Best students celebrated at Molenvliet ceremony
On Wednesday, 18 March the Department held its annual postgraduate welcome function at the historic Molenvliet guest house. Department head prof Andrie Schoombee (pictured) awarded the best undergraduate and postgraduate students of 2014 prizes for their excellent academic achievements during the previous year.
The prizes went to: Gerben Draaijer and Niel Botha (first year), Purishlin Govindasamy and Aldu Duminy (second year), Charne Thomson (pictured) and Katrien Smuts (third year), Lewis McLean and Reuben Foster (Honours), and Chris Hart and Wicus Coetzee (Masters).
Several Economic Research Southern Africa and Genesis Analytics prizes were also awarded to top-performing students.
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