CUT Annual Report 2011

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The Student Services Section continues to provide quality services to students through various activities on both the Bloemfontein and
Welkom campuses. These services were rendered through the following Student Services operational units: Governance and Student
Life, Residences, Wellness Centre, and Operational Sport.
Leadership training and development
Six highlights in leadership and training of students during the year were:
• An SRC gender equity workshop was held on 20 April 2011.
• An information session was hosted by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal on 8 September 2011 in order to prepare the outgoing SRC
(2010/2011) for the challenges of life beyond the SRC.
• An SRC leadership training and development workshop was held on 8 and 9 September 2011 at the Maselspoort resort.
• SRC explored the activities of the Sustainable Development and Community Service project on 30 September 2011.
• The SRC attended an equity and diversity seminar, as well as a seminar of the Student Transformation Forum, during the second
quarter of 2011.
• Four editions of the student newspaper, Speculum, were published during the year on a quarterly basis, with the editorial team
receiving training from Media24 journalists.
Student Services
The Student Services Section continues to
provide quality service to students through
various activities on both the Bloemfontein
and Welkom campuses. In 2011, these services
were provided through the following operational
units: Governance and Student Life, Residences,
Wellness Centre, and Operational Sport.
The SRC election process, which was
successfully held on 23 August 2011, was
overseen by the Free State provincial office
of the Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) and duly declared free and fair. There
was a marginal increase in voter turnout
on both the Welkom and Bloemfontein
campuses in 2011.