Now that the new Comité Directeur has officially started its term, it is again time to take a closer look at our new board members. Once you do that, you will notice something very outstanding amongst the different AEGEEans, namely the hair of our President, Paul Smits. The AEGEEan started an investigation and found out different things you can do… Read more →
Willem Laurentzen
NWM Aachen: “It’s going to be BEARtastic!”
One of the goals of the former board of AEGEE-Aachen was to have a Network Meeting taking place in their beautiful city. Their plans became more concrete during the Spring Agora in Patra, where they told the former NetCom Holger: “Yes, we will do it!”. Anna Isabel Ramones, board member of AEGEE-Aachen, was in the well-known Agora ‘I can do… Read more →
Comité Directeur 2014 – 2015 is ready to rock!
Group sessions about different aspects of working in the board of AEGEE-Europe, information about different initiatives that have to be followed up, visits to the European Parliament and other partners and stakeholders and a teambuilding weekend: after an extensive Knowledge Transfer period, taking place from the 14th until the 31st of July and the official start of their term on the 1st of… Read more →
The new Media Responsible for German locals: Benjamin Feyen
This Spring, the former Network Commissioner Holger Schmitt announced that he was looking for a Media Responsible/Press Speaker for the German locals, who would take up the task of promoting the German locals and AEGEE in the country’s media. The AEGEEan spoke to the member who got the job, Benjamin Feyen from AEGEE-Düsseldorf, to find out more about why he… Read more →
Questions? No more, thanks to the AEGEE toolkits
Pick a topic; any topic, occupation, skill or subject and you will find a multitude of how-to guides in stores or online. Grossing over 1800 guides the For Dummies guides might be the very first of these to come to mind. However, until recently there wasn’t a guide yet that could tell you how to deal with the various aspects… Read more →
The AEGEE-Academy: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes
Ever since its establishment in 1999, the AEGEE Academy has been working hard to develop and strengthen the human resources of AEGEE and to stimulate the motivation of its members, by providing them with non-formal learning experiences. Last April the new board of the Academy was elected, starting their term on the 1st of June after their Knowledge Transfer. Next… Read more →
The awesome adventures of the AEGEE-Aachen Bear
One of the most known mascots in the AEGEE Network is probably AEGEE-Aachen’s Bear. Recently, this adorable mascot even got the chance to meet Joachim Gauck, who is the current President of Germany. The AEGEEan spoke to Katja Sontag and Dominik Stengele, who was wearing the polar bear outfit at the time of the meeting, to find out more about… Read more →
The story continues for Comité Directeur 2012 – 2014
Now that the Comité Directeur 2014 – 2015 has been elected and was already introduced to you, it’s time for the Comité Directeur 2012 – 2014 to make new plans for their future. The AEGEEan spoke to Luis, Lucille, Anna, Miguel, Pavel, Kathrin, Beáta and Pavel to ask about these plans, but also to give them a chance to reflect… Read more →
A hitchhiker’s guide to Europe
One of the cheapest ways to travel is hitchhiking, which is also used by AEGEEans, with some locals even organising hitchhiking competitions. Still though, many people haven’t tried it before and might even be scared to try. Are you one of them? Don’t worry! The AEGEEan has written a short hitchhiking course to help you out! How to prepare? Before… Read more →
How to survive the World Cup without soccer knowledge
Once every four years it’s time for the biggest soccer event again: the World Cup of soccer. Many AEGEEans will be watching, which can also be done together in the Facebookgroup, but not all of them will be soccer fanatics in their daily life. Especially for those people, the AEGEEan has created a guide: how to survive the World Cup… Read more →