How SA Caerus upgrades the UCG game

Last year, I have been very involved with UCG’s study association Caerus, as part of the board. My job within the board was to create and support committees and, in this way, build up the study association. Caerus has only existed for one year at that time, which means there was still a lot to…

What does a ‘regular’ week of a first year UCG student look like? Part 1

  Monday This Monday, the new semester started. Most UCG students went home or on a trip during their week off. I went on a trip as well. I spent my entire week off snowboarding in Italy and came back on Sunday. I must admit that I spent the entire Monday morning in my bed,…

After UCG plans pt. 1

These last two weeks, the main question in my head has been: what do I want to do next year? With even the most basic question – following through my study's or taking a gap year – not answered yet, it makes for a list of endless possibilities. It is the best activity to avoid…

How UCG students start a thesis

Monday was the first day of the new, and last, semester. My friend and me spending the night in the Flixbus, getting back from visiting a friend on exchange in Berlin, we arrived just 10 minutes late to our seminar: Still in time for the 15 minutes-walk-in period of UCG classes. After saying hi to…

The train is your frenemy

As the new semester hasn’t started for me yet, the last 2 weeks have been some kind of vacation. While my friends in Groningen were dealing with the stress of exams, I took it easy at my parent’s place. As I used this time to figure out my thesis and the rest of my life,…

How is it to live on the UCG campus?

Looking out of my window right now, I see the colourful Museumplein in Groningen in the middle of the canals. Being right between the city centre and the central station is a building located called Frascati. This building functions as a housing facility for over 200 students, including all first years of university college Groningen.…

Ending the Arizona semester

Finals ended, and the ASU campus started to cool down (which means having to wear long pants and a sweater at night – pretty cold if you adjusted yourself to an eternal summer). My roommate and I decided to leave for Miami, the warmest place in the States at that time. Apparently, we weren’t the…

The Submariners

The Submariners is one of the many projects that UCG students can chose from in the beginning of heir second year. It is a project that is pursued by the students and their mentor throughout the entire academic year. This, in my opinion very special, project has a journalistic background. It is aiming to develop…

Social integration of international students in Groningen

By Marieke - Third year student at UCG My final project at UCG deals with social integration of international students in the city of Groningen. Groningen is a real student city and also has many internationals students. As you might understand, moving to a foreign country is on one hand very exciting, but on the…

Hong Kong

By Marius Merz - Second year student at UCG Already in the beginning of the second year it is time to think about your options for the semester abroad, which will be in the last year of you Liberal Arts and Sciences studies. Concerning exchange, UCG offers quite a broad range of possibilities. Places all…