Issue 40 December 2009

RHODES UNIVERSITY ALUMNI
E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 2009 - ISSUE 40

SEASON’S GREETINGS

We wish all Old Rhodians and their families a happy time during the festive season. Be safe and we hope 2010 brings greater opportunities and prosperity.

ROADS TO RHODES

Sally Lombaert (Serfontein 1999) hopes to pioneer an academic and sporting bursary for candidates with an exceptional academic and sporting record.

THE CONCEPT

Whilst embarking on her own personal adventure of attempting to do the Pick ‘n Pay Cape Argus Cycle Tour for the first time in 2010, she developed the idea of not only accomplishing this goal for herself; but to use the opportunity to create something special. As a proud Rhodes alumna, the answer was clear – provide those less fortunate with an opportunity to also experience a first class Rhodes education. And so “Roads to Rhodes” was born.

GOAL

To provide tuition and residence fees to a prospective student for a full 3 year undergraduate degree.

THE PLAN

Funds are to be raised through auctioning branding space on specially designed cycling tops, running tops and T-shirts, bearing the “Roads to Rhodes” logo and date. The bidding prices will vary, depending on size and positioning. For more information and the shirt designs with branding spaces go to: http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/roadstorhodes.

If you wish to participate in this fantastic initiative either individually or as company please contact Sally at sally@ergomax.co.za

REUNIONS

Successful reunions were held in East London, Cape Town, George/Knysna, Johannesburg and Durban during the last few months. To view the pictures of all the reunions click here. If you did not receive an invitation please ensure that we have your current contact details – update at http://www.ru.ac.za/static/alumni/.

LUNCHEONS

We held 6 luncheons and an afternoon tea for our older Old Rhodians around the country. Again the pictures are available at click here.

ALUMNI BOOKSHELF

We have been advised of quite a few more books published by alumni authors. Please check out the new additions at: http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/news/hotgossip/publishedbooks. If you have written a book recently and would like us to publicise it on our web page and through e-news, please let us know. We would also be very grateful to receive a copy of the book for our growing alumni library. 

LATEST PUBLISHED WORKS

Reginald Furber (1955 ) - The Green Pig – a story about Zimbabwe.
Dr Jonathan Lawley (1956) – Beyond the Malachite Hills.
Malcolm Hacksley (1962) – True Valour – the story of Victoria Girls’ High School.
Billy Futter (1965) – I’m Thinking of Buying a Pharmacy – a practical Guide to successful small business management.
Cedric Tyler (1977) and Stephen Baker - Business Genetics - understanding 21st Century Corporations Using xBML (also available in Chinese).
Mason Cranswick (1985) – Blood Lily - a thrilling story of loyalty and betrayal in Zimbabwe.
Samantha Reinders (1996) and Toast (Reino) Coetzer (1996) – Key to Cape Town - an insider’s guide to exploring the Mother City.
Toast (Reino) Coetzer (1996) – Naweek - Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll (Afrikaans).
Andrew de Klerk (1998) – International Rugby Encyclopedia.

RHODOS – Rhodes University Community Newsletter

Latest edition available at: http://www.ru.ac.za/static/rhodos/rhodos20091130.pdf

Happy Holidays!

Prepared by the staff of the Alumni Relations Office, Communications and Development Division, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.