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​​​​​​​​​​2014​​

Honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland

​08/07/2014

Launch of the National Youth Development Agency's Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund at SU​

​25/06/2014

​'The role of universities in cultivating leadership' – SPL Breakfast Discussion​

19/06.2014

Reunion of Matie student leaders who traveled to Lusaka in 1989 for talks with the ANC​

​14/06/2014
​​Academic opening, Faculty of Military Science and Military Acacemy​30/01/2014
Welcoming of new students and their parents ​23/01/2014
20th Conference of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT)​13/01/2014
​​2013​ ​​
Woorde​​ Open Wêrelde (WOW) turns 10​26/11/2013
5th International Symposium on Service-Learning ​21/11/2013
​Alumni donor recognition event​​14/11/2013
Launch of SUNDigital Collections​13/11/2013
​Seminar on indicators of household food security in SA​12/11/2013
Communication to the Convocation​07/11/2013
'What does the country and business need from universities? And vice versa.'​04/11/2013
Inauguration of the rebuilt Wilcocks Building damaged by fire in 2010​31/07/2013
2012 ​ ​​​
Centenary celebrations of the Msunduzi Museum, Pietermaritzburg16/12/2012 

Address at the 'Africa Leads' conference, part of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative

20/11/2012

Berlin 10 Open Access Conference, Opening

07/11/2012

SU’s Tygerberg Campus: Unique mobility needs for sustainability

05/11/2012

Ukwanda

25/10/2012

'Leadership for Change', Dalarna University, Sweden

14/08/2012

'Towards a sustainable global community – What should universities be doing?', Dalarna University, Sweden

13/08/2012

Opening of upgraded dairy and launch of Maties Milk.

24/07/2012

Welcoming remarks at 21st IACCP International Congress

17/07/2012

Welcoming remarks at 16th World Economic History Congress

09/07/2012

"International Knowledge Coalitions", a paper delivered at the 6th International Forum of the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21), University of Adelaide, Australia.

12/06/2012

Agreement between SU's Africa Centre for HIV and AIDS Management and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)

08/06/2012

Launch of 'Law and Poverty', edited by Sandra Liebenberg and Geo Quinot

31/05/2012

Briefing for principals and liaison teachers of Careers@Maties schools, Stellenbosch

23/05/2012

Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (6th annual SU conference)

22/05/2012

USB Annual Gala Dinner

22/05/2012

Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC)

21/05/2012

Opening of new Facilities Management Building

16/05/2012

Opening of the amaMaties Cluster Hub building

14/05/2012

Stellenbosch Forum: Prof Kees van der Waal, 'Purity and Creolisation in Post-apartheid
Afrikaans Culture and Identity'

03/05/2012

“Making HOPE happen”, celebrating the HOPE Project

11/04/2012

Presentation to students about plan with facilities and mobility on campus[text]

27/02/2012

Presentation to students about plan with facilities and mobility on campus[slides]

27/02/2012

A New Era: Facilities & Mobility for a 21st Century University - Presentation to staff [text]

27/02/2012

A New Era: Facilities & Mobility for a 21st Century University - Presentation to staff [slides]

27/02/2012

Welcoming of new first years and  their parents

26/01/2012


​2011 ​

Reception for members of SANW and Military Academy

07/12/2011

‘New Voices in Science’ PhD Colloquium

02/12/2011

The 7th annual World Aids Day Gala Concert

01/12/2011

Telematic Pilot Project on Water and Waste Water Treatment Plant Supervisory Management Skills

21/11/2011

Workshop of the Partnership for Africa's Next Generation of Academics

21/11/2011

The 6th Annual South African SKA Postgraduate Bursary Conference

21/11/2011

Reception for Prof Edna van Harte, outgoing Dean of Military Science

18/11/2011

Symposium on Entrepreneurship for Human Development

17/11/2011

'Higher Education in Africa', input at 'Collaboration Across Continents in Research and Higher Education'

15/11/2011

Communication to the Convocation of SU

10/11/2011

Annual recognition event for alumni donors

09/11/2011

Health-promoting schools

09/11/2011

Recognition of 25 years' service to SU

05/11/2011

Employability in a developmental context for a just dispensation, UNESCO-China-Africa University Leaders Meeting on Higher Education and Society

25/10/2011

Stellenbosch Forum: Prof Pieter Coertzen, 'Religious Freedom and a South African Manifesto for religious rights and freedoms'

21/10/2011

Graduation Ceremony, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA)

20/10/2011

13th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Professionals (SAASSAP)

19/10/2011

Rector’s Awards for Succeeding Against the Odds

12/10/2011

Information evening for prospective students and their parents, Stellenbosch

06/10/2011

Stellenbosch University’s HOPE Project as a development campaign for fundraising and institutional transformation, input at launch of SU's Advancement Academy

26/09/2011

Stellenbosch Forum – Dr Nicola Theron

14/09/2011

SA Telemedicine and eHealth Conference

13/09/2011

Lecture by Dr Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, on ‘The potential of African students in light of the Arab Spring

26/08/2011

Colloquium on Systemic Entrepreneurship in a Dynamic Global Context

18/07/2011

Hope in Africa: The role of universities in times of political transition - Talloires Network Leaders Conference

15/06/2011

The HOPE Project as major capital campaign in Africa - Input at AAU's COREViP

02/06/2011

COREViP hosts' welcoming function

30/05/2011

Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREViP)

30/05/2011

Law and Poverty Colloquium of the Law Faculty

29/05/2011

Opening of the Research Commons in JS Gericke Library

09/05/2011

"Afrikaans as onderrigtaal aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch" - As published in Die Burger

30/04/2011

90th Anniversary of Xiamen University, People's Republic of China

06/04/2011

Annual Gala Dinner of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)

30/03/2011

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development launch dinner

29/03/2011

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development launch symposium

29/03/2011

Launch of the SU Water Institute

22/03/2011

Poverty conference of the NGK and VGK

16/03/2011

Wordfest (Woordfees) discourse, 'Stellenbosch where to?'

12/03/2011

First-year Academy Prestige Evening

10/03/2011

Welcoming at Professor Sandy Liebenberg's Stellenbosch Forum lecture

17/02/2011

Opening of the Learning Commons in the JS Gericke Library

16/02/2011

Information session about the Wilcocks Building

10/02/2011

Launch of the African Doctoral Academy

26/01/2011

Memorandum of Understanding between SU and Drakenstein Municipality

26/01/2011

Opening of the 2011 Worcester Agricultural Show

25/01/2011

SciMathUS welcoming 2011

25/01/2011

Welcoming first-time students and their parents 2011

20/01/2011

'Africa and the MDGs' (at the Global Poverty Summit)

17/01/2011

2010

Date

'Be the change', World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha, Qatar

07/12/2010

Memorandum of Understanding between SU and Hessequa Municipality

05/12/2010

6th annual World Aids Day Gala Concert

01/12/2010

Higher education and sustainable development - International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management in South Africa

24/11/2010

'A rising tide lifts all boats', Rector's Awards 2010

23/11/2010

Revitalising higher education in Africa through collaboration, Afrika-EU Summit

22/11/2010

Pedagogies of hope at SU, CTL colloquium

19/11/2010

Durban launch of the HOPE Project

13/11/2010

Signing of the PANGeA MMoU

12/11/2010

'Academic Collaboration in Africa', African University Day

12/11/2010

Communication to the Convocation of SU (Only available in Afrikaans)

11/11/2010

Club of SRC Chairs of SU (Only available in Afrikaans)

11/11/2010

Inauguration of the HB Thom collection in the JS Gericke Library (Only available in Afrikaans)

10/11/2010

6th African Science Academy Development Initiative conference

09/11/2010

Amsterdam launch of the HOPE Project

30/10/2010

London launch of the HOPE Project

28/10/2010

Berlin launch of the HOPE Project

23/10/2010

SU signs Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

20/10/2010

'Health and Health Care Under Apartheid' exhibition, Tygerberg Campus

19/10/2010

Windhoek launch of the HOPE Project

16/10/2010

Award ceremony of the "SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns" (Only available in Afrikaans)

13/10/2010

Port Elizabeth launch of the HOPE Project

09/10/2010

Long service awards 2010

05/10/2010

SU assumes custodianship of historic SA flag

27/09/2010

Special Olympics South Africa: 2010 National Summer Games

08/09/2010

Conrad Theys: The Cape impressionist with the gentle heart – Opening of exhibition at Stellenbosch Art Gallery

08/09/2010

Welcome address: Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference

06/09/2010

Human development through higher education community interaction, SU Community Interaction Symposium 2010

02/09/2010

"’n Ubuntu van tale: meertaligheid in die hoëronderwys  ̶  Afrikaanse Taalraad" (Only available in Afrikaans)

28/08/2010

Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Competion 2010

27/08/2010

Virtual learning support to 120 Western Cape schools

23/08/2010

Launch of the HOPE Project to alumni in Stellenbosch

21/08/2010

Conversation about a 'pedagogy of hope', Tygerberg Campus

18/08/2010

Afrikaans in die 21ste eeu – Mathews Phosa-lesing, Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument (Only available in Afrikaans)

12/08/2010

Johannesburg launch of the HOPE Project

26/07/2010

Public Launch of Stellenbosch University's HOPE Project

21/07/2010

Afrikaans and multilingualism in education and society (Cape Town Press Club)

23/06/2010

A collegial discussion on the 'Pedagogy of Hope' at Stellenbosch University

01/06/2010

Student Housing African Summit

30/05/2010

Conference of Executive Heads, Association of Commonwealth Universities

26/04/2010

'Building a Better Life for All' conference

20/04/2010

Human development through higher education community interaction - Talloires Network Bellagio Conference

23 - 27/03/2010

"Die stand van Afrikaans aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch" - As published in Die Burger (Only available in Afrikaans)

20/03/2010

Opening address by Prof H Russel Botman at the Winelands Conference on Public Leadership for Added Citizen Value

17/03/2010

Opening address by Prof H Russel Botman at the African Bioenergy Convention

17/03/2010

Third annual First Year Academy Prestige evening

11/03/2010

Paul Roos Gimnasium's annual gala evening for academic achievers

04/03/2010

"Dertiende jaarlikse Simposium van die Letterkunde Ondersteuningskomitee (LOK)" (Only available in Afrikaans)

20/02/2010

Installation of the 14th Chancellor of SU, Dr Johann Rupert

18/02/2010

Stellenbosch Library Symposium and the Presidential Meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

18/02/2010

2009

Date

Article as published in Rapport

11/10/2009

"One-day Conference on Social Cohesion"

17/09/2009

"Forum article on a language model" as published in Die Burger

23/05/2009

Sustainable Development in Africa: The Role of Higher Education

04/05/2009

2008

Date

Address at the first graduation awards ceremony for December 2008

09/12/2008

Indian evening: celebrating the establishment of collaborative initiatives with the Indian government and leading Indian entrepreneurs

28/08/2008

Installation of the Chancellor, Dr Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert

01/08/2008

Awards Ceremony of the "SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns" (Only available in Afrikaans)

20/06/2008

"The doors of learning and culture shall be opened" Perspectives on changing institutional culture

30/05/2008

Stellenbosch Seboka on Higher Education and Ethical Leadership

23/04/2008

2007

Date

Stellenbosch Symposium on Evidence-to-Action in Disability (SSEAD)

27/11/2007

Inauguration of Wallenberg Research Centre at STIAS

15/11/2007

Convocation Meeting (Only available in Afrikaans)

08/11/2007

Vice-chancellor's Awards

02/08/2007

Signing of "Memorandum of Understanding" with the Stellenbosch Municipality

30/07/2007

Twentieth Anniversary of the Dakar-talks

11/07/2007

Inauguration Speech

11/04/2007

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