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FROM THE Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Dear Readers

By now I think we have all learned to live with the you consider the tuff times we are going through.
new normal in a variety of ways. Whether its with
Covid-19 and all its challenges or the digital world. It would be remiss of me, not to mention our new
The university for instance, is offering you its second PVC’s achievement. The University of Namibia’s
issue on the now more standard digital platform. No Pro-vice Chancellor of Research, Innovation and
more printing! Who would have thought this to be Development, Professor Anicia Peters, has clinched
standard practice, just 1 year ago! a Google AI Award for Inclusion Research. Another
milestone moment for the institution!
Like all other institutions of higher learning we have
our ups-and-downs during these uncertain times, but These are but a few of the enriching achievements
we are all striving for better, for more. In the not-to- and happenings around the institution that you can
distant future, the university will introduce more forms read about in this issue.
of innovation, as we have to prepare ourselves for
the long haul in living with this virus. On a different note, the restructuring process of
the institution is in process and staff will be notified
As you will discover in this issue, some normalcy has accordingly, in due course.
returned, with our fourth-year students from the
School of Veterinary Medicine spending time at the I would also like to use this opportunity to wish all our
Otjikoto Nature Reserve Educational Centre, as part staff and students a Prosperous 2021! Let’s all hope
of their practical training. the doom and gloom of 2020 will soon be a thing of
the past, as we embrase the new year!
I am delighted to inform you that Dentistry has
finally found its feet amidst the pandemic chaos. Happy reading!
The School aims to shine a new and different light
on Dentistry as an innovative modern academic
profession in Namibia.

The institution is also very proud of its piloting of
desalinated seawater bottling facility in Henties
Bay. This project has opened up a ton of innovation Prof Kenneth Matengu
possibilities, at the coast. Indeed exiting times, when Vice Chancellor

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