Stellenbosch Rotary Club

• 21Apr

  ROTARY FOUNDATION PEACE SCHOLARSHIPS

  Peace Scholarship

  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OF THE PEACE SCHOLARSHIP TO BE AJUDICATED AND AWARDED BY THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

  The Rotary Foundation has announced a call for applications for the 2010-12 Rotary World Peace Fellowships (RWPF) and January 2010 Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies (RPCS) Program session.

  By means of these scholarships, Rotary is creating the leaders of tomorrow and is giving them an unequalled opportunity to foster world peace and understanding and good relationships between people of all colours, races and creeds in all nations around the world as well as advancing their own education and careers.

  The deadline for completed applications to both types of Peace Programmes described below to be submitted to the District 9350’s Selection Committee is FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009, 17h00 (GMT +2Hours).

  Programmes available:

  1. Two Year Programme A two year programme from 2010 to 2012 offers fellowships for Master’s degree study fields related to peace and conflict resolution. Beyond academics, the Rotary World Peace Fellows who participate in this program will also gain practical skills in conflict resolution appropriate to their individual careers.

  Up to 60 Rotary World Peace Fellows each year enroll in the six Rotary Centers for International Studies based at leading universities in five countries: JAPAN (International Christian University); ARGENTINA (Universidad del Salvador); UNITED KINGDOM (University of Bradford); AUSTRALIA (University of Queensland); and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (University of California-Berkeley, California)(Duke University)(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C.).

  2. The Three Month Programme A three month professional development program to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, in JANUARY 2010 in terms of which up to 30 participants embark on three months of intensive study instructed by some of the leading specialists in the peace and conflict resolution fields. The customized curriculum has been crafted by specialists in the field to capitalize on the experience of both participants and lecturers while balancing theoretical and practical learning.

  Ideal for busy professionals, the Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program’s customized curriculum helps promising leaders expand their global outlook, strengthen their negotiation skills, and ultimately make a positive impact on future peace and conflict resolution efforts worldwide.

  Please DOWNLOAD the application form at: http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/083en.pdf and forward it to info@stellenboschrotary.org.za on or before the 15th of May 2009 (17h00). No late applications will be accepted. Final district interviews will take place on SUNDAY 31 MAY 2009.

  Terms and conditions:

  Applicants may be citizens of any country, but no applicants who have already applied for or have already been awarded any other scholarships / bursaries will be considered to be interviewed.

  PLEASE NOTE that the scholarship is a partial scholarship and prospective applicants should have sufficient additional funds of their own available to augment the scholarship money awarded to them, should they are successful. Rotary International does not encourage successful awardees to work overseas to augment their money resources. Applicants should show tangible evidence of reserve funds of their own before they will be considered for an interview by the District Interviewing Committee.

  Scholarships will not be awarded to applicants who are in any manner whatsoever related to Rotarians or who are members of Rotary Clubs. Rotoractors and non-Rotarian alumni of the Ambassadorial Scholarships, Youth Exchange and GSE programmes ARE eligible as candidates for these scholarships.

• 21Apr

  New Generations Annual District Seminar

  New Generations

  HOSTED BY STELLENBOSCH ROTARY CLUB & STELLENBOSCH ROTARACT CLUB

  The first District 9350 New Generations seminar was hosted by Stellenbosch Rotary and Stellenbosch Rotaractors on the 28th of March 2009 here in Stellenbosch .

  Excellently facilitated by PP Michael Lawrence, the current District New Generations Chairperson, the wonderful mix of Rotarians (including current and future District Governors, Elwyn Thompson and Mike Saxby,) Rotaractors, International youth and ambassadorial exchange students RYLA students and Interactors, workshopped a range of issues confronting the growth and development of the many New Generations projects within the various clubs in District 9350. The day finished with a competition awarding real cash prizes to the most relevant and appropriate community project.

  Comments from participants included:

  • Amazing to see Interactors, Rotaractors and Rotarians all having discussions on such an equal level.
  • Great to connect with Rotary family of all ages.
  • Great experience and a great opportunity to learn leadership skills.
  • Awesome meeting people from the Arms of Rotary.
  • Competition at the end was excellent because it allowed brainstorming between all the age groups - older Rotarians who have useful info and contacts Rotaractors lack.
  • Loved the interactive sessions, one can never really price the opportunity of sharing ideas with mature people.

• 21Apr

  Incoming Ambassadorial Students

  Ambassadorial Scholarships

  This year Stellenbosch Rotary Club is hosting two incoming Ambassadorial students. Sue Cairnie, from Canada, who arrived in January and is studying Sociology has become a stalwart member of our Rotaract club and has taken responsibility for a number of local community projects. More recently David Edwards, from the USA, has arrived. David will be pursuing medical studies at the Tygerberg campus of the University of Stellenbosch. We look forward to his contributions to our club.

• 21Apr

  District 9350 Outgoing Ambassadorial Student: Lizette Greyling

  Ambassadorial Scholarships

  2008/9 saw Stellenbosch Rotary club heavily involved in the excellent international Ambassadorial Student programme. We are proud to announce that our nominee, Lizette Greyling, a University of Stellenbosch honours student in physiotherapy for the disabled, has been selected to represent Rotary District 9350 as the outgoing District 2009 Ambassadorial student.

  Lizette will be pursing her studies at the University of Victoria in Vancouver Island, Canada, as from September 2009. In the interim she has become a valued member of the Rotaract club and a regular participant in all Rotary events and functions. Lizette is currently developing proposals for our club on practical ways to provide support for physically challenged members of the Stellenbosch communities, with a goal to raising matching grant funds while she is overseas to grow these projects on her return.

  

• 21Apr

  Rotaract

  Rotaract

  Our 18 month old Rotaract Club has had a stunning start. Less than 9 months from their charter dinner, the club took on the huge responsibility of organizing and hosting the District Rotaract Conference here in Stellenbosch. Despite the winter weather throwing the coldest, wettest weekend at all, everyone agreed it was the best Rotaract conference in years.

  The growing club has raised funds by marshalling at all cycle and running races organized by Rotarians and is firmly committed to supporting the New Energy philosophy of Stellenbosch Rotary. They are also working with the physically challenged of the local Dorothea Special School.

  2009 University of Stellenbosch-Student-Orientation saw an excellent marketing exercise which resulted in a huge intake of new members who are all eagerly participating in the latest RYLA camps as well as marshalling activities. Recent highlights include the fortnightly leadership training sessions, such as Toast Masters, where some suprising expert speakers were sourced from amongst our own Rotaractors.

  Both Stellenbosch Rotaract and Stellenbosch Rotary Clubs enjoy a close relationship and Rotary sponsors two Rotaractors to attend our fortnightly meetings, both project and dinner evenings, thus strengthening the bonds and providing mutual benefits to members of both clubs.

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