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'Thanks for all your help this difficult year' – VC
Dear member of the SU family It's been a most challenging year, so it is not surprising that there is a sense of relief in the air as we count down the days to the end of 2020 – we've made it! However, we should not forget the hardship...
A day in the life: Mantombi Makhubele
As we kicked off May commemorating Workers’ Day, we dedicate this series of articles to our staff and their important contribution to the University. In the interview below, Mantombi Makhubele tells us more about her work. As senior...
SU Chancellor among latest recipients of National Orders
The Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), Justice Edwin Cameron, will be awarded a National Order later this month. The announcement was made yesterday (10 November 2021) by the Chancellor of the National Orders and Director...
Eight qualifications between SU couple
A husband-and-wife team, Bryan Bergsteedt and Nicola Bruns, who are both staff members at Stellenbosch University (SU), were each awarded their fourth SU degree during the same graduation ceremony.Bergsteedt graduated with a Post...
Remarkable engineering student pursues her dreams despite life-changing incident
Jay-Dee Meyer, an Electrical and Electronic Engineering student from Stellenbosch University (SU), will graduate in March despite a life-altering accident just before her final year. Hailing from Johannesburg, she and her family moved to...
Social change agent graduates as teacher to make a difference
When 22-year-old Marcel Adams graduated with a BEd degree (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University (SU) at the Faculty of Education's December graduation , it was much more than an academic achievement. His degree also bears testimony to...
Prof Wim says goodbye after ten years as Rector and Vice-Chancellor
There was a lightness, even a cheerfulness about Prof Wim de Villiers in the last few days on the Stellenbosch University (SU) campus before his retirement. It's as if after ten “restless" years in the harness as Rector and Vice-Chancellor...
Lord Hastings hopes to 'ignite a fire' with 6th Annual Social Justice Lecture
The highly anticipated 6 th Annual Social Justice Lecture will hopefully “ignite a fire" in people to dedicate more time, energy and resources towards social justice. This is the message from Lord Dr Michael Hastings, who will deliver food...
New EMS Vice-Deans’ prioritise student success and engaged research
The EMS faculty recently welcomed Prof Ada Jansen (Vice Dean: Learning and Teaching) and Prof Dieter von Fintel (Vice Dean: Research, Postgraduate Affairs and Internationalisation) to the senior leadership of the Faculty. Both Prof Jansen...
Arts Faculty graduate receives Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
Ijeoma Opara (21), a BA Honours graduate in International Studies, was recently awarded the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship along with 79 other recipients from South Africa and the rest of Africa. Opara, who studied within the Faculty of Arts...