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