Tukkievaria 1 2017

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Tukkievaria Staff Newsletter | Personeelnuusbrief | Ditaba TĹĄa BaĹĄomi April 2017 Volume 35 Number 1 | April 2017 Volume 35 Nommer 1 | Moranang 2017 KgatiĹĄo 35 Nomoro 1

Inside 02 Bob Miller receives award

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Welcome Day 2017

Wildlife Science

Welcome Day, one of the most important days on the University's academic calendar, when we formally receive our first year students and their parents or guardians as part of the UP family and community, took place at the beginning of this year.

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The hugely successful event boasted two packed sessions during which first-year students were formally welcomed to the University with inspirational words from Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Cheryl de la Rey.

New Head of Animal and

Olympians Honoured

There was also some practical advice from the chairperson of the temporary student committee, Mr Henrico Barnard. Guests were

entertained by the Tuks Camerata choir, who performed a variety of pieces from their award-winning repertoire. After the formal academic procession, Prof Tinyiko Maluleke, Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, delivered the opening remarks and introduced the members of the executive, the deans and Mr Barnard. In her address, Prof De la Ray expressed her appreciation for the fact that so many of the students joining the University this year were second- or even third-generation Tukkies. She was heartened by the inter-generational continuity and that so many parents and families have chosen to entrust the University with the future of their children.

Pictures from top clockwise: Prof Norman Duncan greeting parents. Student Representative Council 2017. Vice-Chancellor, Prof de la Ray delivering her address. Guests arriving into hall and being welcomed by UP staff. The Academic Procession arriving onto stage.


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