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The sparkling wine flowed as excited alumni sought out their old classmates on December 8 to reminisce about the old days. The event was the first ever Class Day and Alumni Celebration held by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS). More than 400 alumni from across South Africa, recent graduates as well as [...]

Shortly after Dr Lidia Auret received her PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering, she was also awarded the sought-after Stellenbosch University Chancellors Medal for 2010. “I am very surprised – I don’t think it has fully registered yet,” she said after the ceremony. Altogether 500 students from the Faculties of AgriSciences and Engineering graduated during the [...]

It was reported earlier that the University’s news blogs will be getting a make-over…Well – it is here! You can now load your news contributions in both languages on one page! Save this link: blogs.sun.ac.za/news/wp-login.php and use it whenever you want to load something for the news areas or Boschtelegram. A link can also be [...]

The Analitika 2010 International Conference on Analytical Sciences is taking place this week at Stellenbosch University. SU chemists, physicists and members of the SU Central Analytical Facility (CAF) are part of the organising committee. The conference focuses on Analytical Techniques and its applications in research, the environment, food, pharmaceutical, forensic and industry.  Analitika Symposia are [...]

The Library hereby invite senior students (preferably studying towards a masters or doctoral degree)  with a strong interest in research to apply for posts as students assistants. Successful candidates will be required to provide fellow post-graduate students in the Commons with general research support and assist with bibliographic enquiries and other activities. The Research Commons, [...]

Do not lose your reputation and remember a successful person is one who gives back to society. This was the message from Dr Johan Rupert, Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), to graduates at Tuesday evening’s graduation ceremony of the Faculties of Law and Economic and Management Sciences. Dr Rupert also spoke about the HOPE Project [...]

The Division for Research Development’s year-end function is on Tuesday 14 December 2010 from 12:00. For all urgent queries after 12:00, please contact 021 808 9184.

A memorial service for Prof Prieur du Plessis, a professor in applied mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, will take place on Friday 10 December. It will commence at 15:00 in the Moederkerk Dutch Reformed Church in Drostdy Street, Stellenbosch. The Management of Stellenbosch University (SU) has learnt with shock of the passing of [...]

“Stellenbosch University strives to produce graduates who can play a leadership role in society as responsible and critical citizens in a democratic social order. In my view we are succeeding with this,” Professor Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, yesterday (7 December 2010) told delegates to the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar. He [...]

The Maties Sevens team has emerged as winners of the first University Sport South Africa (USSA) Sevens Tournament that was held in George over the weekend. The Maties beat the University of Johannesburg 24-19 in the final. The tournament was held at the Saasveld Campus of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU). Some of the opponents [...]

‘Alternative boundaries for South Africa’s provinces’; ‘Dodge the cyber fisherman’s hook/Generation Y is working while they play’; and ‘The economic potential of South Africa in the 21st century’. These are some of the themes in first Alumni Class Day and Graduation Celebration presented by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) [...]

Eleven subjects, eleven distinctions – a remarkable feat by anyone’s standards. Perry Loebenberg, who received his MB, ChB degree at Tuesday’s graduation ceremony, says this was all because of hard work and perseverance. He is closely followed by Sonelle Conradie who scored ten distinctions for her final year as a medical student. Loebenberg’s achievement is [...]

Stellenbosch University is a member of the Academic Consortium for the 21st Century (AC21).  AC21 is an international network comprised of educational, research and industrial organizations throughout the world.    The vision of AC21 is promoting cooperation in education and research among members; the bridging between different societies in the world and the delivering of wisdom [...]

It is not every day that two ministers from one family graduate on the same day and twin brothers obtain the same degree. This is exactly what happened during the first December graduation ceremonies of Stellenbosch University held yesterday. Brother and sister, Jan and Karolien Grobbelaar, were among the many students who received their degrees [...]

PhD BERNING,  Thomas  (Statistiek) Improved estimation procedures for a positive extreme value index.  The extreme value index plays a critical role in extreme value theory. New estimators for this parameter were developed, based on a Bayesian analysis of a perturbed Pareto distribution. They were also extended to estimators for extreme quantiles. Furthermore, a proposal was [...]