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Thank you for the year & Have a nice summer holiday! ☀️ Placed on 6 July 2026
Now that a lot of you did have their last exams, the board wants to wish you all a very pleasant and well deserved summer holiday the coming weeks. At the same time, we want to thank you for the past year, either for being active or hanging around the Abacus room once in a while! Our year would not have been this great without you, and we can look back on a beautiful year.
Due to the holidays, the Abacus room will not be open anymore every day from 8:30 until 16:30. For some people the summer holidays did already start, although for others maybe not yet. Therefore there still might be some AirCo members opening the room now and then, but this is no guarantee.
Furthermore, next week, from the 13th until the 20th of July the Abacus room is fully closed due to the renovations of Educafé. The Abacus room is fully open again from Monday the 31st of August.
We hope to see you again during the Kick-In (camp)!
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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!
Calendar Week overview | Month overview
22/09 12:45 | Lunch Lecture Teqram @ Ravelijn 2334 22Teqram makes vision-guided automation systems that handle steel and aluminium parts. Their robots are used in low-volume, high-variety situations where their unique vision-guided approach allows them to operate on-the-fly without specifically programming every movement. They also design and build most auxiliary hardware on-site in Zwolle, including our grippers, the EasyEye, and the EasyFlipper.
They will show you the various automation systems that they create, and how our vision-based approach makes us stand out. This peek behind the curtain will show you what day-to-day work at Teqram looks like, and highlight some of the challenges that they face and how they solve them. |
24/09 12:45 | Internationalisation Lunch @ Abscint 3International students only!
Come and enjoy free lunch while learn the most important things you have to know as international in the Netherlands. |
24/09 20:00 | Pubcrawl @ Enschede 6Enjoy the wide variety of pubs and bars the beautiful city of Enschede has to offer! |
30/09 16:00 | Piepjestest drink @ Abscint 16Join us for the Piepjestest Drink! Put your cardiovascular fitness and aerobic capacity to the test with a twist. The challenge will test your endurance, speed and, of course, your ability to finish your drink on time. The activity takes place across both the Abscint and MBasement. Each round, you’ll have a set amount of time to finish your drink and make it to the other side. If you don’t make it in time, you’re out. The rounds will continue until only the fastest participants remain. Think you can keep up until the end? Come join us and find out! |
07/10 16:00 | Bartending course @ Abscint 2Come join the (A)bac(ch)us bartending course! |