As part of demonstrating our commitment to transform and position the NWU as a unitary institution of superior academic excellence, with a commitment to social justice, the NWU Council has established the NWU Public Artwork Selection Committee (NWU PASC) to embark upon a process to find a new unitary symbol in the form of creative artwork.
We want you to be part of this process and share in the excitement of creating a new unitary symbol. Over the next few months, the university will embark on a journey to find a unifying symbol that is in line with the NWU strategy. The new unitary artwork needs to encapsulate the character of the NWU, and to achieve that, the views and inputs of our key stakeholders are important. The identified key stakeholders are staff, students, alumni, communities around our campuses, and others.
Together with you, through cooperation and imagination we can discover something unique, something special, and true to the goals, strategy, principles and values of the NWU.
North-West University Public Artwork Project
The North-West University is accepting design proposals from stakeholders (artists) for a public artwork to create 1 interactive artwork (statue/symbol) for each campus within the University. The three locations are the Potchefstroom Campus, Vanderbijlpark Campus and Mahikeng Campus.
Their coming together to form the North-West University (NWU) was a strong symbolic act of reconciliation and nation building – and a highly effective one.
The NWU was established by merger and incorporation in 2004 as a unitary multi-campus institution, with a single set of policies, systems and standards, driven by a set of constitutionally based values, promoting unity in diversity, developing in its own brand and identity, and a unique institutional culture based on the unity and value system of the university.
The transition to the unified NWU has been hailed as one of the most successful and stable higher education mergers in South Africa. Each year since the merger, the NWU has demonstrated prudent financial management and solid performance, improved student pass rates, increased research output and risen in the corporate governance rankings for South African universities.
Our dream at the NWU is to be an internationally recognised university in Africa, distinguished for engaged scholarship, social responsiveness and an ethic of care. Our purpose is to excel in innovative learning and teaching and cutting-edge research, thereby befitting society through knowledge. Our brand promise is to be dynamic, values-driven and excellent.
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