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