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Research and Conference Papers
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A total of 30 presentations and publications related to the BeWell project was made at national and international conferences in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Russia, Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, Greece and Nepal. A few peer reviewed publications were also produced. They are all listed below, in chronological order (2011-2018, except for the first one that is the foundation on which the conditioning programmes for self-development are based upon and which was already published in 2004).

  1. Du Plessis, S.A. (2004).  U-B-U @ Your World: An Internet-based Modeling, Tracking and Support Framework to Individualize the Unlocking of Human Potential. In J. Nall & R. Robson (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (pp. 45-50). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  2. Botha, H.L. and Du Plessis, S.A. (2011). Wellness and academic achievement: Implications for minding the education by educating the mind of university students. Presentation at the 13th International Congress of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, Boston, USA, 10-14 July 2011.
  3. Beyers, E., Du Plessis, S.A. and Muller, A. (2012). The Role of Grit, a Growth Mind-set and ”Get-better” Goals in Academic Success - A SciMathUS Case Study. Presentation at the 6th Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, 22-23 May 2012, Stellenbosch University, The Lord Charles, Somerset West.
  4. Botha, H.L. and Cilliers, C.D. (2012a). “Adolescent” South Africa (18 years since democratization): Challenges for universities to optimise wellness as a prerequiste for cognitive development and learning in a diverse society. Keynote address at IACEP 2012 European Regional Conference, May 25-26, 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.
  5. Botha, Ludolph and Cilliers, Charl. (2012b). “Adolescent” South Africa (18 years since democratization): Challenges for universities to optimise wellness as a prerequiste for cognitive development and learning in a diverse society. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, Volume 11, Number 3, 2012, pp. 241-255(15).
  6. Du Plessis, S.A. (2012a). FlourishWell4Life: Personalised Conditioning e-Programmes to Enhance and Track Wellness, Success and Flourishing. Presentation at the 6th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 26-29 June 2012, World Trade Center, Moscow, Russia.
  7. Du Plessis, S.A. (2012b). Wellness Research and Development to Enhance Academic Performance: Identifying Predictors and Building Web-based Tools. Presentation at the 6th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 26-29 June 2012, World Trade Center, Moscow, Russia.
  8. Du Plessis, S.A. (2012c). Web-based Story Editing Interventions to Support Students at Risk and to Address Possible Stereotype Threat. Presentation at the 6th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 26-29 June 2012, World Trade Center, Moscow, Russia.
  9. Du Plessis, S.A. (2012d). Web-based tools to optimise academic performance by facilitating the development of wellness factors that affect academic achievement. Edulearn12. 4th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 2012: 5953-5962.
  10. Botha, H.L. and Du Plessis, S.A. (2012). Mining Wellness and Performance Data to Identify At-Risk First-Year Engineering Students. World Congress on Engineering 2012 (WCE) - The 2012 International Conference of Data Mining and Knowledge Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 2012: 395-402 (rated as the second best paper at the World Congress).
  11. Botha, H.L., Cilliers, C.D., Du Plessis, S.A., Kloppers, P.W. and Strauss, E. (2013). A Campus-wide Mentoring System for First-year Students to Enhance Wellness and the Development of Positive Psychological Factors that Affect Academic Achievement. Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, June, 27-30, 2013, Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  12. Botha, H.L,, Ciliiers, C.D. & Du Plessis, A. (2014). Optimising student success with a systemic-holistic, co-curricular wellness intervention: Growing evidence and relevance for graduate attributes. Presentation made at the IACEP European Regional Conference 2014. Budapest, Hungary. June 19-20, 2014.
  13. Du Plessis, S.A. and Strauss, E. (2014a). Mining Wellness and Performance Data to Identify At-Risk First-Year Medical Students. Presentation at the 7th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 1-4 July 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  14. Botha, H.L., Cilliers, C.D., Dunn, M., Du Plessis, S.A., Kloppers, P.W., Sanatan, M. and Strauss, E. (2014). Mentoring Wellness and Positive Psychological Predictors of Academic Achievement via a Network of Student Mentors and Mobile Apps. Presentation at the 7th Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, 28-29 October 2014, Stellenbosch University, Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch.
  15. Du Plessis, S.A. and Strauss, E. (2014b). Mining Wellness and Performance Data to Identify At-Risk First-Year Medical Students. Presentation at the 7th Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, 28-29 October 2014, Stellenbosch University, Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch.
  16. Botha, H.L. (2015). Cognitive education in practice in higher education: An overview at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa, from 1984 - 2015. The IACEP XV Biennial International Conference. Greece, July 2015.
  17. Du Plessis, S.A. (2015a). How the Gamification of a Mentoring System Motivates University Students to Engage in Well-being Enhancing Activities. Presentation at the Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 25-28 June 2015, Orlando, United States of America.
  18. Du Plessis, S.A. (2015b). Purposefully and Energetically Flourish Well for Life with Style, Strength and Character. Presentation at the Fourth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 25-28 June 2015, Orlando, United States of America.
  19. Dunn, M., Du Plessis, S.A. and Strauus, E. (2015). A Developmental Approach to Student Success. Presentation made at 2015 Conference of the Southern African Association for Student Counselling and Development in Higher Education, 7-9 Septmeber 2015, Cape Town, South Africa.
  20. Botha, H.L., Cilliers, C.D., Dunn, M., Du Plessis, S.A., Kloppers, P.W. and Strauss, E. (2015). The BeWell Mentor Wellness Project at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.  Presented at the 2015 Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards, Philadelphia, United States of America.  Received the Silver medal for Africa.
  21. Du Plessis, A. (2016a). A Campus-wide Peer Mentoring System with Wellness-based Face-to-face Mentoring Sessions, Personalised and Gamified Developmental Wellness Websites for Members, and a Sophisticated Tracking System, EDULEARN16 Proceedings, pp. 5651-5660.
  22. Du Plessis, A. (2016b). An Evidence-based and Individualized Blended Training Program to Assist High Performance Student Athletes in Developing Well-being and Mental Toughness Skills and Optimizing Academic and Sport Goals, EDULEARN16 Proceedings, pp. 5640-5650.
  23. Du Plessis, S.A. (2017a). Grit, a Growth Mindset and Wellness Confirmed and Developed Deliberately as Important Predictors of Retention, Academic Success and Graduation at University Level. Individual Podium Presentation at the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 13-16 July 2017, Montreal, Canada.
  24. Du Plessis, S.A. (2017b). FlourishWell4Life @ Education, @ Sport and @ Work: Evidence-based and Individualized Blended Training Programmes to Develop Well-being and Enhance Performance. Poster Presentation at the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology, 13-16 July 2017, Montreal, Canada.
  25. Du Plessis, S.A. (2017c). Institutional Research Findings in Support of a (First-Year) Curriculum that Facilitates Academic Success, Enhances Wellness and Well-being, Builds Character and Graduate Attributes, and Creates Flourishing Students and Thriving Student Communities. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Institutional Research (SAAIR), Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Hotel School Windhoek, Namibia, 23-26 October 2017.
  26. Du Plessis, S.A., Koch, C., Kroon, C., Louw, A. and Sinclair, E. (2018). Wellness and the Success of Medicine and Health Sciences Students. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 29-31 October 2018, Stellenbosch University, The Lord Charles, Somerset West.
  27. Dunn-Coetzee, M., Du Plessis, S.A., Engelbrecht, R., Kroon, C.,  and Petersen, J. (2018). The BeWell Mentoring Experience as a Vehicle for Personal Wellness Development. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 29-31 October 2018, Stellenbosch University, The Lord Charles, Somerset West.
  28. Du Plessis, S.A. and Wagener, W. (2018). Evidence-based Mindset Interventions to Support the Success of EDP Students. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 29-31 October 2018, Stellenbosch University, The Lord Charles, Somerset West.
  29. Du Plessis, S.A., Kroon, C. and Wagener, W. (2018). The Daily Struggles of EDP Students: A Mixed Methods Analysis. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 29-31 October 2018, Stellenbosch University, The Lord Charles, Somerset West.
  30. Du Plessis, S.A.,  Engelbrecht, R. and Kroon, C. (2018). A University-wide Peer Mentoring Program for Personal Wellness Development: Addressing the Growing Demands of Employers and Society. "Positive Thoughts, Positive Impacts and Positive Social Work: the wherewithal of hope?, International Academic and Practitioner Conference", Kathmandu City, Nepal.

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