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27 March 2023
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Story Valentino Ndaba
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This year, the University of the Free State will witness one of its biggest graduation seasons yet. A total of 19 ceremonies will take place this April. The Qwaqwa Campus will host four ceremonies from 14 to 15 April and the Bloemfontein Campus will host fifteen celebrations from 18 to 22 April 2023.
A grand total of 8 628 graduates will walk across the stage throughout the seven days. In addition, four honorary doctorates will also be conferred. Prof Stephen Brown will be awarded the Council Medal, Prof Mattheus Lötter is to receive the Chancellor's Medal.
Qwaqwa Campus Graduation Ceremonies
Bloemfontein and South Campus Graduation Ceremonies
For more information on guides and attires, click here.
Download the graduation schedule
here.
Renowned historian visits Department of History
2012-05-30
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| With Prof. Saul Debow (middle) are (left) Dr Jan-Ad Stemmet, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, and Prof. André Wessels, Head of the Department. |
Famed historian Prof. Saul Debow, from the University of Sussex, recently visited the Department of History. He gave a talk on South Africa's history of human rights. Prof. Debow, who studied at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford, has published widely on the development of racial segregation and apartheid. His teaching and research concentrates mainly on the history of modern South Africa from the early nineteenth century to the present.