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28 Thriving to carve community
VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 1 A word from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal CONVOCATION PRESIDENT MESSAGE
VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 1 Message from Prof Tshilidzi Marwala PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION MESSAGE 2 Message from Prof Boitumelo Diale UJ NEWS 5 UJ team wins 3rd place at the Intervarsity Brewing Competition 5 UJ implements blockchain-based certificates for graduates 6 ABE Bailey Trust awards UK-SA bursary to UJ student 7 School of Tourism and Hospitality Plaque Initiative: Creating world-class facilities for the next generation 8 UJ filmmaker and academic wins Zonta prize at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 11 UJ Doctoral Student Awarded Life-Changing Fulbright Scholarship EVENTS 2 A word from the President of UJ Convocation UJ NEWS 5 A new era of verifying UJ qualifications online 6 UJ’s cutting-edge WhatsApp Chatbot enhances student engagement and support 8 UJ hosts the BRICS Summer School 10 2023 SAICA ITC results affirm UJ as a leader in Accounting Education in South Africa 11 Young UJ engineer wins prestigious NRF award 12 JBS hosts Google Africa Internet Academy 13 Two UJ experts among the world’s top researchers in the fields of electronics and electrical engineering 14 UJ Partners with TUT to lead the way in Artificial Intelligence: Launching the Hub of the AI Institute. EVENTS 16 Formation of UJ’s Chemical Engineering Affinity Group Celebrated 18 SA poised to take advantage of global geopolitical shifts 19 Spotlight on factors shaping the future of the youth 20 UJ Alumni Ghana Chapter launched in Accra 22 Collaborate, learn and confront the barriers – UJ’s call to women in ICT 24 The UJ Convocation AGM 2023 25 13 Learning to thrive in the “new normal” of post-COVID-19 14 Applied Information Systems Alumni Affinity Group launch 13 Law Faculty launches Law Affinity Group 15 UJ launches Zimbabwe alumni chapter 17 Technology drives Generation Z, a generation that wants to be heard 18 Faculty of Health Sciences Affinity Group launch 19 The School of Management open their Alumni Affinity Group 20 Bringing young people on board is important 21 Creating connections and building for the future: Faculty of Education Alumni Affinity Group launch 22 Solving complex security problems in the cybersecurity space FACULTY OF HEALTH SECTION 25 Prof Seheem Khan – building a strong workforce to serve the nation 27 Reimagine the future of medicine and education in the 21st Century of digital technology 29 Prof Heidi Abrahamse appointed to National Health Research Committee 30 Department of Podiatry moving leaps and bounds into the 4th Industrial revolution 32 Technology advances but patients remain at the centre 35 Health innovation makes big strides in 2022 37 Discovery of a two-million-year-old fossil vertebrae 38 Daniella Da Silva, Biomedical Science PhD candidate at the Laser Research Centre, UJ 39 Dr Eric Aniogo an alumnus with a passion for groundbreaking research UJ Alumni Sports Affinity Group Launch FACULTY OF SCIENCE SHOWCASED 28 Thriving to carve community relations in the Faculty of Science 30 Soweto Science Centre a world-renowned science hub for high school learners 32 Biotechnology and Food Technology helps find solutions to challenges facing humankind 34 The Department of Computer Science on carving development and future-focused technology ALUMNI MOVERS AND SHAKERS 38 Robyn Erasmus, UJ interior design student and finalist in the Miss Earth SA competition 40 Hard work and networking – the key to UJ alumni’s stellar trajectory 42 Chevening Scholarship takes Robert to new heights 44 Lethiwe Nzama shines as 2022 Educator of the Year 46 UJ’s Precious Maputle honoured with the 2023 Mail and Guardian ‘Power of Women’ Award 47 A force to be reckoned with: Dr Modi Hlobo makes an Impact with PhD in Accountinging 48 Zama Luthuli, Founder and Managing Director of Everest Strategic Communications HONORARY DOCTORATES 50 UJ honours renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato with Honorary Doctorate PUBLICATIONS 53 UJ Press is proud to announce its two latest publications 54 The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo 55 The Participation Paradox: Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development in South Africa 56 Being Gay is Not All Fabulous: Short stories of black South African gay men 57 Developmental Integration and Industrialisation in Southern Africa INSIGHTS 59 Opinion: To BRICS or not, a crossroad for South Africa 60 Opinion: Growth at all costs? SPORT 63 UJ Wins silver medal in 2023 FNB Varsity Football tournament 64 National call up for UJ Women footballers 65 Gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz books her ticket to 2024 Paris Olympic Games 66 UJ Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards set for a thrilling showdown ALUMNI MOVERS AND SHAKERS 41 UJ makes the NYDA board shine 44 Celebrating our alumni’s excellence through the years 79 Nessisa Ngwenya, Nurse educator and Ms Universe Africa 2019 80 Bernard Zipfel, curator of fossil and rock collections 81 Yalekile Lusibane, CFO at South African Diamonds and Precious Metals Regulator 82 Lt Col Lucky (Nhlanhla) Zuma, Officer Commanding 80 Air Navigation School 83 Masonwabe Fuma: Marketer, Social Entrepreneur and Multi-award winning businessman 85 Anele Sikakana, co-founder and CEO of The Iconic Beverage Company 86 Gcina Nomsa Dlamini: Senior International Trade Manager: Europe & UK at WESGRO HONORARY DOCTORATES 88 UJ Confers Doctorate degree on British sociologist, Prof Michael Burawoy INSIGHTS 90 DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development 92 We rise by lifting others, by Dr Tebogo Mashifana SPORT 95 Former Banyana Banyana player and alumna appointed Assistant Coach for UJ Women’s Senior Football Team 96 Two UJ women’s football maestros called for national Under-17 camp
relations in the Faculty of Science
46 Hard work and networking – the key to UJ alumni’s stellar trajectory 47 A force to be reckoned with: Dr Modi Hlobo makes an Impact
with PhD in Accounting
UJ honours renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato with Honorary Doctorate 50
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