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The Rector’s Awards will now be allocated to students who have succeeded in overcoming difficult circumstances. It offers them the opportunity to realise their full academic potential. Details: A maximum of three new awards will be considered every year. Awards are made for one year, but may be renewed twice – thus up to a [...]

Ms Ruda Landman, widely regarded doyenne of investigative journalism in South Africa, will be among the recipients of honorary doctorates at the December Graduation Ceremony of Stellenbosch University (SU) this week. Some 4660 Maties will receive their degrees at seven separate ceremonies. The ceremonies will be streamed live over the internet at www.sun.ac.za/streaming. Together with [...]

Stellenbosch University gave recognition to its top students at the annual Rector’s Awards For Outstanding Achievement held at the Wallenberg Research Centre at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) on Wednesday (12 October). At the event, Maties who excel in academics, sport, culture, community interaction, service and leadership were honoured with these awards. The different [...]

The Rector’s Awards will now be allocated to students who have succeeded in overcoming difficult circumstances. It offers them the opportunity to realise their full academic potential. Details: A maximum of three new awards will be considered every year. Awards are made for one year, but may be renewed twice – thus up to a [...]

Ronalda Benjamin has her eyes set firmly on a succesful future and won’t let anything get in her way. Ronalda, a previous winner of the Rector’s Award for Succeeding Against the Odds has received her BScHons (Mathemathical Sciences) cum laude during the recent graduation ceremonies. She said getting to this point wasn’t always easy, but [...]