Prizes
During the study year, several awards are handed out for recognition and rewarding of extra-curricular activities. Here you find an overview of the 2011 winners.
P-activism prize
The Student Union P-activism prize is awarded annually to a second year student who achieved his Propedeuse in the first year and also has been active that year in extra-curricular activities.
Winner 2011: Rosalie Fleuren
Student Communication Science (CW), Rosalie Fleuren, has not only obtained her Propedeuse in 1 year, she was also very active in various ways of activism. A brief summary:
With her study association S.v. Communique, she was member of the committee of the ‘CommuniKrant’. This is a magazine full of activities and handy information. She was also member of the ‘Almanak-Committee’ ,this is the yearbook of Communique. She also contributed to the weekly magazine Impuls, also from Communique. First with editorial work, later she combined this work with the secretarial work and at the end as the managing editor. Besides being active at her study association she was also member of the cabaret association Contramime. After a half year she became chairman with this association.
Rosalie was also chairman within the ‘NSK Baan Kronos Committee’of this sport association. She made sure that the organization of this event was perfectly managed.
Student Union Culture prize
To put all the spotlights on Culture, the Student Union awards the Culture prize each year to a person, a (student-)organization or a cultural project who delivered a positive contribution to the cultural climate on the University of Twente.
Winner 2010: EAR-Resistival
The EAR-Resistival connects culture and education with each other. In 2010 this festival was organized for the first time by students for their minor Music. EAR-Resistival drew our attention immediately by the right balance and connection between the two disciplines in combination with the brand new character of the event.
Henk Zijm International Award
The Student Union intends to award the Henk Zijm International Award every year. This award goes to a student, employee, association, organization or someone else of the UT-community who works in a special way to improve the international environment of the University of Twente.
Winner 2010: Latin-American study association L.A. Voz
L.A. Voz was founded in 2009. In the short time they exist they contributed in large to the internationalization and integration at the university. L.A. Voz plays an active role in the PITS (now called UNITE red.) meetings and organized different activities and parties accessible for all international and national students. Also L.A. Voz took the initiative to examine the possibility of offering minors to international masters and PHD’s.