UKZN Volleyball teams doing what they do best! UKZN Volleyball is off to a flying start at the AQUA DARSHAN SUPER 16, with our teams playing some exciting volleyball! UKZN male and female teams thrilled their supporters as they both took gold at the first tournament of the series at Nkanini Sports Centre in Hibberdene on the KwaZulu-Natal South coast on 3 June.
Members of the UKZN SRC help distribute sandwiches to students. The UKZN Food Security Programme (UKZN-FSP) is taking proactive steps to address student food insecurity through the Sandwich-A-Day initiative that runs across all five campuses daily for the duration of the June examinations.
From left: Dr Laurencia Govender with ADSA President, Ms Maria van der Merwe, and fellow Recognition Award recipient, Dr Chantell Witten of the University of the Western Cape.Dr Laurencia Govender, a senior lecturer in UKZN’s Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, received the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA) Recognition Award in the Young Dietitian category at the 2023 Nutrition Congress, hosted by ADSA and the Nutrition Society of South Africa (NSSA) for going above and beyond the call of duty in representing and developing the profession.
Scenes from the visit to the homeless shelter.Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya, Academic Leader and Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment, and Development Studies recently took a fieldtrip to the Durban CBD with his honours class to conduct a skills audit among the homeless.
ELET and UTLO staff during the handover of donated laptops.In line with Goal 4 of the UKZN Strategic Plan 2023-2032, (high-impact societal and stakeholder community engagement), the UKZN Teaching and Learning Office (UTLO) participates in various community engagement activities. One of its community engagement strategies is to partner with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that support and empower the youth and disadvantaged community members in teaching, learning, and social development.
Self-Love is your superpower!Click here for isiZulu version
During the month of June, the College of Health Science’s Public Relations team introduced a campaign to encourage staff and students to “Celebrate You”.
Scholar and small-scale farmer, Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN Academic Leader and Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya was invited to attend the launch of an award-winning documentary, The Last Seed, in Cape Town at the historic Homecoming Centre.
Highlights from the GMK 2023 Event.
SOBEDS class and their design.UKZN School of Built Environment and Development Studies first-year Architecture students exhibited their handcrafted furniture for a project entitled: Sit Space: A Safe Space to Sit, in which they created furniture from Masonite boards for students to have a place to relax and socialise or retreat.
Highlights from the MIRA awards held to celebrate and encourage innovation at municipalities. UKZN, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and South African Local Government Association (SALGA), hosted the inaugural Municipal Innovation Recognition Awards (MIRA) at Umhlanga’s Coastlands Hotel on Friday, 9 June 2023.
Highlights from the KwaNongoma event.Click here for isiZulu version
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Humanities, Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize, and several senior academics and public relations officials were recently hosted by uMntwana (Prince) Bhekizizwe Zeblon Zulu and his younger brother, uMntwana (Prince) Fani Zulu of the Zulu Royal Family at a thanksgiving celebration at Ekuvukeni, KwaNongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Interim EMAP committee undertaking Situational Analysis.
BAQONDE hosts a debriefing workshop on staff mobility programmes. Click here for isiZulu version
BAQONDE, a collaborative capacity-building project between South African and European Higher Education Institutions used to facilitate and promote the use of indigenous African languages as a medium of instruction in tertiary institutions, hosted an all-day workshop to reflect on staff mobility programmes.
Flow Cytometry expert, Professor Bongani Nkambule.Professor Bongani Nkambule, academic leader of Research within the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences (SLMMS), said he was excited and felt fortunate to be selected to be part of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) - the longest-running cohort study in the USA - and to work in the world’s leading National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Platelet Biology laboratory under the mentorship of Dr Andrew Johnson, a top-rated and exceptional NHLBI Senior Investigator.
UKZN Convocation visits Anton Lembede MST Academy.
Ms Seipati Mokhosi (far right) and her students hand over donations to the Baby House Westville.Click here for isiZulu version
In a world where compassion and empathy often take a back seat, second-year students in the School of Life Sciences, Biochemistry Discipline at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) recently demonstrated their compassion and dedication to making a difference in their community.
