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