Ieder mens heeft een verhaal! Voor de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ga ik op zoek naar die verhalen. Alumni vertellen over hun dromen van toen en hun carrière van nu, maar ook studenten en medewerkers komen aan het woord. Een grappige anekdote, een inspirerend verhaal. Over liefde, het leven, studeren en werken, ambities, reizen, vriendschap en familie. Hieronder deel ik de reeds gepubliceerde verhalen (klik op de foto voor tekst). Wil je dagelijks op de hoogte blijven, volg de Erasmus Universiteit op facebook.
“One person starts his career at the university, I’m ending it here”
“For ten years I’ve been knocking on people’s doors, now people knock on mine all the time”
“I cried all the way to Ireland”
“Don’t waste time – life can suddenly be over!”
“ISS makes me a better person”
“I thought he was a bit arrogant”
“These children are the football players, doctors and judges of the future”
“It’s all about people!”
“For a long time, I felt that I had to live up to someone else’s expectations”
“It would be great to read more from Foucault and Sartre”
“If you can’t share your experiences and stories with your loved ones or that special person, they suddenly become a lot less valuable”
“I once nearly knocked Roger Federer over before an important match
“Dancing is my passion!”
Make it happen every day!
“We waren elkaar waarschijnlijk uit het oog verloren als we niet allebei geneeskunde waren gaan studeren.”
“Work is like a marathon; the last 10 kilometres are hell!”
“We were fighting about drugs”
“’I never know what to say when people ask me what my daughter studies’, my mom says”
“We are illegals”
“Writing is in my DNA!”
That’s when I knew; I wanted to do things differently.”
“The only thing that’s blocking you from achieving anything, is yourself”
“After the show, the concertmaster said: ‘I’ve worked here for 25 years, but I’ve never seen anything like this!”
“It’s admirable how people try to make the best of such a difficult, inhumane situation”
“What drives me is versatility – that’s where I get my energy from”
“Making the world a better place: that’s all I ever wanted”
“That’s when my life really began”
“Sündüz is my surrogate mother”
“I wanted a job in which I could really make an impact”
“A mop and a bucket – that’s all I had!”
“I always end up on the sofa feeling over full, so I’d rather not be wearing a cocktail dress!”
“We decided to listen to each other’s heart as a symbol of love”
“Go out and see things for yourself! “
“We hebben allebei de leukste zus ter wereld!”
“The first time I addressed my father with ‘baba’, he was so proud; I felt ashamed”
“We organised a three course meal in the Ronald McDonald House”
“Don’t let it happen, make it happen!”
“Making lots of money is not important”
“I am fascinated by tumours”
“An overachiever? Yes, I guess I always have been”
“I lived in my garden shed for a year”
“My son (4) is an EUR product”
“It only took 9 minutes to get all the gyms cleared”
“If it’s about water, it’s for me”
“I want to be a role model for my three kids”
“We used to play doctors when we were young!”
“Even if you do a little bit, you can make a difference”
“Ik wílde helemaal geen rechten studeren, ik wil mensen beter maken!”
“It might lead you right into the arms of the love of your life!”
“The best thing about my work is lecturing”
“As an ISS alumnus I’ve been able to make significant steps in my career in Uganda”
“My mum is my BFF but when it comes to men….”
“I’m giving it my best shot”
“I forgot the first and VERY important meeting for Erasmus University College!”
“I didn’t like coffee, that’s why I work at Starbucks”
“I still don’t understand why my parents left me, but through this I learned to stand on my own two feet”
“My grandparents had to walk several kilometres, barefoot sometimes, to school and back.”
“I’ve always loved visiting hospitals”
“I hate the idea of retiring next year”
“I never did it again!”
“Our soccer club is named after a book of Erasmus: Antibarbarorum Liber”
“Slow down, Dianne, they’ll say. But how can I? Life is passing me by, and fast”
“I was born in this hospital”
“Together we are stronger!”
“Campus Woudestein feels like home to me”
“My son jokes that now I become a housewife doing the laundry”
“If another employer paid me 1000 euro extra each month, I still wouldn’t leave this place”
“Refugees just want a safe home and a good future for their children, just like everyone else does”
“My wife helped fold cake boxes”
“My mission continues”
“We have our Christmas dinner in pyjamas!”
“My mother is the Christmas chef!”
“Kijk goed om je heen, zei mijn moeder”
“I don’t see patients face to face, but because I get to examine their blood, I kind of bond with them”
“Daddy went to some very nice birthday parties, though!”
“My psychosis has changed how I see the world”
“I never felt like a foreigner until I moved to the Netherlands”
“I was forced to work at Erasmus University”
“I want to make the world a better place”
“I wanted an office with airconditioning”
“I’ll sometimes put a rose in her locker.”
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