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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)
Prof Basie Verster received the Distinguished International Fellow award
2006-05-24
Prof Basie Verster, Departmental Chairperson of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, received the Distinguished International Fellow award from the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) during the world congress held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prof Verster was chairperson of the ICEC for the past two years. Five members of the UFS Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, including Prof Verster, delivered papers at the world congress.
From the left are Dr Corné de Leeuw (President of the African Association of Quantity Surveying who received the Directors Award of Appreciation for his contributions to Africa) and Prof Verster.