‘Looking on into the future …. I see before me as in a vision a great teaching University arising under the shadow of old Table Mountain, and a part of that University is composed of a well-equipped medical Faculty ….’ Barnard Fuller, March 1907 Drafted by Dr Yolande Harley, Ms Linda Rhoda and Ms Esmari Taylor on behalf of the Centenary Management Team Contents 1. PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 2 3. CENTENARY KEY MESSAGING, THEMES AND GOALS .......................................................................... 3 3.1 Key messaging for the centenary ........................................................................................................... 3 3.2 Centenary celebration themes ................................................................................................................ 4 3.3 Goals of the centenary celebrations...................................................................................................... 4 4. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ...................................................................................................... 5 4.1 Branding – logo and colour scheme ..................................................................................................... 5 4.2 Pamphlet.......................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.3 Banners .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 4.4 Posters ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.5 Centenary power point template ........................................................................................................ 15 4.6 Webpages .................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.7 Social networking sites ............................................................................................................................ 20 4.8 Internal communication .......................................................................................................................... 22 4.9 Publicity ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 4.10 Memorabilia .............................................................................................................................................. 25 4.11 Centenary materials produced .......................................................................................................... 28 5. EVENTS ................................................................................................................................................................. 29 5.1 Launch of the centenary planning phase ......................................................................................... 29 5.2 Centenary concert ..................................................................................................................................... 30 5.3 History tour (Michaelis School of Fine Art) ...................................................................................... 39 5.4 Anniversary day celebration .................................................................................................................. 41 5.5 Wolfson Memorial Colloquium ............................................................................................................ 52 5.6 Short film launch ....................................................................................................................................... 56 5.7 Local alumni reunions .............................................................................................................................. 58 5.8 Centenary debate ...................................................................................................................................... 59 5.9 New York gala dinner .............................................................................................................................. 61 5.10 Centenary year calendar of events ................................................................................................... 63 6. GENERAL INITIATIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 66 6.1 Centenary issue of the South African Medical Journal ................................................................ 66 6.2 ‘Building the Future’ photographic exhibition ............................................................................... 71 6.3 Commemorative postage stamp ......................................................................................................... 73 6.4 Short film: The UCT Faculty of Health Sciences at 100 ............................................................... 77 6.5 Renaming of rooms .................................................................................................................................. 79 7. DEPARTMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS ........................................................................................................... 84 7.1 Department of Anaesthesia ................................................................................................................... 84 7.2 Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences ................................................................................... 84 7.3 Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences ..................................................................... 86 7.4 Department of Human Biology ............................................................................................................ 87 7.5 Department of Medicine ........................................................................................................................ 89 7.6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology .................................................................................. 91 7.7 Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health ................................................................................ 91 7.8 Department of Radiation Medicine .................................................................................................... 92 7.9 Department of Surgery ........................................................................................................................... 92 7.10 Primary Health Care Directorate ....................................................................................................... 92 7.11 School of Child and Adolescent Health .......................................................................................... 94 7.12 School of Public Health and Family Medicine ............................................................................. 98 7.13 Cross-departmental events ................................................................................................................. 99 8. STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 101 8.1 Centenary rugby series.......................................................................................................................... 101 8.2 Undergraduate research day .............................................................................................................. 103 8.3 Minister of Health talk ........................................................................................................................... 105 8.4 Health Sciences Postdoctoral research day ................................................................................... 106 8.5 Postgraduate Students’ Council mini-soccer tournament ....................................................... 107 8.6 Surgical Society events .......................................................................................................................... 107 8.7 Future Health Leaders Programme .................................................................................................. 107 8.8 Rural Support Network ......................................................................................................................... 108 8.9 ‘Our Verdure’ Arts in Healthcare event ........................................................................................... 109 8.10 Students’ contributions in other ways .......................................................................................... 110 9. FUNDRAISING .................................................................................................................................................. 111 9.1 Fundraising groundwork ...................................................................................................................... 111 9.2 Fundraising activity ................................................................................................................................