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