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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.
Symposium on training of health educators presented on UFS Main Campus
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The South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) Free State recently presented a symposium, entitled "Educating the health educator", on the Main Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein. At the symposium were, from the left: Prof. Linda de Jager (Director of the School of Health Technology, Central University of Technology (CUT) and member of the SAAHE Free State Region), Prof. Anita van der Merwe (Head of the UFS School of Nursing and speaker on professional conduct), Prof. André Venter (Head of the UFS Department of Peadiatrics and Children Health and Chairperson of the SAAHE steering committee), Dr Hesta Friedrich Nel (Programme Head of Radiography and Dental Assisting at the CUT and speaker on postgraduate assessment) and Prof. Eli Bitzer (Professor in Higher Education, University of Stellenbosch and guest speaker on postgraduate assessment).
Photo: Stephen Collett
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