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UB ENGINEERING STUDENT WINS P3 MILLION RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
UB Engineering student, Ngwenya Tinashe, 24, from Oodi has won the 2020 Rhodes Scholarship worth more than P3 million. The scholarship funds some of the world’s finest minds to study at the University of Oxford.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2020 VALEDICTORIAN
RUTH ALFRED
The honour is given to a student who has demonstrated an overall academic excellence and leadership qualities for the duration of his/her studies at the university.
#UB202029
CREATING A FUTURE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE GENERATION
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UB MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE WINS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Dineo Serame, a UB graduate (class of 2018) in Mechanical Engineering has won the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship valued at around P3 million.She will start her graduate studies at the University of Oxford in October 2019.
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UB explores alternative medicines for COVID19
UB scientists are exploring extraction of medicines from indigenous plants used traditionally as inhalants to open chest airways.
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CELEBRATING A YOUNG BRILLIANT MIND
Botswana’s own Gem - Dr Patricia Kefilwe “Finky” Mogomotsi
Born 30 years ago in Lobatse, Dr Mogomotsi is the youngest ever to hold the position Senior Research Scholar (Natural Resource Economics), at the Okavango Research Institute.
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UB BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENT FINISHES TOP-THREE IN GLOBAL COMPETITION
A final year Faculty of Business student, Mr Lesego Muswere, has made the country and University of Botswana proud after coming third in an international business competition.
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Gogontlejang Phaladi, Grace Chadonga and Lorato Moalosi receive Advancing Women Award. The first University of Botswan Vice Chancellor's award for them to pursue masters or PhD programs
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IN HER OWN WORDS
I'm so glad to share good news. Graduated with PhD in Law from North West University at just 29 yrs. Have added to a few black women in Africa who have PhDs before 30yrs. one of a few Batswana women with PhDs in Law ( I know only 2). Dr Tshepo Tshepi Mogapaesi
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THE WORDS SAY IT ALL
A fourth year Computer Science UB student, Ephraim Modise, has been crowned 2019Blog4Dev competition in Botswana. This is a blogging competition that invites young people to share their views and solutions to challenges facing Africa's development.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Dineo Serame unanimously selected as the strongest candidate from 300 hopefuls from Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland for the Rhodes Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Oxford University next year, was the only female in a class of 30 at UB.
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UB SECRETARIES DONATED HOUSE WORTH P210 000
A group of 60 UB secretaries has donated a house worth P210 000 to Mr Kitso Otlogetswe, an alumnus living with disability. The two-bedroomed house which also has a screen wall and fitted kitchen was donated at Tsolamosese on November 8
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#ApplicationsFee
is reduced from P350 to P250 and it’s applicable to both local and international students.
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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CELEBRATES 79 YOUNG DOCTORS
The University of Botswana School Medicine celebrated the 5th cohort of 79 young doctors who graduated with Bachelor Degrees in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) at the Phakalane Golf Estate Resort last week.
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CLASSES COMMENCE AUGUST 24
2020/2021 Academic Calendar has been revised as follows:
Registration for Semester 1 begins on Aug 5.
Supplementary assessment period on Aug 17-21.
New undergraduate Student Orientation & Registration
Aug 17 –21.
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UNDERGRAD STUDENT BECOMES ONLY FEMALE BPL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
UB Undergrad student in Physical Education, Health & Recreation Department, Mother-Theresa Phenyo (Ms T) has been appointed to serve in the Botswana Premier League Management Committee. She is the only female.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS RECEIVE FOOD HAMPERS
International students who are on lockdown at UB have received food hampers worth more than P40 000.
Sir Ketumile Masire Foundation, AAP Home-based Care and Family Life Care programme as well as Embassy of Zimbabwe donated the food.
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SECOND-YEAR UB STUDENT WINS SRHR YOUTH QUAKE OSCAR AWARD
A second-year University of Botswana student majoring in Economics and Psychology, Ms Kabo Mazunga is the recipient of the inaugural Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Youth Quake Leadership Programme Award.
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WELCOME OUR CHANCELLOR AND CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2021!✨✨✨✨✨
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THIS WILL BE A GRADUATION TO REMEMBER
NOT TO BE MISSED
COME WITNESS HISTORY UNFOLD
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UB Designs Ventilation Hood and Face Mask for COVID-19 Patients.
UB continues to develop innovative solutions towards responding to societal challenges, once again it has designed and produced a clinically sound ventilation hood and face mask for COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19, (
#coronavirus
) OUTBREAK:
The University of Botswana management has implemented a temporary ban on international travel and receiving of guests from outside the country. All planned official travels are cancelled with immediate effect.
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UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA DEVELOPS THREE COMPUTER TOOLS FOR
MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF COVID-19 BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS
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UB CUTTING EDGE MEDICAL INNOVATIONS REVOLUTIONAZING BOTSWANA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
17-year old female student with Ollier's Disease (a rare skeletal disorder) has thus benefitted from a hip implant designed at UB Regenerative Medicine Laboratory.
READ MORE:
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Congratulations to our
#alumna
Ms. Juliana Angela Dube-Gobotswang, on your new appointment as Botswana’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.
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HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENT AND SANTHE FELLOW SCOOPS HUCFAR AWARD
Dr Kaelo Seatla, a PhD student in Medical Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences, has received a one-year Harvard University Center for AIDS Research Developmental Award grant valued at US$60 000 (around P600 000).
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IT'S EXAM TIME
The tables are ready. Only waiting for students to pitch up.
On the other hand, the labs are teeming with students who are busy preparing for the exams that start on November 22 up until December 5, 2018.
GOOD LUCK FOLK!
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UN SECRETARY GENERAL APPOINTS UB's PROF DUBE
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed UB Associate Prof Opha Pauline Dube in the Department of Environmental Science, to a 15-member panel of eminent scientists to draft the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report.
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The UB community extends its heartfelt condolences to the families of the 45 members of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church who lost their lives following a bus accident in South Africa on Easter holidays. Gomotsegang Betsho.
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Join us as we celebrate five Batswana youth of Swaneng Hill School who lost their lives in a car accident on their way to a fundraising activity they had organized for the Botswana University Campus Appeal in 1976 in Serowe.
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Congratulations to our
#alumna
Ms. Harriet Tendani Mlalazi, on your new appointment as Director of RMB.
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READY FOR UB CAMPUS REOPENING?
#COVID
-19 IS REAL. STAY SAFE
REMEMBER TO FILL IN THE COVID-19 SELF ASSESSMENT FORM ON DAY OF DEPARTURE FOR CAMPUS. BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF TO FILL IT.
FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW
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UB COMMUNITY MOURNS BOTSWANA’S FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The University of Botswana community joins the nursing fraternity in celebrating the life of Professor Serara Segarona Kupe Mogwe who passed on after a long illness on September 2, 2020 aged 93.
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GRADUATE APPLICATIONS
Applications for MPhil and PhD programmes are continuous. Prospective MPhil/PhD applicants can make their application. Click this link and find out how to apply:
#Mmadikolo
#RankedNo1inBotswana
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The University of Botswana takes pride in the appointment of its alumnus and former employee Dr Douglas Letsholathebe as the Minister of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology.
#OurAlumnusOurPride
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WE WAS THERE - DONE IT!
Chancellor Linah Mohohlo confers degrees and diplomas on 2 273 graduands. 16 PhDs, five Mphil, 221 Masters Degrees, 1 702 Bachelor Degrees, 189 Post Graduate Diplomas and 140 Diplomas.
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Application for admission into undergraduate study programmes for August 2021 will continue to be open
until 31st July 2021.
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FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
These buildings represent 2 different epochs in the 36-year history of UB. White building first Admin Block built through self-reliance of Motho-Le-Motho Kgomo. Red brick current Admin Block and modern day UB with state of the art structures.
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Press release:
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AT UB
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The research by the Faculty of Health Sciences is on medicinal plants such as aromatic plants that have been historically rubbed on the chest to aid breathing.
#COVID19UB
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The University of Botswana wishes to inform all prospective students that the application process for admission into undergraduate study programmes for August 2022 will continue to be open until 31st July 2022.
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NOTICE: Registration for Semester 1 of 2019/20.
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BIODIESEL PROJECT COMMISSIONING
The University of Botswana Biodiesel Research Unit in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) will be commissioning its biodiesel processing machine on February 11, 2020 at 9am.
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Compliments of the new season to all our valued customers. Remember we are back for business on January 14.
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REACHING YONDER
Even in the Seychelles, Mmadikolo spreads her wings. After all knowledge knows no boundaries. We educate Africa as well. WELL DONE to our Valedictorian, Jocelyne Mary-Jane Dogley.
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Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Deadline: April 30, 2021. Here’s the application link:
#Mmadikolo
#Number1UniversityInBotswana
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Alleged escapee of COVID 19 Patient from SKMTH into UB Campus
The University of Botswana wishes to dismiss as false rumors making rounds on Social media of an alleged escapee of a COVID 19 patient from SKMTH into UB Campus.
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Change your future today. Fuel your success. Enrol now!
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SCHOOL OF PHARMACY HOLDS 2ND WHITE COAT CEREMONY
The University of Botswana School of Pharmacy recently held its 2nd White Coat Ceremony for 43 pharmacy students under the theme “Molding Pharmacists of Great Repute and Quality”.
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MEDIA STUDIES DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE MASTER’S PROGRAMME
The Department of Media Studies is in the process of reviewing its programmes and is also planning to introduce a master’s level programme early next year.
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If you are a professor and you cannot produce a student who can think better than you, then you must resign. We cannot afford to have universities where people teach and talk endlessly - Zim Education Minister, Prof Amon Murirwa at EEEP Joint Symposium, Vic Falls.
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PROF DUBE AMONG WORLD’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
Prof Opha Pauline Dube, is among the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019. Dube is a UB Environmental Change Scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science.
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Professional Development Courses calendar 2023.
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The University of Botswana and the University of Essex in the UK today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a broad-based academic Alliance between them. The Alliance is intended to create, foster, and sustain an institution-wide relationship between the partners.
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Congratulations to our
#alumnus
Mr Yandani Boko, on your new appointment as Consul General Designate of the Republic of Botswana at the Botswana Consulate in Johhannesburg, South Africa.
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Prof David Norris meets Rutgers (The State University of New Jersey) President, Dr Robert Barchi. The 2 discussed possible areas of collaboration. Botswana is among countries that Dr Barchi sees potential for strong collaboration towards a knowledge-based society.
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Inviting evaluators, social researchers, programme developers, students & youth to participate in the
#AfricanRootedEvaluation
chat.
#MadeInAfricaEvaluation
#IKS
#spirituality
#decolonisation
#IndigenousStories
Note: The thread transcript will be recorded for research purposes
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UB MAIN CAMPUS BACK TO BUSINESS
Following the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown for Greater Gaborone at midnight today (June 15, 2020), the University Community is informed that the Main Campus will now be open for business tomorrow (June 16, 2020).
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UB GRADUATION 2019🎓🎓🎓
UB will host three separate graduation ceremonies. Faculty of Engineering/Technology, Health Sciences, Medicine and Science ceremony will be on the 11th October 2019 at the UB Campus Indoor Sport Center in the
#morning
.
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TIME OFF
UB students taking time off from their busy schedule. The University has constructed a number of resting spots around campus which have become a hit with students.
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The University of Botswana Council, Management, Staff and Students extend warmest congratulations to Ms Bonolo Khumotaka on her Appointment as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education & Skills Development.
We look forward to your leadership in advancing our nation.
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Congratulations to our
#alumnus
Dr Onkokame Mothobi, on your appointment to serve as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Botswana.
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2022 SADC Tertiary School Essay Competition
Follow this link:
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IN HER OWN WORDS - 2019 VALEDICTORIAN SENDS HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL AT UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA
A few years ago, our academic journey at the University of Botswana began. For many of us it was a chance of a lifetime; something which we had much longed for.
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Celebrating 40 years of academic excellence !!!
#motholemothokgomo
#mmadikolo
#inpursuitofacademicexcellence
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UB ADJUSTS ALMANAC AS RESPONSE TO COVID-19
This means no formal examinations this semester and assessment is through continuous assessment, said Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Mrs Motsei Rapelana, on July 6, 2020. Student activities to end on July 24, 2020.
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FURTHER EXTENSION OF REGISTRATION
Registration for Semester 2 of 2022/23 has been further extended to Sunday 19th February 2023.
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