the Star of Stars competition and it’s only getting brighter

29 March 2022 | Story Teli Mothabeng | Photo Supplied

Philmon Bitso, Student Recruitment Officer, with the top-10 cohort of the class of 2021 Free State Star of Stars.

The Department of Student Recruitment Services at the University of the Free State (UFS) hosted its annual Free State Star of Stars competition at the Amanzi Private Game Reserve during the first week of March. The event saw some of the brightest young minds in the Free State inducted as UFS first-year students into this year’s top-10 cohort for the competition. This marks the first Star of Stars event since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This new cohort consists of a dynamic group of academically gifted students from Quintile 1-3 schools in the Free State who are currently enrolled for different UFS academic programmes, ranging from Medicine, Law, Education, and various Bachelor of Science courses. Many of these students had to overcome insurmountable challenges to perform as well as they did in their Grade 12 academic year and to become part of the top-10 cohort for the class of 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Student Recruitment Services was forced to take a different approach to celebrate these deserving students; consequently, a weekend-long induction camp was the substitute for the annual gala dinner.

Apply for the 2022 Free State Star of Stars competition

The UFS realised the need to establish a platform that recognises and celebrates the diverse and, in most instances, difficult circumstances that disadvantaged schools (Quintile 1-3) are facing. Consequently, the Star of Stars competition was developed and established in 2016. This competition provides disadvantaged Grade 12 learners from all districts in the Free State an opportunity to showcase their excellence, while motivating them to aspire to achieve more.

Star of Stars Flyer 2022 aplicayion for the 2022 Free State Star of Stars competition open on 1 April 2022.

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Inaugural lecture focuses on spinal surgery

2005-07-25

Prof John Shipley, from the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of the Free State (UFS), will deliver his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 27 July 2005 at 19:00 in the CR Swart Auditorium on campus.

The topic of the lecture is The intervertebral disc: Past, present and future.

Prof Shipley studied medicine at the University of Cape Town. He specialised in Orthopaedic Surgery at the UFS, qualifying in 1981. He remained in the Department as a Consultant and was appointed Associate Professor in 1992. Following a period of private practice in Bloemfontein, he was appointed Head of the Department of Orthopaedics in 2004.

He has specialised in spinal surgery and was chairman of the SA Spine Society in 1993 and 1998. He serves on the Executive Committee of the SA Orthopaedic Association and the College of Surgeons of SA. He was the South African ABC Traveling Fellow to North America in 1986 and has been the main author of two international and eight local publications and two textbook chapters. He has delivered 28 presentations at congresses.

For any enquiries, please contact Ms Joan Nel at (051) 401-9301.

Media release

Issued by:  Lacea Loader
   Media Representative
   Tel: (051) 401-2584
   Cell: 083 645 2454
   E-mail: loaderl.stg@mail.uovs.ac.za

25 July 2005

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