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31 October 2023
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Story Mosa Mofokeng
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To inform, inspire, motivate, and connect!
These are the outcomes that the UFS Department of Alumni Relations wants to achieve through its Alumni Career Connect engagement series.
The series connects pre-alumni with leading alumni who have experience as leaders in various careers, entrepreneurship, personal and professional success.
The content and themes further aim to prepare pre-alumni for the world of work and life beyond graduation.
Dr Roy Jankielsohn is the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Free State Legislature and the DA Free State Provincial Leader. Formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at UFS (1995-2000), he was a Member of Parliament (2000-2006) during which he served as the DA’s Spokesperson on Defence and Safety and Security (Policing).
Join us as we experience Dr Jankielsohn’s personal and professional success.
Date: Thursday, 09 November 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00
Venue: Multilingualism Building (Bloemfontein Campus) and Senate Hall (Qwaqwa Campus)
Academic receives honorary life membership from the Geological Society of South Africa
2009-11-27
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Prof. Gerrit van Tonder (right) from the University of the Free State's (UFS) Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS) recently received an honorary life membership from the Groundwater Division of the Geological Society of South Africa. The membership was given as a token of appreciation for his outstanding service and dedication to furthering the science of groundwater. Prof. Van Tonder is the seventh staff member of the UFS to be honoured in this way by the society. Prof. Jopie Botha (left), also from the IGS, received this membership in 2007.
Photo: Eelco Lukas |