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Activities at the University of Pretoria officially started with the academic opening on 15 February. The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership welcomed its first intake of students for the Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Reporting. Another achievement for UP is the selection of the Mae Jemison US Science Reading Room on the Mamelodi Campus as one of seven model American spaces out of a possible 800 worldwide.
The TuksAlumni Office has been involved in a number of events this year already. The rugby season kicked off with the Varsity Cup and well-attended alumni functions were held at both the games that were played at LC de Villiers. The Pretoria East TuksAlumni branch had a meeting with Prof Ronny Webber-Youngman as guest speaker, and economist Dawie Roodt addressed guests at the first business breakfast of the year. Furthermore, TuksClub 60+ held its annual general meeting, and the Golf Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.
AlumNews is a regular column in the TuksAlumni Newsletter in which you can read about the latest achievements of fellow alumni as reported in the media. In this edition, there is news about Prof Fritz Eloff, who published his latest book at the age of 93, and Johann Odendaal’s epic walk from Pretoria to Cape Town.
It may be true that the glass ceiling still exists for female employees. On the other hand, dynamic and determined ladies like Tsidi Luse won’t allow themselves to be limited by anything as transparent and fragile as that ceiling.
This year – 2013 – marks Lizz Meiring’s thirtieth year as a professional artist. This UP alumna and versatile actress – who has played just about everyone from Lady Macbeth in major theatre productions to Lollie le Roux in the fun Afrikaans movie Pretville – wants to commemorate this milestone with her alma mater and other alumni by means of a week-long theatre extravaganza at the end of May 2013.
► 17 May: Sanlam TuksAlumni Golf Day in Stellenbosch ► 21 May: Alumni event in Eersterust, Pretoria ► 3 June: Deadline for Laureate Awards nominations 2013 ► 3 July: Alumni event in New York, USA ► 11 July: Alumni event in Auckland, New Zealand ► 13 & 14 July: UK alumni event: Weekend in Oxford
► 19 July: Alumni event in Windhoek, Namibia
Activities at the University of Pretoria officially started with the academic opening on 15 February. The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership welcomed its first intake of students for the Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Reporting. Another achievement for UP is the selection of the Mae Jemison US Science Reading Room on the Mamelodi Campus as one of seven model American spaces out of a possible 800 worldwide.
The TuksAlumni Office has been involved in a number of events this year already. The rugby season kicked off with the Varsity Cup and well-attended alumni functions were held at both the games that were played at LC de Villiers. The Pretoria East TuksAlumni branch had a meeting with Prof Ronny Webber-Youngman as guest speaker, and economist Dawie Roodt addressed guests at the first business breakfast of the year. Furthermore, TuksClub 60+ held its annual general meeting, and the Golf Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.
AlumNews is a regular column in the TuksAlumni Newsletter in which you can read about the latest achievements of fellow alumni as reported in the media. In this edition, there is news about Prof Fritz Eloff, who published his latest book at the age of 93, and Johann Odendaal’s epic walk from Pretoria to Cape Town.
It may be true that the glass ceiling still exists for female employees. On the other hand, dynamic and determined ladies like Tsidi Luse won’t allow themselves to be limited by anything as transparent and fragile as that ceiling.
This year – 2013 – marks Lizz Meiring’s thirtieth year as a professional artist. This UP alumna and versatile actress – who has played just about everyone from Lady Macbeth in major theatre productions to Lollie le Roux in the fun Afrikaans movie Pretville – wants to commemorate this milestone with her alma mater and other alumni by means of a week-long theatre extravaganza at the end of May 2013.
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