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