As a student I wanted to give back to my surrounds. I was in a few volunteer programs but I wanted to do more. For this reason I applied to be part of a course…
Oor wat die rol van Hoër Onderwys (HO) in ons land is, is daar ‘n verskeidenheid menings. Miskien is die sterkste hiervan ‘n mening wat HO – en almal wat daarmee te doen het –…
Students participating in the FVZS Agents of Social Change short course had the opportunity to visit Kayamandi, Cloetesville and Ida’s Valley and to see first-hand both the hardship and the success of individuals from these…
Short course facilitated by Elzet Kirsten and Dr Greg Ricks Second semester 2012 (July-Sep) We will be asking: How do I make sense of and deal with differences between people and groups? How does the…
In the beginning of the year, all the mentors arrive a few days earlier at campus before welcoming begins. Welcoming is like a marathon – so much planning and preparation needs to happen before the…
A dynamic new partnership has been established between Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development (FVZS) and Focus Coaching at the beginning of 2012. The result is the launch of the Advanced Mentoring:…
Die Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Instituut vir Studenteleierskapsontwikkeling (FVZS Instituut) het hierdie jaar (2012) met ‘n splinternuwe inisiatief afgeskop waarin daar aan studente en personeel van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) die geleenthede gebied word wat…
In the final part of the series of Students as agents for social change in an historic context, we were privileged to hear from two men about their contrasting experiences of student activism in the…
~ Breyten Breytenbach“In die donker jare het jy ons hoop en ‘n visie op die toekoms gegee”