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The Events of the CEU at UWC Upcoming CE Events Co-creating knowledge for Social Justice Wed 10 Jun SoE-SI Seminars More info Inquire / Register Scholarship of Engagement Virtual Colloquium (2026) Date and time is TBD Virtual More info Learn more

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T1 Founder & CEO The HECE Conference 2026 (Makhanda, Eastern Cape) Read More > Tech Lead Photo 2 This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. Office Manager Photo 3 This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. Product Manager Former Director This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. HR Lead Current Team This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. Customer Support Lead SOE Model (Boyer's Aligned) This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. QA Specialist SPARE This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. Content Strategist Debbie Green This is your Team Member description. Use this space to write a brief description of this person’s role and responsibilities, or add a short bio. T2 T3 T4 T5

My CEU Details Acting Director Dr Samantha van Schalkwyk Dr. Samantha van Schalkwyk is a feminist scholar and activist working in the field of gender-based violence and transforming patriarchal trauma. She is Acting Director at the Community Engagement Unit (CEU) at the University of the Western Cape, where she is leading processes related to the institutionalisation of the scholarship of engagement for societal impact (SoE-SI) and driving community-engaged research. In this role, she leads the alignment of community engagement with institutional priorities, cultivates equitable community–university partnerships, and strengthens pathways for translating engaged scholarship into meaningful social change. She integrates critical feminist research with impactful community-based interventions and training. Holding a PhD in Psychology, Dr. van Schalkwyk’s academic and activist work spans over thirteen years and focuses on gender-based violence at the intersections of historical trauma and the disruption of racialised and patriarchal systems through participatory and collective research methodologies. savanschalkwyk@uwc.ac.za +27 (21) 959 3124 View CEU staff Portfolios View our CE work Portfolios

Colloquium SPEAKERS << Speakers Panel Chairs Event Programme UWC CEU Colloquium 2021 The 2021 CEU Colloquium theme will require us all to reflect and deliberate on issues such as: Decoloniality in our Scholarship of Engagement (SoE) practice; our SoE Model and Principles of Community Engagement (CE) at UWC; the importance, and different types of Community-University Partnerships required for impactful societal transformation; and the Institutionalization of our SoE to ensure effective measurement and reporting of our Social Impact as a locally impactful and internationally relevant Anchor Institution. Ms Pearl September-Brown CE online Database (UWC) Ms Pearl September-Brown has been employed by the University of the Western Cape as a researcher since 2012 in the Community Engagement Unit. Read More Prof Burtram Fielding Dean Elect of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (UWC) Prof Burtram Fielding is the Director of Research Development at the University of the Western Cape. He is also Dean Elect of the UWC's Faculty of Natural Sciences, a position he will take up in January 2022. Prof Fielding is a molecular biologist working mainly on coronaviruses since 2003. Read More Mr Michael Ellis Communication Manager (SAASTA) Mr Michael Ellis is a science communication manager at the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA). Read More Mr Gasant Abarder Manager: Media, Marketing and Communications (UWC) Mr Gasant Abarder is the Media, Marketing and Communications manager for the University of the Western Cape. He served as editor of both the Cape Times and the Cape Argus over a career in mainstream media spanning 21 years. Read More Dr Cornel Hart Programme Coordinator (UWC) Dr Cornel Hart is the Programme Coordinator for the Bachelor of Community Development at the UWC. She has a Masters in Research Methodology - specializing in Programme Evaluation and for her PhD developed a micro-macro level model to assess integrative community well-being. Read More Prof Priscilla Daniels Director: Community Engagement Unit (UWC) Prof Priscilla Daniels Priscilla Daniels is the Director of the CEU at UWC and will deliver the Closure and word of Thanks. Read More Speakers-1b

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My CEU Details Community Liaison Damaris Kiewiets She facilitate Health and Human Rights training for Community Leaders with the Dullah Omar Institute. She became a Chaplain in 2018 and served on the District Health Council for 2 terms in the Cape Metro. Her role at the university is to assist students and communities to understand the role of the university in the surrounding communities. She facilitates partnerships and networking opportunities. She is an ex-nurse and a strong health activist for Health, Human Rights and Social Development. She graduated as a Meridian in 2013. Damaris served on the Provincial Health Research Council “between” 2009-2014 and she currently serves on the Tygerberg hospital board. She was part of the advisory team of the School of Nursing developing the BA for nursing and very instrumental in the Community Health Component. She is second author on a paper looking at Community Participation in Health and third author on the paper on Health Committees as a Vehicle for Community Participation. ceu@uwc.ac.za +27 (21) 959 3124 View CEU staff Portfolios View our CE work Portfolios

The annual UWC Academic week with focus on Community Engagement Annual UWC Academic Week - CE Focus

The annual UWC Academic week with focus on Community Engagement Annual UWC Academic Week - CE Focus

Project Details ICLDP International Community Leadership Development Programme (ICLDP) The overall purpose of the ICLDP pilot project was to collaboratively design and implement an international community leadership exchange programme that would empower community leaders in bringing about ‘change’ (transformation) in their communities towards improved community well-being. The ICLDP pilot project partners (CEU & MU Extension) set themselves three goals, related to the establishment of a collaborative programme, that must be based on all scholarships of engagement and, as a result, extend their reach to communities through community leaders. The pilot project goals were translated into three project objectives , with the first objective being to add community engagement, community development and community extension in an integrated manner to the 30-year long UMSAEP partnership. The remaining two objectives relate to the development and implementation of a transformational international community leadership programme. Project Gallery 1/1 < Previous Project Project Report Next Project >