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19 April 2023 | Story Kekeletso Takang | Photo Provided

Among the thousands of new graduates obtaining qualifications during the University of the Free State’s (UFS) April graduation ceremony, were twins – Angel and Angelica Eksteen. The duo obtained their Bachelor of Education degrees in the Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching with distinctions during the Faculty of Education ceremony on 18 April 2023. 

Angel says the journey to graduating was challenging, but worth it. “The most fulfilling thing about graduating was seeing the excitement and pride on our aunt and grandmother’s faces, making the challenges worth it.” 

Angelica says their education journey has only just begun. Next in line for the twins is Bachelor of Education honours degrees. “And while we strive towards that, we will be the best teachers in the profession.” 

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UFS experimental farm invests in feed mixer
2006-12-04

The Paradys Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently acquired a feed mixer for the dairy on the farm. The feed mixer, supplied by Keenan, makes it possible to mix food for the fifty Jersey cows in a shorter period of time and less fuel is used in the process. At the delivery of the mixer were, from the left: Mr Gert Kleyngeld (representative of Keenan) and Prof Hentie van der Merwe (lecturer at the UFS Department of Animal- and Wildlife- and Grassland Sciences).

 

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