Young leader, this is your time

Learn how you can benefit from the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute for Student Leadership Development by attending its launch seminar on ‘Pragmatic and Ethical Leadership’ on TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2011.

SU students in front of the Education Faculty building

VENUE: SU Conservatorium, Victoria Street, Stellenbosch
TIME: 12:30-17:00

Attendance is free, but reservations are essential due to limited seating. Contact Sanet van Zyl on 021 808 2312 or sanetvz@sun.ac.za  by 24 March 2011.

The challenges of leadership

The year 2011 will be remembered as a time when leadership in Africa and the Middle-East came under close scrutiny; a time when young activists protested totalitarian and corrupt rulers and so affected change in their societies.

Dr Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert

The future growth of South Africa and the rest of our continent depends on competent, ethical, courageous and principled leaders who act in the interest of the communities they serve.

It is no longer enough for universities to just provide graduates with an excellent academic qualification. Stellenbosch University (SU) wants to develop well-rounded thought leaders who have broadened their horizons; young people who are committed to ploughing what they have learnt and experienced back into society.

Next level

This commitment is now being taken to the next level with the establishment of the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute for Student Leadership Development at Stellenbosch University (SU).

Dr Slabbert was the Chancellor of the University from 2008 to 2009, when he had to step down due to illness. He passed away in 2010.

Dr Slabbert was a visionary free-thinker and principled leader. Deeply committed to non-racialism, he devoted decades to building democracy and reducing the polarisation between black and white South Africans.

First of its kind

The FVZS Institute for Leadership Development at Stellenbosch University is the first of its kind in South Africa. It offers programmes to develop and strengthen the leadership of its students, as well as their personal and graduate attributes. It also caters for students from other universities and colleges and school learners.

HOPE Project

The Institute forms part of SU’s HOPE Project, through which the University is using its academic excellence and cutting-edge scientific research to find solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing our country and continent.

The objective of the Institute is to foster ethical leadership and an understanding of students’ role as leaders in an African and global context; and to develop leadership, communication, conceptual and management skills.

Speakers at the seminar:

• Jan Greyling (SRC Chair)
• Reggie Barry (Wilgenhof head student)
• Wiaan Visser (Academic Affairs Council)
• Nadine Moodie (monitor)
• Lovelyn Nwadeyi (student assistant at the FVZS Institute)
• Crystal McIntosch (Leadership House)
• Prof Russel Botman, SU Rector and Vice-Chancellor
• Dr Alex Boraine, Co-founder of Idasa and friend of Dr Slabbert
• Dr Betty Siegel, Emeritus-President, Kennesaw State University, USA
• Ms Prem Coopoo, Dean of Students, Wits University
• Dr Leslie van Rooi, Head of the FVZS Institute
• Mr Jan-Jan Joubert, Political Editor, Rapport
• Mr Simphiwe Sesanti, Journalism lecturer, SU

Attendance is free, but reservations are essential due to limited seating. Contact Sanet van Zyl on 021 808 2312 or sanetvz@sun.ac.za by 24 March 2011.