Derek Staniland, the longest-serving academic staff member in the Faculty, provided this photograph of the Natal Technical College staff taken at the time of the 50^th Jubilee in 1957.

Continuous service over 70 years

Albert Nagoor - father of Arts and Design veteran, Reuben Nagoor - began work at City Campus in 1935.

Reuben Nagoor himself has worked here since 1971, in the language laboratory and as audiovisual technical assistant in the faculty. (See photograph of Reuben at the controls in the language laboratory in 1983).

Reuben is also manager of the long-standing City Campus-based community development project, the Rotary eThekwini Academic Support Programme. In the photograph, he is seated 2nd from the right behind the workbench in Room 214 which was then a Physics Laboratory.
In this 1974 photograph, Peter Ring, Head of Electrical Engineering is seated 2nd from the left. Room 214 is now a Graphic Design studio.

1926 saw the completion of the new West Street (Dr Pixley Kaseme Street) block, topped by the bell tower (see picture). The project to erect two new buildings to form a quadrangle behind the original 1910 building was awarded to Ing and Jackson, Architects, in 1925. The estimated cost was 43,995 pounds.

STUDENT FESTIVAL - 100 YEARS CELEBRATIONS

A student festival will take place at the DUT City campus to celebrate its 100 years of existance.  Current students will be show-casing their work and talents in the form of Exhibitions, fashion shows, etc.  All City campus students are welcome to participate in the festival to enjoy the festivities and prize giveaways!
Please send ideas to nomondem@dut.ac.za or birdee@webmail.co.za by no later than 15 September 2010

Are you a former Student or Staff of the City Campus, Formely known as "The Tech"?

The City campus is calling upon former students and staff, who studied and worked between 1910 to date to share experiences and visual images to commemorate 100 years of excellence.  Celebrations are earmarked for November 2010.   Please send your material contributions to nomondem@dut.ac.za / bhekanid@dut.ac.za / robin@dut.ac.za