A total of 30 Entries were received from across NMMU. To read all the stories told by NMMU Engagement project leaders, go to: http://caec.nmmu.ac.za/Engagement-Information-and-Development/Engagement-NMMU-s-10-Year-Anniversary
Congratulations to Prof Raymond Auerbach (Agricultural Management, George Campus) for winning the R10 000 for the George Campus Food Security Project's story. His 10-line summary of this ongoing project was recognised for its combination of clarity and creativeness in telling the project's story; the involvement of a wide spectrum of internal and external communities; integrated Teaching, Research and Engagement work and its focus on sustainable living (one of NMMU's focus areas). Prof Auerbach has also recently been nominated as a Champion of African Ecological Agriculture for consideration during the African Ecological Conference in October 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Eve Stoffels organised a garden competition with the help of NMMU Agro-ecology programme; 56 gardeners participated in 2014 (Photo: Christine Ridge-Schnaufer)
Other projects that received special mention from the competition evaluators and will each receive a R5 000 merit award are:
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67 Hours (Ms Kim Elliot, Student Governance)
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PasSport to Health (Prof Cheryl Walter, Human Movement Science)
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Pay-it-Forward (Dr Amanda Werner and Ms Bridget de Villiers, HR Management)
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Women in Engineering Leadership Association (Dr Ann Lourens, Industrial Engineering)
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First Lego League (Mr Ronald Leppan, Information Technology)