Message from the vice-chancellor
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Prof Dan Kgwadi talks about finding your personal purpose in contributing to the NWU’s ideal to benefit society.
EDITORIAL
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Filling 2017’s blank page.
Top spokespersons receive their due
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Find out about the winners of the different categories in our annual Spokesperson of the Year competition.
Research in 2017 is off to a great start with ratings success
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Twenty-four academics received National Research Foundation (NRF) ratings for the first time and another 25 were rerated.
Indaba Delights delegates with meerkat charm and wisdom
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Indaba 2016 was the right medicine to encourage NWU staff to stay on top of their game – the meerkat way.
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHERS REFLECT ON A TURBULENT Year
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Read more about the South African Association for Institutional Research conference that the NWU hosted.
Focus on – The dos and don’ts of social media
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Find out why our new social media policy, the first of its kind for the NWU, is so important.
NWU welcomes a new generation
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This year the NWU took in 9% more first years than the target.
NWU expert asked for life-saving help
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Read how Prof Ronel Pretorius from the School of Nursing Science accompanied a sick toddler to America for life-saving surgery.
Sammy’s setting the pace
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Meet Sammy Sepeng, a Potchefstroom athletics coach who helped Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya with her pacing.
Staff members go the extra distance
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In this series we recognise NWU staff members who go beyond the call of duty, making a difference in other people’s lives.
Our people – canoeist lives for the white waters
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Kobus Filmalter from the Vaal Triangle Campus loves rowing – especially the adrenaline rush it brings.
Photograph competition
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Enter our brand new competition by sending us the best pictures that you have taken at the NWU, and you might win a gift voucher for R250.
Back page – exploring our art
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Join us while we explore the artworks displayed at the NWU. In this edition we take a closer look at the leopard statue on the Mafikeng Campus.