Page 3 - DUT Excellence

CONTENTS
Prof Thandwa Mthembu’s ENVISION2030 Explications and Videos .................................................................................................................................... 2 Highlights 2021 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 DUT Awarded Feenix University of the Year Award 2020 ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 DUT Honours Staff and Students for Making ENVISION2030 Reality ............................................................................................................................... 7 DUT Advancement and Alumni Relations Of ce Launches DUT Alumni Mentorship Programme ........................................................................... 10 DUT Alumna Uses Whatsapp to Teach Children Language .................................................................................................................................................. 12 DUT Obtains the 2021 Global Award for Innovation and Excellence in Internationalisation ..................................................................................... 14 DUT’s Newly Established Agri-Hub Supplies Fresh Cucumbers to Local Retailer ......................................................................................................... 15 DUT B.ED Graduate Supplies Retailer with FreshVegetables.............................................................................................................................................17 CELT Launches the DUT Siyaphumelela 2.0 Moving the Middle Project..........................................................................................................................19 DUT and Ithala Launch a Free SMME and Co-operative BusinessTraining Programme...............................................................................................20 DUT Business School is Ready to Contribute to Socio-economicTransformation.......................................................................................................22 The 2021 ICTAS-IEEE Online Conference was a Great Success........................................................................................................................................25 Urban Futures Centre at DUTWins ExcellenceAward for COVID-19 Response........................................................................................................27 DUT Listed on World University Rankings once Again ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 DUT Receives Over a Million Rand Funding for COVID-19 Research.............................................................................................................................31 DUT Hosts Breakfast Engagement Meeting with DHET,TVET Colleges and SETAs.....................................................................................................33 Msomi has Completed his Master’s Degree in just aYear....................................................................................................................................................35 Somatology Alumna Mwangi Offers Employment to DUT Students ................................................................................................................................. 37 DUT’s Zondi Launches her First Novel called The Rusty Tin Hotel ..................................................................................................................................... 39 DUT Honours Professor Zakes Mda with an Honorary Doctorate ........................................................................................................................ 41 DUT Staff Member Obtains Cum Laude and a Dean’s Merit Award for his Master’s Degree......................................................................43 DUT’s Prof Bux Receives Senior Fellow Membership of the Water Institute of Southern Africa ............................................................... 45 Sucheran’s Research will Prompt Further Investigations into Decreasing Food Wastage...................................................................................46 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
1
DUT EXCELLENCE 2021 // SEMESTER 1