Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of the University of Fort HareChapter 7 : Convocation58. Membership and Functions |
| (1) | The Convocation shall consist of— |
| (a) | all persons who have obtained a degree or a diploma from the University, as approved by Senate and Council; |
| (b) | all the persons, other than persons referred to in subparagraph (c), who immediately before the commencement of this Statute were members of the Convocation of the University; and |
| (c) | the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor(s), the Executive Director(s), the Registrar, the Deans, the academic employees on the staff establishment of the University, professors emeriti, and such other persons as Council may determine. |
| (2) | The functions of the Convocation are to— |
| (a) | advise and facilitate liaison between the University and its former students; |
| (b) | create networks, including Alumni Chapters and canvass support for the strategic objectives of the University, and |
| (c) | organise members of the Convocation with a view to facilitating representation of this constituency on appropriate governance structures as determined in the Statute and the Rules. |
| (3) | The Registrar of the University must keep the official roll of the Convocation (the members' list) and a member is required to register his or her name and address with the Registrar in order to appear on the official roll and notify him or her of any change of address. |
| (4) | The official roll of the Convocation is conclusive evidence of membership of the Convocation and only a person whose name appears on the roll at the time of his or her claiming the right to vote as a member of the Convocation is entitled to do so. |
| (5) | The Registrar must remove a member's name from the members' list as soon as practicable after notice of the resignation or death of a member. |