SDL Executive Committee 2016/2017 SDL Strategic Planning 2016 Article writing workshop with Prof Hannes van der Walt - 2016 Ms Anna Lupandina, Profs Per Bergamin (SDUAS), Robert Balfour, Elsa Mentz and Christo van der Westhuizen - 2016 Profs Josef de Beer, Sharan Merriam (Extraordinary Professor), Elsa Mentz and Robert Balfour - 2016 Prof Sharan Merriam's workshop on Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis - 2016 Prof Sharan Merriam's workshop on Qualitative Research - 2016 Profs Mona Dahms (Aalborg University), Elsa Mentz and Marietjie Havenga - 2016 Prof Josef de Beer at the video launch of 2 new SDL videos - 2017 Profs Josef de Beer and Iman Chahine (Georgia State University, USA) - 2017 Profs Christo van der Westhuizen, Per Bergamin (SDUAS) and Nicole Kalbermatter (SDUAS) - 2017 Prof Marthie van der Walt with Prof Ann MacKenzie (Miami University, Ohio, USA) - 2018 SDL's two post-doctoral fellows, Dr Melissa Speight Vaughn (USA) and Dr Maureen Kapute (Malawi) - 2018 Colleagues from NWU and UNISA attended the workshop of the newly funded NRF project of Prof Elsa Mentz - 2018 Prof Christo van der Westhuizen and Dr Jessica Pool (members of SDL) were invited as guest speakers at the 13th International SAAFECS conference - 2018 The research group of Prof Jako Olivier’s NRF project had a very successful writing session - 2018 Members attended the planning session of the newly funded NRF project of Dr Neal Petersen - 2018 Members attended Prof Josef de Beer's workshop on Becoming an Established Researcher - 2018 Prof Kobus Lombard delivered his inaugural lecture on the Vaal Triangle Campus - 2018 The second SDL Postgraduate Student Seminar took place in Potchefstroom - 2018 Proff J de Beer & Aubrey Golightly's student award Prof JAK Olivier award SDL Conference Prof JAK Olivier award