CHECK-IN/ NETWORKING/ RECEPTION MUSIC BY KEITH MARKS

OPENING DARREN CLARKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CEGP

REMARKS PRESIDENT RICHARD L. MCCORMICK

HONORABLE GEORGE MONYEMANGENE SOUTH AFRICA CONSUL GENERAL

WELCOME DEAN RICHARD DE LISI

PRESENTATION OF RUTGERS VISION AWARD PRESIDENT MCCORMICK

KEYNOTE ADDRESS PHUTI MALABIE

CEO SHANDUKA GROUP, DOUGLASS COLLEGE ‘93

“SEND-OFF” DEAN RICHARD DE LISI

“TOAST” HEATHER DUNHAM SAI ‘09

SPECIAL THANKS

The Program

Phuti Malabie, DC ’93, is the CEO of Shanduka Group. She joined Shanduka in 2004 as the Managing Director of Shanduka Energy.

Involved in a number of activities with youth, she is currently

mentoring young professionals and students and working with Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum’s “Dignity Day” programme focusing on re-enforcing the values of dignity in young people.

She was selected as a World Economic Forum Global Young Leader in 2007, was listed as one of the the Wall Street Journal’s “Top 50 women in the world to watch” in 2008, was awarded the “Most Influential Woman in Government and Business – Financial Services” in 2009 and, most recently, was nominated “Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year” at the African Business Awards in 2009 hosted by African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council.

In addition to earning a BA in Economics from Rutgers (Douglass College 1993), Phuti also acquired an MBA from De Montfort University and completed the Kennedy School of Government Executive Education “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century” at Harvard University.

Phuti Malabie

Launched in the fall of 2001, the Rutgers Graduate School of Education's South Africa Initiative facilitates international contact between the United States and South Africa with the vision of empowering educators as vital agents and architects of a diverse democracy. The ultimate goal is to develop culturally competent K-30 educators who share their talents and expertise via in-person contact and distance-education technology in the development of strategies and interventions for the improvement of teaching and learning, and community learning in both countries. We are committed to educating students for responsible global citizenship in ways that both deepen their learning and improve the quality of the world community. Each year selected participants travel to South Africa to engage in lectures, participate in school and community-development projects, and visit historical and cultural arenas. Upon their return, each participant develops a project for their school or community. Projects have focused on topics as varied as “the development of multicultural competencies” and “narratives of hope”. This exchange of talents and expertise has created an academy without walls; in this vibrant learning environment, educators from the US and SA develop strategies for the improvement of teaching and learning. The success of SAI is evident by the increased levels of motivation and student retention of teachers and reported increases in learning, achievement, retention and parental and community involvement in school activities in South Africa. To learn more about how you can help, please contact Dr. Darren Clarke at 732.932.7496 x8106 or dlclarke@dceo.rutgers.edu.

About South Africa Initiative

GSE South Africa 2011 Project Staff

Project Director: Darren Clarke

Facilitator: Steffany Baptiste Henion

GSE South Africa 2011 Participants

Lelia Brinkley

Kimberly Cocca

Nicole Eoon

Kristine Kowalski

Sana Mahmandar

Caitlin Mahony

Corey O'Conner

Colette Rafferty

Jason Richardson

Alea Rushmore

Melissa Stein

Louis Ward JR

Elizabeth Zwierzynski