It was a night of celebration for CPUT’s alumni – tinged with a note of sadness and respect as Prof Mazwi-Tanga’s tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the university draws to a close.
Hundreds of graduates, old and new, gathered at a city hotel last week to toast 2013’s heady achievements. These included the establishment of the university’s first Alumni Association in March and the successful launch of 6 alumni chapters in regions of South and Southern Africa.
The evening saw KFM Breakfast Show sports anchor Jeremy Harris, himself an alumnus of the CPUT, regaling the crowds with anecdotes from his student days and raffling off a series of prizes to boost the coffers of the CPUT Bursary Fund. Alumni officers Valerie Deelman, Nandi Madadasana and Francois Jooste were delighted at the attendance and enthusiasm of alumni and promise that this year’s successes are just the beginning of a new era in alumni relations.
They collectively extended heartfelt thanks to those who attended for making the event such a roaring success. “It was an honour to spend time with some of our finest alumni, and deeply gratifying to see the new faces in amongst the old faithful”, they say.
In addition to the fun, R4 500 was raised through the support of the various raffles – a real boost for the Bursary Fund which helps deserving students finance their futures.
Alumni Association chairperson, Jeff Daniels, says many more such events are planned across the country and region in 2014 as part of the drive to give back to the university using the professional resources, networks and goodwill of CPUT’s graduates.
For further information on joining and supporting the Alumni Association or the Bursary Fund, please contact the Alumni Office on 021 460 3389. Photographs of the night’s festivities can be viewed on the CPUT Alumni Facebook page here .
Written by Janyce Weintrob
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