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A memorial service for Dr Ansie Loots, who worked as Coordinator: Undergraduate Studies in die Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, will be held in the NG Moederkerk in Stellenbosch on Thursday 18 April at 11:00. She passed away on Sunday 14 April 2013. Complete translation in English to follow. Prof Johann de Villiers, Dekaan: [...]

“It is never too early to start planning for the retirement,” said Prof Niel Krige of the Department of Business Management at Stellenbosch University (SU) in his augural address in the Jannasch Hall of SU’s Conservatoire on Tuesday (16 April). According to Krige, people should as part of their planning try to work a little [...]

Investing in sustainable infrastructures and resource efficient technologies in cities offers a golden opportunity to deliver economic growth with lower rates of environmental degradation, reductions in poverty, cuts in greenhouse gases, and improved well-being. This is according to a new report, released by the United Nations in Nairobi in Kenya, today (17 April 2013). Prof [...]

The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art) will honour a good number of academics from Stellenbosch University (SU). Two award ceremonies will take place – in Pretoria (27 June) and in Stellenbosch (13 September) respectively. Those honoured from SU are Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching; Prof [...]

Speaker: Prof Estian Calitz (Stellenbosch University) Topic: The accuracy of fiscal projections in South Africa Date: Monday 22 April 2013 Time: 12:00-13:00 Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 207B Contact person: Carina Smit (carina@sun.ac.za)

Speakers: Prof C Gerber, Prof S Viviers and Prof P Erasmus (Stellenbosch University) Topic: Postgraduate research training: Are we really succeeding? Date: 19 April 2013 Time: 12:00-13:00 Venue: R716 Schumann building Contact person: Nadia Mans-Kemp at nadiamans@sun.ac.za

Professor Sampie Terreblanche, former professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University (SU), received an honorary doctorate (DCom, honoris causa) from the University of Pretoria on Wednesday 10 April. Terreblanche was a lecturer and professor in Economics at SU from 1965 until his retirement in 1995. He went on to become an emeritus professor and continued lecturing [...]

The special and important relationship between students and lecturers was celebrated on Tuesday at the Rector’s Dinner for Top-Performing Students, hosted by the First-year Academy (FYA) of Stellenbosch University (SU), during which the 30 top performing first-years of 2012 were honoured. Special recognition was also given to the lecturers who these students felt had made the greatest contribution to [...]

The Department of Economics will present a research seminar: Speaker: Marjorie Lecerf (Strasbourg Business School) Topic: The internationalization process of French and German SMEs – an empirical study Date: Monday 15 April 2013 Time: 12:00-13:00 Venue: CGW Schumann Building, Second floor, Room 207B Contact person: Carina Smit (carina@sun.ac.za)

The Department of Statistics will present a seminar: Presenter: Zurab Janelidze (Department of Mathematics, SU) Topic: Mathematics today – form and function Date: Friday 12 April 2013 Time: 13:00 to 14:00 Venue: Statistics Building (c/o Victoria- and Bosman Streets, Stellenbosch), Room 2021 Enquiries: Danie Uys on 021 808 3879 or e-mail: dwu@sun.ac.za

The Department of Statistics will present a seminar: Presenter: Rainer von Sachs, ISBA (Institut de statistique, biostatistique et sciences actuarielles), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Topic: Functional time series analysis, prediction and classification using BAGIDIS Date: Friday 5 April 2013 Time: 13:00 to 14:00 Venue: Statistics Building (c/o Victoria- and Bosman streets, Stellenbosch), Room 2021 [...]

There are “encouraging signs” of the growth of a “strong civic movement against corruption,” writes  Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Prof Russel Botman in an opinion piece published by Politicsweb on 27 March 2013. “A number of anti-corruption initiatives are gaining traction, both in civil society and within government and the ruling party. It is now crucial to keep [...]

A penguin with the name Finrek has been adopted by the Stellenbosch Thuthuka students of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. The plight of the endangered African penguins, whose numbers have declined by 64% in the last decade alone, caught the attention of the Stellenbosch Thuthuka students. Thuthuka is a transformation initiative of the South [...]

As an official bid partner, Stellenbosch will in 2014 be part of the Cape Town World Design Capital (WDC) celebrations, and staff and students of the University have been invited to submit proposals for inclusion in the year-long programme. Successful projects will receive official WDC 2014 recognition, endorsement and promotion. “This is your opportunity to [...]

Prof Niel Krige of the Department of Business Management and the University of Stellenbosch Business School will be presenting his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 16 April 2013. Title: Some perspectives on planning for retirement Date: Tuesday 16 April Time: 17:30 Venue: Jannasch Hall, Konservatorium, Victoria Street Refreshments will be served after the lecture. Please indicate special [...]