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