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Dr Maye Musk
Dr Maye Musk, founder of the Dr Maye Musk Scholarship for deserving master’s students who intend to study Nutrition or Dietetics at the UFS Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. The photo was taken on the Bloemfontein Campus during the conferral of an honorary degree (DDiet [h.c.]) upon Dr Musk in April 2023.

The University of the Free State (UFS) is proud to announce the establishment of the Dr Maye Musk Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship aims to support deserving master’s students who intend to study Nutrition or Dietetics at the university’s Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.

The Dr Maye Musk Scholarship represents a significant step towards providing support for top-achieving students who wish to pursue a full-time master’s degree. This scholarship not only empowers the next generation of researchers but also enables the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics to expand its innovative work in maternal and child nutrition, particularly in maternal and infant body composition analysis.

“Studies in this field have the potential to revolutionise our understanding of how nutritional factors influence maternal and infant health outcomes, leading to more effective interventions and policies.  By advancing research in this crucial area, the scholarship helps address critical public health challenges, ultimately contributing to healthier communities and improved quality of life for mothers and children worldwide,” says Prof Corinna Walsh from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.

“The UFS, and in particular the Faculty of Health Sciences, is immensely proud of the university’s association with Dr Musk and this hugely positive contribution to our students. Dr Musk’s commitment to fostering education and providing opportunities for students is truly commendable.

Similarly, her support is a welcome vote of confidence in the excellent work that our Department of Nutrition and Dietetics is doing, and I am sure it will enhance their profile nationally and globally as well,” says Prof Francis Petersen, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the UFS.

“The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics extends its deepest gratitude to Dr Musk for her generous support and commitment to the field. Dr Musk, an internationally renowned dietitian and nutritionist, received an honorary doctorate (DDiet [h.c.]) from the UFS in April 2023 – marking the first-ever honorary doctorate in dietetics awarded by the university,” said Prof Walsh.

The scholarship will provide annual financial support to two master’s students for a total of two years. This will enable the UFS to attract and retain excellent students and encourage contributions to the university, which will benefit students for years to come.

For more information and the application process – also if members of the public would like to contribute to the scholarship in acknowledgement of Dr Musk’s many accomplishments and the expansion of opportunities for deserving students to study Dietetics at the UFS – please contact Prof Walsh at walshcm@ufs.ac.za.

Dr Musk was accepted to study for a Diploma in Hospital Dietetics at the Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein in the early 1980s. Following her diploma, she was awarded a bursary to pursue a Master of Science at the UFS. "Being a Doctor of Dietetics is the ultimate goal after dedicating my life to dietetics and nutritional sciences,” Dr Musk said on receiving her honorary doctorate. “I learned so much during my time at the UFS about nutrition-related chronic diseases, which helped me for the rest of my life in my dietetics private practice."

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Twee broers lewer intreerede
2004-06-10

‘n Unieke geleentheid sal homself môre, 9 Junie 2004, voordoen wanneer twee broers - proff Francois en Janse Tolmie - tydens dieselfde geleentheid hul intreeredes aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat (UV) sal lewer.

Prof Francois Tolmie is verbonde aan die UV se Departement Nuwe Testament en die onderwerp van sy lesing is Die impak van die metodologie op die verstaan van die Nuwe Testament. Prof Janse Tolmie, sy jonger broer, is verbonde aan die UV se Departement Rekenaarwetenskap en Informatika en die onderwerp van sy lesing is Die rol van inligtingstegnologie in kennisbestuur.

Hoewel die studievelde vér verwyderd staan, klop die twee broers se missies wat betref die terugploeg van die verworwe vakkennis ten bate van die gemeenskap. Prof Francois Tolmie is nóú betrokke by dowes en Prof Janse Tolmie tap weer kunsmatige intelligensie ten bate van die mediese wetenskap en geestesgesondheid.

Prof Francois Tolmie verwerf die grade BA, BA Honneurs (Grieks), MA (Grieks), B Th en M Th almal cum laude aan die UV. In 1992 verwerf hy 'n D Th (Nuwe Testament) en in 2004 'n Ph D (Grieks) aan dieselfde universiteit. Na sy militêre diens as kapelaan in Walvisbaai aanvaar hy 'n beroep na die NG-gemeente Walvisbaai. Hy begin sy akademiese loopbaan op 1 April 1990 as senior lektor in die Departement Nuwe Testament en word in 1999 tot medeprofessor en in 2003 tot professor bevorder.

Sy navorsingspesialiteit is die Johannesevangelie en die Brief aan die Galasiërs. Hy is tesourier van die Nuwe Testamentiese Werksgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika, lid van die Society of Biblical Literature en die Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, redakteur van Acta Theologica en assistent-redakteur van Neotestamentica. Hy het reeds 34 artikels in geakkrediteerde tydskrifte gepubliseer, asook drie populêr-wetenskaplike boeke en talle bydraes in populêr-wetenskaplike boeke. Hy het twee akademiese boeke in die buiteland gepubliseer - onderskeidelik in Nederland en in die VSA. Later vanjaar verskyn 'n derde akademiese boek in Duitsland. Hy is ook een van die vertalers van die Afrikaanse Bybel vir Dowes.

Prof Janse Tolmie verwerf die grade B Sc, B Sc (Hons) en M Sc (Cum Laude) in Rekenaarwetenskap aan die UV.

Hy is vanaf 1989 betrokke by die UV en was ook ’n dosent aan die Militêre Akademie in Saldanhabaai in 1990/91 en het klas gegee by DePaul Universiteit in Chicago in 2002.

In 1992 is hy vir ses maande gesekondeer na ’n patologiese firma, Van Drimmelen en Vennote, in Johannesburg vir die ontwikkeling van kennisgebaseerde sagteware. Met hierdie projek word hy een van slegs ’n handjievol navorsers in die wêreld wat daarin kon slaag om ’n mediese kundigheidstelsel te ontwikkel wat werklik gebruik word.

Hy verwerf sy Ph D in 1994 en in 1994/95 doen hy navorsing aan die Besigheidskool van Carleton Universiteit in Ottawa, Kanada. Hy word in 1997 bevorder tot mede-professor en in 2003 tot volprofessor. Vanaf 2003 tree hy op as departementele voorsitter van die UV se Departement Rekenaarwetenskap en Informatika.

Hy het meer as 30 publikasies al die lig laat sien, insluitend verskeie internasionale kongresbydraes en artikels in geakkrediteerde joernale. Hy was ook vir 2 siklusse geëvalueer by die NRF. Sy portfolio sluit in die ontwikkeling van sagteware of prototipes vir groot maatskappye soos Van Drimmelen en Vennote en Bayer Diagnostics (VSA). Sy privaatbesigheid fokus op die ontwikkeling van nismarksagteware vir tersiêre instellings. Die sagteware word tans gebruik deur afdelings aan verskeie universiteite in Suid-Afrika.

Die geleentheid vind om 19:00 in die CR Swart-ouditorium op die kampus plaas.

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