{"id":42938,"date":"2021-03-01T10:01:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=42938"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:02:01","slug":"aegee-has-absorbed-me-fully-member-of-the-month-january-2021-ruslan-kvitnevyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2021\/03\/01\/aegee-has-absorbed-me-fully-member-of-the-month-january-2021-ruslan-kvitnevyi\/","title":{"rendered":"“AEGEE has absorbed me fully” ~ Member of the Month, January 2021, Ruslan Kvitnevyi."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Excuse me, is this a joke? I can’t be a member of the month, I’m not THAT active.” (Ruslan Kvitnevyi, 2021) I honestly believed that I had found myself with no person to interview and that this January would be member-of-the-month-less. But it turns out our interviewee is just like that, such a modest person – and admittedly, has a peculiar sense of humour- who couldn’t believe he had been selected! Which you will find hard to believe when you read the interview – and some bonus info! I do believe we inaugurate this new year with great company, and proof that not even a pandemic is capable of stopping our AEGEE-spirit!<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Congratulations on being awarded the Member of the Month! We are all eager to hear your AEGEE story. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello, Europe! My name is Ruslan Kvitnevyi, I’m from AEGEE-Lviv and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by this award. Thank you! I joined AEGEE in November 2018 (officially became a member on January 8, 2019) by simply visiting an AEGEE presentation in my hometown – Lviv, Ukraine, and was hooked right away. The vision of borderless Europe really excited me and motivated me to know more about AEGEE. Over the last 2 years, I’ve already been in organiser-teams for various local events, served the local as its President (2019-2020) and now serving as its Advisory board member. I also joined both the Network Commission of AEGEE-Europe, first as a Sub-Commissioner last year, now as Network Commissioner of the Wild East Area, and AEGEE Eastern Partnership Project Content team member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has been the highlight of your time in AEGEE?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A yearly service as AEGEE-Lviv\u2019s President. It’s been a wild ride, especially the second half of it when COVID-19 hit hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do your parents think about being so active in AEGEE?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They think I waste my time, energy, and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was your life before AEGEE?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AEGEE has absorbed me fully, so I legit can’t even remember those “dark times” before joining<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some of the most memorable moments you’ve had in AEGEE?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every event I attended and the people I met there left something special, but, If I had to pick, probably Autumn Agora Salerno 2019, as it was my first Agora and it’s the biggest and finest AEGEE-Europe event where you have the opportunity to really feel the scale of the organisation itself, as well as the unity of young people across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which AEGEE local would like to visit next and why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an AEGEE-Lviv member, it has to be our twin antenna AEGEE-Aachen, heard a lot of great news about the local and the city, as a Network Commissioner of the Wild East Area, naturally, all my appointed locals (17 in total), and as an AEGEE Eastern Partnership Project Content team member – AEGEE-Yerevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some ways in which AEGEE helped you in your life? (eg. professionally, personal development, communication skills, etc.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned how to edit videos and photos, how to write texts, to work in an international team, improved time\/stress\/conflict management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your words of wisdom to your fellow AEGEEans?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay positive and COVID negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any closing remarks?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How’s the weather? (c)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Excuse me, is this a joke? I can’t be a member of the month, I’m not THAT active.” (Ruslan Kvitnevyi, 2021) I honestly believed that I had found myself with no person to interview and that this January would be member-of-the-month-less. But it turns out our interviewee is just like that, such a modest person – and admittedly, has a… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":42939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42940,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42938\/revisions\/42940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}