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