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