Welcome to 2011!

Welcome back folks! I hope the holiday was rewarding.
Dr Ukpere commences work in his new station, University of Johannesburg, as associate professor in the department of Industrial Psychology & People Management. We wish him well. With his departure, our dear department will be temporarily merged with Retail Management department. What this means is that Mr Venter and Mr Hermanus have been made caretakers as acting head and coordinator of our dear department respectively. During the handover, Assistant Dean, Mr Ivan van de Heever called for support for the new heads and also hinted that the decision to ‘partially’ merge the department with Retail Management department was a result of the urgency to retain the functionality of the department given Dr Ukpere’s departure. 

Mr Terence Hermanus, Co-ordinator, Entrepreneurship Dept


Before 2010 expired, I published a prayer for all of you here on the blog. Check previous blogs for the prayer. Now 2011 is here. And we must thank God for making the journey to 2011 a successful one.
So what decisions have you taken this year that are different from previous ones? Would you  need help getting around some of those decisions? Let us know.
If you had a great holiday and have stories to tell, post your lovely stories here. Also if you do have pictures of your holiday experience, feel free to share those with us. If you can’t post them directly, email them to us – cputentrepreneurship@gmail.com.
Once again, welcome back. May 2011 provide such supersonic goodies to all of us.

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