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I am because you are
"Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu" or "I am, because you are" is an African philosophy known loosely as a sense of belonging. "I am because we are". Ubuntu as a philosophy speaks to the fact that we are all connected and one can only thrive if...
IDASA collection handed over to Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) on Thursday (20 June 2019) officially acquired a special manuscript collection of the Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA). The collection was acquired through the financial support of...
Communication from Council (18 June 2019)
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Council had its second scheduled meeting for the year on Tuesday 18 June. Council discussed developments in higher education and at SU, and took a number of important decisions. Matters discussed included...
Hans Merensky EucXylo Research Chair at Stellenbosch University to focus on how eucalyptus trees grow
Wood has been essential to mankind for thousands of years for building, as fuel, for making tools, and for a myriad of other purposes. In recent times, its usefulness has changed. It is also used for things like the production of purified...
SANCA Drug Awareness Week
The week of 24-30 June 2019 marks SANCA Drug Awareness Week. An increasing number of people were admitted for treatment in 2017, from 8 787 in 2016 to 10 047 across 80 centres, as reported by the South African Community Epidemiology Network...
Interfaculty Fun with Teaching
Sixty-seven newly appointed academics from all 10 faculties gathered for the first interfaculty contact session of PREDAC (Professional Educational Development for Academics) on 22 May 2019 at STIAS. The theme of the day was Teaching &...
SU Law Clinic broadens access to justice for indigent South Africans
Legal services in South Africa are very expensive and this often deprives indigent people of access to justice. Although Legal Aid South Africa is mandated to provide legal services to people within a specific income group, budget cuts in...
FMHS sustainability initiatives off to a roaring start
More than 650 people took part in the Platbos Forest reforestation programme recently, with students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) enthusiastically paving the way toward restoring this indigenous forest and the...
The Scariest Module to Teach
CTL AUXIN SESSION, 28 May 2019 held at Den Bosch, from 12:45 – 13:45 In this Auxin session, Dr Michael Schmeisser gave feedback on a non-scientific module for first years in Horticultural Science, which was introduced in 2018 for students...
SU soon to welcome new Senior Director at Student Affairs
The newly-appointed Senior Director: Student Affairs at Stellenbosch University (SU) hopes to make a positive contribution that will offer a transformative student experience to students studying at the University. Dr Choice Makhetha, who...