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Invitation: Alumni Career Connect with special guest Dr Roy Jankielsohn

31 October 2023 | Story Mosa Mofokeng

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)

RSVP or sign up here.

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UFS exceeds record at spring graduation ceremony

2006-09-11

The University of the Free State (UFS) will award 1 048 degrees and diplomas to students from the Vista and Main campuses this year during the spring graduation ceremony. This is 163 more degrees and diplomas than last year.

Due to the increase in numbers, this year’s spring graduation ceremony will be held over two days. In the past degrees and diplomas were awarded in one day.

Altogether, 606 degrees, 413 diplomas and 29 doctorates will be awarded. The diploma ceremony will take place on Wednesday 13 September 2006 at 14:30 and the graduation ceremonies will take place on Thursday 14 September 2006 at 08:30 and 14:30.

On Thursday 14 September 2006 at 08:30, 176 degrees and 9 doctorates will be awarded in the Faculty of Humanities, 48 degrees and 1 doctorate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, 29 degrees and 2 doctorates in the Faculty of Law and 7 degrees in the Faculty of Theology.

At 14:30 that same day 198 degrees and 1 doctorate will be awarded in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and 148 degrees and 16 doctorates in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

Both ceremonies will be presented in the Callie Human Centre on the Main Campus.

Media release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Media Representative
Tel: (051) 401-2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl.stg@mail.uovs.ac.za
8 September 2006

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