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Brain tumours couldn’t hold this PhD graduate back
Every now and then you meet someone with a truly inspirational life story. One such person is Dr Amy Martin from Durbanville. Her world was turned upside down in her teens when she was diagnosed with life-threatening brain tumours at the...
Several outstanding individuals to receive SU honorary doctorates
From pioneering the mobile technology industry in Africa to driving the development of local community newspapers during the time of resistance to apartheid, the latest cohort to receive honorary doctorates from Stellenbosch University...
SUNCEP celebrates success of 2016 HOPE@Maties learners
In 2016, 293 Grade 12 learners attended supplementary tuition as part of the HOPE@Maties programme in Mathematics, Accounting and Physical Sciences in the Western and Northern Cape. This programme is a first opportunity university...
Trueman Goba receives honorary doctorate
Trueman Goba, industry leader, mentor of young engineers and champion of the transformation of the engineering profession in South Africa, received the degree Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, from Stellenbosch University on 20...
Blind music student receives MMus cum laude
Michelle Nell, a visually impaired postgraduate student at Stellenbosch University (SU), will remember the fifth April graduation ceremony of 2019 for a long time as her retired guide dog will be walking with her onto the podium when she...
Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela receives third honorary doctorate
Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Research Chair in Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University (SU), received an honorary doctorate from Rhodes University in Grahamstown on Friday (12 April 2019). This was...
Be a hero this Giving Tuesday on 27 November
“Feeling hungry makes you feel inferior to the people around you. It affects your concentration. You start to look for ways to find food. I don't think students should be worrying about food. Students should be students." Two years ago...
Special honorary degrees to be awarded in SU's centenary year
Stellenbosch University (SU) is to honour fourteen foremost thought leaders with honorary doctorates as part of the institution's centenary commemoration. The recipients for March 2018 are (in alphabetically order): Professor Dame Glynis...
From Namibia and Tanzania to Ghana – discovering Africa as an economic geologist
With a doctoral degree in economic geology from Stellenbosch University in his pocket, Dr Stephan Dunn has already travelled far and wide on the African continent – first for his research on gold mineralisation processes in Tanzania, and...
Prestigious medal for SU alumnus and business leader
Stellenbosch University's (SU) prestigious Pro Bene Merito Medal was awarded to Mr Desmond Smith for his contribution to the University. He received the medal during graduation week at the Chancellor's Dinner at Lanzerac on Wednesday, 15...