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11 March 2021
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Story Rulanzen Martin
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Photo Courtesy of the artists
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The annual final-year Fine Arts graduate exhibition promises to once again entice even the biggest of art enthusiasts. The exhibition, which runs until 1 April 2021, highlights the artworks/projects of final-year students in the Department of Fine Arts.
Louiza Combrinck, World-building, Digital print, 84 x 49 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Final-year graduate exhibition at the Johannes Stegmann gallery
Monique Myburgh, Digital Atoll I, Digital drawing, 70 x 100 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Elizabeth Bosch, Blau Macht mich Traurig, Oil on wood, 80 x 62.5 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Shenique Roux, Perplexed Recollection, Digital print, 40 x 100 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Academic receives highest award for contribution to plant pathology
2009-03-20
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Prof Zakkie Pretorius (middle), Chairperson of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS), recently received the CH Persoon gold medal for his contribution to the academic field of Plant Pathology in South Africa at the conference of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP) that was held at Gordons Bay. The medal – the Society’s highest award, was only been awarded for the fifth time. Here is Prof Pretorius together with two of the previous recipients of the medal, Prof Mike Wingfield (left), Head of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria and Prof Pedro Crous, Head of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (Fungal Biodiversity Centre) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Prof Wingfield was previously on the staff of the UFS, whilst Prof Crous also obtained his Ph.D. at this university. Prof Neal McLaren, also from the Department of Plant Sciences, received an award for Plant Pathology on the same occasion.
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