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