The University of Fiji today conducted its student orientation and was a massive success attended by hundreds of students.
Speaking at the event the motivational speaker Mr Seru Ramakita shared the importance of hard work and determination.
“When you enter the University, I now you would be scared but remember to work. If you are ever in doubt seek assistance from your lecturers and always complete your work on time. If you work hard, you will never fail a unit and you would never get in trouble with the school or the TSLB,” he explained.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Prem Misir said joining UniFiji would provide building blocks of a knowledge based society that the current Government is striving towards.
“I harbor no illusions that your entrance into the intellectual halls of this University would provide face-to-face interactions with three components as building blocks of a knowledge society, among others; these building blocks are internationalization, interdisciplinarity, and academic-industry collaboration,” he stated.
He further added that as students at the University of Fiji, they would experience both disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.
“Disciplinarity is the expertise within a particular discipline; and interdisciplinarity will enable students to study problems and their solutions that require inputs from several disciplines,” he explained.
Students who attended the orientation said that they were overwhelmed and were very appreciative of the orientation.
“The orientation was really informative and I learnt a lot including information on the University and its facilities as well as the strategic plan,” said Sheenal Aashna, a first year BSc student.
“I found this orientation really interesting and I learnt a lot of things like the courses being offered,” said Swashna, a first year BA student.
Student orientation at the Suva Campus would be held on 13th February.
Registrations are on-going at the both the Campuses.
