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25 April 2022
Photo Jan van der Walt
From the left are Eduan du Plessis (Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and recipient of the SAIPA Prize for Best BCom third year student in Accounting), Johanco Viljoen (Bachelor of Science: Botany and Zoology), Louis van der Walt (Bachelor of Accounting), and Thinus Greyling (Bachelor of Commerce: Investment Management and Banking).
Seventeen years of friendship, with four degrees among them. This is what friends Eduan du Plessis, Johanco Viljoen, Louis van der Walt, and Thinus Greyling celebrated during the University of the Free State’s April graduation ceremony. The four friends – who started their academic careers together at Grey Pre-Primary in 2006 and matriculated at Grey College in 2018 – obtained qualifications during the graduation ceremonies of the faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Economic and Management Sciences.
Microscopes for research on fish parasites
2005-09-02
The University of the Free State's (UFS) Department of Zoology and Entomology recently received two microscopes for the Okavango Delta Leseding Research Project from IMP Innovation Solutions. The microscopes will be used for research on fish parasites in the Okavango Delta.
Left: Prof Schalk Louw, from the Department of Zoology and Entomology; Prof Jo van As, Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology; Dr Ivan van Rooyen, Director: UFS Marketing, and Ms Christa du Preez from IMP Innovation Solutions
Seated: Prof Herman van Schalkwyk, Dean: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the UFS