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29 March 2022
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Story Teli Mothabeng
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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.
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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.
UFS Alumni honours four
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Alumni of the University of the Free State (UFS) honoured four former students during a gala event held on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. Here are, from the left: Messrs Deon Meyer (acclaimed South African suspense novel writer), Zingile Dingani (secretary of Parliament), Prof. Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the UFS), Prof. Helena Van Zyl (Director: UFS School of Management) and Mr Corrie van Zyl (assistant coach of the national cricket squad and coach of the Gestetner Diamond Eagles). Messrs Meyer and Dingani received the Cum Laude Award for outstanding service or achievement at local, national or international level, Prof. Van Zyl was awarded the Kovsie Alumni National Management Award for exceptional service to the UFS during 2006 and Mr Van Zyl was awarded the Kovsie Alumnus of the Year 2006 for his outstanding contribution to cricket.
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