12 Feb 2013
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by Roman Stiehl
Dave Jenner organised the ACSE for the evening of Tuesday 12th February 2013 from beginning to end, with some ideas and input from myself. With our budget of 125 € (roughly £100), we had finger food to serve us all at Browns Lane Bar & Restaurant, based near the town centre of Loughborough. From what we had learnt throughout the UNITECH year, we made sure that we turned up before 19:00 to make sure everything ran smoothly.
01 Feb 2013
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by Roman Stiehl
February 1st-3hr, 2013: Lyon France,
On the first weekend in February, fourty-two eager minds met in Lyon, France, to explore the topic “Informal Leadership - How to lead your boss?”. The welcome speach was given by a special guest: the Director of INSA de Lyon, our new Academic Partner. This was followed by
30 Jan 2013
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by Roman Stiehl
January 30th, 2013: Gothenburg, Sweden
During the evening on 30.01.2013 there was a lot of activity going on in Gothenburg. Regardless the cold, the assessors for the upcoming assessment centre were there to prepare the event, together with the local administrators from Chalmers and the old man as we all know as David!
25 Jan 2013
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by Roman Stiehl
January 26th-28th,2013: Basel, Switzerland
To get our initiatives for the new year coordinated, the UAA council met at the end of January in Basel. During the weekend we covered many operational topics, including the Symposium in February, the Assessment Center Social events, Summer Session and the Annual Reunion.
13 Nov 2012
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by Roman Stiehl
November 8th-9th, 2012: Marl, Germany
Germany Over the past years, sustainability has become an increasingly important yet difficult topic. In order to collect varies input to the discussion Evonik initiated the “Evonik Sustainability business forum”, a stakeholder dialogue with people from inside the company, customers, researchers and NGOs. Representing the “younger generation of engineers”, the UAA was also invited to the event as an NGO.
04 Nov 2012
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by Roman Stiehl
September and October 2012
The new UNITECH year started with the September Special in Aachen. A group of UNITECHs visited the popular Open Air Festival in the city of Aachen on September 13th. One week later a first get together of the LUC Sweden took place in the bar Foxes in Gothenburg. 15 UNITECHs used this opportunity to get to know the UAA better and having a good time enjoying some drinks. The LUC Switzerland organised their first event of the new UNITECH year in a cosy bar called Barflyz close to Zurich's town hall. Also the new Local Chapter in Loghborough had its first event organised.
22 Oct 2012
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by Roman Stiehl
October 20th-21st: Stuttgart, Germany
Quickly after the Annual Reunion, the UAA Council, Local Chapter Coordinators (LCCs) and UNITECH International (UTI) Office meet for the annual kick-off meeting. This year we met on October 20th and 21st in Stuttgart to share information on the network and discuss general issues and plan the the next year. As announced earlier, we addressed the
19 Aug 2012
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by Roman Stiehl
August 16th-18th: Aachen, Germany
The Annual Reunion and General Assembly 2012 took place in Aachen from August 16-18. During Thursday and Friday Alumni used the opportunity to meet and get engaged with students, Academic and Corporate Partners. Within the council we used the various meetings and other events to strengthen our network to the various stakeholders. On Friday afternoon, the UAA General Assembly developed to be a very active...
02 May 2012
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by Silvan Tschopp
May 2nd: Schlieren, Zurich
In order to honour our "new members" we invited all LCC CH Alumni on the 2nd of May for the UNITECH Alumni bowling evening at Bowling West in Schlieren. Having been inspired by the Big Lebowski movie, we thought bowling being the optimal socialising event.
13 Mar 2012
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by Roman Stiehl
February 24-26, 2012: Vienna, Austria
Once you have experienced in a UAA Symposium, you want to come back! That is at least what 100% of the participants answered in a survey about the UAA Symposium 2012 in Vienna.
But what was so great about the UAA Symposium 2012?
