Posted in April 2016

TU Delft students are an active bunch. Next to the demanding study programmes (the toughest in the country! Right?), they take up many responsibilities. Committees, boards, dream teams, jobs, (e-)sports and other hobbies. Name it, and Delft students do it. Preferably multiple things at the same time, across societies and organizations.

You can imagine that if almost all students are this involved, only the VERY active ones stand out. Only they manage to work their way up to the Student Wall of Fame.

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It is almost that day of the year again, the 27th of April. The day that you do not have to be ashamed to dress orange and paint your face in red-white-blue. The day our King celebrates his birthday and the entire country is invited to celebrate it with him.

In Delft, Kingsday will start Tuesday night with the “Oranjekoorts Festival” on the market square. Several artists like DJ PJ and Jody Bernal will make an appearance! Though you might enjoy one of the cosy cafés in Delft more tonight, since the weather is quite unpredictable, with even hail and snow..

After a night of partying and maybe a drink or two (as always, enjoy responsibly), you can partake in different activities in the city centre on Wednesday. There will be a parade, starting at 9 0’clock (if you’re awake already/still) and again performances by musicians, magicians and DJ’s.

So maybe take some well deserved time off from studying. Grab a beer, dress purely in orange or just enjoy the city programme, but please, enjoy and celebrate!

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Full yoga classes, a busy gym, training till midnight. Sports & Culture is in many ways at the centre of our campus life. The need for more room and facilities was great and the solution is near: this May, the building works for the new Sports&Culture hall take-off. To accommodate the growing number of students, the size of Sports&Culture will extend from 10.000 square meters to 14.000. Roughly a 40% increase by our math, nice. Curious what will change? Read it here!

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Did you and your TU Delft-based team achieve an innovative and unique performance by teamwork? Then don’t hesitate to apply for the IHC Teamwork Award! The winning team will receive €7.500, a prize certificate and a mentor (Royal IHC) who will assist the winning team/start up during the following six months. In addition, there are two incentive prizes to earn, each worth €2.500. A jury with members of different backgrounds in science and business will decide which teams will be considered for the rewards and who will be awarded with the first prize.

When you and your team want to apply keep in mind that all teams should consist of minimally three persons, of which at least half of your team must be a student. Submit your application and a brief description of the activities and its outcomes before 29 April.

Criteria:

• teamwork
• rank/degree of difficulty
• innovation
• result
• reproduction possibilities / example position
• impact of the activities for TU Delft (intern en extern)

 After the application deadline a preselection of five nominated teams is made. They will have an interview with Royal IHC and during the second half of May the jury will nominate the candidates. On Thursday 2^nd the selected candidates will make a presentation to the jury and audience during the International Festival of Technology in the D:Dream hall.

 On https://www.royalihc.com/ you can find out more about Royal IHC. If you want to find out more about working at Royal IHC, https://www.royalihc.com/careers.

Almost finished with your exams and waiting for the results? Then you should know that your registration at TU Delft will not be terminated automatically when you are graduated. . When you are graduating, you should file a request for deregistration during the month of graduation. You do not have to wait until graduation; you may submit the request as soon as you can, preferably even a couple of weeks prior to your graduation date.You pay tuition fees up to and including the last month of your registration. Retroactive deregistration is not allowed

So, have you passed your exams and are you officially done studying? Time to deregister and celebrate! Visit the CSA website for more information regarding deregistration and/or a possible refund of tuition fees.

Like to go spinning at the Sports Centre? Together with some good music, it can be a nice intensive workout. TU Delft band Groover has found a way to spice up the spinning sessions and collect money for charity at the same time: spinning to live music! So register and join the Groover Jazz spinning sessions on live music of the bands BRUUT!, CRISP and others to help raise money for charity Musicians without Borders on 30 April.

There will be four sessions of each 45 minutes. They start at 13:30, 14:45, 16:00 and 17:15. During each spinning session a band will play live, energizing music. The registration costs (€5,-) will go directly to charity Musicians without Borders. This organization uses the power of music to bridge divides, connect communities, and heal the wounds of war. Their long-term commitment allows participants the time to develop skills and talents, process grief and loss, and build bridges of reconciliation in societies divided by recent or ongoing conflict.

Support them by cycling on the great music of BRUUT!, CRISP and other bands! We’re  told there will be a nice barbecue to top it all off. Want more info? Check out http://www.sc.tudelft.nl/nl/agenda/event/detail/3004-spinning-with-live-music-crisp-bruut-and-more/.

De Verkiezingscommissie maakt hierbij de kandidaten voor de verkiezingen op 18 en 19 mei 2016 van de leden van de studentenraad op instellingsniveau bekend. Tegen de geldigheid van de kandidatenlijst kan tot woensdag 20 april 2016 17:00 uur bezwaar worden ingediend. Als er geen bezwaarschriften zijn ingediend, zullen de kandidatenlijsten op 21 april 2016 onaantastbaar zijn. Bezwaarschriften kunnen ingediend worden bij de Verkiezingscommissie, Stevinweg 1, Delft, kamer 5.10.

English:

The Central Election Committee hereby makes known the candidates for the elections for the university’s Student Council at institutional level on 18^th en 19th May 2016. A formal objection pertaining to the validity of the candidate lists can be submitted, in writing, to the election committee until 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 20^th April 2015. If no formal objections are received then the results will be made irreversible on 21^st April 2015. Formal objections can be submitted to the Student Council Election Committee, Stevinweg 1, Delft, room 5.10.

Lijst 1: ORAS

1 Josephine Dumas

2 Lucas Pijnacker Hordijk

3 Mathias de Koning

4 Max Capelle

5 Valérie de Vlam

6 Ellard Volmer

7 Natalie Brik

8 Mathijs van Dijk

9 Gert-Jan Troost

10 Freek Swart

11 Jet Merkx

12 Matys Voorn

13 Lana Letanche

14 Koen Luijkx

15 Pieter Imhof

16 Novy Francis

17 Hugo Reinbergen

18 Ruth Koole

19 Robin Gevers

20 Martine Romer

21 Willemijn Botman

22 Daniël Kapelle

23 Floor Crispijn

24 Luuk van Kleef

25 Cindy Geerlings

26 Bas Buller

27 Koen van Limbergen

28 Benjamin Schoemaker

29 Renée Dooren

30 Robbert-Jan Bosch

Lijst 2: Lijst Bèta

1 Christiaan Meijer

2 Margot Guurink

3 Salomon Voorhoeve

4 Kirsten van Kooij

5 Laura Dijkink

6 Tom Harting

7 Geart van Dam

8 Joep Eijkenduijn

9 Martijn Boekhout

10 Rens de Graaf

11 Christiaan Nouws

12 Coco Antonissen

13 Stefan Hagedoorn

14 Lisa Groen

15 Wout Stapel

16 Julian Kaihatu

17 Floris van der Gronden

18 Lennart Kleibergen

19 Sam de Jong

20 Sophie de Roda Husman

21 Rik van der Vlist

22 Jan de Jong

23 Tim Romijn

24 Maaike Dronkers

25 Julia van der Ven

26 Sabine van Bulderen

27 Bas van der Pol

28 Rajarshi Sinha

29 Titia Kuipers

30 Steven de Rooij

In the past months, you must have noticed the big amount of refugees requesting asylum in Europe. How challenging the issue might be for Europa, at the same time, this refugee crisis is a source of inspiration. It gives people the opportunity to act. And that is what’s happening: all around you people are taking initiative to make a change, also at the TU Delft. We would like to introduce you to: Engineers4Refugees.

A few TU Delft students thought it was their responsibility to act up. They founded Engineers4Refugees, promoted themselves and held information meetings. Around 50 engineers joined hands to develop a language and culture course for refugees. Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk NL’ and ‘Trainingen NL’, an accelerated language course was developed, with additional culture modules. Of course, modules about technology are also part of the programme. The TU Delft facilitates the classroom, food and drinks, while the students help with the culture lessons. The first course took place last week (see pictures), at the 6th of April, and was a big success!

Some numbers: in 2007, before the refugee crisis, around 250.000 asylum requests were registered annually (UNHCR, 2009). In 2015, 800.000 requests were registered in Europe (BBC, 2016). The average number of refugees European countries take in per 100.000 inhabitants is 260. The Netherlands is slightly above this with 266 refugees per 100.000 inhabitants. 16.500 asylum requests have been granted in 2015 in the Netherlands, (BBC, 2016), a little over 25% of the 59.000 requests registered (Trouw, 2016). This year, 2016, around 100.000 refugees are expected to request asylum in the Netherlands.

Do you want to know more, or help out? Check their Facebook page.

If you are used to studying at the southern part of the campus, you must have noticed that The Fellowship is undergoing some major renovations. Especially during the exam period, this inspiring (yes!) and motivating (absolutely!) study environment was missed. But, it’s all going to be worth it. Are you curious what deliciousness the New And Improved Fellowship will offer you? Read it here.

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Starting 4 April 2016, TU Delft will recycle all coffee cups used on campus. And you can play your part! Once you have finished your tea or coffee, please deposit your cup in the appropriate collection container. These containers are located at or near to the coffee machines. The cups from the coffee bars on campus will also be recycled. Please deposit stirrers, used teabags and other waste in the standard rubbish bin.

In addition to the option of using coffee cups more than once, recycling these cups represents the next step towards a more sustainable campus. The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Education and Student Affairs and Facility Management & Real Estate started recycling in February. In just two months, in excess of 200kg of cups have been collected for recycling.

But why recycle anyway? The used coffee cups are collected by Van Gansewinkel, a waste processing company. The cardboard is then separated from its plastic coating. Burning the plastic releases energy that can subsequently be reused. The cardboard is turned into pulp, which can then be recycled into paper.

For more information on the recycling process, have a look at: https://intranet.tudelft.nl/nl/services/fmvgict-pdc/gebouwen-en-terreinen/evenementen-reserveringen/eten-drinken/automaten/#c260950