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‘Oprah changed the trajectory of my life’ – newly graduated doctor
Years ago, when she was still a child – and queuing in the early hours outside a Soweto clinic for medical attention for her grandmother's hypertension – Boitumelo Theepe made a silent promise to herself that she would be a doctor one day....
Student wrestles buffalo, camps, to earn degree
Nearly 230 students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were capped this week at Stellenbosch University's March graduation. For most of these students, this marks the culmination of years of hard work and countless...
Special exam arrangements to assist students announced
Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, today announced ad hoc arrangements with regard to the loss of academic time and the final examinations for 2016. Read his letter to staff and students below: 31 October 2016Dear colleagues...
Herbst keeps on going
The blind South African Paralympic and World Championship medal winner in swimming, Hendri Herbst, is receiving his LLM (Master of Law) degree at the sixth graduation ceremony of Stellenbosch University (SU) on Friday (5 April). Originally...
SU adapts to new circumstances
The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be more challenging than the first, but the staff and students of Stellenbosch University (SU) has risen to the challenge in exemplary ways. This was the main message from Prof Wim de...
‘Helping the community’ motivated Rory’s PhD
Dr Rory Dunbar and his friendly service dog, Vaughn, are familiar faces at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). And tonight (20 March 2018) they were again together at Stellenbosch University's...
Highlights of SU’s Centenary year
In a recent video message to stakeholders, Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Wim de Villiers looks back on 2018, the institution's historic Centenary year. Here are his top ten highlights: SU produces...
SU graduate conquers learning disability and mental illness
The adjustment to university life can be very difficult and recent statistics from Statistics South Africa indicate that more than fifty percent of South African first years drop out of university. But for Jessica Fouche, being part of...
Administrative Service Provision to Students
COVID-19 has an immense impact on the world, the country and Stellenbosch University. It is up to every one of us to play our part to ensure that the spread of the virus is limited as much as possible. As this unprecedented situation...
Convocation election: only a day left to vote
Members of the Convocation of Stellenbosch University (SU) still have time until just before midnight on Monday 7 December 2020 to vote for three members of the executive committee (EC) of the SU Convocation. The three vacancies are for the...