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The academic details of Prof Andries Raath,Senior Professor at the Department of ConstitutionalLaw and Philosophy of Law, were published in the22nd edition of the Who’s Who in the World in2005. He was also honoured for his contributions inthe fields of law, philosophy and history by theInternational Biographical Centre in Cambridge,United Kingdom.Dr Olihile Sebolai.Prof Jan Smit, Associate Professor at the Departmentof Architecture, received awards for Architecturefrom the Free State Institute of Architectsfor House Enkalweni and House Uys in 2007.Adv Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer at theDepartment of Private Law, received the Dean’sMedal for the best Master‘s degree in the Faculty ofLaw in 2007.Prof Elizabeth Snyman-Van Deventer, Departmentof Mercantile Law, is a member of theGeographical Naming Committee of the Free State’sDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture (2007).Mr Jaco Spies, Lecturer at the Department ofFine Arts, received a merit prize at the Absa 1’Atelierart competition in 2007.In 2005, Dr Olihile Sebolai, current Manager:Capacity Building Initiatives of the Directorate ResearchDevelopment, made a ground-breaking discoveryin the field of microbiology by uncovering aseries of new compounds that may in future beused to lubricate man-made nanorobots in 2005.He received the UFS Senate medal and prize for bestMaster‘s student at the University; the Dean’s Medalfor best Master‘s student in the Faculty of Naturaland Agricultural Sciences; the Andries Brink/Sasolprize for the best MSc dissertation in Microbiology;the JP van der Walt prize for best MSc dissertationin yeast science; the Chris Small prize for an outstanding Master‘s dissertation; and honorary coloursfrom the UFS Student Representative Council.Dr Aldo Stroebel.Dr Aldo Stroebel from the InternationalisationOffice and Cen tre for Sustainable Agriculture andRural De ve lop ment is a member of the nationalAgricultural Research for Development Task Team(2005-2007); Vice-President of research and Directorof SARIMA (2006-2007); Coordinator of the NationalProgramme for the Creation of Small Enter prises andJobs in the Second Economy, part of the Acceleratedand Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa, drivenby the Deputy President (2006); and one of only fournon-European Union specialists members of the72