SU The Dutch Rainbow: Hitchhike Past the Highlights of Holland

Walter White was looking at me, seated down in his cheap, rusty chair. His face was a mixture of rage-looking eyes, disappointing gesture and an unusual peace. I felt weird, lost in my mind, again. When suddenly, a voice broke into my thoughts. – Are you ready? – my dad asked. Yes, I was. My first Summer University (SU) would… Read more →

Member of the Month September – Arsenis Tselengidis and the key for a successful NetCom: “be accessible and work 24/7!”

I first met Arsenis at my first AEGEE event, Agora Budapest 2012. Even though he was really busy as President of AEGEE-Thessaloniki and main organizer of the upcoming NWM Thessaloniki, he helped me to find an accomodation place for the ITC (IT Committee) meeting last year. He didn’t just revive AEGEE-Thessaloniki, but also helped with finding members for the new… Read more →

AEGEE crosses new borders: Marko Grdosic’s experience in the WCY in Sri Lanka

The World Conference on Youth (WCY) took place from the 6th to the 10th May this year in Sri Lanka, involving about a thousand of young people from all over the globe with the aim of increasing the youth presence in the planning of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which is a process led by the United Nation (UN). The Agenda defines new important… Read more →

Is your AEGEE local the “Master of Recruitment”? Share your best practices with the Network!

It’s September, the new academic year has just started, and this means that the recruitment season has just started too! Several AEGEE locals are making big efforts and organising lots of activities for fresh members and international students who can become potential AEGEE members, many of them starting from mid August already. Organising such activities requires a big dose of… Read more →

AEGEEans and friends learning about fundraising with AEGEE-Barcelona

Next week from September 27th until October 5th AEGEE-Barcelona will be hosting Fundraising European School for 18 participants – the best way to say goodbye to summer holidays and stay motivated in AEGEE. And hopefully it will still be sunny and warm! AEGEE-Barcelona is a large antenna of around 80 members and depending with the level of activity and the academic… Read more →

SU Story of the week: Marvellous Messina (and I’m not messin-a-round!)

Monday, 3:00 AM, a beach in Messina next to the famous U Piluni (it looks like a pink Eiffel Tower and it’s almost as famous as the French one). We’re sitting on the beach by a bonfire, drinking “Messina” beer, singing Italian songs, chilling. It’s a night of full moon and falling stars… suddenly, Lena, our German colleague, notes that… Read more →

Summer University Project School – the first step for a great Summer University

The Summer University Project School (SUPS) is taking place from 7th-14th December this year in Cluj-Napoca and the participants are about to be chosen. We asked Anna Pykhtina, a traveler, cycler, Ukrainian, member of AEGEE-Kyiv and also PR Responsible of SUCT (Summer University Coordination Team) and Training Manager of the event, a few questions so we can find out more… Read more →

AEGEE-Brno, Local of the Month September, on the Recipe for Success of their Famous Summer University “Out of the Box”

AEGEE-Brno, the Local of the Month for September, became quite the topic after their famous Summer University (SU), named “Out of the box”. The AEGEEan talked to Tereza Mikšíková, board member and one of the SU organizers, to also introduce the organizers’ point of view and to find out what other activities AEGEE-Brno carries out. Read on to learn what future… Read more →