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Media Advisory: èßäappSystem to commemorate anniversary of University of the Western Cape partnership

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Media Advisory: University of èßäapp System to commemorate 30-year anniversary of University of the Western Cape partnership
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WHAT: Leadership from the University of èßäapp System and South Africa’s University of the Western Cape (UWC) will kick off a week of events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the partnership between the two institutions with a ceremony on Tuesday, September 27.

The historic partnership, created in 1986 to advance capacity in teaching, research and service between the èßäappSystem and UWC, was the first-ever academic cooperation agreement between a U.S. university and a non-white South African university.

WHO: èßäappSystem President Michael Middleton, UWC Rector Tyrone Pretorius and students from èßäappSystem campuses who have benefitted from the partnership will be available for media interviews before the program begins.

WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, 9:15 a.m. (media interviews), 10 a.m. (program begins)

WHERE: Columns Ballroom C, Reynolds Alumni Center Room, 704 Conley Avenue , Columbia, MO 65201.

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Reviewed 2016-09-26