English:
What I would like to achieve in my Term:
Active community members:
To be at Stellenbosch University is a unique opportunity and a great privilege. Stellenbosch is not just a university; we are a community that offers many opportunities to learn and grow. Therefore I want to encourage every Silene lady be an active member, not only in Silene but also the rest of community: seize new opportunities, because now is your chance to discover a new world, new friends and new possibilities.
Sisterhood:
The student life of private resident students who are not part of the immediate social network that residences offer, can quickly become overwhelming and lonely and longing back home to make the times even more difficult. Therefore my focus for 2015 is to advance sisterhood in our home under our ladies.
I would like to see that all our new ladies feel that although they may be far away from home, that they still have an older sister and second family who will support them throughout their entire student life … through the tough academic times the emotional struggles, for advice, an emergency number to call on, even just for a cup coffee and company
I know from personal experience that I would not be where I am today without the sisterhood and support I get from my fellow ladies. I went from a lost and insecure student who sometimes just wanted to go home, until I decided to step out of my comfort zone and became more actively involved in the wonderful opportunities and activities that the PSO offers. The result is that I am now in my last year at Stellenbosch University as a mature young lady with a lot of confidence Iooking back to wonderful student years, with big dreams and great opportunities ahead of me!
Now is my chance to give back to Silene!
Always remember that over 20 years you will be more disappointed about what you did not do than for what you did. And if you do not now try to accomplish more, you might never know what you’re capabilities.
Afrikaans:
Wat ek in my termyn wil bereik:
Aktiewe en betrokke studente:
Om op Stellenbosch te wees is unieke geleentheid en ‘n groot voorreg, en daarom wil ek elke Silene dame aanmoedig en motiveer om die geleentheid ten volle te benut! Stellenbosch is nie net ‘n universiteit nie; ons is ook ‘n gemeenskap wat baie kanse bied om te leer en te groei. Daarom wil ek elke Silene-dame aanmoedig om by ons PSO en sy aktiwiteite betrokke te raak: gryp nuwe geleenthede aan, want nou is jou kans om nuwe ‘n wêreld, nuwe vriende en nuwe moontlikhede te ontdek.
Susterskap:
Die studente-lewe van ‘n privaat-wonende student wat nie deel is van onmiddellike sosiale netwerk wat ‘n koshuis bied nie, kan vinnig oorweldigend en eensaam voel, en die verlange terug huistoe maak die tye ook moeiliker. Daarom is my hoof-fokus vir 2015 om susterskap in ons huis en onder ons dames te bevorder.
Ek wil graag sien dat elke nuwe dame voel dat alhoewel hulle dalk ver weg van die huis is, hulle in Silene nog ‘n ouer suster en tweede familie het wat hulle sal ondersteun regdeur hul hele studente-lewe… deur die moeilike akademiese tye, die emosionele stryde, vir advies, ‘n noodnommer om op te druk, maar ook net vir n koppie koffie of geselskap.
Ek weet uit persoonlike ondervinding dat ek nie vandag hier sou wees sonder die susterskap en ondersteuning wat ek van my mede-dames gekry het nie. Ek het gegaan van ‘n verlore en onseker student wat soms net wou huistoe gaan, tot iemand wat besluit het om my buite my gemaksone te begewe deur betrokke te raak by my mede-studente en Silene se vele aktiwiteite. Die gevolg is dat ek nou in my laaste jaar as ‘n volgroeide jong dame met baie selfvertroue kan terugkyk op wonderlike studente jare, met groot drome van die geleenthede wat vorentoe vir my wag!
Nou is my kans om vir Silene terug te gee!
Onthou altyd dat oor 20 jaar jy meer teleurgesteld sal wees oor dit wat jy nie gedoen het nie as oor dit wat jy wel gedoen het. En as jy nie nou probeer om meer te vermag nie, sal jy dalk nooit weet waartoe jy in staat was nie.
