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Rhinos are Mia's No 1 passion
During #lockdown, Matie alumnus and Capetonian Mia Esterhuyzen finds herself at the rhino sanctuary near Nelspruit where she has been volunteering nearly every single holiday since 2015. Esterhuyzen is one of the 169 students of the...
Big win for SU at MACE Awards
Communication and marketing professionals from Stellenbosch University (SU) were once again rewarded for outstanding work at the annual Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education ( MACE) Excellence Awards ceremony for 2021...
Alberto obtains first Master’s in Disaster Risk Science and Development
Alberto Francioli, a staff member of the Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction (RADAR), on Thursday (22 March 2018) graduated with the first-ever MPhil in Disaster Risk Science and Development at Stellenbosch University (SU)...
Helping choirboys hit the right note
Hitting the right note can become difficult for choirboys during puberty when their voices break and conductors don't know whether to let them sing or to take a break. Simple vocal exercises can, however, help them to overcome this problem...
Rugby emigrants: it’s not just about money and quotas
Ask most avid rugby supporters why they think so many players leave South Africa to ply their trade overseas and chances are they will say money and quotas. But is it really that simple? Are there perhaps other reasons why rugby players may...
From cleaner to graduate: a journey of perseverance and faith
Aerolene Griebelaar's journey from cleaning the corridors of Stellenbosch University (SU) to crossing the stage at graduation has been nothing short of inspiring. After years of juggling work, her family and her studies, Griebelaar received...
FMHS lecturer’s award to advance palliative medicine in SA
Dr Henriette Burger from the Division of Radiation Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently received an ASCO IDEA award from Conquer Cancer, and travelled to Chicago in June 2019 to receive it. The...
Up-and-coming guitarist graduates after many late nights
Juggling a successful music career and studying toward a master's degree in Engineering is not for the faint-hearted.But this week, Roelof van der Merwe, a member of the award-winning folk-acoustic band, Van Der Aven, proved that it...
Institute for Plant Biotechnology – Looking back on 2020
We will look back at 2020, wondering about the dystopic realities of a science fiction movie! A strange year with tremendous challenges which we had to meet and overcome, and which will likely continue into 2021. Nonetheless, the Institute...
Prof Deborah Blaine elected as SAIMechE President
Prof Deborah Blaine was recently elected as President of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE) for the period 2018 to 2020. Prof Blaine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic...