Connect with Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies from other departments
- Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ University
How much do you know about colleagues in the office next to you? It's time to be part of Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies Connect.
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ University has more than 6200 permanently employed and fixed term contract employees. There are many others who are part of the University community, including sessional staff, postdoctoral fellows, and joint staff, as well as honorary and visiting scholars for whom Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ is their academic home.
In an institution as large and diverse as Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ University, it is easy to focus only in your area and miss out on the dynamic ideas and people who sit in offices two floors below you.
It’s time to walk across and discover this vibrant space called Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ University!
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Communications, in partnership with the Director of Employee Relations Betina Fleming, invite Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ staff to be a part of Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies Connect, an initiative to promote collegial relations among staff members and an appreciation of the various contributions that Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies make to our institution.
Kicking off in Workers’ Month, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies Connect is an inter-departmental get-together and informal quick ‘meet and greet.’ We envision that Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ies will use this opportunity to reach out to colleagues and share what they do, milestones, or goals in the horizon. This could even include a quick game of 30 Seconds to stimulate some healthy competition!
The inter-departmental engagement can continue throughout the year. The goal is to make these interactions a part of Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ culture.
Here’s how you can help build our community:
- Identify a Department or people of interest that you would like to know more about. Teams can be as small or as big as you like.
- Send an email either inviting them to come to your office or you visit them. Download invitation templates.
- Agree on logistics.
- Share photographs of who you meet and experience with Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Communications via News@wits.ac.za. These will be published on the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ People webpage. Enquiries: Buhle.Zuma@wits.ac.za
Did you know that Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ has:
- More than 400 buildings
- Six campuses including the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Rural Campus
- 11 Libraries
- 16 Residences