Students

Cooking Up Beats and Crunching the Numbers: DJ Earns PhD!

by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024 11,626 0

A passion for music and numbers, Moses Phiri (AKA DJ 10111) recently graduated with his PhD in statistics, reminding people that we are not bound to a single dream!  …

Cycling for Chem Students: Stellies Lecturer Hits the Road 

by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyApril 4, 2024April 4, 2024 751 0

A Stellies Lecturer embarked on an incredible ‘600km in 6 days’ cycle—all to alleviate the financial burdens of her chemistry students:   Western Cape, South Africa (04 April 2024) —…

Student’s Singing Prank in Stellies Goes Beyond Viral!

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyMarch 1, 2024March 1, 2024 7,414 0

Maybe the internet needed to be reminded that life isn’t always so serious, or maybe the energy of these students was just infectiously joyful. Whatever the main reason, a singing…

Professor Donates $1 Billion So Students’ Tuition Will Be Free!

by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyFebruary 29, 2024February 29, 2024 6,006 0

In incredible international news, a widow who was left a fortune has decided to donate $1 billion dollars to fund medical students’ tuition! Full story:   New York City, USA…

‘Arm Marathon’ Surpasses Its Goal for Students in Need Again!

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyFebruary 5, 2024February 5, 2024 546 0

To channel her grief into something helpful, Briony Chisholm did something unexpected. Despite having been in a wheelchair for decades, she created her own kind of marathon, the solo ‘arm…

Free State Architecture Students Celebrate Sharing Their Work With the World

by Ashleigh Nefdt @goodthingsguyJanuary 22, 2024January 22, 2024 1,018 0

Architecture students from the University of the Free State got to represent South Africa and dazzle hundreds of thousands at one of the most prestigious showcases in the world—the Venice…

Engineer’s Road to Graduation Proved the Potholes Wrong

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyDecember 12, 2023December 12, 2023 696 0

Malefetsane Letsika’s mother worked as a clothes hawker to pay his way to education. Later, he’d work in a pizza shop to survive poverty. Life threw him many potholes on…

Former Teacher Made Sure Hungry Pupils Were Fed, Now It’s Her Purpose

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyDecember 12, 2023December 12, 2023 909 0

What began as former teacher Cristine Panday making sarmies for her students soon became a purpose-led mission that fed over 107,000 school children!   KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (12 December 2023)…

Student’s Clever Creation Marries Myth and ‘Magic’ to Inspire STEM Girlies

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyDecember 4, 2023December 8, 2023 960 0

Ella Gardiner, a student from Stellenbosch University used her skills to make a clever creation that marries myth and magic (engineering). Her solar-powered unicorn toy was designed to inspire more…

Pretoria Students Impress with Up-Cycled Food Experiment 

by Ashleigh Nefdt@goodthingsguyNovember 30, 2023October 11, 2024 859 0

With food waste becoming more and more of a global problem, students from the University of Pretoria have done something innovative and impactful with an up-cycled food experiment:   Pretoria,…