Fast and precise, many carriages of experience, and a will to provide a good service – in other words, “To serve and protect”. The train metaphor matches the personality of Karolina Mazetyte from Kaunas, candidate for the Network Commission, who will introduce herself and her programme in the following interview for The AEGEEan. Karolina, can you tell something about yourself?… Read more →
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Lucille Rieux: “AEGEE is a way to make Europe “happen”
If you are the type of person who visits The AEGEEan often, then this name will not be new to you: Lucille Rieux is not a journalist for our magazine, but contributes frequently with information for The AEGEEan and the Network, because she is passionate about everything she does. Right now, what she is most passionate about is her candidature… Read more →
When young people take initiative
On Saturday, March 17th 2012, « Le Forum des Initiatives Jeunes » – Youth Initiatives Forum, initiated by Animafac, took place in Paris. This initiative stems from the observation that negative prejudices about young people remain in French society. They are seen as egoistic, lazy, only thinking of getting drunk and having fun. The idea was to prove them wrong by showing… Read more →
Miguel Gallardo: Thematic area keeps AEGEE alive
It is hard to believe that if you are in AEGEE, you do not know Miguel …. He writes many e-mails, is involved in many projects, and is a part of many Working Groups (WG). But actually the personal contact is the thing that would not let you forget Miguel if you managed to meet him personally in an event.… Read more →
Meet the young entrepreneurs of AEGEE!
European School of Entrepreneurship 5-12 December 2011 Catania, Sicily I’m a billionaire, sang Travie McCoy. So will we. Meet the young entrepreneurs of AEGEE! The European School of Entrepreneurship (ESE) was a real pioneer in every sense among all the AEGEE trainings. It was not just the first edition of ESE, but also the topic was uttermost interesting since it… Read more →
14 ways how to spend your summer
In AEGEE, April is one of the hardest months of the year. You not only have to decide what to wear, drink and for whom to vote at the upcoming Agora, but also for which Summer University (SU) you want to apply. In 2012, 82 teams of SU organizers are fighting for your attention. They have already been planning for up to half… Read more →
A new fundraising strategy for AEGEE
It has been almost two months since Luis Alvarado Martínez moved to the AEGEE headoffice to start working as the Corporate Relations Officer of AEGEE-Europe. Following the announcement of an agreement between Monarch Airlines and AEGEE-Europe, we interviewed him to find out which direction AEGEE is taking in terms of fundraising (FR). The AEGEEan: What has been your focus in… Read more →
Luis Alvarado Martínez and his 7 lessons
To chat with Luis is like drinking sangria on the beach – nice, pleasant and you almost do not feel how the time is passing. He is talking so much that when he announced that he would run for president of AEGEE-Europe and we decided to do this interview…I was sure we will be repeating many things we have told.… Read more →
AEGEE-Valladolid is back from the Dead
A Spanish city not too far from important AEGEE cities such as Madrid or León used to be an important brick of the AEGEE Network. This city was the host of the Spring Agora 1996 and the home city of AEGEE-Europe president Pedro Panizo in 2001/02. This city is called Valladolid and they signed the Convention d’Adhésion during the recent… Read more →
Didi Jaskólska : In AEGEE people motivate me the most
Dorota “Didi” Jaskólska was the coordinator of one of the biggest Network Meetings (NWM) in the history of AEGEE – it was almost like a small EBM. Didi is really active helping AEGEE-Toruń to increase. She has not been in AEGEE for a long time, but she is really active on the local and the European level. In just a… Read more →