The Ombuds Blog: Stellenbosch University Appoints Ombuds

May 18, 2015

Stellenbosch University Appoints Ombuds

The leading South African research university has appointed Julian Sonn as its next Ombudsperson. Sonn will work with a student population of about 29,000 for whom the formal channels have been unavailing.

Sonn has been a professor of Executive Leadership and Diversity in the University of Stellenbosch Business School since 2006. He is a counseling psychologist by training, having graduated from the Unviersity of South Africa and the University of Western Cape before earning masters degrees from New York University and Virginia Commonwealth University, and a PhD from VCU. (UCT "The Ombud," vol 2, issue 1; Stellenbosch Ombudsman.)

Related posts: Stellenbosch University Names New Ombuds; Second Newsletter from University of Cape Town Ombuds is Full of Updates.

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Gabu6/16/2016 5:41 AM
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