A message from Ella Hueting (Fontys

Dear students,

How wonderful it is that we can leave the Corona period behind us and come back to our buildings to attend classes. Our buildings are buzzing: everywhere you see students working on lessons, labs and projects. I can also see my colleagues brightening up again. Everyone is cheerful. I think it’s great what Innovum is doing to make up for the damage done in the past two years: get-togethers, parties, company days, etc. At the same time, I have great admiration for how the two previous boards of directors got through the Corona period. Within the possibilities that were available, they did everything they could to support students with digital activities and homework help. They also helped the management team enormously by constantly giving us advice and helping with communication with students. Hats off!

A few success stories from the past period: the Innovum companies day, Meet &Match in the Evoluon, the NXP cup, the Hack2Impact hackathon, the unveiling of our solar car on the Automotive Campus, the drone challenge together with Summa, the Hovercraft race, the inspiration session with Vice President Peter Seeger of Philips, and last but not least: the award for the best higher education in the Netherlands for our Pulsed group (of Empower Tech and the minor Embrace TEC, among others). And undoubtedly, I have forgotten a lot of interesting projects. Let me know if you do something interesting, participate in a challenge or have won a prize.

Last February, we started the Digital Technology Engineering pilot with a few students, which starts again in September. And for the students who are graduating this semester: the Master in System Design will also start in September.

With all these successes, rising student numbers and increasing research, we also need new teachers. Please spread the word to your friends, family and companies where you work. Anyone who would like to join us, preferably with a technical background, please contact me. In this way, we will be able to provide good education again next year.

Good luck with the last bits of this year!

Kind regards, Ella Hueting