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Rector's invitation to staff assembly
Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at SU, recently sent out an invitation to the first staff assembly of 2017 on 3 March. Staff are encouraged to RSVP if they haven't done so already. The objective of the assembly is to give...
Botanical Garden open evenings during Woordfees - 8 to 10 March
The Botanical Garden will be open untill 22h00 each evening from the 8th to the 10th of March. Visitors can enjoy some of our night flowering plants such as the Victoria waterlilies. The glasshouses including the newly renovated tropical...
Office of the Chief Operating Officer in transitional phase
The office of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is currently in a transitional phase. With the retirement of the incumbent, Prof Leopoldt van Huyssteen (top left), being planned for the end of 2017, the...
Knowledge of Qur’an leads to glory
The fifth-year medical student, Muhammed Sheik, was awarded the title of "Best African Qur'an Reciter" at the prestigious Bahrain International Hifz Memorisation Competition last year. Sheik was invited to take part in the international...
Books abound at SU Woordfees
Discussions of books in the company of their writers form a central and exciting element of the SU Woordfees, and this year's collection certainly has something worthwhile for book lovers. History, of course, plays an important role at most...
Trade in wildlife spreading disease and invasive species
The legal and illegal trade in wildlife could lead to the spread of disease and invasive species, writes Dr John Measey of the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University in an article published on The Conversation website on...
Women on campus tackle gender discrimination
Hundreds of Stellenbosch University (SU) students took to the streets on International Women's Day yesterday (Wednesday 8 March) as part of the Start Letting Us Talk (Slut) Walk, an initiative that aims to take a stand against rape culture...
Record number of graduates for SU’s 2016 academic year
This week's March 2017 Graduation Ceremonies will again see a record number of students graduating from Stellenbosch University (SU). Together with the December 2016 Graduation Ceremonies (the two ceremonies form the 2016 academic year) it...
Homecoming 2017 'was a blast'
A music extravaganza, a taste of those familiar class days with "Back to Class" lectures, class reunions, a fun run and mountain-biking experience for sports enthusiasts and a host of Woordfees shows. These were just some of the special...
Smart Water Meter provides innovative solution to water wastage
With the severe water shortage that is currently plaguing the Western Cape, innovative solutions are in greater demand than ever before. During the second Stellenbosch Forum lecture of 2017, Dr MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Associate Professor at...