2016 EVENTS CALENDAR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS & SPECIAL PROJECTS: ALUMNI RELATIONS February FNB Varsity Cup - is the collective name for four South African rugby union competitions involving the top rugby playing universities in the country. It was launched in 2008, with eight teams participating in the Varsity Cup competition and each university's internal champions competing in the Koshuis Rugby Championships. It featured the rugby teams of eight universities, with Maties, NMMU Madibaz, NWU Pukke, TUT Vikings , UCT Ikey Tigers, UFS Shimlas, UJ and UP Tuks being the founding members of the competition. Since the inception of the tournament, the title sponsors of the tournaments were First National Bank and Steinhoff International. 16/02/16 Varsity Cup (UJ vs UFS) Home Game 22/02/16 Varsity Cup (UJ vs NWU) Home Game 29/02/16 Varsity Cup (UJ vs UCT) 19:00 Home Game (Postponed) March 07/03/16 Varsity Cup (UJ vs Shimlas) 16:15 Home Game 16/03/16 Chiropractic AGM (affinity group, hosting elections etc, chiropractic affinity group members) April TBC FEBE Postgrads Open Day 08/04/16 FEFS (Event still need to be confirmed by the Faculty) 22/04/16 Leadership Colloquium/Centre for Democracy Event (current affairs, reviewing leadership, political climate) 29/04/16 Battle 4UJ May 10/05/16 UJenius Event UJenius is a Vice Chancellors initiative to acknowledge outstanding performance by undergraduate students and to offer them additional opportunities of intellectual and professional development. UJenius is a partnership between the Division of Academic Development and Support.(invite only) 10/05/16 UJenius Event 16 – 18 /05/16 Science Faculty Event 21 – 28/05/16 FEBE Pilot Project 20/05/16 Battle 4 UJ 25/05/16 Education & TTF Africa Day Event and Book Launch June 15/06/16 Convocation Fundraising Campaign Launch (TBC, call for assistance towards the fees must fall campaign) 17/06/16 Chiropractic Event 24-25/06/16 FASU Conference Federation Africain du Sport Universitaire (FASU) translated into English Federation of African University Sports was founded in 1951 when the Universities of Ghana and Nigeria started an annual bilateral sporting competition to foster brotherhood. Through the guidance of Dr. Lateef Adegbite other African Universities hailing from all corners of the continent were invited to join, the games have grown in bounds and leaps soaring like an eagle with membership expanding. University Sports South Africa (USSA) has agreed to host the 8th FASU Games in July 2016 at the University of Johannesburg and the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa, Gauteng Province. 26/06/16 FASU Games (Opening Ceremony) 26/06/16 FASU Games (ongoing 27 Jun – 2 Jul) 28/06/16 Yale-UJ Conference Gala Dinner 29 - 30/06/16 Yale-UJ Conference University of Johannesburg won a bid to host the first of its kind Alumni conference in Africa where Institutions of Higher learning will engage in discussions about the current issues that are topical for African Universities and will table findings & recommendations about charting forward implementing African solutions to tackle Alumni Relations. This event will present a suite of opportunities to Alumni practitioners to create connections that will enable them to exchange ideas about the effort to move the Alumni engagement efforts forward. 30/06/16 Humanities Dean’s Price Giving Ceremony (end) July 02/07/16 FASU Games (Closing Ceremony) 14/07/16 On the Couch with … 21/07/16 CSESE Event UJ in conversation will be presented in a series of talk & debate discussing issues that are current for the particular faculty to engage current students beyond the classroom learning and also afford them the opportunity to network with UJ Alumni who are in the sector as well as well thought & prominent personalities who can aid them in their professional journey. August 16/08/16 Chiropractic Event 19/08/16 UJ Festival Library Book Launch 20/08/16 UJ Festival FADA Faculty Event September 08/09/16 UJ in Conversation/Humanities Faculty/Library 09-25/09/16 Health Sciences Faculty Event (Health Indaba) October 02/10/16 UJ Future Walk UJ Future walk stems from the partnership of UJ & Gauteng Department of Education partnering to raise funds for tuition fees of academically deserving students who are financially constrained and are unable to pay their fees. This was also part of the Institutions celebration of its 10 years of existence, this has been turned to an annual event because there is an increasing need for Institution of higher learning to find alternative pools of supplementing the shortfall from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. 13/10/16 On the Couch with … TBC FADA – Faculty Assembly 28/10/16 Convocation November 16/11/16 Chiropractic Year End Dinner 17/11/16 Gown Hanging Ceremony .