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