Change the world
ACHIEVER: BTech Chemistry graduate, Kudzanai Nyamayaro, was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Medal. Nyamayaro obtained five out of five distinctions with an aggregate of 82.2%
Monday, 11 April 2016
The world and South Africa is ready for graduates who will make a positive change on all spheres of life.
Nazeer Khalfe, who addressed graduates at the Faculty of Applied Sciences graduation on Monday morning, urged the class of 2016 to not look at life through the lens of only wanting high paid jobs and material items, but to respond to all the challenges facing the world and South Africa.
“The world and South Africa are out of shape,” says Khalfe.
A member of the Hospital Welfare and Muslim Educational Movement, Khalfe says the various challenges facing today’s society can only be addressed through the development of innovative, extraordinary and radical solutions.
Khalfe challenged graduates to think out of the box, take up leadership roles and to shape and bend South Africa in such a way that it is good for all.
The following awards were conferred during the Faculty of Applied Sciences ceremony:
Vice-Chancellor’s Medal: Kudzanai Nyamayaro (BTech Chemistry)
Dean’s Medals: Mubeenah Ahmed (ND: Consumer Science) and Selena Eunice Orango Adewinogo (ND: Analytical Chemistry)
News of CPUT’s extraordinary alumni can be found in our Grad Mag 2016.
Written by Candes Keating
Email: keatingc@cput.ac.za
Provides coverage for the Engineering and Applied Sciences Faculties; the Bellville and Wellington Campuses, and research and innovation news.
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