UKZN alumni and staff members at one of the lunches.“Class Notes” Appreciation Alumni Lunches
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The call for Class Notes for the alumni publication UKZNTouch in 2021 elicited a bumper 140 submissions.
Class Notes are brief profiles submitted by alumni on what they are currently doing, where they are located and what they have achieved.
On reading the submissions the Alumni Relations team was struck by the alumni’s impressive achievements, with many holding important positions in companies, starting successful businesses and having very interesting careers whether it be locally or internationally.
The number of high-profile positions held by alumni internationally is a testament to the quality of UKZN qualifications and the calibre of our graduates abroad. Locally-based graduates had equally interesting career paths and the Alumni Relations team decided to meet some of those based in KwaZulu-Natal to thank them for submitting profiles and to get to know them better.
Two successful lunches were held in Durban in August, with some alumni having travelled from as far afield as the Richards Bay area and Kokstad. It is hoped that such interactions will lead to further collaboration between these alumni and UKZN.
As one remarked: ‘It was a great event and we hope to be an asset to our University in the future in programmes like incubation, mentoring, etc that take UKZN forward. This University is so dear to me. I hold two qualifications from UKZN and want to see it becoming the top university on a national stage.’
Further meetings are planned in other regions for alumni who could not travel to Durban.
Words: Finn Christensen
Photographs: Nomcebo Msweli and Grimaldi’s staff member