Monthly Student & Alumni Apero Event

With a long absence of events on and off Campus it felt to us that there was a need of bringing the Alumni Community back on Campus for two reasons.

First we know that we all have a strong attachment to the School and we that we need to know the latest on Campus gossips, and for this there is only one thing that can be done: go up to Chalet-à-Gobet and get a drink by Mbar after a Campus tour.

Secondly, we realized that there was a gap between students and alumni, and we wanted to close this gap, just like the EHL Rugby Committee and the ARE 1997 do every year for the past 23 editions of the Nini & Peter Barakat Challenge.

This is how we decided to launch the monthly Alumni – Student on Campus Apéros. We went for the first Thursday of each month to organize this event (next one on November 4th) and the first Apéro of a long series happened on October 7th.

Over a hundred students applied for one of the 50 available spots, while the 50 alumni seats took only a few hours to be filled.

The whole point of this event is to create connections between students and alumni, this is why we helped the first interaction with a small ice breaker. So if you feel like sharing your experience with a student, or just want to know more about what’s happening on Campus do not hesitate to register for the next Apéro!

And if you feel that you are too far from Campus to come, we could see to organize something with the students and interns in your region, just like we did on the same day in Valais with the EHL Watersports Committee and Stamm Valais for the discovery of Alaïa Bay (a surf pool in Sion) where students and alumni mingled in the pool and during an Apéro. Below a message from a current student Ryan M. Laver who attended the October Apéro.

“After having months of digital encounters, this inperson apéro was a true delight – it was a wonderful opportunity to witness the beauty and power of the EHL spirit, which stays alive upon graduating. Exchanging in such an informal and casual ambiance with AEHL was a great occasion and a great inspiration to discover the various paths EHL Alumni take upon receiving their EHL degree. For me, networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with like-minded and passionate individuals, people with ideas, and people with opportunities." Ryan