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‘There are no elevators to success, I had to take the stairs’ says hearing impairment graduate
When hearing impaired student Celize Louw stood up to receive her Master's degree in Physiotherapy, it marked the end of a long and sometimes arduous long-distance journey of study. For Louw (43), this achievement is proof that hard work...
Medical student appointed as first African coordinator for international body
Final-year medical student, Azhar Adam Nadkar, has been elected by a global association for medical education to coordinate the student participation in a major conference later this year. Nadkar was recognised last year by the rector of...
SU bursary a launch pad for successful career in sport physiotherapy
A physiotherapy graduate from 2012 has been selected as one of the Mail & Guardian newspaper's Top 200 South Africans for 2021, an honour which has led to him paying warm tribute to his lecturers and mentors at the Faculty of Medicine and...
Historical wounding and its haunting legacies to be deliberated at international conference
What is the appropriate response to the echoes of historical wounding that extend far beyond the generation that experienced the trauma directly? What strategies might quell the haunting repercussions of genocide, slavery, colonial...
Aspeling retires after years of service to SU
A whole generation of Matie students knows Mr Johann Aspeling as the Registrar of Stellenbosch University (SU). But the long road that he has walked with SU began as far back as his own student days in this university town, which he came to...
INDEX BACK NEXT Faculty alumni receive prestigious scholarship to study at Oxford
Two MBChB 2013 graduates from the Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) - Dr Jonas Bovijn and Dr Kirsten Rowe - have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2016. The Rhodes scholarship is a prestigious...
Thuthuka helps young aspiring accountants at SU
As a means of providing funding to black chartered accountants in South Africa, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Thuthuka Bursary Fund, formerly known as the Institute of Accountants and Auditors, was created...
SU lecturer journeys from safety boots to books
Delecia Davids' academic journey proves that switching degrees is not a sign of failure. While choosing a degree can be a daunting task for many students, for Davids – a 2020 Mandela Rhodes Scholarship recipient – this seemed like an...
Bronwyn committed to better surgical training for better patient outcomes
Bronwyn Stockenstroom didn't initially set out to changing the surgical training landscape in Africa. After qualifying as a physiotherapist in 2003, she moved through pharmaceutical sales and worked for a German surgical company before...
FMHS PhD candidate selected for global female science programme
When Carene Ndong Sima, a PhD candidate in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, was selected for the Female Science Talents Intensive Track 2025, she joined an elite group of 20 “exceptionally talented women" in science...