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This year’s NSTF champions span academia, business and civil society

Do not allow someone to stumble into leadership. Leadership is the single biggest problem to fix in this country – Professor Jonathan Jansen, University of Stellenbosch.

Until he was about six years old, Gibson Ncube did not utter a word, much to his parents’ consternation. Now he speaks seven languages, has a PhD in French and teaches it at university level.

The field of ultra-sensitive disease diagnostics is in the making, and Philani Mashazi is right at the forefront.

There are only six women vice-chancellors in SA, and progress in eliminating gender bias is slow

Reed, who came to SU in 2006 and has held her current role since 2015, will assume her role at Georgia State on July 1.

Share LaVonda N. Reed LaVonda N. Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs and professor of law, has been named the seventh dean in the college’s history and the first African American to lead the College of Law at Georgia State University, effective July 1. Reed first joined the Syracuse University community in 2006 and has served in her current role since 2015.  In her 15 years at the University, Reed’s teaching and research has focused on wills and trusts, property law, and comm...