“Write a story for us”, they said, and I was more than happy to embrace that assignment… a month ago. Last night, terrified, I look at the blank paper feeling the weight of the task that had been given to me. Could I speak with enough ardor about more than 40 Odysseus lived by each participant and organizer of the… Read more →
Patricia Anthony
SU Story of the Week: The heart of the Lioness, finding out the hidden jewel in Brescia
When someone goes to a Summer University, has some expectations. The 28th July, 30 participants full of expectations arrived to Brescia to know more about the culture, history, people, food and language of this region, located in the north of Italy. Finding out the hidden jewel of Brescia was the opportunity to discover a beautiful place, full of history, in the… Read more →
SU Story of the Week: Breaking the Astureotype
On 17th July, a group of 29 young Europeans was heading to Spain. Not to Barcelona or Mallorca, and not even to Madrid, but to Asturias – a region that seems to be missing on Spain’s touristic map. Our intention was to prove that this is just a disappointing mistake. In other words, we were looking forward to breaking the… Read more →
SU Story of the Week: Smells like pushing limits spirit
It is often said that what makes a Summer University a successful event is the group of participants more than the program and organization. Well, this is true, but what if 26 awesome people were gathered and guided through an unforgettable adventure that would tour some of the most attractive spots of northern Europe? The answer is that it already… Read more →
AEGEE-Zielona Góra and NetCom Mateusz Dokurno Promise a High Quality Autumn NWM
The Network Meetings (NWM) taking place in Poland have been receiving many critics for a while because of the high number of participants. However, the Network Commissioner for this area, Mateusz Dokurno, and AEGEE-Zielona Góra have been working for a long time for the upcoming Autumn Network Meeting to ensure it will be of high quality despite being organized for… Read more →
Winter NWM in Sankt Petersburg: “let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for a real snow battle!”
AEGEE-Sankt Peterburg was eager to host a Network Meeting (NWM) for a while and when the Network Commissioner Maria Arends started looking for a host antenna for the Autumn NWM, they presented themselves and the NWM will be in Sankt Petersburg from November 28th until December 1st.The AEGEEan interviewed the President of AEGEE-Sankt Peterburg Dina Sharonova about the Network Meeting… Read more →
Next Challenge for AEGEE-Zaragoza: Autumn NWM 2014
Less than one year after the closing ceremony of Autumn Agora-Zaragoza took place in Palacio de Congresos in the capital of Aragón, another important AEGEE event is approaching in Zaragoza. Combining the expertise of “oldies” together with the motivation of the “newbies” AEGEE-Zaragoza is taking up the challenge of hosting the Autumn Network Meeting (NWM) Zaragoza 2014. As announced recently,… Read more →
AEGEE-Madrid Brings Renove Back to its roots
Renove is a common term for members of La Nave, the nickname for the locals in France, Spain, Portugal and AEGEE-Brussels/Bruxelles. This year the 4th edition of Renove will be hosted, bringing back the event to where it originally started, namely in a small village close to Madrid. AEGEE-Madrid will already host the fourth edition of Renove, but even though… Read more →
Encouragement for Collaboration between ESN and AEGEE
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and AEGEE are two abbreviations that are usually mentioned together in a rather negative context. The competition between their local branches in countries like Spain, Italy and surely more has been increasing for a while, but in Brussels, both the Comité Directeur of AEGEE and the board of ESN are asking for a change. The Erasmus… Read more →
Introducing the new NetCom Assistant: Carmen María Working on La Tripulación 6.1
Pauline Létard has been working hard as a Network Commissioner since Autumn Agora Zaragoza and it is certainly appreciated not only by the Network Commission in which she was part of the speaker team but also all the antennae she was responsible for. Due to personal reasons she chose to resign and Carmen María López Banegas from AEGEE-Alicante has become… Read more →