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