NMMU South Campus burgled early morning on 3 Jan 2014. 1 thief caught at the top of a tall tree in a garden. Summerstrand residents living in the vicinity of NMMU keep your security gates locked. The police are still chasing 2 suspects on foot, bikes & cars. Good luck to the SAPS and thanks for your protection. Celeste Barker … [Read more...] about Summerstrand Thieves
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David Maidza moves to NMMU to coach Madibaz
Eastern Province Rugby coach, David Maidza, who coached both the Vodacom Cup and ABSA 1st division Currie Cup team this year, will officially join the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University rugby coaching staff from January. Maidza has already been assisting with the training of the Varsity Cup Madibaz at NMMU since mid November, but will officially take up the position of head coach next year, replacing Brent Janse van Rensburg. "We are excited about David's new appointment," said EP … [Read more...] about David Maidza moves to NMMU to coach Madibaz
Local Maths Development Unit walks away with prestigious award
A novel high-tech approach to maths and science education - which has been boosting pupils' knowledge and skills in Saturday classes across the province - won a R40 000 gold award at last week's prestigious Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards for 2013. The award ceremony took place on 1 December 2013 in Cape Town. The award-winning Maths and Science Incubator School Programme - run by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Unit (GMMDU) - has been run in … [Read more...] about Local Maths Development Unit walks away with prestigious award
Thank you, Madiba
NMMU Computing Sciences pays tribute to Nelson Mandela with a timeline. Beautiful soundtrack - our world-class choir sings "Asimbonanga". http://youtu.be/r88YaT8V4rU Creator: csnmmu Posted to MyPE by: Alan Straton Submit your favourite Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch videos for consideration for publication on MyPE by filling in the form below: Click here to see more PE Videos. … [Read more...] about Thank you, Madiba
NMMU Choir’s tribute to Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's internationally acclaimed choir pays tribute to our namesake on his 94th birthday with their rendition of Asimbonanga. http://youtu.be/PbxbAz_OXNM Creator: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Posted to MyPE by: Roslyn Baatjies Submit your favourite Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch videos for consideration for publication on MyPE by filling in the form below: Click here to see more PE Videos. … [Read more...] about NMMU Choir’s tribute to Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday
MyNMMU
Everything from exam results to breaking university news will be available at the push of a button in the palm of your hand with the launch of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s new mobile app today. With official exam results due on 12 December, thousands of NMMU students are expected to download the new mobile application – MyNMMU – freely available to most BlackBerry users, all Android smart phone users and iPhone users. The app is also aimed at the public with useful functions … [Read more...] about MyNMMU
Booming week at Boomtown
It doesn’t rain, it pours when it comes to awards for Boomtown, and last week the team walked away with a gold international EPICA award, and four Assegais for its World’s First Stethoscope Radio Ad for Africa Health Placements. The gold EPICA was awarded in the B2B direct mail category and Boomtown was one of only three South African agencies to be recpgnised. At the Assegais it was recognised in the alternative media category (leader award) and won a bronze in the 3D direct mail category, … [Read more...] about Booming week at Boomtown
Municipality and University sign formal MoU
When Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) starts its new degree in human settlements development in 2014, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) will be all smiles. The introduction of the new four-year qualification will not only enable local government to build much-needed human capacity in this area, but will also mark just one of the many areas of collaboration between the two parties to be formalized in a high-profile signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, 26 … [Read more...] about Municipality and University sign formal MoU
One planet living: Implications for Universities seminar
In pursuit of its goal to become a sustainable institution, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is hosting a sustainability seminar in which the institution’s "green" champions will share success stories and seek solutions for the future. The university has also joined hands with the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) and Oldenburg University in Germany in presenting the day-long seminar on Thursday 28 November. The sustainability-themed "One planet living: Implications for Universities" … [Read more...] about One planet living: Implications for Universities seminar
Sanda Ncama takes leadership to next level
Having been involved in underage-drinking himself, NMMU student and Top 3 One Day Leader contestant Sanda Ncama now co-mentors five teenagers in a new 13-part televised reality series, Future Leaders, on SABC 1. Sanda, 23, a final-year music education student from King William's Town, says the show is about young future leaders all of whom are teenagers who have previously experimented with alcohol. The teenagers' awareness of the devastation that underage drinking has had in their … [Read more...] about Sanda Ncama takes leadership to next level
More awards for NMMU
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has done it again - winning the most awards for marketing and communications within the field of higher education nationally. NMMU won 14 awards, including three category victories, at the Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE) Excellence Awards at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein this week. More than 20 institutions of higher learning entered the awards and judges praised the high overall standard of … [Read more...] about More awards for NMMU
University access for three blind students
At the end of October 2013, during members' statements in the National Assembly, the IFP raised the matter of three students who had been denied entry to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) because they are blind. The long-held dreams of Avukile Jeke (21), Lubabalo Sapepa (21) and Yanelisa Ginida (19) were shattered. At the time, I took up their plight in Parliament and called on the SA Human Rights Commission to investigate and for the Minister of Women, Children and People … [Read more...] about University access for three blind students
De Vos Malan Primary School Netball clinic
Future Eastern Cape netball stars were treated to instruction from some of the country's top coaches, as the final SPAR netball clinic for the year played out at De Vos Malan Primary School in Port Elizabeth this week. More than 400 players from primary and high schools across the province felt the benefit of the seven coaching clinics that took place as far afield as Middelburg, Graaff-Reinet, George and Grahamstown this year. The two-day sessions, run by the SPAR-NMMU netball club, saw … [Read more...] about De Vos Malan Primary School Netball clinic
Prof Maartin de Witt
Join Port Elizabeth and MyPE in congratulating Mover and Shaker, Prof Maartin de Witt from NMMU: Prof Maartin de Witt has been awarded the prestigious S2A3 Gold Medal by the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science, following in the footsteps of the likes of the late paleoanthropologist Prof Phillip Tobias, and NMMU’s own Prof Richard Cowling, a botanist who received the award in 2009. Prof de Witt is the second Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) scientist to … [Read more...] about Prof Maartin de Witt
New paramedic degree opens path to Medical School
In a bid to meet dire shortages of health care employees in the Eastern Cape, a new emergency medical care degree will be offered by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) from next year. The four-year degree, which was given the final go-ahead by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) this week, will form one of the first building blocks towards a fully-fledged Medical School for NMMU by 2020, and offer paramedic students unique training opportunities. Bachelor of … [Read more...] about New paramedic degree opens path to Medical School
