May | 30th Candidate Board

And just like that another month is gone by! May was full of events with a battle of committees, the excursion, the lecture on how to handle stress during a PhD, the first trampoline Olympics, karaoke night and the last pubquiz of the year, and all of them turned out to be a great deal of fun (even if my ankle got a bit torn during the Olympics). For CB and the current board in particular, we had our board changing weekend, a little weekend that served to bond with each other and finish out some details before the changing GA. I cannot believe it is just two weeks before the voting takes place!

With regards to more serious topics, we have been keeping ourselves busy writing our policy plan, which we are very excited to present during the next general assembly. The preliminary committees are now being set up as well and the general planning for next year has begun. I am really looking forward to what’s to come.

So, on to my second monthly update. To recap May, we finally went on our long-awaited excursion <3. Organising it was a blast and it was amazing to see all the beautiful city sights. Right after we got back, I met the CB’s of Pulse and Santé at a nice lunch. We also had the PhD workshop that day. That weekend, we went on our lovely Board Changing weekend in possibly one of the most southern parts of the Netherlands. We went trampoline jumping with sports when we got back to Maastricht, and we had a karaoke night the day after. A week packed full of events as you can tell, especially since I also joined our current board at the gala of Santé. The last full week of May, CB organised our first event, the preliminary committee drinks, and the last pubquiz of this year was organised as well. I guess that means we can start working towards the rest of June. 

June is going to be a very eventful month. At the upcoming changing GA, we will hopefully be voted into our positions, after which we’ll be taking care of the events still underway. I’m very excited for it, and I hope yall are too!

Dear Diary…aka Dear Helix Website–it’s my first monthly update!

I got accepted into the XXXth board of SA Helix as its Candidate Treasurer back in late April. After finding out the good news, I embarked on nearly two weeks of traveling as I went to Prague with my precious Education Committee for bonding and joined many students on the Helix Excursion to Budapest. We’ve had several events this past month, such as a BoC event, trampoline olympics at Jumpsquare, and karaoke night at Van Bommel. And Education organized their last PubQuiz of the year! Overall, I’m really happy I’ve been able to interact more with the Helix community by talking to so many people during these events. I’m really looking forward to having fun with everyone for the 30th year of Helix (aka a LUSTRUM year with lots of fun in store hehe). 

As the date of the changing GA approaches, these past few weeks have also been packed with (candidate) board meetings. Working together with the current 29th board and the candidate 30th board is really pumping me up for the busy year next year. Next to that, the current treasurer, Anna, has been preparing me well for the Treasurer position with different training sessions looking at the intricacies of accounting work for Helix. 

There aren’t enough words in the English language to express how fired up I am for my board year. With fantastic people on the candidate board and a spicy community of diverse BioMed students, June (and the many months to come) is sure to be jam-packed with unforgettable memories!

Damn another month has passed again. This month was filled with loads of fun activities. The month already started with the trip to Budapest, which was an amazing experience in itself. I had never gone to Hungary before, so seeing a completely different culture from what I’m used to was amazing. I think my favorite thing I did there was visit the national Art museum :D. Then as we got back from Budapest, we ofcourse didn’t sit still (because why would we need time to recharge from the trip ;-;), we had lunch with the Candidate boards and current Boards of Sante and Pulse which was a lot of fun, met some great new people. That same day there was a Wellbeing event where we learned how to deal with stress, very handy for our boardyear and also later on in life. Then we went on our board changing weekend, which was a lot of fun and we as Candidate Board bonded really well over it. The week after, had some committee meetings, a sports event where we went to an indoor trampoline park, had an karaoke event, and a gala of our brother assotiation Sante. Again a busy busy week, but honestly I loved every second of it, from all the meetings to all the events. Then came the end of the month, we organised the preliminary committee drinks and got some signups for our preliminary committees. This month was one of the most fun and busy months I have had in a while and I can’t wait for upcoming months. Damn it may look as if I was ranting but trust me I love what I do, even tho it may come over as if I don’t hahaha. That was it from me for this month, see you all in the next one!

Another day, another month gone. So this is my first monthly update:). There were a lot of events I attended such as the jumping square event(sports) and how to deal with stress during your PHD(well-being) among others. For my position as head of education in particular I attended my first MBS and student council meeting. During the student council meeting it was brought to the table that we are still looking for new members so, if you’re interested in joining send your resume to them! Meike organized a very fun SEP assembly at the TREK festival where most SEP members joined in. Currently SEP 1 is in the process of creating the report for BBS1005. If you have any constructive feedback on it I will always be willing to listen:). Now the next period is already starting again, sadly no reflection week for us poor FHML students. I hope this month is going to be great for all of us and see you in the next one XOXO Dion;P 

Onto my second month as CB!! As it was already said by my lovely fellow candidate board and board members, May has been a very intense month. Firstly, the excursion finally happened and it was amazing to experience it as a committee and a CB member. We also had lots of different events, and I really did not expect to enjoy the trampoline event as much as I did! I also experienced my first onsite pubquiz, in which I was maybe a bit too hyped (we ended up 12 out of 16 groups, despite having passed the course already). I also worked for the first time in the Netherlands, at the TREK festival serving drinks as well as looks ;). Most importantly, I had my training as Candidate Head of External Affairs and started reaching out to our current sponsors. I’m really glad to have bonded so much with CB, during the Board Changing Weekend but also just in everyday life and struggles. I’m so looking forward to the next part of our adventures, but primarily getting voted in on the 16th June!