Alumni Ambassadors: Dr. Pamela Dube

Dr. Pamela Dube is Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the CUT - Central University of Technology, Free State, Blomfontein in South Africa. She studied English language and literature at the University of Siegen, where she completed her master's degree and doctorate.

Back in her home country South Africa, she established an international office for strategic partnerships as Senior Manager in the Office of the Managing Director, CEO of the Nuclear Energy Commission of South Africa (NECSA), in addition to other positions in state educational institutions. At the University of Johannesburg, she subsequently served as Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor for International and Student Affairs, then as Director of Human Resource Management and finally as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization, University Development and Student Affairs. After a short period as an advisor to the Vice-Chancellor and Rector and as a lecturer in Media Studies at Kathmandu University in Nepal, she returned to South Africa, first as Dean of Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and then as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Student Development and Support at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town before taking up her current position as Rector at CUT.

Dr. Pamela Dube: "This is Blouberg on the West Coast of Cape Town, South Africa. I live here and this is my special place where I often go for a walk on the beach with a view of Table Mountain ahead and Robben Island to my right. Our national icon uTata uMadiba, better known as Nelson Mandela, was imprisoned on Robben Island for 27 years.

This place and the leadership that Mandela embodied inspires me deeply. It always reminds me of a beautiful quote from him "What matters in life is not that we have lived, but how we have changed the lives of others.". I would like to share this particular quote to express my everlasting gratitude for the opportunity to be associated with the University of Siegen as my alma mater. My experience as a student at the University of Siegen has enriched my appreciation of my home country and my role in society. It has also had a positive impact on my professional development and my personal affirmation as a human being and global citizen that I am "good enough" regardless of my background, race and gender."