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As Faculty of Economic Management Sciences (F-EMS), we believe that we have a significant contribution to make in the social, economic and educational development of both our internal and external communities. We further believe that this contribution should be mutually beneficial. In other words, both the faculty and its students on the one hand, and the respective communities on the other hand, should benefit from such an engagement. F-EMS endeavours to ensure that community engagement activities are aligned, integrated and infused in the core areas of business. The faculty embraces the values of human dignity, equality, academic integrity, ethical academic-scientific endeavours, tolerance and respect, as well as devotion to excellence, responsibility, accountability, fairness, transparency and justice. We ensure that an authentic need within a specific community is sufficiently addressed in a sustainable manner, by students and/or members of F-EMS through skills, expertise, and knowledge exchange with the community. Read more

Prof Ntebo Moroke

F-EMS Deputy Dean, community engagement and stakeholder relations

 

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TREES AND THE SCHOOL OF TOURISM LEAD THE WAY TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN TOURISM

 

Who is to say that social distance will stop us from effectively engaging the community in discussions about solving the great issue of African tourism in times of COVID-19? Staff members from… Read more

NWU STUDENTS EMBARKING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THIS YEAR’S STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2020

 

Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2020 in collaboration with the bhive Enterprise Development Centre and the School of Management Sciences, provided students with a route map to embark on their journey from student to successful… Read more

LEOPARDS LAIR BUSINESS COMPETITION

 

Students from the North-West University (NWU) pulled out all the stops at the recent annual Leopards Lair business competition. Heading-up the competition is the NWU’s bhive Enterprise Development Centre in… Read more

EXCITING DIGITISED JOURNEY FOR THE ENTERPRISING WOMEN PROGRAMME

 

Small business owners are prepared for many things, but the COVID‑19 pandemic is not only leaving us uncertain about how to cope in these strange times, but has also resulted in an unprecedented shift in the way… Read more

A PENNY FOR PAWS

For Nelson Mandela Day on the 18th of July, the School of Management Sciences decided to have a charity drive for the Potchefstroom Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). Colleagues were asked to donate blankets, food, toys and/or cash for the shelter. Dr Goldberg and… Read more

ACHIEVING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community Engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to implementing high quality, efficient and collaborative projects. In addition, given the field of study we are in business management and marketing), it allows both … Read more

CREATING HOPE, ONE MODULE AT A TIME

Patch Adams, an American physician and social activist, once said: “We can never get a recreation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.” Now, perhaps more than ever, South Africa is in dire need of this… Read more

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2021

It goes without saying that we are all relieved that the year is over! The extent to which the virus will follow us into 2021 is anybody’s guess, but nonetheless, we are happy to wave… Read more

TREES "ROCKS" ANOTHER SUCCESSFULL YEAR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

 

Despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 TREES successfully delivered for the third consecutive year one of its… Read more

ASSIST A STUDENT CAMPAIGN

COVID-19 pandemic left a lot of South Africans unemployed. One of BA Honours Tourism Management students ended up in a vulnerable and financially stranded situation after the parent was on unpaid leave… Read more

SEE THE OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY CHALLENGE

The application of positive psychology is easy when everything is going according to plan, however, its true value emerges when faced with lockdown regulations and a 750-hour psychometric… Read more

MICROSOFT TEAMS TRAINING

Mrs Matilda Kutumela went out of her way to teach her colleagues to install and to administer the Microsoft Teams app, as part of CE teaching and learning initiative. The Teams tutorial was provided to… Read more

Food for families

The School of Management Sciences in Mahikeng identified the need for food parcel consolidation which has been trending around South Africa during the heart of the nationwide lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic.  

The team compiled and distributed the parcels to two identified villages.… Read more

WOMAN'S MONTH DIGITAL CARD

To acknowledge students’ determination during the 1st semester of the COVID-19 period and instill an act of appreciation towards women who generally impacted positively on the Tourism students’ studies… Read more

MOTIVATING THE YOUTH

Dr Kezell Klink was requested by the Principal at Danville Secondary School to assist by talking to the grade 12’s about how she managed to overcome challenges of coming from that area and reaching the level of achieving her PhD.  She has been visiting the school for a number of years and is… Read more

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING COVID-19

This year has most certainly been the definition of Annus Horribilis, and for the school’s Community Engagement portfolio, it has also been a challenging time. Around 90% of the school’s planned projects for the year had to be placed on ice for the time being or… Read more

EMPOWERING THROUGH MOTIVATION

The School for Accounting Sciences has run numerous community engagement projects, that had an immense impact on the students and the community at large.

Some projects include:

-Financial management… Read more

SUPPORT TO AN OLD AGE HOME

On Saturday, 18 July 2020, our colleagues from the North-West University Potchefstroom campus from FEMS visited the SAVF Ons Hulde Old age home in Potchefstroom.

This initiative was as… Read more

NOURISHING MEAL TO THE NEEDY

What started out as a project to donate one small pack of lentil soup and red heart beans project ended up as a hamper donation to the needy. Initially, this project was aimed to give each needy… Read more