The purpose of this document is to explain what it was that led to this Hope Project commitment, what it is, and how the University embodies this idea.

Remarks at a symposium on entrepreneurship for human development, Stellenbosch, 17 November 2011.

Paper presented at the President’s Forum at the 90th Anniversary of Xiamen University, People’s Republic of China, 6 April 2011.

Address at a colloquium on the contribution of higher education to public welfare, presented by the SU Centre for Teaching and Learning, Wallenberg Centre, STIAS, 19 November 2010.

Paper presented at Talloires Network Leaders Conference, June 2011, Madrid, Spain, author examining the role of universities in times of political transition.

Address delivered at the Talloires Network Bellagio Conference, Italy, 23-27 March 2010 regarding education for social responsibility an application of university resources to the needs of local and global communities ...

Opening remarks by Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at a collegial discussion on the 'Pedagogy of the hope', JN de Villiers Hall, Tygerberg campus, 18 August 2010.

The Hope Project: A rector’s view of leading a major capital campaign in Africa. Prof H Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University Input at the AAU’s COREViP, 2 June 2011

Address at the launch of the Stellenbosch University Hope project in Johannesburg on 26 and 27 July 2010.