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UFS to cap more than eight thousand graduands

27 March 2023 | Story Valentino Ndaba

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.

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Workshops in copy writing

2005-10-06

The Department of Communication and Information Studies in partnership with the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the University of the Free State (UFS) this week presented several work shops in copy writing primarily for students studying Integrated Marketing Communication.

The course in copy writing presented at the UFS expanded in such a way that partnerships and interdisciplinary cooperation with other parties such as the graphic design school DCM, the marketing agency Twotone, two national radio stations, RSG and SAFm and the Department of Music at the UFS were formed.

Some of the people involved in the interdisciplinary partnership who attended the workshop are from left Dr Angelique van Niekerk (Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French at the UFS), Mr Jacques Coetzee (Marketing Manager at RSG), Mr Jeré Möller (associated to DCM Graphic Design School and post graduate student in Media Language at the UFS), Ms Dalmé Mulder (lecturer at the UFS Department of Communication and Information Studies) and Mr Anton Esterhuyse (lecturer in Music Technology at the UFS Department of Music.

Lacea Loader
Media Representative
Strategic Communication Division
University of the Free State
PO Box 339
BLOEMFONTEIN, 9300
Tel: (051) 401-2584
Fax: (051) 444-6393

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