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Your monthly update

The new academic year is starting, good luck!

A message from the 34th Board!

Dear members, we are the 34th Board of SEC. We will be officially voted in on September 15th, at the General Members Meeting. We are very excited to start this new year, and we will try our best to make sure you will have a great full of fun academic and social events! Let us introduce ourselves:

Fleur Zwaan – Chair
Sara Xillo – Secretary
Star Siripanich – Treasurer
Khushi Jeswani – Study Coordinator
Anna Luca Ondrusek – Social Coordinator

Committee Applications 05/09 -12/09

As you may know, SEC functions because of its great committees. This year, we have implemented some new committees, and we are very excited to share them with you all.

Academic and Political Activities Committee – Coordinator: Khushi Jeswani

Borrel Committee – Coordinator: Anna Luca Ondrusek

Party Committee – Coordinator: Anna Luca Ondrusek

The Podcast Committee – Coordinators: Khushi Jeswani and Sara Xillo

The Acquisition Committee – Coordinators: Star Siripanich and Sara Xillo

External Activities Committee – Coordinator: Anna Luca Ondrusek

Study Trip Committee – Coordinator: Khushi Jeswani

No experience is required to join a committee, so take a chance to have a fun experience where you can learn a lot.

The application will open on September 5th, and it will close on September 12th.

Beer Tasting event – September 7th

On Tuesday, September 7th, we will host a Beer Tasting event in the Common Room, situated close to our Board room (B1.04 REC), from 5pm to 7pm.

This is a chance to have a beer with other people in SEC.
You will get 4 beers for 5 euros!!

There is only 14 spots left, so hurry up!!

Opening Borrel & Buddy Borrel – 09/09

On September 9th we are hosting our first ‘Borrel’, a social gathering with your fellow sociology students, where you can get special student discounts on drinks. This Borrel will be mandatory for students who signed up as a Buddy, and it is strongly recommended for students who signed in the buddy programme, in this way you can make new friends.

We are very excited to announce that the Borrel will take place at Exit Cafe, every Thursday from 9pm to 12pm (based on Corona regulations).

Coin Sale

The drinks system works with coins. Coins can be purchased at the bar or from our terrace staff for 2,50 euros each. Please pay by card only when purchasing the coins. Additional coins can be purchased at any time of the evening.

Coin value

– 1 coin: Beer Heineken (draught), soda’s, juice

– 1,5 coin: Wine, red bull

– 2 coins: Bottled beers (Heineken, radler, desperados, sol etc)
& alcoholic beverages (vodka, rum, gin, liqueurs, tequila etc)

– 3 coins: Mixed drinks & specials

Unfortunately, the borrel is sold out. Please let us know if you cannot make it, so we can give your spot to someone else!You will need to show either a certificate of negative test or of vaccination to access the bar, so make sure you have it with you!

The General Members’ Meeting (GMM) – September 15th

The General Members Meeting is the highest body of the association, and it is composed by all the members of SEC. The goal is to officially vote in the candidate Board, and vote out the previous Board. The old board presents their end of the year report, and the new board presents their policy plan, goals, and annual budget.

You should attend the event if you want to know our plans for the upcoming year and what we aim to achieve while serving our Board positions.

September 15th, 7pm to 9pm
Room A1.02 REC

There will be free pizza and drinks!!
We hope to see you there!

The Introduction Weekend – September 18th

After 2 years of waiting, we can finally have an introduction weekend for our first years in person!! The Introduction weekend is a time where new Sociology students can get to know each other and spend time together during a fun day.

Usually, an entire weekend is dedicated to it, but this year, because we are still not sure about possible corona regulations, and to make sure everyone feels safe, it will be only one day long (but do not worry! There will be a members’ weekend in February where we can catch up with everything)

The Introduction Day will happen on September 18th. We will post information about it and the ticket sale on instagram, so make sure you follow @sociologisch_epicentrum to stay up to date!

Quote of the month

To end every newsletter, I have decided to include a quote that inspired me during the month. I do this to share something I like with everyone (and to force myself to read once a month)

This month’s quote is by Audre Lorde