Close Out Presentation

You guys can see our full presentation and the work the team put in to make it possible, FOLLOW THE LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8smLXowjipw&feature=youtu.be

CHECK THE PICS!!!

The TEAM

Relief after the event

Pre-presentation Jitters

Statistics: Blog views

We thought we'd add in the following graph and stats on how many times this blog site has been viewed. Thank you to all who showed an interest in the project.

PRESENTATION DAY AT RESLIFE!!!!

Presentation day at Reslife Offices 

2012-10-12!!!!

Me(Shade) and Chairperson Matt doing our final prep before we started. Have 2 admit I real nervous before the time.

               

Check us out looking all professional and such!!! Joy, Judie,Me and Matthew and no, Mvuzo didn't miss the meeting, he was our photographer for the day.(THANKS AGAIN Mvuzo and the lovely Mrs Joy for setting up everything so nicely for us. I think I speak on behalf of everyone in the group when I say we'd be very lost without you, it's much appreciated <3)

 AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST,  A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PEOPLE AT THE RESLIFE COMMUNITY, FOR INVITING US IN AND FOR ALLOWING OUR TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE RESLIFE OFFICE IN INCREASING THE AWARENESS OF THE SKILLS RESOURCE AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.

                 

 

GROUP PT7 Striking a Final Pose!!!! :) After we did our presentation, Matt looking like a real Chairman(ALL SERIOUS lol)

Dare To Dream - Maya Angelou

I just thought I'd spread a little message of inspiration from one of the great American poets for all to enjoy...

Maya Angelou

“Once you find your shoulders dropping

And your speech gets slow and hazy

You better change your way of being

Before you found your brain got lazy

You can build a better future when you join the winning team

If you desire a bright tomorrow, you must build a brighter dream

Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you

Know that history holds more than it seems

We are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dream

From Africa they lay in the bilge of slave ships

And stood naked on auction blocks

From eastern-Europe they crowded in vessels overloaded with immigrants

And were mis-named on Ellis Island

From South America and Mexico, from Asia, they laboured in sweat shops

From all over the world, they came to America

Many shivering in rags, and still they dared to dream

Let us dream for today and for tomorrow

Let us dare to dream”

                                                                                                                                ~ Maya Angelou

LET US NEVER FORGET TO DREAM, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DREAM YOU HAVE NOTHING

..aaaand ACTION !

Hi all,

Take a look at the introductory video shot and edited by UWC Eleaning team. The video is of Gretna Andipatin, ResLife Manager, who gives a brief intro to ResLife and what, who, why, how ... If you would like more information the contact details are at the end of the vid ;-)

....aaaaand It's a Wrap !

Digital Content Gathering ...!

Hello,

So last week our team embarked on a content gathering mission! Content gathering for what ...? Well, gathering digital content for RESLife to use on the UWC website :-) The RESLife office is still very new and there is not a lot of exposure on who is part of the team. So we took it upon ourselves to arrange a photo shoot with the team, get the 'Head shots' and 'Team Shots'. We then also managed to get UWC Elearning team to shoot a 2min introductory video of Gretna Andipatin, who is the RESLife manager. Below are some of the pictures taken and we will post the video soon soon :-)

Thanks to all involved

SPONSORSHIP :-)))

We received awesome news today that Prudential Portfolio Managers (www.prudential.co.za) has agreed to donate R10 000 towards the UWC ResLife Skills Resource and Exchange Programme. WOW !!!

The Skills Resource and Exchange Programme is just one of the ways in which ResLife is reaching out to the UWC resident students at campus. SREP is there to assist students when they find themselves in a situation where they cannot 'make ends meet'. The programme assists in placing the students in part-time tutor or admin positions on campus and in return provides them with meeting the basics needs eg a meal.

Thank you Prudential for considering SREP !!!

shade and judie outside basil february residence all smiles(soooo happy to do the survey)

Shade here, I conducted the survey alone, so there was no one to take a pic of me :(. nevertheless thanks to all Dos Santo's people for participating! its much appreciated :))

Same here!!! As a res member of BFR just wanted to thank everyone once again for participating (^-^)

This was inside view of cassinga residence as i was conducting the survey

the outside view of the cassinga residence check out the photographer at the background shade!

crazy girl outside the cecil esau residence just as i had finished conducting the survey, she just wanted to appear on the pic.

hey all, please have a look at these pics

Morning Family (yes I called you all family)
Please have a look at our pics from poster day
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON ITS WAY!!!!!!

That's us before the posters went up. Judie was all serious.

That's our chairperson doing what he does best (putting up fantastic posters in the student centre). Well done Matthew

Who's that looking through the window? Oh thats just Matthew once again showing off his poster prowess.

We in the Mix!!EMS our home, where our future is their priority!!!!

enjoy your day
God is good.

Matthew's survey experience :-)

Outside Gorvalla, Bellville

So yesterday I decided to conduct my survey on the off campus UWC residential students. I paid a visit to Gorvalla residence in Bellville which was rather quiet as many of the students were at campus, 

Outside Disahof, Tygerberg Hospital

and Disahof residence at Tygerberg Hospital whose atmosphere was more upbeat with many students walking around.

It was the 1^st time ever I've been in a residential building, so the experience was pretty new to me. However, I found the experience quite refreshing!! It was interesting to see how the students lived and it felt as though there was a real community spirit between the students in both res buildings.

Getting help filling out the survey questionnaire from students was painless, and a few of them seemed really interested to find out exactly what it was that we were doing.

SPECIAL THANKS to Shade and Judie for helping me out today!!! As a gift there was STEERS for my peers

That’s 20 survey questionnaires done and dusted... now to get all 100 analysed... :-O

So let’s get cracking,

Till next time, keep it real

MATT B

posts concerning the survey

Conducted the survey this week, that was interesting. we had such an interesting time and most people were very helpful.
That's Me and Shade signing out.
Peace
Doing the Joy dance (from the Mooi-Tai)
Hands cringed
Mvuzo Dlomo

Smooth start to our 100 student survey :)

So today was the start of the student survey that our team will be doing at UWC Residences. The first residence to be surveyed ... Ruth First (Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was killed by a parcel bomb addressed specifically to her in Mozambique, where she worked in exile from South Africa - Wikipedia).  Survey 10 students living in Ruth First Res ... it was pretty easy going. Students mostly indoors catching up on some zzzzz! Chatted to two students who were very interested in what we were doing and asking questions about RCS and SREP!


Second was Chris Hani Res (Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheidgovernment. He was assassinated on 10 April 1993 - Wikipedia). What a peaceful atmosphere as your walk into the quad at Chris Hani and that is where we were able to survey 10 students who were walking through and some just enjoying the beautiful weather.

So here we go ... 20 down... 80 to go! 

Ready to ROCK !!!

Here we go...

Big thanks going out to Top Copy [Claremont] for printing our colour posters and b/w flyers! They look awesome. Look out for them at UWC Campus next week.
This is start of our print media campaign to bring awareness to the Skills Resource & Exchange programme that is run by ResLife office. The ResLife team are there to extend a helping hand along the journey of those students who have a dream ...! Take a look at our flyer

SREP - What & Why

The group was made aware of the Skills Resource Exchange Programme that is currently run by the Residential Catering Services (RCS). The aim of the programme is to assist the department in meeting their long term objectives of encouraging students to have a sound professional standing, to invest back into the community and to create a living and learning environment. 

It has been brought to the attention of the group that there are many residential students who are not aware of the existence of the programme. As a result, there are residential students who have found themselves in situations where a basic need such as eating, is not being met. Research indicates that hunger negatively impacts on a student’s ability to learn and do well academically (http://www.livestrong.com/article/388636-the-effects-of-no-food-on-the-human-brain/#ixzz23QhTFzp0). Since one of the main goals of the University is to produce graduates of the highest calibre, this project intends to work along-side RCS in alleviating the plight of students who are striving towards this goal, but are being hindered by hunger.

MAN720 PT7