FReC Leeuwarden

minutes 02.02.2011

FReC — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:59:44 +0000

Minutes 02.03.2011

Present: Kathy, Simone, Jeremy, Jaap, Johanna

Sport activity (conversation with mark from studiestad)
On Fridays probably together with ESN Students
First ask on facebook if the students are interested
On friday we can bring a list to the meet and greet where the student scan write down their names if they’re interested
Next meeting we will decide if we participate or not and contact Mark afterwards

Meet and greet
Jaap comes to meet and greet this friday, kathy next friday. We should post that on facebook every week

Mixin event
At van Hall is a meeting from the Mixin about St. Patricks day, where they want us to be involved. Two should attend there on the 8th of 11th of march. Everyone checks there schedules if they are able to join.

Finances
Wilfried hasn’t replied to Kathy’s emails yet. Appointment will be made. A couple of people already paid the money for Ameland.
Simone asks Sander to attend the meeting because of the Ameland trip.
Next meeting we decide if and who is responsible for the Ameland event.

Friesland tour
2 of April. Jaap will take the responsibility for the Friesland tour. We will rent vans.

Women from i study and student mobility center send email because they want some frec brochures. Kathy will ask Wilfried.

Jeremy will print a poster to find new members and puts it on the board next to istudy.
For the next meeting we will think about if specific roles are useful or if we won’t have any.

Queensday
The return ticket to Amsterdam is too expensive. There is no group discount. We will celebrate it in Leeuwarden. We can make a barbecue that we will pay at Hestia or in Jaaps garden.

Cambuur
Idea to go to a match. Cheapest stand 15 Euro. We can post it on facebook around a week before.

Dutch dinner
Kathy takes responsibility and posts it on facebook and asks Sander.

Ameland Weekend! May 20st – May 22nd, 2011

FReC Committee — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:44:09 +0000

One of the FReC highlights of the semester is our trip to one of the 5 beautiful Dutch islands – Ameland! We will leave on Friday in the afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. This trip involves a campfire on the beach, an island tour by bike, walking on the bottom of the sea and, of course, party! Join the trip and find out the beauty and fun of the Wadden islands.

We go in May, when the sun is back! From 20st to the 22nd. Please sign up before May 8th!

Click here to learn more!

Introduction Week 2011

Sander — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:20:00 +0000

Dear students,

In just a few days you will come to meet us in the beautiful country of the Netherlands!!!

We are excited to meet you and want to give you a little insight into the planning of the introduction week (24th to 29th of January).

Click here to learn more!

Den Haag citytour

Sander — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:18:34 +0000

Next year, our first activity will be a little trip to Den Haag!

FROM: Saturday, January 8th, 2011.
TO: Sunday, January 9th, 2011.
SIGN UP BEFORE: December 17th 23h59.

Den Haag (en: The Hague) (old: ‘s Gravenhage) is the second biggest city in The Netherlands. It’s the political capital of the Netherlands. So.. you wanna check it out?

The plan is to check out the city on saturday, party at night, and go back on sunday.

Sounds like a plan?

SIGN UP NOW!

Subscription closes at Friday December 17th.

Ameland Weekend!

FReC Committee — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:40:43 +0000

One of the FReC highlights of the semester is our trip to one of the 5 beautiful Dutch islands – Ameland. We will leave on Friday in the afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. This trip involves a campfire on the beach, an island tour by bike, walking on the bottom of the sea and, of course, party! Join the trip and find out the beauty and fun of the Wadden islands.

DATE: FRI 22th. OCT. – SUN 24th. OCT. 2010

Every FReC-student is allowed to bring one introducee to the island. If you want to bring a friend, please send us an email before registering your introducee.

Included:

Transfer from Leeuwarden to the boat and back

Boat-transfer (both ways)

2 nights at the camp-farm

2 x breakfast

2 x lunch

2 x dinner

Rent-bycicle for the weekend

Wad-walking tour

Campfire

A memorable weekend

All you’ll have to pay for your self are the (alcoholic) beverages you want to drink on the Island.Talking about value-for-money right?!

Registrations close on October 10th.

REGISTER HERE!

Queen’s Day

FReC Committee — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:01:09 +0000

Koninginnedag or Queen’s Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands on 30 April or on 29 April if the 30th is a Sunday. Queen’s Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to be a day of national unity and “togetherness” (Dutch: saamhorigheid). The tradition started on 31 August 1885, on the birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, later Queen Wilhelmina. Since 1949, after the ascension of Queen Juliana, Queen’s Day is Queen Juliana’s birthday on 30 April. Although Queen Beatrix’s birthday is on 31 January, she officially celebrates her birthday on 30 April.Queen’s Day is known for its “freemarket” (Dutch: vrijmarkt) all over the country, where everybody is allowed to sell things in the streets. Other activities during Queen’s Day are children’s games, individual musical performances, and music concerts. The night before Queen’s Day is celebrated too in some cities, and this is called Queen’s Night (Dutch: Koninginnenacht). The largest celebration of Queen’s Day is in Amsterdam, Queen’s Night in The Hague and Queen’s Dance (Dutch: Koninginnedans) in Rotterdam. During the celebrations as reference to the colours of the House of Orange-Nassau, people dress in the colour orange, which is sometimes called “orange craze” (Dutch: oranjegekte). (Source: Wikipedia)

FReC-tradition on Queen’s Day is to make a daytrip to Amsterdam, where we’ll celebrate the whole day in order to return to Leeuwarden with the (second-)last train.

Study in Holland

FReC Committee — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:01:57 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwkfsqGp3qo

“Welcome Exchange Students Party”

FReC Committee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:40:44 +0000

On Saturday 6th February we’ll have a little “Welcome Exchange Students Party” in Hestia Student Lounge. All you have to do is let us know if you’re planning to come and bring your own booze!

REGISTER HERE

Sinterklaas

FReC Committee — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:23:52 +0000

Maybe you already heard that in the Netherlands, on 5th of December, Sinterklaas comes and brings presents to all the people.

Because Sinterklaas is a really busy man, he won’t manage to also get all the presents for the international students, that’s why we are organizing a Sinterklaas party on friday, 4th of December.

Everbody has to buy a present for 5 €, an unisex one because you don’t know who is getting your present in the end. We are going to play a funny game where the presents will be shared. So, it is important that everybody who comes brings a present, otherwise people will end up without a present!

The location of the Sinterklaas party will be Hestia, the house next to school.

The Sinterklaas celebration will start at 19:30. We want to ask you to come on time en we also expect you to come when you sign in.
If you want to drink alcohol on this evening we ask you to bring your own booze.

The deadline for signing in is Wednesday, 2nd of December.

Sign-up here!

Friesland Tour

FReC Committee — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:35:10 +0000

You’re living in the Dutch province of Friesland, but did you see anything of this unique province during your stay, apart from Leeuwarden and Ameland? …That’s why we are organizing the Friesland Tour, a tour trough the province with various stops where we will show you some nice spots in Friesland. We are planning to go to these places:

· Windmill “De Zwaluw” in Birdaard

· Museum Ruurd Wiersma Hûs in Birdaard

· Terp “Hegebeintum” + information centre in Birdaard

· Open-air museum “De Spitkeet” in Harkema

· Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker

· The mummies of Wiuwert

· Sonnema Beerenburg distillery in Bolsward

The Friesland Tour will take place on Saturday, the 12th of December. The price for this activity will be announced as soon as possible, but since we had to cancel the Utrecht weekend, we will be able to keep it really affordable.

We’re going to rent minivans for the tour, meaning that we need to know the exact number of people coming. When you sign-in on the website, you’ll have to come. If you sign-in without coming, you will have to pay anyway, because renting cars is not exactly cheap.

There is a maximum number of places, so sign-up quick!

SUBSCRIBE HERE!

International Student Night LIVE!

FReC Committee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:34:30 +0000

On Wednesday the 7th of October the fifth edition of the intercultural Music event International Student Night LIVE will take place in Poppodium Romein. Reboot, Yorn & the Heat Machine and the Pepper and Salt DJ-team guarantee a very variable program where standing still does not belong to the options.

Reboot plays soul- and funk covers wrapped in an energetic show where you cannot stand still. Soul and funk are central elements, but don’t be surprised when suddenly a raw blues pops up. For this event the 6-person band formation will be expanded with Tollak Ollestad, a very talented musician and besides a teacher at the Leeuwarden Music Academy. Ollestad has a fenomenal singing voice, is a gifted keyboardist and guitarist and if that were not enough, he is also one of the greatest harmonica players ever to have walked this earth.

The Heat Machine is a unique rock association emerged from the head of Yorn Overwijk. Their ecstatic pop with a rock ‘n roll soul creates an irresistible urge to dance. This sextet found the ideal line-up in March this year and brings somewhat unusual music in an unusual occupation. Their music is best described as a combination of Queens of the Stone Age rock and the rock ‘n roll of our own Dutch legend Herman Brood.

To ensure that there is no time to recover, The Pepper and Salt DJ-Team offers a varied DJ-set before, after and in between the acts. It’s time to dance!

Reboot:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc1Lcu7xfDI

The Heatmachine:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ULLKOQVWM

Potluck Dinner

FReC Committee — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:00:55 +0000

ONLY FREC STUDENTS

Date: September, 10th, 2009

Costs: FREE

Everyone brings food from their home country – this can be a starter, main course, dessert or whatever you like! These dinners are a nice way to get to know more about each other’s eating habits.

Ameland Weekend

Ruben — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:05:55 +0000

One of the highlights of the semester is our trip to one of the 5 beautiful Dutch islands – Ameland. We will leave on Friday in the afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. We will sing songs around the campfire on the beach, go wad-walking and do a little dance. We’ll be staying in camping farm ‘De Boekanier‘ in Nes, the main village of the island.

Date: September 18-20, 2009.

Costs: € 60

The price of this weekend is € 60,-, including:

• Transfer from Leeuwarden to the boat and back
• Boat-transfer (both ways)
• 2 nights at the camp-farm
• 2 x breakfast
• 2 x lunch
• 2 x dinner
• Rent-bycicle for the weekend
• Wad-walking tour
• Campfire
• A memorable weekend

All you’ll have to pay for your self are the (alcoholic) beverages you want to drink on the Island.Talking about value-for-money right?!

Registration Closed

Leeuwarden Studiestad presents: International Student Night LIVE!

FReC Committee — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:18:23 +0000

On Wednesday the 26th of August it’s time for the 4th edition of International Student Night LIVE in Poppodium Romein! This time there will be a performance by the allround cover / partyband Gratis Bier (Free Beer) and the local bluesrock sensation Barry Nice and the Nice Guys. In between the live bands, DJ Ruiz will make the hall vibrate and sweat with his famous ‘drive & groove’. The entrance fee is only 3 euros.Hand-in the coupon from Poppodium Romein Magazine for a 50% discount on the entrance fee!

For all Stenden exchange students it’s included in the FReC introduction programme, so you can come in for free!

Swinging goodbye Erasmus Students @ Stenden Emmen

Ruben — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:00:12 +0000

As a creative ending of the course Dutch Society and Culture the Erasmus Students in Emmen made a video. The video is inspired by an artist who puts videos on Youtube of all the places in the world where he’s been, always doing the same dance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYvYZYE84QI