{"id":14897,"date":"2022-03-14T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/matengu-encourages-students-to-face-challenges"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:46:43","slug":"matengu-encourages-students-to-face-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/matengu-encourages-students-to-face-challenges","title":{"rendered":"Matengu encourages students to face challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Rose-Mary Haufiku<\/b><\/p>\n

University of Namibia vice chancellor Kenneth Matengu has encouraged first-year and senior students to face challenges with conviction. He said this during the official opening ceremony of the university for the 2022 academic year at the Hage Geingob campus last week.<\/p>\n

He told students that no star can shine without the presence of darkness and that when dark times arise in their lives, they should seize the opportunity to shine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever challenges lie ahead, what I can advise you is that you should choose to face them, and face them with conviction and commitment,\u201d urged Matengu.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that as students, they will leave Unam as whole and transformed individuals because that is what they are expected to achieve as students.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is my prayer to all of you \u2013 that you will meet your greatest challenge here at Unam and leave this place transformed, ready to take on challenges that life will throw at you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Unam alumnus Ndjodi Ndeunyema also discussed how students from a variety of backgrounds are likely to be dominated by feelings of excitement, fear and anxiety on their commencement day, but that the objective is to ensure that such feelings are refined and positively addressed. \u201cI challenge you to do so as you endeavour to self-improve. To be a student who goes beyond, to display intellectual humility while manifesting intellectual rigour, and to recognise that you may come from a \u2018small\u2019 place, but that place matters and that you too can have an impact,\u201d advised Ndeunyema.<\/p>\n

The university, which has about 30 000 students and 2 500 employees, has designated 2022 as its special year since it will be 30 years old, having been established on 31 August 1992.<\/p>\n

Under the theme \u2018The Engaged University – UNAM at@30,\u2019 the university plans to commemorate the prestigious occasion with targeted activities throughout the year.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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