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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
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In a year marked by a global pandemic, the University of the Free State (UFS) has made great strides in research, teaching, and impactful engagement.
Our 2020 journey has seen many staff members providing services to advance public knowledge of COVID-19 for the greater good of South Africa. We have produced top-rated scientists, boasting six SARChI research chairs and three A-rated scholars in our world-class workforce. Our various initiatives to ensure student success continue to bear fruit, with current and former students making their mark in the world. One such example is Qinisani Qwabe, a PhD student in the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension, who was selected in the education category of the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. He was also chosen to represent South Africa at a BRICS conference in Russia.
You can read these and other facts and figures in ‘Our 2020 Journey’ publication.
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics
2009-11-27
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Prof. Herman van Schalkwyk (left), Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently received the Leopard Award from the Agricultural Economics Society of South Africa’s (LEVSA) agricultural economics work group for the Free State. With this award he is honoured for his contribution to Agricultural Economics in the Free State. The award was presented to Prof. Van Schalkwyk at a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Department of Agricultural Economics. On the photo the award is handed to Prof. Van Schalkwyk by Prof. Klopper Oosthuizen, member of the working group and associated with the Department of Agricultural Economics at the UFS.
Photo: Stephen Collett |