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STUDY WITH US
WELCOME MESSAGE FOR 2010 FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR
It gives me
great pleasure to welcome staff and students to Walter Sisulu University
in 2010. We are indeed living in groundbreaking times as we celebrate
this year - the first decade of the new millennium.
2010 will see a global focus upon South Africa as the
FIFA World Cup is played for the first time in history on the African
continent. Our much-celebrated democracy, our unique South African
lifestyle, our rich heritage, natural assets and striking contrasts and
most particularly, our diverse peoples, will be showcased to the world.
This gives our nation an unequalled opportunity to market the unique
wealth that we can offer the world and its investors.
2010 also celebrates the fifth year of the establishment
of Walter Sisulu University. The transformation of the higher education
landscape which through institutional mergers and
incorporations aimed to create a more equitable dispensation, has
settled into its new role.
The WSU brand is now well established and strongly
represented in both the rural and urban areas of the Eastern Cape. WSU
continues to gain momentum, grow in stature, garner respect and build
relentlessly upon the strong foundations set in July 2005 through the
merger of three institutions of higher education in the Eastern Cape.
WSU holds a powerful mandate and a daunting
responsibility as the largest university in the Eastern Cape, to play a
major role in the development of the Province's greatest asset, its
peoples. The emphasis of our newly-elected government has shifted
towards stronger rural development and WSU is strategically and strongly
positioned to play a positive role in carrying out its mandate.
WSU is about people. WSU is about in particular:
students, staff and the diverse communities it serves. Each of you who
will be representing and carrying the WSU brand through 2010 takes
responsibility to deliver on our mandate. We shall be judged by future
generations on the decisions and actions we take this year. I therefore
encourage each and every one who is part of WSU in 2010, to continue to
strengthen the work begun five years ago when the WSU flag was hoisted
for the first time on 1 July, 2005.
It is the thoughts and actions of individuals which when
compounded, build the character of a brand. We have travelled a long and
strenuous journey to the point where we stand today and I look forward
to a year together with you, of bold decisions, brave actions,
commitment and hard work, pride and achievement.
I wish you all a successful year ahead and trust we shall
reap rich reward from our collective endeavours.
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