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