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