2023
9,10 February 2023
Visit from colleagues from the Hong Kong Polytechnical University’s Service-Learning and Leadership Office. Thank you for the visit Dr Shuheng Lin, Tiffany Ko, Emily Ng, Wan Lo, Chawisa Lo, Ka Chow, Prof Grace Ngai and Dr Stehen Chan.
January, February and March 2023
Continued with the Historical Society of Mamelodi continued with its digital storytelling project. Community members are taught to create videos using cloud-based video editing software. The aim of the project is to capture stories from the rich history of Mamelodi.
Course on Virtual Exchange presented by the University of Florida.
Submitted four items – sold three – for the Blue exhibition at Johann van Heerden Art Galley
9 – 11 May 2023: Community engagement learning symposium at Rhodes University
Jordaan, M. And Engelbrecht, H. (9,10,11 May 2023). Capturing the History of Mamelodi. Community Engagement Learning Symposium. Rhodes University, South Africa.
May 2023: A finalist of the 2022/2023 NSTF-South32 Awards
May, June: Project with the Early Childhood Development students to develop a training programme with the ECD practitioners.
Webinar 19 May 2023: Tackling Barriers of Access to Basic Education in Africa – Experiences of Engaged Scholars from South Africa, Uganda & Kenya (https://youtu.be/V2t5C4n9AIU)
17 May 2023: Webinar with Prof Laura Kunreuther https://youtu.be/a7cnoFQ_2Xs
Syson Kunda, Martina Jordaan and Nita Mennega are the recipients of the International Award for Excellence for Volume 22 of Organizational Cultures: An International Journal. The article “Challenges and Recommendations: A South African case study of Women in the Information Technology Sector”, Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, Vol 2, Issue 2, 27-40. https://lnkd.in/eqGqS9qE was selected for the award from among the highest-ranked articles emerging from the peer-review process and according to the selection criteria outlined in the peer-review guidelines.
June 2023: Green libraries workshop as part of the grant from the Goethe Institute
23 June 2023: Launch of the Historical Society of Mamelodi’s website (http://www.hsmamelodi.co.za) and YouTube Channel.
21 July to 6 August – Joined the project of Hong Kong Polytechnical University. The students installed solar panels and lights in 400 houses in Rwanda
SotL grant: 6,13 June and 8,15,22,29 August 2023: Training of ECD practitioners on how to incorporate a sensory garden in the pre-schools by ECD students
Developing pre-service teachers’ and early childhood development practitioners’ awareness of sensory gardens benefits Presenters: Susan Thuketana & Martina Jordaan
6 September 2023: Organised the Mandela Day activities
8 September 2023: Opening of the sensory garden
12 September 2023: BSocSc (hons) students from the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies visited Mamelodi. They will collaborate with the Historical Society of Mamelodi and the Mamelodi campus on a project to capture the history of Mamelodi in a storymap format.
12 September 2023: The early childhood development students who participated in the sensory garden project alongside the early childhood development practitioners were awarded certificates for their involvement in the project.
ECD storytelling workshop in collaboration with the Merensky Library. Righardt van den Berg did the workshop from Nalibali.
During the 6th annual South African Heritage Resource Agency’s Heritage and University of Pretoria Heritage Seminar, a session was presented by Dr. Martina Jordaan and Rev. Chris Nkomo from the Historical Society of Mamelodi on the projects of the Historical Society. These projects are done in collaboration with the Mamelodi campus and the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies.
October 2023: Visiting Merrimack College in Boston with Dr Susan Thuketana
Guest lecturer:
High school learners, 1st years and Master students of Merrimack College
19 October 2023: attending the Idealism in Action 2023, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network Annual Conference with Prof Audrey Falk from Merrimack College and Dr Susan Thuketana from UP.
25,26,27 October 2023: IARSCE Conference in New Orleans
- Jordaan, M., Thuketana, S. and Falk, A. (25 – 27 October 2023). The value of sensory gardens in the early childhood development phase. International Association of Research on service learning and community engagement, New Orleans, USA.
- Falk, A., and Jordaan, M. (25 – 27 October 2023). International Partnership Proposal to Strenghen Community Engagement Pracitice. International Association of Research on service learning and community engagement, New Orleans, USA.
1 November: ECD story reading in the sensory garden by a staff member of the Merensky library
15 November 2023: ECD STEM workshop
21 November 2023: Mamelodi collaborative niche area meeting
November 2023: Johan van Heerden Gallery: Earthen Emeralds
6,7,8 December 2023: WeVideo Training with the Historical Society of Mamelodi. Guest lecturer, Ms Patricia Stocker from Merrimack College
Received the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities and Open Society University Network (OSUN) additional funding to support her continued engaged research with the Historical Society of Mamelodi. Engaged scholarship is important because it is a practice that facilitates the development of civic capacities – such as courage, humility, and empathy – in university students, staff, faculty, and community partners.
https://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/martina-jordaan-head-of-community-engagement-and-postgraduate-students-at-the-university-of-pretoria-south-africa/
Completed the short course: Transdisciplinary Research Communication
12 December 2023: Presentation to students from Formación Continua UCA – El Salvador