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DUT STAFF MEMBER OBTAINS CUM LAUDE AND A MAGUBANE S BOOK EXPLORES LOVEIN THE ERA OF
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DEAN S MERIT AWARD FOR HIS MASTER S DEGREE
Pictured: Mthokozisi Mnculwane.
DUT staff member Mthokozisi Mnculwane has led by example by obtaining a Dean’s Merit Award for his Master’s in Management Sciences in Administration and Information
cum laude. Mnculwane, who has been a residence co-ordinator under the Department of Student Housing and Residence Life since 2019, was among the graduands who were honoured for their academic excellence during the DUT 2021 Virtual Autumn Graduation ceremony on 28 May 2021.
Speaking about his journey at DUT, Mnculwane, who is originally from Mooi River, in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, said that he
joined the University in 2007 as a student enrolled in the Faculty of Accounting and Informatics at the Midlands campus. He has a Diploma and a Bachelor ofTechnology degree in Of ce Management and Technology.
“I completed my BTech degree in 2011. In 2012, I got a job at DUT in Student Counselling and Health – HIV/AIDS Unit where I worked as the administration assistant. While there, I enrolled for a short course (Project Management) in order to enhance my knowledge and skills for better opportunities. In 2016, I was promoted to be a Project and Health Promotion Of cer in the same department, where my core duties were to plan the implementation of healthcare projects, working with peer educators to promote healthy living through events, dialogues and workshops in residences, on campus and with surrounding communities,” said Mnculwane.
He said that his core duties are to manage a cluster of DUT-owned residences, ensuring that he supports the department with directives concerning maintenance requirements, safety and health, development of residence buildings (looking at innovative infrastructural, asset management, etc.), working closely with relevant departments, ensuring that municipality standards for buildings are met and to develop systems that will enhance processes and operations.
His thesis focused on the perceptions of students towards administration of healthcare services at the Isolempilo Clinic, which was motivated by conversations he had with students when he was still working for the HIV/AIDS Centre. He said that through dialogues, he would note the challenges that some students experienced regarding the level of service they received at DUT healthcare clinics.
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