Dr Munita Dunn-Coetzee started on 1 December 2021 as the Director of Student Counselling and Development (SCD), University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa. She worked in student communities as well as student counselling at Stellenbosch University (SU) for eleven years prior to moving to the Free State. She is a registered Counselling Psychologist and obtained her master’s degree in counselling psychology Cum Laude at SU in 2001. She has completed her doctoral degree, DDiac in Play Therapy, in 2004 at the University of South Africa.

Dr Dunn-Coetzee has proven managerial experience in a Higher Education context for the past seventeen years within the Division of Student Affairs, providing her with extensive knowledge of student affairs matters. As she is fond of research and studying, she obtained an MPhil in Higher Education Cum Laude during 2013 – the focus being social change within Higher Education. She has published nationally and internationally and has presented at several national and international conferences. From 1 October 2024, Dr Dunn-Coetzee became the Director of the Health and Wellness Centre at UFS, with the integration of Student Counselling and Development with Kovsie Health and HIV-services.