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Editor’s letter
by ibpunion
Congratulations! We all make it another semester, and in fact, a whole nother calendar year! I believe I speak for most of us saying that this year has continued to challenge us with the inevitably hard “study-work-friends-family-sports-etc.” balance. Especially, the first year students deserve applause for getting through the first semester of university with a sometimes overwhelming workload. However, despite many IBP’ers finding themselves being busy, the IBP Union has helped provide many fun and entertaining moments throughout this semester. This semester started off with an amazing intro week - completely restriction-free - where first year (and second year) students got to form new friendships. Third year students got to go on exchange and do their internships, and we in communications loved bringing you the stories of their exciting adventures.
Furthermore, we have had plenty of events this semester! IBP Academic has provided us with what seems like more events than ever before. We have been able to see top politicians and experts debate the EU and climate crisis, and have visited companies like Ørsted and Mærsk Management Consulting. We also all got to follow the Danish parliament election live together. Additionally, IBP Social has brought back the communal dinner at Absalon, along with our favorite events of the Tour de Chambre, Friday bars where I could have been confused whether it was an IBP or a-list celebrity party, and the cozy fall dinner. They also made sure we got in the holiday spirit despite exam season with a Christmas market event.
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In Communications, we have been working hard to bring you the IBP Magazine! With our new fresh members, ideas have been flooding in. Thus, we can proudly present the 8th edition of the IBP Magazine. We have interviewed second year student Alex Smith, sharing his uncon- ventional path to IBP, and alumni Nima Tis dall, the Forbes “30 under 30” entrepreneur. Professor Ayca Uygur Wessel takes over this edition’s Professor’s Page, where she will share her favorite and maybe least favorite parts about teaching IBP students. We will bring an update on whether the current third year student’s fifth semester lived up to their expectations. Similarly, we have Jacob Nærgaard sharing his experience doing an internship at the Danish Embassy in London during his 5th semester. Furthermore, Casper Øhlers will also share the process of running for parliament for Denmark! Additionally, to help you spend your free time wisely, we will bring you some fun first date ideas, book and movie reviews, and much more! Needless to say, we have got content to hopefully entertain and inspire all of you IBP’ers.
Lastly, the end of this semester sadly also means the end of the current board’s term. Thus, it is also the last time where I get to be the editor of our magazine. I want to thank all of you on the behalf of the entire board for this year! We deeply appreciate you for giving us the chance to shape this fantastic community! See you all soon back on campus, and enjoy the upcoming spring semester!
All the best,
Amanda Kierkegaard Brandgaard Head of IBP Union Communications