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GEORGE NEWS & VIDEO - The Nelson Mandela University (NMU) George Campus held its annual Open Days career exhibitions on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 May, providing learners across the Southern Cape with an opportunity to explore what the university has to offer.
Acting principal David Alexandra explained that the Open Days provide a platform for the university to inform students and other stakeholders.
"This way people can understand what the requirements for admission to our courses are, so that they can plan ahead knowing what targets they must meet to secure an entrance to our university," she said.
According to Alet van Tonder, NMU manager of communications and stakeholder liaison, close to a thousand people attended the open days. This includes high school learners, educators, TVET students from various campuses in the region and parents.
"The visitors engaged with current students, lecturers and staff from the university's support units over the two days. While most of the visitors came from George and the surrounding towns, quite a number came from as far as Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Cape Town, East London and Port Elizabeth to obtain information about the niche programmes offered at the George Campus and to experience in person this unique campus in the heart of the picturesque Garden Route," she said.
The George Campus acting principal, David Alexander (in check shirt), congratulates the delighted team from the winning 2018 Open Day stall on Saturday. From left are students on duty Amoure Robinson, Eileen Jooste and Marita Burger, Alexander, the programme coordinator for Nature Conservation and Game Ranch Management Dr Jan Venter, and students Tiaan Strydom and Zanri Schoeman.
Learners and guests were invited to an orientation session where valuable study information was shared before they actually visited the Open Day stalls.
"Those who had already made up their minds to study at the university were assisted by the university's Admissions Office to submit their applications for 2019 studies online. Learners were also assisted with a pre-screening evaluation to assess if they met the criteria for the particular programmes they are interested in, or were advised of alternative options if necessary," said Van Tonder.
George Campus student council chairperson, Obi Udochukwu, and fellow members of the student council share information to aspiring young "Madibaz" all the way from Uniondale. Photo: provided
As is customary, stalls were also adjudicated in terms of the professional execution of the exhibit, and how well they managed to get across the essence of the particular programme or service represented.
The adjudicating team included Lorinda Hakimi, manager of the George Museum, Zolani Sinxo, Editor: Idinga and journalist at Group Editors; and Pedro Oliphant, manager for economic development at the George Municipality.
David Alexandra (middle), acting NMU George Campus principal, chats to learners about career development. Photos: Zolani Sinxo
The Nature Conservation and Game Ranch Management Stall (School of Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science) scooped the first prize, with the School of Accounting (Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences) claiming the second place, followed by the stall of the Veldfire Management programme which is, like Nature Conservation, a niche offering of the university within the School of Natural Resource Management.
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