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Dear alumni,
It's the autumn of re-connection! After a lively summer, we're going back inside and we're breaking out the cosy energy. In November AUC and the AUCAA are organising a networking event for alumni who are interested in pursuing graduate studies, or want to share their experiences in academia. In December we are enjoying the best of winter in Amsterdam with the Amsterdam Light Festival tour. Don't miss out on the chance to re-kindle old friendships, or to form new ones!
Keep an eye out on the AUCAA's social media and newsletters so you never miss out on an event. And if you're inspired to (co)organise an alumni event, let us know and we can help out.
Best,
Gerylaine CamposAlumni & External Relations Officer, on behalf of AUCAA board
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Join the AUCAA for a gezellig winter evening in Amsterdam. First there's a guided walking tour along the famous Amsterdam Light Festival Route, where you can enjoy world-class light art installations. Warm up from the walk and get reacquainted with other AUC alumni at the cosy winter borrel. Tickets for the guided walking tour and borrel can be purchased separately. Borrel includes snacks and 2 drinks.
Date: 10 December 2022
Time: 17.00-20.30
Price: €9,20
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Want to come back to our lovely bubble to reconnect with alumni and AUC students, get a professional LinkedIn photo taken and/or share your experience of life after AUC with current students? Or maybe you are yet to apply to graduate school and want to learn from other alumni's experiences? Then sign up now for the Master's Preparation Event!
Date: 11 November
Time: 12.30-17.00
Place: AUC Building, Science Park 113
Not interested in the workshops, but still want to borrel? That's completely fine! Sign up and join for the gezelligheid.
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The AUCAA board is looking for enthusiastic alumni to help shape the AUC alumni community. If you want to develop your event planning, social media, or project managements skills please apply! We are looking for candidates who are based in the Netherlands and willing to travel to Amsterdam when required. The work load is about 3 hours per week.
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Are you trying to find a master's and need help with the application process? Maybe you have an idea - and you want to launch a business? Or do you just need someone to talk to for advice? The AUCAA is launching an Alumni Mentorship Framework. The framework is designed to connect AUC students and graduates, allowing them to build professional relationships that contribute to mutual growth.
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The ethnographic film “We thought it would be fun” shows the experiences of students and teachers of secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on adolescents, (who are less susceptible to the virus but are paradoxically suffering from the COVID-19 mitigation strategies) the film shows the psychosocial burden carried by students during the pandemic. This film is part of the HERoS research (Health Emergency Response in Interconnected Systems), which aims to collect lessons learned and share best practices related to the governance of the COVID-19 crisis within secondary schools. You can register by sending Cato an email.
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In his debut comedy hour, Jacob Adriani will take you from octopi through golden pineapples to French cows. He'll make correlations wish they were there. Jacob lays bare his inner workings in this kaleidoscopic comedy special!
Jacob started his comedy career as a student at AUC, which culminated in a performance during the 2016 graduation in Carré. No stranger to the AUCAA, Jacob was featured in the AfterUC podcast, as the first podcast guest.
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Inequality starts at birth. Many predictions on the course of your life are influenced by the zip code where you grew up. Education should be an equalizer, but that is often not the case. In this third and final installment in the Inequality series, Zahra and a panel of experts investigate inequality of opportunity in education.
Zahra Runderkamp (moderator) is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Amsterdam. Runderkamp's dissertation is about the representation of women and minorities in Dutch politics.
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Diversity in ethnicity, sexual identity, and socio-economic status plays a big role in a person's expectations and preferences in advanced care planning. In order to investigate how Dutch healthcare care professionals conceptualised diversity in these conversations, Charlotte and colleagues conducted 16 interviews using a thematic discourse analysis. The article highlights the importance of reflecting on diversity discourses and their consequences for professionals involved in end-of-life conversations.
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Tamar Bot is the host of De Mediameiden podcast together with her best friend and colleague. De Mediameiden, launched in March 2022, is a playful podcast that gives an inside look at the showbiz. In their weekly episodes, the joyful hosts keep their loyal listeners updated on media news, programmes to watch, embarrassing career stories, and much more.
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The celebration of the Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition combining Pre-Hispanic tradition with Spanish influences of the Catholic Church. Throughout Mexico, Mexicans remember their departed on 1 and 2 November. We are recreating this blended (mestizo) cultural celebration for faculty, students and visitors interested in learning more about this tradition. The presentation will feature an altar created by visual artist Emilio Sánchez Díaz & the Tule Educational Project, a group dedicated to maintaining Mexican culture. All are invited to bring a memento or a photo of loved ones to place on the altar to join with “ofrendas,” or offerings of food, candles and mementos. There will also be live music and the bread of the dead.
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Are you a student, alumni or employee of an institute of higher education in the Netherlands or Belgium? You can participate in the Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize 2022! New Scientist and AD present the Robbert Dijkgraaf essay prize for the 11th time. To this end, they are calling on scientists, students and alumni of higher education institutions in the Netherlands and Belgium to write an essay on "The fascinating working of science." The winning essay will appear in the New Scientist, the AD, and comes with a prize.
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Were you a DUWO tenant between 2010 and 2014? In such case you may have received a refund from DUWO. DUWO has applied for a retroactive refund of energy tax for the period 2010-2014 for former student house tenants. The former residents are entitled to receive this tax refund. This was a considerable and time-consuming undertaking for us, but former tenants will receive a payment in 2022 if they are entitled to an energy tax refund.
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One of the ways in which you can support diversity in the AUC student body (if you are willing and able), is to become a donor of the ASF. As a university that values diversity so highly, it is essential that talented students are actually granted the means to participate. The UvA, VU, and AUC are currently the largest donors of the ASF, but more funds are needed in order to support as many talented and diverse students as possible. Even the smallest donations can make a difference, and will be much welcomed.
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It's important that we have your most recent contact information on file to include you in alumni mailings, future events and keep you up to date on alumni activities. You can be sure we have this information by filling out the form found via the link below.
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