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