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Student Communities welcome new staff members
The Centre for Student Communities (CSC) within the Division Student Affairs recently welcomed new members to its team of staff, serving as ResEd coordinators and residence heads within the various student communities at Stellenbosch...
SU trailblazer on her way to her PhD
Stellenbosch University (SU) student Nomzamo Ntombela is without a doubt a trailblazer. She is a first generation university graduate, was the first black woman to be elected as Chairperson of the SU Student Representative Council in 2017...
Wine biotechnology doctoral student touches lives
In his matric year, a volunteer teacher walked the extra mile to inspire and assist Ricardo Smart to become the first member of his family to enter university. These days Smart is a PhD student in wine biotechnology at Stellenbosch...
SUNFin achieves its first milestone!
The SUNFin Implementation Project achieved its first milestone with the completion of the Cloud Process Alignment (CPA) workshops in June. The SUNFin project team, comprising representatives from Finance, Information Technology, HR...
New dean for Faculty of Education
On 1 September 2019, Stellenbosch University (SU) will welcome Prof Mbulungeni Madiba as Dean of the Faculty of Education. Prof Madiba, who joins SU from the University of Cape Town (UCT), considers Stellenbosch (University) to be one of...
Being and becoming an Abe
From the world of Harry Potter, a scammer in Ethiopia, a play in the West End and some serious academic reflection in Scotland – the Abe Bailey Tour was everything I had hoped for, writes Tevarus Naicker. But it didn't come easily. I saw...
A ‘shift in direction’ for immunodeficiency pioneer
Prof Monika Esser, a Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Specialist and Head of the Immunology Unit of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Health Sciences, retired...
If the going gets tough, you go canoeing around Mauritius
Liezel Matthee, our Chief Director Facilities Management’s personal assistant, and her husband decided to explore the famous island of Mauritius a little differently this year: by canoeing around it, and visiting some beautiful sites for...
Nelson Mandela and Ubuntu
Nelson Mandela and Ubuntu THE Stellenbosch University Museum, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Museum, hosted the fourth annual Nelson Mandela Colloquium on Friday, 26 July 2019. The colloquium, themed “Nelson Mandela and Ubuntu"...
Quantum dots used to capture act of speciation
Using quantum dots as a tool to trace the pollen of the long-tubed iris, Lapeirousia anceps, evolutionary ecologists from Stellenbosch University have succeeded in capturing a snapshot of a plant in the process of speciation. Professor...