RECTOR’S OFFICE
Dear Student
The Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University is well placed to contribute towards the
quest for long-term sustainability. Through worldclass education, pioneering research and pertinent
community engagement we are led to ask critical
questions about the ever changing world we find
ourselves in. Our commitment towards serving the
socio-economic needs of our diverse region guides
us to look at challenges in a scientific manner and
to use science to make a profound impact.
In 2014 we once again take up the baton of excellence to ensure sustainable regeneration and
growth by focusing on not only knowledge-transfer,
but also on the implementation of expertise and by
vigorously engaging in local conversations about
the future. It is through this ongoing local conversation that the campus can contribute towards the
search for knowledge and shared social resources.
In short: innovative-enabled change.
As we welcome the new intake of students to our
campus, I am confident that these students have
the potential to achieve unlimited success. As community leaders; artists; educators; critical thinkers;
business executives and technologists they will act
as agents of prosperity and transformation – locally,
nationally and internationally. I am pleased to say
that the Reception and Introduction programme
for new first year students was successfully concluded. This official and approved programme of
the University is based on educational principles,
whilst incorporating the do-values of the University,
so that new students can be optimally introduced
and acclimatised to the campus community. More
than 70% of the programme entails academic and
administrative tasks and issues aimed at orienting
students academically as expeditiously as possible. This includes academic curriculum control,
TAG testing, psychometric testing, library information sessions, administrative processes such as
the registration process, receiving student cards,
etc. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in sports and cultural activities and they are
introduced to the organized student life on campus.
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May 2014 be a memorable year for each and every one of you.
After all, the Vaal Triangle Campus is a place where
voices are amplified, aspirations are visualised and
future success is incubated.