The EuropacCie comprises of 5 girls and together we organize Europe related events such as lectures, a debate, the Agora simulation and last but not least the Europe week (which will be soon so make sure that you’ll be there!). Our goal is to make the Europe events this year attractive and interesting in order to share some lovely European culture. What binds us as a committee is that we … Read more
Dear lovely reading member, It has already been way over two months since the XXXIst board of AEGEE-Groningen has commenced her board year. I would like to emphasize the pronoun of her, because our board consists of four amazing and strong women. Most of you will probably have already met us at one of our events or the weekly drinks at the Brouwerij. If this is not the case, then … Read more
In linguistics, we often talk about two main types of motivation for learning a language: instrumental and integrative motivation. Instrumental motivation means that you are motivated to learn a language for practical reasons, such as professional advancement, business, integrating in order to benefit from rights accorded to citizens, or because the colonial oppressors do not allow you to use your own language when dealing with governmental administration or in court. … Read more
My guilty pleasure is that ONLY ONCE A YEAR(!) I like to dress myself as a hot chick. – Calvin B. Dancing, so I can lose my energy. – Roger O. H. My guilty pleasure is Dragostea din tei by O-Zone, which I rediscover every three weeks and put on repeat because of the crazy catchy beat. – Annelies K. Playing with Lego, so I can forget about everything and … Read more
Network meetings? I have heard of them, but I have never had the pleasure of attending one until this year in April, when one took place in my hometown: Groningen! To be honest, the educational side of AEGEE is a side that never really grabbed my attention. Nevertheless, I felt I had to experience it at least once. So, I decided to just give it a chance and applied for … Read more