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