Mathematical Sciences students recognised
ACADEMIC TOP ACHIEVERS: The Department of Mathematics & Physics recently recognised their top academic achievers from the previous academic year.
Monday, 31 March 2025
The Mathematical Sciences Annual Assembly that brings together Mathematical Sciences students with staff of the Department of Mathematics and Physics, industry partners, and alumni guest speakers was recently held to foster a sense of identity and build Mathematical Sciences community.
This event was also meant to recognise the Mathematical Sciences top academic achievers from the previous academic year, and to motivate students regarding the career opportunities available after graduation. Acting Head: Department of Mathematics and Physics, Dr Thomas Farrar said the event was a huge success.
The event was attended by representatives from the corporate sponsors, Lee-Anne Limerick from Pepkor, Jonathan Sikombe from Shoprite, and André Zitzke from SAS and they delivered exciting talks about career and development opportunities in data analytics. The energy in the auditorium was huge when students received the academic achievement awards.
“It was amazing that there was no sense of jealousy among the students but only excitement and congratulations for the excellence achieved by one's peers.”
Farrar continued: “We are immensely grateful to Shoprite for sponsoring the catering of the event, to Pepkor for sponsoring retail vouchers for our award recipients, and to SAS for their ongoing support in statistics software through their strategic partnership with CPUT.”
Farrar, who is also a senior lecturer in Statistics said his department was also grateful to the alumni guest speakers, Kanyisa Jele and Uzair Samsodien, “for taking time out of their busy schedules to come and motivate our students”. He also acknowledged the students for supporting the event “enthusiastically, and especially to two of our class reps, Philasande Thusha and Neo Matekane, who addressed the assembly on student expectations of the Department”.
Certificates were presented to the top three students in each year group for the 2024 academic year, based on academic average calculated across all compulsory subjects. The students received an academic achievement award consisting of an official CPUT testimonial certificate and a retail voucher. The award is only given if the student's academic average was 75% or above.
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