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