April | 2014 | FVZS Institute Blog | Stellenbosch University
30 April 2014, written by fvzs
Op universiteit kry jy nie net graad, maar ook ruggraat
JC Landman en Lize-Mari Doubell wat in verskeie leierskapsposisies by die Universiteit Stellenbosch betrokke is en ook van die Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Instituut vir Leierskapsontwikkeling se staatmakers, het op Vryheidsdag (28 April) deelgeneem aan die radioprogram Praat Saam op RSG.
Hier is ŉ paar van die dinge wat hulle gesê het:
“Dit is die jeug se verantwoordelikheid om dinge te laat verander te gaan stem” – Lize-Mari Doubell.
“Om net in jou eie omgewing te woon en nie met ander te wil kommunikeer nie, is nie meer ŉ opsie in hierdie land nie. ŉ Mens moet uit jou gemaksone kom.”
Op die vraag oor mense wat nie betrokke wil raak nie by ander vanuit verskillende godsdiens-, ras- en kultuurgroepe:
“Dit is vrees vir wat jy nie ken nie… met net jou graad en geen ervaring van mense wat anders is as jy nie, gaan jy nie jouself in die toekoms, in die regte lewe, kan bevorder nie.”
“’n Mens is nie net op universiteit om graad te kry nie, maar ook om ŉ ruggraat te kry.”
“Ek dink al jare daaraan dat ek gaan stem. Die afgelope paar maande was die verkiesing in jou gesig. En ek het besef dit behels veel meer as om net ŉ kruisie te gaan trek. Dit gaan oor die toekoms van die land.”
“Ek is baie optimisties oor die toekoms van die land. Ons is gelukkig en bevoorreg om ŉ grondwet te hê wat gefokus is op menseregte, gelykheid en Vryheid.”
Luister hier na die potgooi (Lize-Mari en JC gesels vanaf ongeveer 34 minute) op die program van sowat 45 minute. http://www.rsg.co.za/images/upload/sound/klanke/20140428_PRAAT_SAAM.mp3
22 April 2014, written by fvzs
Meet the Short Course Coordinator: Jethro Georgiades
In this series we focus on the short course coordinators. This time we feature Jethro Georgiades.
Who is Jethro Georgiades?
I am a fifth year postgraduate education student.
I was first introduced to the Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leaderhsip Development in 2012 when I was elected onto the house committee of the Vesta Private Student Organisation (PSO) where we attended the annual FVZS Leadership Conference.
The same happened in 2013 where I was elected as onder-prim for Vesta PSO and got more involved in the leadership development opportunities offered by the Institute. I was exposed to amazing thought leaders such as Dr Leslie van Rooi and Lloyd Blake who encouraged me and gave me the platform to get involved at The FVZS and SU.
I was invited by Leslie to facilitate a session in the Emerging Maties short course and then took part as a participant in the FVZS Leadership Beyond Borders short course.
2014 saw me elected as Primarius of Vesta PSO where my ties with the FVZS Institute were accentuated further through their links to the leadership development of the HK and well as their promotion of critical engagement workshops through the various houses. I also applied for the FVZS Intern Programme Coordinator post that was advertised in 2013 and subsequently got the job. I started my internship in January this year.
What is your role as intern Programme Coordinator and what challenges do you face?
My role at the FVZS Institute is a relatively new and undefined role in that 2014 was the first year that the Institute offered an internship. This has given me the opportunity to make the role my own under the guidance of Dr Leslie van Rooi and Henry Africa. I am involved in the strategic planning of the Institute, the coordination of three of the Institute’s short courses (namely The Emerging Maties Short Course, the Students as Agents of Social Change Short Course and the FVZS Women in Leadership Short Course) and a number of ad hoc events/engagements that the institute partakes in.
The initial challenges I faced (I don’t really see them as challenges, but more as opportunities) had to do with me finding my feet in general, creating partnerships; meeting the people that are integral to the successful running of leadership developmental short courses and putting these courses together.
This was an unbelievable process where I was able to meet with and engage with a whole group of amazing thought leaders and social change agent. Not only did they jump on board in not making the courses possible, but also added immense value to the courses.
What is the Emerging Maties short course?
The short course was designed to fill a gap in first year’s student leadership development. The Institute found that there weren’t enough platforms to develop the leadership skills for first year students as Stellenbosch University and that many of the amazing opportunities available to them at SU were only communicated to them in their second/third year when they were elected in mentorship and HK positions.
The Emerging Maties short course offers students the platform to hit the ground running and experience a number of contexts in their first year which consequently opens the door to numerous opportunities for personal growth in and around SU.
It offers them an opportunity to experience events and other engagements that they otherwise would not until later on.
Among other things, it also allows them to critically discuss things such as ethical leadership, the deconstruction of stereotypes relevant to the SU context, be innovative with their finances, understand their own as well as others personality and leadership styles, understand their democratic roles and rights as a South African, learn how to communicate effectively and professionally, etc.
I am extremely passionate about the Emerging Maties short course and in my daily interactions with these amazing up-and-coming leaders, I see the value that it adds to their experiences.
How has your role as coordinator helped with your own leadership skills?
There is so much to learn from these amazing students and up and coming leaders. They challenge the way I think and keep me constantly guessing at my own assumptions. The coordination of the course has allowed for me to meet a whole host of thought leaders which has benefited my personal development and leadership skills immensely.
Who are the thought leaders amongst your peers who have impressed you?
People such as JD Nel, Lloyd Blake, Anina Botha and Wayde Groep are exceptional thought leaders that make you question the way you see things. They add immense value to the sessions and inspire the students to be exceptional value driven leaders.
06 April 2014, written by fvzs
Maties mark: Groter en beter danksy nuwe bande
Maak ŉ nota in jou dagboek: Die volgende Maties Mark word op 16 April aangebied.
En die keer is dit groter as voorheen danksy bande wat met met USB-Bestuursontwikkeling (USB-BO) gesmee is.
Die gewilde mark het in net agt maande (vier geleenthede) gegroei van 20 stalletjies tot meer as 40 met die laaste mark in Maart vanjaar.
Die mark is ŉ projek van die Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Instituut vir Studenteleierskapontwikkeling (FVZS Instituut) en is die geesteskind van JD Labuschagne, ŉ junior sakeontwikkelaar van die Universiteit Stelleenbosch (US). Hy was voorheen ook by die Instituut betrokke.
Met die volgende mark werk die Instituut saam met die Sentrum vir Toegepaste Entrepreneurskap van die USB-BO, die publieke bestuursontwikkeling en opleidingsmaatskappy van die Universiteit Stellenbosch Bestuurskool (USB).
Met dié soort samewerking word entrepreneurskapsbande oor die verskillende kampusse tussen die studente en studenteleiers versterk.
Volgens mnr De Wet Schoeman, direkteur van die Sentrum vir Toegepaste Entrepreneurskap, is die studente op die program jongmense wat besluit het om ŉ oorbruggingsjaar (gap year) te neem.
“Hulle het reeds matriek geskryf, maar is nog nie seker wat hulle vorentoe wil doen nie. Met die Oorbruggingsjaarprogram in Entrepreneurskap en Bestuur word studente onder meer gelei om meer oor hul self te leer, om hul persoonlike doelwitte te identifiseer en hoe om die doelwitte te bereik.”
​Die program sluit ook in dat studente psigometriese toetse ondergaan, beroepsvoorligting en lewensafrigting kry en hulle word uiteraard ook geleer oor die eise om ŉ nuwe onderneming te begin en te bestuur.
“Entrepreneurskap en sosiale innovasie is ŉ integrale deel van die bedrywighede en programme van die FVZS Instituut en die Maties Mark verteenwoordig hierdie doelwitte,” sê dr Leslie van Rooi, hoof van die Instituut. “Die Instituut sal toenemend met ander rolspelers saamwerk om ŉ kultuur van entrepreneurskap op sowel as weg van die kampus te bevorder. So belê ons in die ontwikkeling van jong leiers wat sosiaal betrokke is.”
Sedert die eerste mark op 13 Augustus 2013 aangebied is, kry studente asook lede van die omliggende gemeenskappe geleentheid om produkte te verkoop en hier allerlei te kom koop. En wanneer die handelaars nog besig is om hul ware uit te pak, staan mense gewoonlik al tou – gretig om te begin peusel aan sjokolade, koek, samoesas en ander heerlikhede en om na die ander produkte soos juweliersware, klere en kuns te kyk en te koop.
“Ons probeer ŉ balans handhaaf tussen eetgoed en ander produkte,” sê Emile Naudé, koördineerder van die mark. “Kosprodukte is ongetwyfeld die beste verkopers. Ons probeer om pryse bekostigbaar te hou sodat die studentegemeenskap maklik hier kan koop.”
Studente wat aan die mark deelneem, leer blitsvinnig uit hul foute en leer om probleme dadelik aan te spreek en uit te stryk.
Geleentheid word ook aan plaaslike, opkomende musikante gebied om by die mark op te tree. Dit bied groot blootstelling vir die bepaalde groepe of individue wat en die musiek sorg vir ŉ polsende agtergrondklank terwyl besoekers snuffel, koop en kuier.
Daar word probeer om die mark maandeliks op ŉ Woensdag aan te bied – openbare vakansiedae en universiteitsvakansies maak dit egter nie altyd moontlik nie.
“Ons kry geweldig baie aansoeke. En ongelukkig moet ons ook talle mense wegwys omdat daar nie genoeg plek is om almal te huisves nie,” sê Emile.
Die mark se tuiste is in die oop ruimte voor die Wilcocks-gebou in Victoriastraat.
“Ons ondersoek moontlikhede om die mark te verskuif na ŉ groter ruimte,” sê Emile.
Maak jou solank reg vir die grootste mark nog op 16 April.
(via Stellenbosch Universiteit se webwerf by http://sun.ac.za/afrikaans/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=1332 )