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Mr Vernon Collett, Registrar: Academic StudentServices, received the Certificate of Honourfrom the International Education Association ofSouth Africa (IEASA) in support of their goals in2007. He participated in the very first meetingwhich supported inter nationalisation at South Africanuniversities. Ms Jeanne Niemann, Co ordina torfor Inter national Students at the Inter nationalisationOffice, received the award for the individual whodelivered the most outstanding inter national studentsupport services from IEASA in 2007.Ms Jeanne Niemann and Mr Vernon Collett.and Prof François Retief (former UFS Rector) receivedthe Stals prize for multi- and interdisciplinaryteamwork from the South African Academy forScience and Art in 2006.Prof Daan de Waal.Prof Daan de Waal of the Department Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics is a member of theSouth African Statistics Council, appointed by theMinister of Finance (2005-2007).Profs François Retief and Louise Cilliers.The Directorate Research Development received a National Research Foundation award in2007 from the Institutional Research De velop mentProgramme for excellence in research officeadministration.68
Prof Max Finkelstein, Senior Professor at theDepartment of Statistics / Mathematical Stat istics,received the Sichel Medal awarded by the SouthAfrican Statistical Association for the best publicationin 2007.Prof Magda Fourie.Prof Magda Fourie, former Vice-Rector: AcademicPlanning, is a member of both the Councilon Higher Education and the Umalusi Council,appointed by the Minister of Education in 2006.Prof Neil Heideman.Prof Neil Heideman, Vice-Dean of the Facultyof Natural and Agricultural Sciences, received aSenior Fulbright Researcher Fellowship to visit thelaboratory of Prof Jack Sites, a fellow herpetologist,at Brigham Young University, Utah, in the UnitedStates of America in 2007.Prof Johan Henning, Dean of the Faculty ofLaw, became Senior Research Fellow and Director ofthe Centre for Company and Partnership Law in theInstitute of Advanced Legal Studies at the Universityof London, United Kingdom, in 2006.Prof Charles Herbst of the Department ofMedical Physics is a member of the Council of theSouth African Association for Physics in MedicalBiology (2005-2006).Dr Dipane Hlalele from the School of Educationis a member of the Maluti Further Education andTraining College Council, appointed by the Memberof the Executive Council for Education (2007).Prof Heidi Hudson of the Department of PoliticalScience worked on democratisation, globalisation,and South African foreign policy in theAfrican Researchers Scholarship Programme at theNordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden in 2006.Ms Kasweka Kakoma, Ms Ji-Yun Lee and MrLehlohonolo Mathengtheng, all from the De partmentof Microbial, Biochemical and Food Bio technology,won R50 000 in the local leg of the NationalInnovation Competition. Their business planfocused on the use of bacteriophages to combatspecific bacterial infections in poultry.Mr Gerben Kamper, Lecturer at the Departmentof Drama and Theatre Arts, was nominated asbest player in “Caliban in die Storm” in 2007.69
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Celebrating research development an
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Table of ContentsForeword .........
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Message from Prof Frederick FourieF
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Message from Prof Teuns VerschoorTh
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Message from Prof Frans Swanepoelma
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Future VisionA new strategic framew
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Significant Institutionalplishments
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Significant Institutional Accomplis
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Prof James duPreez, B2-ratedresearc
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Page 31 and 32: The Strategic Academicr Initiative2
Page 33 and 34: The Strategic AcademicCluster Initi
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Page 43 and 44: Focus Areas1. Nano solid state mate
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Page 55 and 56: Research Commercialisationand Coope
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Page 75 and 76: Prof Johan Meyer, Senior Professor
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Page 91 and 92: Economic and Management SciencesMes
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Page 103 and 104: LawMessage from the Dean: Prof Joha
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