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