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24 August 2021
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Story Amanda Tongha
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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Kimberley attorney is best master’s student in environmental management
2012-07-23
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Sharing the big moment. From the left are Anton Roodt and Dr Charl de Witt. |
During our Winter Graduation, Dr Charl de Witt received the Roodt Architects Award for the Best Master’s Student in Environmental Management for 2011. Dr De Witt is an attorney and environmental consultant in Kimberley and did his master’s degree at the Centre for Environmental Management at the university. Anton Roodt from Roodt Architects handed the prize to Dr De Witt. Roodt Architects is one of the leading architectural firms in Bloemfontein and was involved in various architectural designs at the university.
Riana Janse van Rensburg received the award for the best mini-dissertation in Environmental Management for 2011.
– Sanet Neethling