Students and Personnel in Animal Science at Stellenbosch University excels

The Koos van der Merwe – AFMA Student Prize is awarded to the best final year graduate student in Animal Science. Magdel Nel was awarded the 2009 price at the AFMA Annual Symposium on 6 October 2010. Magdel is currently in her second year MSc Agric under the supervision of Prof Chrisjan Cruywagen. The prize is awarded by AFMA to commemorate the contributions the late Koos van der Merwe made to the South African Feed industry.

In 2010 four of the staff at the Department of Animal Sciences received prestigious Rectors Awards for their outstanding contributions to the success of the University.
The Rectors Award for Research Excellence was awarded to Professors Louw Hoffman, Chrisjan Cruywagen and Kennedy Dzama while Gail Jordaan was recognised for the Rectors Award for Service Delivery. These Awards went to the top 20% of performers across the board.  The rector’s speech is available at: 

http://www.sun.ac.za/university/Management/rektor/docs/Rektorstoekennings.pdf