{"id":43176,"date":"2023-02-02T16:20:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/goratileone-oepeng-sparks-interest-in-the-emerging-field-of-earth-systems-science-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T20:07:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:07:15","slug":"spu-welcome-ceremony-for-first-time-entering-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-welcome-ceremony-for-first-time-entering-students\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU Welcome Ceremony for first-time entering students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43176\" class=\"elementor elementor-43176\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33d4960 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33d4960\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c602605\" data-id=\"c602605\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f6d70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8f6d70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sol Plaatje University<\/span><\/a> (SPU) will officially welcome first-time entering students to the #MySPU community at the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Welcome Ceremony on Saturday, 11 February 2023, from 09:00 to 10:00.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SPU\u2019s Vice-Chancellor and Principal\u00a0Prof Andrew Crouch and the university\u2019s senior management team will welcome more than 1 600 first-time entering students, as well as their parents or guardians, at\u00a0the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberley.<\/p><p>First-time entering students are asked to kindly RSVP by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:studentaffairs.enquiries@spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">studentaffairs.enquiries@spu.ac.za<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by Tuesday, 7 February 2023. Please note: there will be transport for students staying in residence.<\/p><p>All other interested parties are invited to watch the proceedings on the livestream on the SPU YouTube channel (link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/h2IRehkR0w0?feature=share\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/h2IRehkR0w0?feature=share<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sol Plaatje University (SPU) will officially welcome first-time entering students to the #MySPU community at the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Welcome Ceremony on Saturday, 11 February 2023, from 09:00 to 10:00. 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