Third Business Graduation
DIGNITARIES: Vice Chancellor Prof L V Mazwi-Tanga with Deputy Vice Chancellor-Academic Prof Anthony Staak and guest speaker Casper de Villiers
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
“Never, ever stop learning!”
These were the words of Casper de Villiers, founder and Operations Director at Clickatell, the world’s most trusted mobile messaging platform.
He was speaking at the Second Ceremony of the faculty of Business held on the Cape Town campus of CPUT this morning.
Hundreds of students received their National Diplomas and BTech degrees in Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting, Financial Information Systems, Internal Auditing and Office Management and Technology.
Guest speaker De Villiers, an alumnus of CPUT, completed his studies in Retail Business Management in 1994. He’s now responsible for Clickatell’s complete global messaging supply chain and has played a key role in developing the world-class service centre that currently services customers around the globe.
He gave an inspiring speech to the packed auditorium, spelling out several key pointers to success in today’s ever-changing business world. “Don’t let the opinions of others cloud your inner voice, and when you make a mistake, get up, and start over again until you get it right. Don’t live somebody else’s dream and be excellent in your job –if you don’t enjoy your job, you can never excel at it.”
To rousing applause, de Villiers implored his audience to put products and people before profits, to draw on one’s family and friends for support and to give back to the community once success has been achieved.
Graduation ceremonies in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Education and Social Sciences and Information and Design continue this evening on the Bellville campus, while the third and final ceremony of the Business Faculty takes place on Wednesday at the Cape Town campus at 10am.
BY JAN WEINTROB
Picture by CLIVE GALANT
Written by CPUT News
Email: news@cput.ac.za
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