The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences welcomed this semester’s international exchange students from sister universities in Europe in style.
The faculty is hosting 13 students from Ravensburg, Münster, Osnabrück, Fontys and Ingolstadt universities. The same number of the faculty’s students will be heading to the European universities.
The Graduate Centre for Management (GCM) hosted a ‘Leading like Madiba’ event which saw the European students getting to know their CPUT counterparts in the international exchange programme as well as local culture and the legacy of ex-president Nelson Mandela.
GCM staffer Arnelle Meyer who facilitated the event at the Best Western Hotel was thoroughly enjoyed by the students. They were expecting a history lesson but received a fun-filled master class. Using Madiba‘s values including mutual respect, Meyer challenged them to evaluate leadership styles and opportunities.
The students were given copies of the “Leading like Madiba: Leadership lessons from Nelson Mandela” book by Martin Kalungu-Banda and memory boxes, which the exchange students appreciated and treasured.
The faculty’s Incoming International Exchange Student luncheon was also held at the Cape Town Hotel School.
Associate Dean Ivan Van der Heever told the students that while their priority was completing their academic programmes they should also enjoy the tourism destinations in the Western Cape and leave CPUT and Cape Town knowing more about the area than the locals. He added that the students had made a good start with the Leading like Madiba event, a guided tour of the Peninsula and a visit to Guga S’Thebe in Langa Township to participate in the Inter-University Study Abroad Semester Welcome Event.
Stijn Koenraadt, a student from Fontys, Netherlands, said Cape Town is a beautiful city, adding that he has been to Lion’s Head and Signal Hill as well as Camps Bay. “The people are friendly here. African people are kind and they are always ready to greet and chat.”
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