Hi everyone! My name is Dana and I became a member of AEGEE Groningen in August 2023. I must say I’ve had my best year as a student after joining AEGEE. Throughout the whole year lots of great activities, trips, and excursions had been organised. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join all of them… But I was still able to make the best out of my first year by joining lots of activities and showing up to most of the social drinks.
It all started with the introduction period in September/October 2023 where I met lots of great people who I can call my friends now. My favourite activities during the Intro Period were the Intro Dinners and the Intro Camp. For the dinners I was in intro group 6 where I met so many great people who became some of my best friends. We have experienced so many fun things together; many social drinks, galas, excursions, active member days, etc. During the Intro Camp, I was able to connect with other new AEGEEans but also with older members which made it easier to find my place in the association. Everyone was very welcoming, open, and happy to meet new people which makes it very easy to make friends.
This year I have joined two excursions to Brussels and Tirana. Of which my favourite one was Tirana. Together with my friends I had signed up to go to Tirana where we had a great time exploring the city, eating great food, having cheap drinks, and hiking.
I was very lucky to join AEGEE when it was celebrating their 7th lustrum which made it possible for me to have two galas instead of one; the lustrum gala and the galant gala. I enjoyed both galas a lot. At the lustrum gala we had a 3 course dinner before and afterwards access to an open bar which everyone made use of of course!!!
The galant gala was also lots of fun. Together with fellow AEGEE members and other associations we enjoyed good music and most importantly lots and lots of FREE drinks from the open bar!
Furthermore, I decided to become active within the association by joining the AlmanakCie. Together with 3 other members we spend lots of time creating this years Almanak. Next to working we also had lots of fun together. We enjoyed many delicious meals together, went to the social drinks together, participated in a pub quiz, worked at bevrijdingsfestval together, and and and…
I wanted to write something about my favourite activity or memory of this year as well but while writing this I came to the realisation that I just simply cannot choose one thing as my favourite… All of the activities I had participated in, the social drinks I went to, and the people I had spend time with had made this year so incredible. But to list at least some activities I really enjoyed; here are my top 6:
- Active members weekend on Ameland
- Beer pong
- Cantus
- Excursion to Tirana
- Galant Gala
- Every weeks social drink, especially the themed social drinks
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