On Wednesday 29 January, 2020, the Organisational and Institutional Studies department at Wits University held an orientation session for the new 2020 cohort of Honours, Masters and PhD students. The Honours lecturer, Dr Marcus Walton, and Academic Coordinator, Dr Federica Duca, addressed an excited room full of new recruits to the programme. Head of the School Professor Mucha Musemwa, who is also the current Chair of PARI’s Board, gave the students a warm welcome to the School of Social Sciences.