Want to shape the future of EEMCS? Placed on 5 June 2026

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is seeking a new student assessor, effective September 1, 2026, to serve on the faculty board.

Do you want to gain experience in management and governance and learn about the ins and outs of the faculty and the university?

Do you want to build up a professional network, both inside and outside of the faculty? Apply for the position of student assessor!

The student assessor role runs from September 1, 2026, to September 1, 2027. It takes around 8 hours a week, with most of that time flexible to accommodate your studies. In return, you get the chance to gain valuable experience at the faculty level and receive a monthly reimbursement of €544.

Click here for more information: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/news/2026/5/928856/call-to-eemcs-students-to-apply-eemcs-student-assessor.

Pim van 't Hof at the TOTYA Placed on 27 May 2026

As the Week of Education draws near, we are very happy to announce that, once again, a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics not only won the Education Prize of one of the study associations at the UT, but also was nominated as a finalist for the Teacher Of The Year Award (TOTYA).

Pim van 't Hof was recognised as one of the top three outstanding teachers among winner of decentralised Teacher of the Year awards. He will be speaking at the TOTYA, which will take place on Thursday 11 June 2026, 14:00 - 16:30, in Amphiteather, Vrijhof. More information about the event can be found here.

As audience vote also plays a role in who will be the final winner of the TOTYA, we hope that many of you will show up to support Pim as he showcases his talent for education and care for students! You can sign up for the event for free here.

We hope to see many of you there helping Pim's winning chances!

Candidate Board 2026-2027 Placed on 30 April 2026

We are proud that we can announce the candidates for the 59th board of Wiskundig Studiegenootschap Abacus! Last week, on the 22nd of April, they were announced in the following order:

Chair: Fleur ter Braak
Secretary & Officer of External Affairs: Pepijn Schreurs
Treasurer: Lenka Troiakova
Officer of Internal Affairs: Tycho Borm
Officer of Educational Affairs: Robert-Jan Nijhuis
General Adjunct: Eyal Castiel

We would like to wish them good luck for the coming months as candidate board members and have good faith that they will be officially constituted at the first of September.

Bibbidi Babbidi Boo - the 58th board of W.S.G. Abacus