Media release
For SU graduate Haajir September, setbacks are detours, not dead ends
Like so many learners, the Covid-19 pandemic robbed Haajir September of a memorable matric year. Lockdown meant no matric ball, no normal school routine and...
Education
Megan Hartnick turns adversity into achievement
Megan Hartnick has spent most of her life learning to hold on to the small, steady flame of possibility. When she graduated with a BA degree from Stellenbosch...
Media release
SU celebrates record number of graduates at December ceremonies
SU celebrates record number of graduates at December ceremonies
More than 6 000 graduands will cross the stage in the Coetzenburg Centre this week as...
Western Cape’s top teacher graduates with master’s from SU
The Western Cape's top teacher, Llewellyn van der Ross, never planned on a career in education. “I didn't choose teaching, teaching chose me," he says of the...
SU student survives 2 open-heart surgeries to graduate as physiotherapist
The death of his father, two open-heart surgeries and financial challenges did not deter Schwann Chavalala from his goal of graduating from Stellenbosch...
Bumper graduation week for SU as it confers record number of qualifications
Stellenbosch University is looking forward to a bumper graduation week as it prepares to confer 5 865 qualifications – the highest number of December...
Dr Lourens’ research challenges conventional perceptions of sex work
If you saw a blonde woman in a red gown with the brightest smile imaginable on the final day of Stellenbosch University's (SU) graduation week at Coetzenburg...
SU’s Faculty of Science awards four joint international degrees
Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Science this week awarded four joint PhD degrees with universities in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy in...
From Madagascar to the world with a PhD in physics
Hailing from a rural village in Madagascar, Dr Dina Miora's academic journey has taken her to South Africa and Germany and today she is employed as a...
Sport
SU graduate swaps running for rugby, and represents SA within the first year
Elitha Sylvester, from Bellville in Cape Town who graduated from Stellenbosch University (SU) on Friday 15 December with a Bachelor of Education, does not...