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Rector’s Awards honour 87 students for excellent achievement	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6007	Rector’s Awards honour 87 students for excellent achievement	Sandra Mulder/Corporate Communications Division	Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured 87 students last night (11 October) who excelled in areas ranging from academics to co-curricular fields at the annual Rector's Awards for Excellent Achievement.
Institute’s new offices honours first owners of house in Joubert Street	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5997	Institute’s new offices honours first owners of house in Joubert Street	Lynne Rippenaar-Moses	As a way of remembering the 3 700 residents who were uprooted from central Stellenbosch because of the Group Areas Act, Stellenbosch University's Africa Open Institute on Tuesday officially named its offices after the first residents who lived there.
From two cupboards to 170 laboratories within a century	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5998	From two cupboards to 170 laboratories within a century	Wiida Fourie-Basson	Only a hundred years ago, all the glassware and chemicals for the first professor of Mathematics and Natural Science's Laboratory for Experimental Sciences were stored in two small cupboards in a two-room building that is still standing in Ryneveld Street
Discomfort is the springboard for success	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5999	Discomfort is the springboard for success	Development & Alumni / Ontwikkeling & Alumni	In 2008, after finishing matric and spending six months working in a hotel in England, Matie alumnus and upcoming Careers Café speaker Philip Parrock, realised one thing – he was not prepared to slog away at a job that was not fulfilling him.
Convocation meeting set for 8 November	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6003	Convocation meeting set for 8 November	Development & Alumni / Ontwikkeling & Alumni	Members of the Convocation of Stellenbosch University (SU) and their partners are invited to the annual meeting of the Convocation on Thursday, 8 November 2018.
SU grateful for donation to needy students	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6004	SU grateful for donation to needy students	Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson]	Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University, on Wednesday (10 October 2018), thanked one of SU's most prominent donors Mr Pat Goss who donated a significant amount in the form of bursaries for needy students
Itumeleng Mabusha: 'Dreams don’t work unless you do'	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5984	Itumeleng Mabusha: 'Dreams don’t work unless you do'	Pia Nänny	For other people it might have been an ordinary Thursday, but for Itumeleng Mabusha, who had just found his certificate of membership from SAICA on his desk, it was the day he realised that anything is possible.
New SU web portal to provide agricultural job opportunities	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5987	New SU web portal to provide agricultural job opportunities	Jorisna Bonthuys	The first career portal focused only on the agricultural and food sector has been launched by Stellenbosch University's Faculty of AgriSciences. This comprehensive portal for the agricultural sector is the first of its kind in South Africa.
Med student attends global leadership summit	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5976	Med student attends global leadership summit	Sue Segar	When fifth-year medical student, Mbalenhle Mngomezulu took a chance and sent in an online application to attend a global leadership summit, little did she know that she would be selected.
SU's movers, shakers and spinners heed the #Move4Food call	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5954	SU's movers, shakers and spinners heed the #Move4Food call	Development & Alumni / Ontwikkeling & Alumni	They were spinning, cycling, walking and running... Stellenbosch University (SU) students, staff and alumni have come out in full support of the student-led #Move4Food campaign - raising close to one million rand in cash and donations thus far.