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December graduation ceremony underway

15 November 2022 | Story Valentino Ndaba | Photo Sonia Small

Walk of honour for December graduates

The big day has finally arrived! The December graduation ceremonies will be in full swing on 9 and 12 December. UFS Graduates will do the walk of honour across the stage in the Callie Human Centre on the Bloemfontein Campus.

All the ceremonies will be broadcast on the official UFS YouTube channel. Join the ultimate launch of the festive season as we celebrate the graduates on:

This marks the second in-person graduations following the COVID-19 pandemic's virtual ceremonies.

Graduates are encouraged to share inspiring stories about their unique academic journey or memories on:

socialmedia@ufs.ac.za or news@ufs.ac.za

On the big day, don’t forget to tag us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, using the official hashtag #UFSGraduation2022

For more information visit the Graduation webpage

The following qualifications will be conferred

Date	Time	Faculties: All Qualifications
Friday 9 December 2022	09:00	Education Economic and Management Sciences Law
	14:30	Natural and Agricultural Sciences The Humanities Theology and Religion
Monday 12 December 2022	09:00	Health Sciences

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Kovsies wins the National Cricket Club Championships

2010-10-07

Kovsies who represented Free State at the National Club Championships were, from the left: Obus Pienaar, Patrick Botha, Wiann van Zyl and Juanre van Wyk.

The first cricket team of the University of the Free State (UFS) recently represented the Free State at the National Club Championships. Under the leadership of Rudi Steyn, Free State Provincial Coach, the team came out victoriously and brought back the trophy to the Free State for the first time in eleven years. The games were as follow:

Day 1: UV vs. Pretoria High School Old Boys (Northerns) – won by 17 runs
Day 2: UV vs. Burma Lads (Griqualand West) – won by 122 runs
Day 3: UV vs. Impala (North-West) – won by 3 wickets
Day 4: UV vs. Brackenfell (Boland) – won by 5 runs
Day 5: UV vs. Old Edwardians (Gauteng) – won by 5 wickets
Day 6: UV vs. Crusaders (KwaZulu-Natal) – won by 5 wickets

Three players, Juanre van Wyk, Obus Pienaar, and Patrick Botha, received Man of the Match Awards for games played during the week and Wiann van Zyl, Captain, received the award for the bowler of the tournament. Kovsies was the only team to end the week undefeated.

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