The Department of Student Affairs recently held a Green Market Day on Cape Town Campus to inform students about their impact on the environment and how they can minimize their own footprint.
Representatives from the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation and Clean C gave talks and Johannesburg-based musician Cassper Nyovest entertained the crowd.
Other activities included the CPUT racing car outside the Administration building, the HIV/AIDS Unit tested volunteers in the Student Centre and 70 stalls were on display around the Piazza.
Marketing students also demonstrated the knowledge they learnt this year when they ran profitable stalls during the Market Day.
Personal Selling lecturer Tania Petersen, who co-ordinates the annual event, says the initiative was for
academic assessment and the proceeds from the sales will be donated to Al Noor Orphanage in Woodstock.
The event challenged students to apply all the skills they acquired from their subjects such as marketing, personal selling, accounting, and End-User Computing.
Working in groups of up to 15 students they also utilized other skills like entrepreneurship, project management, team building and conflict management.
Petersen says students would also have to prepare income and expenditure statements after the event, so their knowledge of accounting was also tested.
It took the students two months to conceptualize and plan for their projects. They also had to do the branding and advertising of their projects using posters and social network sites.
The groups erected stalls around the Piazza and sold different foods, snacks, sweets and meat products to staff and students.
Written by Kwanele Butana
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