They may be gone but they certainly won’t be forgotten.
Last year the university lost two stalwarts, Prof Johan Esterhuyse from the Health and Wellness Faculty and Sevérus Cerff who was head of Advertising in the Marketing and Communication Department.
The pair were well known in their respective fields and now their legacies will continue thanks to the announcement that both will have awards named in their honour.
In January alumnus Kylie van Niekerk was the first recipient of the Prof Johan Esterhuyse Award for Outstanding Intern Medical Technologist/Scientist.
Awarded by the Pathcare Academy to a talented Biomedical professional, the award goes a long way to sealing the legacy of Esterhuyse who pioneered the rolling out of the Medical Laboratory Sciences course which sees its first batch of students graduate this year.
Cerff was a board member of the Marketing, Advancement and Communications in Education (MACE) body and in 2014 it was agreed that a lifetime achievement award would be named after him to remember the contributions he made to advance the standing of marketing, communication and advancement in higher education, and the growth of MACE as a body.
