Issue 39 August 2009
RHODES UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 2009 - ISSUE 39
WHAT’S NEW ON THE ALUMNI WEB PAGE
Update your record:
New update your details form on-line at: http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/keepingincontact/updateyourrecord
Hot Gossip:
“Who’s doing what and what’s happening" with our Old Rhodians in the different areas of South Africa and overseas.
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Alumni Bookcase:
Many Old Rhodians have written books recently prompting us to start an “Alumni Bookcase” to be displayed at Alumni House. We hope that this will serve as advertising for the authors. It you have written a book recently on any subject we would be very grateful if you could donate a copy to our “Bookcase”. The latest books are profiled on the web page at: http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/news/hotgossip/publishedbooks
RHODES TRIPS IN FULL SWING
We have already held reunions in East London, Cape Town and Knysna. Luncheons for our over 60s have been held in Port Elizabeth and Somerset West. CLICK FOR THE PICTURES
Our next stop is in Pretoria for an afternoon tea on 5 November, a luncheon in Johannesburg and an evening reunion on 6 November. Then we are off to Durban for a luncheon and a reunion on 12 November.
APPEAL FOR GOLF DAY SUPPORT - OLD RHODIAN GOLF CLUB – JOHANNESBURG
Venue : Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club
Date: 13 November
Sponsorship: R3,500 playing sponsorship and R2,000 non playing sponsorship.
The funds raised through this Golf Day provide finance for tuition to financially needy students who have exceptional sporting ability.
For more information please contact Pat Rousell at Rhodes University office Johannesburg Tel: 011 788 5543 Fax: 011 788 1098 Email: p.rousell@ru.ac.za
MAGNET COMMUNICATIONS 2009 SURVEY
Win a trip to Zanzibar, an Apple iPhone, a GPS from Garmin, R2 000 shopping vouchers and more by completing the 2009 Magnet Professional’s Survey. Please note that the survey takes approximately 25 - 30 minutes to complete. We would be very grateful if you could spend the time to complete the survey as the information from the survey is extremely useful to the University.
CLICK HERE: www.puresurvey.co.za/demo/saps/default.aspx?Source=RU
RHODOS (THE RHODES UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER)
The latest edition is available on-line. Some of the issues covered include:
New Library reaches a milestone; Remarkable Old Rhodians recognised; Rhodes honours world-renowed ichthyologist; New student representative council; Confronting racism at Rhodes: a personal story. PDF available at: http://www.ru.ac.za/static/rhodos/rhodos20091014.pdf
2010 SRC CENTENARY YEAR
In 2010 the SRC will be celebrating its centenary. We are calling on all ex SRC members to contact us so that we can invite them to the celebrations. Email: alumni@ru.ac.za with the subject line “SRC Centenary”.
Support the Old Rhodian Bursary fund by getting a MySchool card at http://www.myschool.co.za/
Prepared by the staff of the Alumni Relations Office, Communications and Development Division, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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