“If you do not know what Flunky Ball Game is and did not visit a German wedding, you wasted your summer” – SU “Get trashed the green way!” participants AEGEE-Aachen Summer University “Get trashed the green way!” was organised as a rare combination of three types of SUs – a Language Course for those whose passion was the German language,… Read more →
Currently, there are over 1.2 billion young people in the world – the largest generation of youth ever seen. In his opening message, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon indicated that this is a “time of both unprecedented opportunity and uncertainty, with high unemployment, changing workplaces, and evolving social, political and economic challenges.” He noted that expectations are “rightly high”, and… Read more →
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 →
Autumn Agora Cagliari is right around the corner, but before that, AEGEE-Roma is organizing a pre-event which will take place from the 25th until the 28th of October. We asked Elena Morisi, Vice-president and PR and event responsible of the local, and the main coordinator of the event a few questions in order to find out more about one of… Read more →
Every year, the ceremony for the European Youth Award takes place in Graz, Austria, in order to reward the most innovative and socially valuable projects in the field of human rights and democracy, created by young Europeans. AEGEE is an official partner of this contest, and this year Holger Schmitt (Network Director of AEGEE-Europe) represented the association. Currently, he is… Read more →
AEGEE-Nijmegen has lots of interesting upcoming plans! After having organised a very successful Summer University with AEGEE-Enschede and getting their members involved in some AEGEE-Europe projects, the local has been working hard to bridge the gap with the European level by establishing a committee for that and, furthermore, organising a Network Meeting, which will take place in November. For this… Read more →
My story will begin slightly differently than other Summer University stories. I have been an AEGEE member for over 2.5 years and despite being very active in the association and participating and organizing different events, I had never attended any Summer University. Up until now. I have just returned from the most amazing event I have ever been to, both… Read more →
The AEGEEan has been interviewing several locals throughout the year for theirs outstanding achievements. Some of them have organised big events, like Statutory Events or European schools. Others have been rather small locals in the Network who have made big accomplishments. However, there are other locals which have been regularly organising both local and European events throughout the year and… Read more →
The last Member of the Month of July left many exceptional nominations and AEGEE members that stood out – one of them, Laia Garcia Montufo, is currently President of AEGEE-Tarragona, member of the Pool of Representatives and Liaison Officer towards the United Nations. Laia has been nominated due to her involvement in several youth platforms. Moreover, she is now fully… Read more →
As part of the new action called GO GREEN, organized by the Environmental Working Group (EnWG), several locals all over Europe took part in the AEGEE Bike Week. The AEGEEan spoke to Elise Bessieres (AEGEE-Brussel/Bruxelles), HR responsible of the EnWG and therefore one of the initiators of the Bike Week, to find out more about the story behind this event and… Read more →
