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