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Adam Tas Strand R44 Dorp Market Alexander Oom Samie se winkel Bird 1 | WELCOMING PROGRAMME message: dean of students for new students and their parents 2012 Dear new Matie I hope that, when you receive this booklet, you are already burning with excitement to become part of the Matie community here at Stellenbosch University. We have prepared everything necessary to welcome you in true Matie fashion and to get your academic journey started as smoothly as possible. It is extremely important for you (and your parents) to study this booklet carefully and to make sure of the set times and assembly points that apply to you. The official welcoming week for new first-year students will be from Thursday 26 January to Saturday 4 February 2012, with academic classes starting on Monday 6 February 2012. On the first day, the Welcoming Matie with the full programme will be handed out to new students at their respective residences as well as at the Private Student Organisation (PSO) meetings. The programme will also be available on the web at www.sun.ac.za/welcome. Welcome to Stellenbosch University. – Dr Llewellyn MacMaster Dean of Students Chairperson: Welcoming Programme Committee 3 | table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Message: Dean of Students 1 Message: Rector 5 HOPE Project 6 Sustainability 9 What to know and what to expect 11 Registration and access tests 12 Listening, learning and living communities, and clusters 13 Welcoming at Danie Craven Stadium 14 Outline of the welcoming programme 15 Parents’ meeting with deans 16 Faculty programmes 17 For Tygerberg campus map, please see p 20 in Afrikaans section Faculty programme: Health Sciences 21 Sports club meetings 22 Important general information 23 Campus Health Service 27 SU Risk and Protection Services (USBD) 28 Emergency numbers 29 University jargon 31 Map of Stellenbosch campus 32 design: heloïse davis l [email protected] /&8 /&8-"1501Ç Access to a pc is indispensable for you as a student. With your own laptop – t ZPVDBOTUVEZBOZXIFSFBOEDPOOFDUUPUIFXJSFMFTTOFUXPSLXIFSFBWBJMBCMF t ZPVIBWFBDDFTTUPBMMUIFMJCSBSZSFTPVSDFT t ZPVEPOUIBWFUPXBJUBUDPNQVUFSVTFSBSFBTPODBNQVTGPSBO BWBJMBCMFQD t ZPVIBWFFBTZBDDFTTUPNZNBUJFTDPNGPSTUVEZNBUFSJBM OPUJDFTBOE ZPVSSFTVMUT PODBNQVTBOEBUIPNF t ZPVIBWFDPOWFOJFOUBDDFTTUPUIFJOUFSOFU t ZPVIBWFZPVSTPDJBMOFUXPSLTXJUIZPVXIFSFWFSZPVBSF 'PUP)FOOJF3VENBOO #ZNFBOTPGBDPVOUSZXJEFTUVEFOUMBQUPQJOJUJUBUJWFDPNQFUJUJWFQSJDFTGPSMBQUPQTXFSFOFHPUJBUFE :PVIBWFUPCFBQSPTQFDUJWFPSDVSSFOUTUVEFOUXJUIBTUVEFOUOVNCFSUPRVBMJGZ XXXTVOBD[BTUVEFOU*5tMBQUPQ!TVOBD[Bt 456%&/5-"1501*/*5*"5 *7& Dear Matie 5 | A warm welcome to the Matie family, and congratulations on choosing to study at Stellenbosch University (SU). message: rector Probably some of the reasons for this choice are the excellent academic education that you will receive here – an investment in your future career – and the top-notch student life. That is the Matieland experience! SU’s stimulating environment is based on a system of values of mutual respect and human dignity. Thanks to this foundation, you can live life to the full here, both intellectually and culturally, and make the University your own. Matieland is known for intense debating about matters that lie close to the heart, and it is a place where we foster innovative thought and responsible leadership. We want to develop your potential fully so that you can excel and help to make the world a better place. Exciting new experiences await you, and to help things run smoothly, I would like to recommend this booklet, as well as the Welcoming Matie, which you will receive on your arrival on campus in January 2012. Our welcoming programme has been carefully designed to meet all your needs, and that is why you are expected to attend all sessions relevant to your academic programme. Please read this booklet carefully and bring it along to campus in January. The academic introduction is the most important aspect of the programme, because we are first and foremost an academic institution. If you make full use of all the information sessions, you will be thoroughly prepared when your lectures start. Participating in associations, sport and social life also forms part of settling in. Gradually become involved in such a way that you develop your interests and talents, and make a contribution to the multi-faceted Matieland experience. For those of you who are going to live in University accommodation, there will be the extra dimension of sharing your daily life with many other students. May it be an enriching experience for you. Remember, however, that you need not feel obligated to join in any group or residence activity. Participation is an individual choice. If you have any concerns about an activity, feel free to decline participation in an honest and friendly manner. Also feel at liberty to report complaints to the Division of Student Affairs, the welcoming programme supervisors, mentors, members of the House Committee (Huiskomitee) or the Students’ Representative Council (SRC). If the problem is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may direct your complaint to the Vice-Rector: Teaching and the University’s Ombudsman. Contact details are provided in this booklet and on the University’s website. Stellenbosch University launched the HOPE Project in 2010. It is rooted in our core functions of teaching and learning, research and community interaction, but it also has many other dimensions as well. Our research focuses on Africa, but with a global impact and on an international standard. Read more about the HOPE Project in this booklet or at www.thehopeproject.co.za. Get involved or support your favourite initiative by becoming an online activist. Student success is one of the HOPE Project’s strategic initiatives. We are a leader in the field of support for especially first-year students, and we boast one of the highest first-year pass rates in the country. Make sure that you know about the assistance on offer and where you should seek help. If you work hard and make use of this support, there should be no reason for you not to be successful in your studies. Just recently, we launched a project in cooperation with other universities to enable our students to purchase laptop computers at competitive prices. Read more about that in this booklet. I trust that, in the coming years, you will form lasting ties with your fellow students, and draw maximum benefit from the opportunities at your disposal, so that one day you will be able to look back appreciatively to your time here as the best years of your life. With best wishes Prof H Russel Botman Rector and Vice-Chancellor 9 | play YOUR PART in SUSTAINABILITY! sustainability ‘Green’ or sustainable living is more than just a buzzword; Play your part: it is a responsibility we all share. No matter how small your n Read your documents on the computer screen instead of contribution, just make sure you contribute – every bit helps. printing them. Stellenbosch University regards sustainability as an integral n Switch off your computer monitor when you have finished part of all the University’s core functions. using it instead of using a screen saver. n Switch off the light when you leave a room. In its broadest sense, sustainability entails the impact of n Remove power plugs (such as a cellphone charger) from the activities on people, society and the economy. This is closely wall socket if not used. They continue to consume energy linked to the essence of a university, as our core functions of when they remain plugged in. teaching and learning, research and community interaction are For more energy-saving tips, visit www.sun.ac.za > Facilities people-based. Add to that the large number of operational Management > Sustainability. activities involved in managing the University and its student and staff activities, and the scope for the University to give practical Waste effect to sustainability becomes even greater. At the same time, An item becomes waste if it is no longer needed and must be financial resources must be managed responsibly and sustainably disposed of. Kitchens are an important source of potentially for the University to survive. recyclable waste. This waste may be turned into compost and ploughed back into nature. The University has already launched Various initiatives have already been introduced to turn a project to recycle kitchen and garden waste for use as sustainability into a reality. In many of these, students are the compost in the University’s gardens. key role players. Play your part: Water n Recycle your waste. Separate all recyclable products from Fresh water is essential for survival and economic development. the rest. However, this resource is fast diminishing. Stellenbosch n Donate old computers and computer screens to a recycling University’s Water Institute is currently conducting research on, organisation. inter alia, water generation in order to ensure sustainable river n Deposit old newspapers, paper and magazines into recycling use, and is compiling a database in support of critical-resource bins. management. n Use reusable shopping bags instead of buying a new plastic Play your part: bag each time you go shopping. n Check for leaking taps. Transport n Take a shower instead of a bath, and keep it short. Motorised transport considerably increases the carbon footprint n Keep cold drinking water in the fridge instead of filling your of any environment. We should therefore think of ways to use glass from the tap each time. motorised transport more efficiently. Energy Play your part: Energy is vital to our society and to our University as well. n Make use of lift clubs. This will save fuel, emit less carbon However, the energy sources to which we have become dioxide into the atmosphere, and spare you all the parking accustomed are under huge pressure. Therefore, we must hassles on campus. actively seek other energy sources while we also investigate n Plan your routes and appointments to enable you to how we could utilise our existing resources more efficiently. combine trips and spend the least amount of time on the The University’s Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy road.