Biennial Alumni Excellence Awards Nomination Form
Deadline 8 August 2025
Nomination of outstanding NWU Alumni for Biennial Alumni Excellence Awards
It is that time again for you to nominate NWU Alumni who boast distinguished accomplishments or have made exemplary contributions to society.
Rules for Awarding NWU Biennial Alumni Excellence Awards
Three kinds of awards will be made:
1.NWU Lifetime Achievement Award
This award does not require nominations. The Executive Committee of Convocation decide and award person(s) who are considered deserving of the award.
This award is given to candidates/person(s) who have demonstrated exceptional and meritorious service to society and whose extraordinary achievements – personally and professionally – make them inspirational role models for the future.
2.NWU Alumni Award of Excellence
Nominations can be made in ONE of the following seven categories:
a) Arts and Culture
b) Business Leadership
c) Community Involvement
d) Education
e) Research
f) Sport
g) Public Service
To qualify for this award, alumni must:
- Have obtained a degree or a diploma at the NWU
- Achieved distinguished personal and professional accomplishments
- Made exemplary contribution to society or community
- Shown significant leadership in one or more of the above-mentioned areas; and
- Demonstrated ongoing commitment and support to the NWU
3.Young NWU Alumni Award
The criteria for this award include the following:
- Alumni must have obtained a degree or a diploma from the NWU
- Demonstrated excellence in their career(s) and have shown potential for continued success
- Received recognition as an emerging leader through professional and/or community achievements
- Demonstrated leadership and responsibility within their organisation(s), business(es), or field of work
- Received recognition for their professional contribution(s)
- Serves as an outstanding young role model for current and future NWU students; and
- Nominees must be 35 years old or younger
Current members of the NWU’s Council, the executive committee of the Convocation, as well as the University Management Committee, may not be nominated for the awards.
This is how it is done:
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Office-bearers of the NWU, alumni, permanent staff members, members of Council and the Board of Donors may submit nominations for an Alumni Award.
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Nominations can be submitted electronically via the below nomination form. The closing date for submissions is 8 August 2025.
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Please note that the nomination form cannot be saved for completion at a later stage.
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The award recipients will be announced at the awards event in October 2025.
Please direct any enquiries for more information about the awards or nomination process to Mrs Nicolize van der Walt at 018 285 2594 or nicolize.vanderwalt@nwu.ac.za.
If you get a 403 error message after you submitted the form, please complete this Word form and email it to ronel.roscher@nwu.ac.za