Landing in a city you do not know, exploring the cultural and administrative habits of a foreign country and all this time – searching for new friends. It is not a rare case when in such a situation AEGEE has come in extremely handy with helping people integrate faster and better in a new environment once they have started their… Read more →
People
Member of the month: Paul Smits. “Grasp every opportunity”
Board member on the local level, vice-chairperson of AGORAe and EBM, subcommie in the Netcom team, representative of the Dutch locals towards the Dutch Youth Council, always energetic, optimistic and ready to have fun. This is our new member of the month – Paul Smits from AEGEE-Enschede. Let’s see what he had to say to the AEGEEan: The AEGEEan: Tell… Read more →
Introducing Madalena Sousa – the newest worker of the CD house
Madalena Sousa might have been living in Brussels for a while, but it was less than one month ago that she moved her work place to the head office to work for AEGEE-Europe. The AEGEEan took the opportunity to talk to Madalena and hear about her work at the house. The AEGEEan: Can you tell us a bit about yourself?… Read more →
Member of the month of May: Isabel Sodric
Creativity. Isabel Sodric from AEGEE-Alicante has it all and this time she is the Member of the Month. “She has always a smile and an endless patience battery” say her friends about her. But let’s go deeper into it and see what she thinks about being the Member of the Month. The AEGEEan: Tell us more about you. What do… Read more →
Member of the Month of April – Alice Bednářová
“She has been responsible for the successful revival of the Cultural European Night at the EBM”. Who is this mysterious person, you might be wondering? It is Alice Bednarova from AEGEE-London. The European Night during Autumn Agora Budapest raised many questions and gave way to many discussions. The Culture Working Group (CWG) has decided to take things under control starting… Read more →
New speaker of the AEGEE-Academy: Maartje Natrop
While Agora Rhein-Neckar took place, the new board of the Academy was elected trough online voting by the Academy members. Costas Deltouzos from AEGEE-Patras is the new secretary / IT-responsible, Patrick Scholz from AEGEE-Aachen is the new treasurer and Maartje Natrop from AEGEE-Utrecht, whom I spoke to over a nice cake dinner, is the new speaker. Firstly, can you tell us… Read more →
Three Ukrainian Candidates for Network Commission
They don’t know one another well, none of them knew in advance that the other two were candidating, but all three of them ensured us that there is no competition going on. This might be surprising since only one of them will in the end become Network Commissioner of their beloved Russian-speaking locals, as splitting up the area is not… Read more →
Team Comes First – Meltem Darakcı for NetCom
One of the most active bodies of AEGEE-Europe will welcome new members to their team and again NetCom has motivated and talented people as candidates. We have talked to one of the NetCom candidates, Meltem from AEGEE-İstanbul, about her motivation to become a Netcommie, her plans, goals and much more… Can you tell us how your life is going like… Read more →
Events Committee Competition Winner Encourages to Organise as Many Exchanges as Possible
Recently we published the article giving you an insight into the story behind 2nd place winner of the Events Committee’s (EvC) Facebook competition. Now it is time to reveal the winner which includes not only AEGEE-Oviedo but also AEGEE-Yerevan and the Eastern Partnership Project Team. The Peace Building in Europe took place in Gijón last year, and the EvC’s competition… Read more →
Re-candidating of the current CD: There is nothing without a strong team
The AEGEEan journalist Liliya Buyukliyska was again in front of the familiar door at Rue du Noyer 55. The house is described as with AEGEE spirit everywhere – from the stickers to the charm of the office. During the dinner talks about musical festivals and shower troubles it is visible that those people are more than a family and enjoy it… Read more →