Education
ACADEMIC ADVISOR Elia Beks
It’s been a few months now, but I’m happy to introduce myself as a new academic advisor for all students in our bachelor. Some of you may already know me; I started in 2018 at the department as a general education coordinator and organizer of the selection (now study choice check). During my previous work as BEP coordinator I really enjoyed the personal contact with students and I realized I wanted to help students more like this in the future. Since November I was able to make the switch to academic advisor, so I’m excited to make my wish a reality now. As you might’ve guessed it’s not too long ago since I was a student myself, and I really enjoyed it. I lived in a student house with 10 house mates, went abroad for my studies and took multiple small jobs at my university (Nijmegen). Your time as a student
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is special, but not without obstacles – especially in these times of COVID-19. In my free time I like to get creative (drawing) and I’ve started learning Chinese since a year ago as a hobby. I planned to take an extensive course in the summer of 2020 in China itself, but well, we all know how that turned out. I also enjoy reading, gaming on my Switch, music and going for walks. I also love snowboarding; hopefully I can do so again in Austria or France next year! For now it is unfortunately not possible to meet you on campus, but I definitely hope to meet many of you in person. Or as my colleague Karen said before me: I hope we can have a drink together at one of the activities of Simon Stevin soon! Elia Beks
