Award to the Most Outstanding Third Year and Honours Students in Zoology

The ZSSA council presents an annual award for the most outstanding third year and Honours students in Zoology at each of the southern African universities.

Heads of Zoology Departments are invited to annually submit the names for potential award winners from their students. Proposals must be submitted as soon as the final marks are available.

Attention is drawn to the following aspects when making a selection. The Head of Department will decide on the excellence of a candidate. The award shall be granted to the best student in that year, providing that the student is deemed to be of sufficiently high standard. Other attributes such as leadership qualities, interest in Zoology, and Zoology as a career should be considered.

Complimentary student membership of the Society for one year accompanied by a suitable certificate, will be awarded to the successful candidate.

Heads of relevant Departments should be encouraged to present these awards at a suitable occasion to ensure the necessary publicity, for example if graduation takes place in December, it would be the perfect opportunity to present the award.

Head of Departments are welcome to contact the ZSSA office for more information:

Dr. Heike Lutermann
Department of Zoology & Entomology
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
Hatfield
0028

E-mail: hlutermann@zoology.up.ac.za please cc elma@mweb.co.za

Award Winners

University	Third years students	Honours years students
University of Witwatersrand: Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences	Natasha Greig	Daniel Jackson
University of Pretoria: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Tamar Amy Kendon	Emma Maeve Jepsen
University of Stellenbosch: Department of Botany and Zoology	Rene Devenish	Gideon Van Den Berg
University of Cape Town: Dept of Biological Sciences	Michelle Vrettos	Jess Lund
University of the Western Cape	Marius Zenker	Yameen Badrodien
Nelson Mandela University: Dept of Zoology	Lara Wattam	Christopher Peral
University of Limpopo: Department of Biodiversity	Mr DU Matlatle	Ms MM Makgoale
University of Venda: Dept of Zoology	Mr M Ndou	Mr M Malima
University of the Free State: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Jessica van der Merwe	Kristen Darker
University of Johannesburg: Dept of Zoology	Sam Falcon van Zwieten	Erin Francis Oberem
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg campus	Carmen R. Ortmann.	Kyrone K. Josiah
University of Mpumalanga: Dept of Zoology	no reward yet	no reward yet

Student winners for the 2017 academic year

Instution	3rd Year Student	Honours Student
Nelson Mandela University: Dept of Zoology	Lyle De Menezes	Taryn Smit
University of Johannesburg: Dept of Zoology	Erin Frances Oberem	Liam James Connell
University of Cape Town: Dept of Biological Sciences	Sejal Pramlall	Michaela Martins
University of Fort Hare: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Bantony Ziko	Godfrey Padare
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Westville		Yadvi Balgobind
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Pietermaritzburg	Nokwanda Mkhize	Nikisha Singh
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Westville (Biology and Marine Biology)	Advaitaa Haripershad	Amy Shurety
University of Mpumalanga: Dept of Zoology	no reward yet	no reward yet
University of North West: School for Biological Sciences: Zoology	Carina Verster	Franziske Coetzee
University of Pretoria: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Emma Maeve Jepsen	Shannon Mitchell
University of Rhodes: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Amy Alison Hunter	Megan Kim Reid
University of Stellenbosch: Dept of Botany and Zoology	Andre Scheepers	Nicole (Nikki) Voster
University of the Free State: Department of Zoology & Entomology	Kaylee Nancarrow	Klinette Sutherland
University of the Western Cape	Amieroh Abrahams	Erin Jooste
University of Venda: Dept of Zoology	Fhulufhelo Mulaudzi	I Chauke
University of Witwatersrand: Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences	Mijke Muller	IeIyzavata Ivanova