Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards is an annual event aimed to recognise and acknowledge employees who walk an extra mile in their field of work to achieve exceptional performance for sustained and outstanding achievements in research and innovation, teaching, curriculum innovation and community engagement activities that are in line with Vision 2020. 

The prestige event was held on 05 November 2015.  In acknowledging the recipients, Prof. Henk de Jager, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic and Research said that achieving excellence is not a walk in the park but leadership, dedication, selflessness, compromise, sleepless nights and commitment. “I commend our recipients for a sterling job done. They are the role models for our students and fellow staff as they have excelled in their fields and impressed our CUT community, showing us that they are living the values of our strategic plan,” he concluded. The recipients each received a benefit of R30 000 cheques for all categories towards enhancement of their teaching and research. Winners may take 1/3 of the amount as a cash benefit. This year, seven of the ten recipients were from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. 

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The recipients joined by Prof. Henk de Jager, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic and Research (seated 2^nd from left), Prof. David Ngidi, Dean: Faculty of Humanities (seated far left), Prof. Alfred Ngowi, Dean: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (seated far right), and Prof. Albert Strydom, Dean: Faculty of Management Sciences (standing far left). Back row from left (2^nd): Prof. Igor Yadroitsev, Innovation Award; Prof. James Swart, Advanced Career Teaching Award; recipients Mr Gerald Muriithi, Mr Remaketse Zulu, Mr Pieter Potgieter and Dr Muthoni Masinde (seated middle left) was awarded the Community Engagement Award. Dr Masinde also received the Early Career Research Award. Front row (middle right): Ms Cameron Greyling, Early Career Teaching Award; Prof. Willie du Preez, Established Career Research Award; and Ms Nelia Venter, The IAUP/VC Excellence Award: Curriculum Innovation (awarded in absentia).