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FIRST VICE-CHANCELLOR
7 May 2004 to 31 May 2014
DR THEUNS ELOFF
Dr Theuns Eloff is appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the NWU on 7 May 2004.
The NWU is the first of all the merging institutions to choose a permanent Vice-Chancellor.
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive and accounting officer responsible for the management and administration of the University.
During November 2008, the Council of the North-West University decides to re-appoint Dr Eloff for another five-year term as Vice-Chancellor, as his term expires during May 2009. The Council not only recognised the important role played by Dr Eloff to position the North-West University as a leading university, but also wanted to grant him the opportunity to finalise the various strategies implemented since the merger in 2004.
He completes his undergraduate studies in Law and Theology at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (Pu for CHE) and later a PhD (Theology) at the PU for CHE.
He is also a Pastor in the Reformed Church of South Africa.
An Honorary Doctorate of Law, is awarded to him by the London South Bank University, UK in 2008.
In his inauguration speech Dr Eloff says: "A merger is a journey, not an event".
Dr Eloff, describes the university as it celebrates its first ten years in 2014:
"From two very different universities at the end of 2003, we grew into the North-West University, one proud university, with three equally proud campuses, with a brand that is more and more recognised and a footprint and impact that is more and more respected."
