Vision Statement: Draft One

They say that Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

So here is our first draft of a vision for Helderberg College. This draft emerged over a period of a few weeks.

See some more discussion here.

We are not sure that we are happy with it yet, but we feel that the Helderberg College community, and those closely related to the community should be involved in formulating the vision. Please send us your feedback, comments, questions.

Vision Statement, Draft 1:

Helderberg College will be the institution of choice, setting the standards of Christian (or SDA) higher education in Southern Africa.

We seek to produce highly skilled, reflecting graduates, qualified for effective and compassionate service in church and society.

We would love to have your feedback.
(Vision Statement Committee)

Cafeteria: Menu for April

This may not really classify as entertaining reading, but the cafeteria has requested that we look at their menu and see if we can make any improvements. Perhaps we can think of other kinds of food to include. They will appreciate our input.

Menu

Monday 2 April – Sunday 8 April 2007

	Monday, 2	Tuesday, 3	Wednesday, 4	Thursday, 5	Friday, 6	Sabbath, 7	Sunday, 8
Breakfast	Baked Beans	Cheese	Polony	Hotdog ‘smoor’	Mushrooms		Scrambled Egg
Lunch	Rice, Breyani Dhal Schnitzel Tomato Gravy Roast potatoes Potjie Mix Banana & Coconut Onion & Tomato Egg Salad	Rice, Pap, Samp Beans Burger Tomato Gravy Spinach Pumpkin Sweet Potatoes Pasta	Rice, Spaghetti Bolognaise Nuggets Mushroom Sauce Baby Carrots Peas Gem Squash Corn & Cucumber	Rice Beans Curry Mince Pie Roast Potatoes Broccoli Butternut Carrot & Pineapple	Burger/Cheese Chips	Rice Macaroni Pie Lentil Curry Patties Broccoli Pumpkin Pasta	Rice Ribbon Noodles Chicken A la King Roast Potatoes Peas Carrots
			Guavas			Peppermint tart
Fast Line		Burger Potato Wedges
Supper	Mashed Potatoes Sausage Brown Gravy Mixed Veg Salad Bread Fruit	Potato stew Hotdogs Peas Carrots Salad Bread Fruit	Baked Pasta Strips Mixed Vegetables Salad Bread Fruit	Samp & beans Sausage Carrots Peas Salad Bread Fruit	Baked Potatoes Chilli con carne Pumpkin Peas Salad Bread Fruit	Roll Egg Hotdogs Baked beans Salad Bread Fruit	Stewed Potatoes Sausage Mixed veg Salad Bread Fruit

Menu

Monday, April 9, 2007 – Sunday, April 15, 2007

Monday, 9	Tuesday, 10	Wednesday, 11	Thursday, 12	Friday, 13	Sabbath, 14	Sunday, 15
Breakfast:	Baked beans	Scrambled Egg	Cheese	Polony		Sausage smoor
Hotdog smoor
Lunch:
Main Meal:
Rice Lasagne Sausage Green Beans Pumpkin Roast Potatoes Coleslaw	Rice, Pasta Lentil Stew Schnitzel Broccoli Julienne carrots Corn & Cucumber	Rice, Samp, Pap Beans stew Patties Tomato gravy Spinach Pumpkin Carrot & Pineapple	Rice, Egg noodles Oriental Stir-fry Strips Burger Baby carrots Peas Mixed Bean	Sausage rolls Chips Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Cheese & Onion Pie Lentil Curry Gluten Carrots Broccoli Potato	Rice Beans curry Burger Baked Cauliflower Pumpkin Peas Pasta
Fast Food Line:
		Pineapple Dessert			Peach Pudding
Supper:
Savoury rice Hotdogs Peas & corn Salad Bread Fruit	Pies Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy Mixed Vegetables Salad Bread Fruit	Vetkoek Mince Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Egg curry Mixed Vegetables Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Cottage Pie Brown gravy Gem Squash Peas Pumpkin Egg Salad	Fried Egg Baked beans Chips Roll Salad Bread Fruit	Mashed potatoes Hotdogs Mixed Veg Salad Bread Fruit

Menu

Monday, Apr 16, 2006 – Sunday, Apr 22, 2007

Monday, 16	Tuesday, 17	Wednesday, 18	Thursday, 19	Friday, 20	Sabbath, 21	Sunday, 22
Breakfast:	Scrambled Egg	Cheese/Polony	Baked Beans	Braised Mushrooms		Hotdog smoor
Polony
Lunch:
Main Meal:
Rice, Fried Rice Ratatouille Lentil Pie Schnitzel Creamed spinach Diced carrots Egg	Rice, Samp, Pap Beans stew Patties Tomato gravy Spinach Pumpkin Corn & Cucumber	Rice, Macaroni Cheese Lentil curry Burger Potjie mix Carrot & Pineapple	Rice, Breyani Dhal Strips Broccoli Baby carrots Banana & Coconut	Hotdogs Chips Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Savoury Rice Beans Curry Mushroom Pie Patties Peas Baby carrots Pasta	Rice Cottage Pie Gem Squash & Sweetcorn Broccoli Pumpkin Mixed Bean
Fast Food Line:
	Pies Chips
		Peppermint Tart			Chocolate Cake
Supper:
Vetkoek Mince Salad Bread Fruit	Spaghetti Tomato Gravy Mushroom Gravy Nuggets Peas & Carrots Salad Bread Fruit	Samp & Beans Sausage Mixed Vegetable Salad Bread Fruit	Rice, Umphokoqo Mince Peas & Carrots Salad Bread Fruit	Rice, Ribbon Noodles ‘Chicken’ A la King Pumpkin Peas Corn & Cucumber	Pies Mashed Potatoes Mixed Vegetables Salad Bread Fruit	Fried sausage Egg Baked Beans Salad Bread Fruit

Menu

Monday, Apr 23, 2007 – Sunday, Apr 29, 2007

Monday, 23	Tuesday, 24	Wednesday, 25	Thursday, 26	Friday, 27	Sabbath, 28	Sunday, 29
Breakfast:	Braised Mushrooms	Scrambled eggs	Baked Beans	Polony	Sack Breakfast	Braised sausage
Cheese
Lunch:
Main Meal:
Rice, Egg noodles Oriental Stir-fry Lentil Stew Burger Sauce Baby carrots Peas Corn & Cucumber	Rice, Samp, Pap Beans Stew Burger Tomato gravy Spinach Pumpkin Pasta	Rice Spaghetti Mince Green Beans Pumpkin Carrot & Pineapple	Rice, Scalloped Potatoes Lentil Curry Patties Potjie Mix Gem Squash Julienne carrots Waldorf	Pies Chips Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Fried Rice Beans Stew Mushroom Pie Gluten Broc/Cauli Julienne carrots Potato	Rice Strips Roast Potatoes Peas & Corn Pumpkin Coleslaw
Fast Food Line:
	‘The Works” Burger Chips	Guavas & Custard			Pineapple Dessert
Supper:
Rice Nuggets Mixed Veg Salad Bread Fruit	Samp & Beans Sausage Peas & Carrots Salad Bread Fruit	Pasta Hotdogs Mixed Veg Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Egg curry Salad Bread Fruit	Rice, Mashed Potato Sausage Gem squash Peas Carrots Corn & Cucumber Salad Bread	Hotdogs, eggs Baked beans Salad Bread Fruit	Pasta Nuggets Peas, Corn & Carrots Salad Bread Fruit

Menu

Monday, Apr 30, 2007 – Sunday, May 6, 2007

Monday, 30	Tuesday, 1	Wednesday, 2	Thursday, 3	Friday, 4	Sabbath, 5	Sunday, 6
Breakfast:	Braised Mushrooms	Scrambled eggs	Baked Beans	Polony	Sack Breakfast	Braised sausage
Cheese
Lunch:
Main Meal:
Rice, Samp, Pap Beans Stew Burger Tomato gravy Spinach Pumpkin Pasta	Rice, Mashed Potatoes Pies Brown Gravy Lentil Stew Diced carrots Peas Coleslaw	Rice Bobotie Schnitzel Tomato gravy Mushroom sauce Pumpkin Peas Banana	Rice Beans Curry Nuggets Gem Squash Carrots Broccoli	Subways Chips Salad Bread Fruit	Rice, Potato Bake Mince Curry Patties Broccoli Pumpkin Broc/Cauli Coleslaw	Rice Lentil Stew Schnitzel Roast Potatoes Green beans Pumpkin Carrot & Pineapple
Fast Food Line:
	Pies Chips	Peaches & Cream			Walnut Cake Custard
Supper:
Baked Potato Chilli con carne Mushroom Sauce Salad Bread Fruit	Vetkoek Mince Salad Bread Fruit	Spaghetti Bolognaise Green Beans Carrots Salad Bread Fruit	Potato Stew Pap Burger Salad Bread Fruit	Samp & Beans Sausage Mixed Veg Corn & Cucumber Bread	Hot Pasta Burgers Mixed Vegetables Salad Bread Fruit	Rice Egg Curry Peas Carrots Salad Bread Fruit

Cafeteria Food: Student Feedback

In my short life, I've experienced the food in several dormitories. I have also had friends from other dormitories. And in all my experiences and friendships there has been a common factor.

Complaints about dormitory food. It is a fact of life that dormitory residents will complain about dormitory food.

I have a suggestion that the fact that complaints exist is no real indication of the quality of an institution. Quality is measured by the institution's ability to listen to complaints, engage with them and to come up with responses that will either remove the complaint or satisfy the complainant. (Hows that for a lot of complaints in one paragraph :-) ).

I'm excited about the fact that the College has recently asked the RAD committee to serve as an independent body that will listen to student's input and evaluations of the Cafeteria and liase with the cafeteria in order to improve their service. While we serve in this capacity, we will be called the Menu Committee.

So here is an announcement:

The Menu committee is meeting on Wednesday, May 2 at 13:00 in the cafeteria.

The agenda is to evaluate the menu and the service of the cafeteria from a student point of view.

The meeting will be an open meeting and we invite all students who have an interest in the matter to join us and you will be given the opportunity to voice your concerns and opinions.

If you have any complaints or suggestions, we suggest the following: please send me an e-mail (coetserw @ helderberg's e-mail) and we will be sure to put it on the agenda. We will try our best to investigate your suggestions before the meeting so that we can address them adequately when the meeting is in process.

My plea is to students to make use of this opportunity (it will happen once a quarter) to ensure that they have a positive experience while studying at Helderberg College.

In order to help you make constructive inputs, we have requested that the Cafeteria share their menu for the month of April with us. I hope to post it on this blog very shortly.

Open House Time Again!

Salisbury House is different from many other men's residences at Universities in South Africa. As a rule the house is closed to 50% of the population: ladies.

Once a semester, we hold an Open House. During this time the students go to a lot of effort to beautify their rooms and to become hospitable to the ladies that are usually not allowed in.

Our theme was: The Circus. Our worship for the evening was also based on the theme. We described several characters in the circus and asked the students who they would identify with. Each character also had some truths to share about life in general.


This is TJ talking about jugglers.


Pablo talks about Trapeze Artists.


I think we were able to put an accurate identikit of Zandisile on the screen. If he ever commits a crime this could help to identify him.
Neeta felt that Zandisile displayed too much of a eurocentric stereotype of being a clown. He tried to africanize the role slightly.


Peter has a lot of experience with the young lions in our dorm.

Mpho poses with his good friend Shalom.
Mirless being very welcoming in a special friend in Paulo Darcy's room. Guess who comes form Angola.

Photography Credit: Pictures taken by our campus chaplain, Ps. Eddie Appollis.