Part 1: Road to Graduation

By Marieke van Beek Being part of the class of 2017 has already brought me many firsts: being the first class of UCG, the first ones going on exchange, the first ones writing the bachelor thesis and now also the first class that is graduating. When I got back from exchange, I had some time…

Prague – Day One

By Isidora Cvetkovska - First year student at UCG 17 of us gathered at the courtyard of Frascati at 9am on a Friday morning, still sleepy, but happy that instead of going to class we are going to Prague. We got on the train to Brussels Airport, where we would catch our flight. We didn’t…

Marieke’s Master Choice

By Marieke, Third year student at UCG It sounds very hard to believe, but my three years at University College Groningen are coming to an end in less than a month. Three themes took a central position in the third year: exchange, the bachelor thesis and what are you going to do after UCG. When…

Cyntha’s plans ‘after UCG’

My time at UCG is at its end, and I can still hardly believe it. On the one hand it only feels like yesterday that I first walked into the UCG building, on the other hand, I am a completely different person now than I was on that day. The other day I looked at…

Faculty Council Elections Are In: A Brief Introduction to Student Influence at UCG

During the previous week, students and staff members at the University of Groningen were promoting their campaign for the Faculty Council. This is an important decision-making organ at every faculty of the university. Also at University College Groningen, faculty of the University of Groningen, multiple students were campaigning for a position in the Faculty Council.…

The Student for a day experience according to a prospective student

Student for a day, according to Alfia, a prospective student who was interested in the liberal art and science programme offered at UCG. On the 21-st of February 2017 Alifia Elmia, an international student from Budapest came to visit and experience University college as student for a day. I was lucky enough to be her student…

Hitchhiking 2.0

On Saturday 6th of May, 2017 UCG held its second annual hitchhiking competition. With over 30 participants, it was bound to be intriguing from the beginning. The goal was to travel from Groningen to Kiel in Germany, as fast possible – only get lifts from passerby drivers. The rules obliged pairs of two with one…

Why I chose to stay in Groningen

Dear readers, I have always been quite determined about how my future would be; I would graduate high school, go to law school and then become a great lawyer. However, this path didn't come out as easy as I thought it would be. After high school I started my first year at the University of…

Kingsday In Groningen

One of the best parts of living in the Netherlands is that we have Kingsday. This is on April 27, and is a celebration of the King’s birthday, and the whole country seems to stop and celebrate accordingly. The celebration actually starts the night before, this night is called “Koningsnacht”. In Groningen, there are big…

The Last Block as a Second Year Student

  By Anne de Vries - Second year student We are just two weeks into the fourth, and last, block of this academic year. This means that the clock on our time at UCG, as second years, has begun to tick a little louder. Next to this it means that we, the second years, are…