SU Teaching Excellence Awards 2017

Stellenbosch University initiated an annual system of institutional teaching excellence awards in 2017.

The awards were designed to acknowledge excellent teaching at institutional level and offered an opportunity to value reflective and contextually-aware teaching. The aims of the awards were:

• To show support at an institutional level for excellence in teaching and learning in higher education;
• To generate a cadre of academics who are able to provide inspiration and leadership in teaching in their disciplines and across the institution, and
• To generate debate and public awareness about what constitutes teaching excellence.
  
   
  
  Candidates were nominated by their faculties on the basis of a teaching portfolio and the applications were then evaluated by an institutional selection committee.
  
   
  
  The selection committee has approved the following 13 awards for 2017:
  
   

1. Dr E.M. Adendorff (Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
2. Mr J.C. Bekker (Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)
3. Mr W.A. Bishop (School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
4. Prof. N. Davids (Dept. of Education Policy Studies, Faculty of Education)
5. Ms E. de Jager (School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
6. Prof. C. Esterhuysen (Dept. of Chemistry and Polimer Science, Faculty of Science)
7. Dr D. Forster (Dept. of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Faculty of Theology)
8. Prof. K. Jacobs (Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Science)
9. Ms M. McKay (Dept. of Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of AgriSciences)
10. Dr M. Nel (Dept. of Public Law, Faculty of Law)
11. Prof. R. Rudman (School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
12. Ms G. Steenkamp (School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
13. Prof. S.C. van Schalkwyk (Centre for Health Professions Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

The Centre for Teaching and Learning would like to congratulate these academics on their achievement and acknowledge their passion for and continuous striving towards teaching excellence.

The awards will be handed out at a ceremony on 28 November at 18:00 at STIAS.