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F ASCritical Points Good PointsThe timeliness of feedback given by teachers (2.5)

Current knowledge of teachers about the profession (4 .1)

I nformation on purchasing the study materials (books, etc.) (2.5)

Satisfaction with the internship (4.0)

F dRCritical Points Very Good PointsI nformation on purchasing the study materials (books, etc.) (2.4)

Attention to theoretical knowledge (4.1)

The timeliness of study materials (2.8) Connection of the study materials to the profession (4 .1)

F E FCritical Points Very Good PointsPrevention of Free-Riders on group projects through the evaluation methods (2.9)

Connection of the program to the profession (3.9)

I nformation on purchasing the study materials (books, etc.0 (3.0)

The ability to study abroad as part of the program (including internship) (3.9)

F H T M SCritical Points Very Good PointsDegree to which I T is applied in the program (3.2)

Connection between program components (4.2)

Prevention of Free-Riders on group projects through the evaluation methods (3.4)

Connection between theory and practice (4.2)

Fusion of artistic passion and ecology to solve social problems by Clementia Eugene

The SW&D program is etched on the philosophical principle of development. In this program, students are taught to practice social work from a development perspective which promotes human and social rights, strengths and empowerment perspectives, capacity enhancement, and investment strategies, amongst others. In an effort to mobilize the potentialities of clients/participants in the problem solving process, students are trained to be creative, innovative, protect the environment and promote a spirit of social entrepreneurship amongst their participant population as well as for themselves. In light of the above, Mrs. Claudia Ruiz-Vasquez was invited as a guest lecturer to share with final year social work students her innovative project which epitomizes the developmental principle of social work practice. Mrs. Ruiz-Vasquez’s project seeks to empower young people who are in conflict with the law, teen mothers and school dropouts by teaching them skills as well as making counselling services available. Mrs. Ruiz-Vasquez, who is a distinguished artist, will share her artistic passion with the youth combining it with the materials of the boa which is an environmental concern in Aruba. This guest lecture left students ignited with a burning desire to dare tap into their creative energies to become developmental social workers.

Social work and corporate social responsibility by Clementia Eugene

On 27th September 2012, final year SW&D students pursuing the course on Social Planning, Project Design and Implementation jointly taught by Shauna Porter and Clementia Eugene, participated in a lecture/discussion on corporate social responsibility. This lecture was delivered by Mr. Guss Slabbekoorn and Mr.Wan Heng Ho from MetaCorp. They shared their experiences on how MetaCorp manages its businesses to produce an overall positive impact on society. MetaCorp appears to be environmentally conscious, family centered and supports several social related projects in Aruba. MetaCorp is one of the few private sector organizations that has a social worker on staff to assist its employees to better cope with life psychosocial challenges that may negatively impact productivity in the work place. During this lecture, students acquired concrete information on the role of an occupational social worker and valuable tips in setting up a business that epitomizes the principles of good governance and corporate social responsibility.

Social work benefits from tourism by Clementia Eugene

Students and lecturers from the Department of SW&D benefitted from the tourism sector when Stephen Kinsella made his seventh vacation visit to Aruba. Stephen, who is a licensed Clinical Social Worker is employed as a Senior Care Manager at the St. Vincent Behavioural Health Services in Connecticut, USA. Stephen joined Sacha Geerman, Merl Gibbs, Wilbert Marchena, Rochelin de Cuba, Kimberley Wever, Gregory Richardson, Yolanda Richardson, Clementia Eugene and Dean Paula Kibbelaar at ‘Coffee for you’ for a Lecturer’s Encounter on Thursday 25th October 2012. The purpose of this encounter was to engage in intellectual thought and discussion as members of the academy. In preparation for the encounter, lecturers had to read the article entitled ‘The theory and practice of developmental social work’ by Midgley, (2010). The discussion resulted into an animated social debate on development in Aruba. Stephen made valuable contributions to the encounter which left lecturers inspired and reenergized to continue to work in the vineyard of the academy. On Friday 26th October 2012, it was the turn of the students, namely, David Leer, Vicario Ellis, Keyla Rojas, Lindsay Geerman, Indrah Zievinger, Tatiana Pena along with Shauna Porter and Clementia Eugene to benefit from the social work experiences of Stephen. Stephen engaged the students in lively and stimulating discussions ranging from topics related to ethics, values, practice, competencies to entrepreneurship. In the students’ own words: “I am happy I was invited to join this session. Steve was an inspiration for us as future social workers. His passion for social work inspired me to continue with this journey and it made me excited to start working in this field. The session was fantastic. As a male social worker, I felt inspired by Steve.” When Stephen was asked his reflection on his interaction with us, this is what he had to say: “Having had the wonderful opportunity to share time with your colleagues and students re-energized and re-inspired me to broaden my focus of the larger social issues. It also gave me a renewed sense of confidence, enthusiasm, and conviction in the project I'm working on. And you Clementia....you are a Social Worker's Social Worker. You are most definitely lightening in a bottle. It was like being on a Social Work retreat. To say you are an inspiration would be a gross understatement. I very much enjoyed our time together. You are both very wise and highly skilled. It was an honor to meet you and a blessing to now call you a colleague and friend. I have to say that in my heart of hearts I believe this is the beginning of something, not the conclusion.” Knowledge is a valuable commodity and SW&D lecturers and students sure know how to acquire it outside the classroom setting by now tapping into the tourism industry of Aruba. SW&D now patiently waits for the next encounter with a visiting social worker to grace the Aruban shores.

I t was only a couple of months ago that I made the final decision to stay on Aruba. Certainly, the decision was to study OGM at the University of Aruba (Faculty of Arts and Science).

I remember when three years ago a teacher of my past school, Colegio Arubano, told me to start 'OGM' after I finish school. At that time I liked the idea, but honestly, I had other plans after finishing high school. I wanted to study something completely different and I also wanted to take a whole other road to get to choice of study I had in mind. After a couple of years, which is practically a couple of months ago, I decided that I wanted to study 'OGM'. Now I am, since August 2012 on the road to my Bachelors degree of OGM. The study met my expectations, and is fostering me even more as a student. Only a couple of months have passed and I can already say that I like the study. There is not much more I can tell of my experience at the UA however, it is important for me to tell that the University of Aruba provides students to be involved in different things e.g. clubs and that it is important to gain also experience out of the other academic- possibilities. Clubs are not only meant to just gain experience but, it helps you as a person to grow and to develop skills, that could be even hidden inside of you or that you did not even notice you had. My advice to all the students is to always try to be involved in other things. Make the choice of study that truly interests you, remember that hard work always pays off and that life is always trying to take a chance to teach you a lesson.

- Albert Einstein

From the perspective of a student of Organization, Governance and Management

W e, as OGM-students, and future leaders of the community should take the initiative to take the first step to make a change. In my opinion it does not matter how small or narrow the step is, as long as you take the step.

I attended to the Green Conference for the first time in October. The conference took place in three days. These three days, were days of full experience, energy, speeches and apprentice. Professionals from different parts of the world and also from Aruba attended to this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some speakers took the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that the nature provides us on Aruba.

The Green Conference awakened ambition for the future.

Attendees, professionals, distinguished guests, also students of the University of Aruba were present to be a part of a big change on Aru-ba. Aruba could be a change in the world if we all as a community contribute.

As a OGM-student, who surely wants to contribute to our society. I am grateful that I was provided the chance to attend to the Green Conference. I thank the University of Aruba for providing students the opportunity for being part of something different.

I share with you, some inspiring quotes that I heard during the conference Green Aruba that made an impact on me:

f ou nt to go uick go lone nd if ou nt to go f go toget e

- Hugo Meijenfeldt

l net e t is ou s ces i nd e e ll st on uts - Wubbo Ockels

Nurianne Helder

First year student Organization, Governance and Management

By Nurianne Helder

My experience at the UA as a first year student Organization, Governance and Management

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I remember when three years ago a teacher of my past school, Colegio Arubano, told me to start 'OGM' after I finish school. At that time I liked the idea, but honestly, I had other plans after finishing high school. I wanted to study something completely different and I also wanted to take a whole other road to get to choice of study I had in mind. After a couple of years, which is practically a couple of months ago, I decided that I wanted to study 'OGM'. Now I am, since August 2012 on the road to my Bachelors degree of OGM. The study met my expectations, and is fostering me even more as a student. Only a couple of months have passed and I can already say that I like the study. There is not much more I can tell of my experience at the UA however, it is important for me to tell that the University of Aruba provides students to be involved in different things e.g. clubs and that it is important to gain also experience out of the other academic- possibilities. Clubs are not only meant to just gain experience but, it helps you as a person to grow and to develop skills, that could be even hidden inside of you or that you did not even notice you had. My advice to all the students is to always try to be involved in other things. Make the choice of study that truly interests you, remember that hard work always pays off and that life is always trying to take a chance to teach you a lesson. 'Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.' - Albert Einstein



I attended to the Green Conference for the first time in October. The conference took place in three days. These three days, were days of full experience, energy, speeches and apprentice. Professionals from different parts of the world and also from Aruba attended to this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some speakers took the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that the nature provides us on Aruba.


Attendees, professionals, distinguished guests, also students of the University of Aruba were present to be a part of a big change on Aru-ba. Aruba could be a change in the world if we all as a community contribute.

As a OGM-student, who surely wants to contribute to our society. I am grateful that I was provided the chance to attend to the Green Conference. I thank the University of Aruba for providing students the opportunity for being part of something different.


‘If you want to go quick, go alone and if you want to go far, go together.’

- Hugo Meijenfeldt

‘Planet earth is our spaceship and we are all astronauts.’- Wubbo Ockels

Nurianne Helder


By Nurianne Helder





B eing a Member of Circle K of the University of Aruba gives you great opportunities. One of the three tenets of

CKI is Leadership that is why CKI provides all its members the opportunities to develop their leadership potentials on different levels. One of the many possibilities is the Leader-ship Academy, 2012 is the first time CKI had a member pre-sent at this conference in Indianapolis, USA. CKI is confi-dent to continue to provide members this opportunity in the future to strengthen its members as leaders in our communi-ties. Carl Quant the current Vice-President and Educational & Membership Development Chair had the opportunity to be the first to experience Leadership Academy.

On July 29 I started my journey to Leader-

ship Academy 2012. Being the first member

from Aruba to attend the event made me a

bit nervous not knowing what to expect and

what was expected of me. Going in with an

open mind really made this experience one that I will not forget.

Leadership Academy is an investment in the

members of Circle K International. The six-

day event was intense and focused on the E6

Framework created by Brendon Burchard, author of the Stu-dent Leadership Guide. Facilitators walked students through

the steps to envision, enlist, embody, empower, evaluate and

encourage. Students learned that true leadership is based on

servant leadership, which requires leaders to put the needs of

others first, and to realize that no matter whether or not you

have a title, there is always a need for service to one another and to the world.

My days at the Leadership Academy started off early at 7:00

am and ended around 11:00-11:30 pm. You’re probably

thinking right about now “that’s a 16 hour day!”.

Well, we started the morning off with breakfast and at about

9:00 am we would meet at the Common Area where we

would get the day started. We would receive short lectures, combined with exercises and activities. Some activities and

exercises needed to be completed in your “Neighborhood”

which is your group for the week. We would have dinner at

6:00 pm and after that we would have some free time before

we meet again in the common area or in our neighborhood.

After the long days we would stay up playing games or just getting to know one another. Having to tell

people about Aruba and where I’m from always

made for an interesting conversation. I remem-

ber before leaving to attend the Leadership

Academy my fellow CK members showed me

the now famous “Wobble”, I was like “nahh I’m not going to do that”. Well imagine you, that was the

first thing I learned, the first day at Leadership

Academy.

I met some amazing people at Leadership Acad-

emy, 56 to be exact, coming from all over the US, Canada and Colombia. During the Leadership Acad-

emy we had the opportunity to do several service pro-

jects which included, painting tables, planting trees, remov-

ing lime stones from the creek and so forth. I joined 5 other

members in removing lime stones from the creek. I had the

greatest time with all of them.

Leadership Academy has given me the necessary information

and skills to further develop my leadership style and given

me the courage and strength to become the leader I can be.

Having had this opportunity I would like to thank Circle K of the University of Aruba and the University for giving me the opportunity to represent Circle K at Leadership Acad-emy 2012.

CKI Leadership AcademyCKI Leadership Academy

By Carl Quant

20122012

Den cuadro di Dia di Boneiro, sr. Bòi Antoin a bini Aruba pa entre otro documenta celebracion di Dia di Boneiro na Aruba. Pero tambe el a tene entrevista cu diferente baluarte Boneriano cu ta biba na Aruba y el a duna un charla na Universidad di Aruba (UA) riba importancia di Historia Oral. Segun Bòi Antoin: “Historia Oral ta importante pa completa loke ta skirbi.” Den su charla el a comparti cu e publico presente diferente aspecto di su trabou, na unda e ta usa e metodo di Historia Oral. Esaki ta un forma di haci investigacion pa medio di graba entrevista, cu particularmente hendenan grandi, riba diferente topico. Di e forma aki ta registra hopi informacion di historia y cultura di un pueblo. Bòi Antoin a cuminsa cu e practica di Historia Oral na aña 1985. Na aña 2000 e tabatin un cantidad di sigur 300 entrevista graba. Actualmente e coleccion di Bòi Antoin ta consisti di mas of menos 650 grabacion. For di e entrevistanan el a publica mas of menos 30 buki, 4 pelicula documental, hopi articulo den corant y un cantidad grandi di programa pa radio y television. Recientemente na Aruba tambe su programa “Herencia” ta pasa riba diasabra atardi na Telearuba. Desde december 2009 tin un protocol entre e islanan Aruba, Boneiro y Corsou, den cua e departamentonan di cultura di e islanan a palabra cu lo bay traha hunto riba tereno di Historia Oral. E tempo ey sr. Rene Rosalia como director di Kas di Kultura Kòrsou, a organisa un conferencia dedica na sr. Bòi Antoin. Despues di esey, na december 2010, Departamento di Cultura Aruba (DCA) y e Centro di Investigacion y Desaroyo di UA (CRD ), a inicia e proyecto di Historia Oral cu tin e nomber di “Expedicion Rescate”.

Bòi Antoin durante su charla a duna diferente conseho, sugerencia y tip na e coordinado y participantenan di e proyecto Expedicion Rescate. Entre otro el a mustra riba e importancia pa rescata mas cu solamente e memoria di nos grandinan. Nos mester purba rescata potretnan bieu, documento, buki y artefacto cu por bay perdi, door di saca mas tanto portret cu ta posibel ora di bay entrevista un hende gandi. Ora cu a graba y saca Ruby potret, mester percura pa tin varios copia di tur e grabacionnan, pa motibo cu awendia ta usa hopi aparato digital y e material aki ta masha vulnerabel. Pa evita cu ta perde tur cos den un solo biaha ta hopi importante pa documenta, esta warda nan, na diferente sitio y di diferente forma. Otro sugerencia cu Bòi Antoin tabatin ta pa haci e informacion of grabacionnan accesibel pa publico. Esaki ta duna un valor agrega na e grandinan cu ta duna nos asina tanto di nan conocemento.

Ta bon pa nos laga nos grandinan sinti cu nan ta importante pa registracion di nos historia. Banda di e entrevistanan graba, tin tambe e aspecto di transcribi e entrevistanan; esaki kiermen scucha e entrevistanan y pone nan riba papel. Esaki ta un trabou hopi importante cu tambe ta forma parti di e metodo di Historia Oral. Esaki ta masha esencial pa motibo cu e ta facilita estudio y analisis di e entrevistanan. E resultado final di un investigacion di Historia Oral por keda presenta den diferente forma, entre otro den un articulo den corant, un buki, un exposicion of un pelicula documental.

Prome cu produci un producto final, esaki por tuma masha hopi aña di investigacion, pa motibo cu mester keda controla y sigui controla loke e hende grandinan ta conta. Parti di e investigacion ta encera cu mester lesa hopi buki, buska hopi documento na e departamentonan concerni manera Kadaster, Bevolking, Archivo Nacional y Bibliotecanan. E aña aki a publica un buki na Corsou basa riba un estudio di Historia Oral skirbi pa Charles do Rego. Titulo di e buki ta: “The Portuguese Immigrant in Curaçao – Immigration, Participation, and Integration in the 20th Century.” Esaki ta un proyecto di investigacion cu a cuminsa na 2004 y a publica e resultado na juni 2012.Na 2010 Orco Bank N.V. Bonaire a publica e buki “Surgiendo den Kralendijk Historico – Emerging in historic Kralendijk”. Esaki a keda realisa cu cooperacion di Bòi Antoin cu a skirbi e parti di historia y su Fundashon Históriko Kultural Boneriano a pone mayoria di e potretnan cu a a publica den e buki disponibelOra di practica Historia Oral tin tecnica y reglanan cu mester tene cuenta cune.

Awendia Historia Oral ya ta asina ancra den sciencia cu na Merca desde aña 2008 tin un estudio na nivel di maestria na Columbia University. Esaki ta e estudio di Master Degree in Oral History. Tambe riba nivel di estudio di doctorado (PhD) mas y mas universidad den mundo ta usa e metodo di Historia Oral como e metodo scientifico pa haci investigacion. UA no tin un Facultad di Historia, pero desde december 2010 a cuminsa duna curso di Historia Oral na empleadonan publico y publico en general, den colaboracion cu drs. Jeanne Henriquez y dr. Rene Rosalia di Corsou. E proyecto di Historia Oral na UA ta forma parti di un di e tareanan principal di UA cu ta stipula den articulo IV. Functies van de Universiteit den e Memorie van Toelichting di e Landsverordening Universiteit van Aruba (LUA). Den esaki ta stipula: Door het activeren van cultuuruitingen kan het vormgeven aan de eigen identiteit van zowel land als volk meer gestalte krijgen. Na november e aña aki UA hunto cu DCA lo cuminsa traha tambe cu Dr. Rose Mary Allen, kende ta docente na Universidad di Antia (UNA). E lo bin duna un curso tocante di analisis di entrevista y texto; di indexa informacion pa medio di entrevista y di skirbi resultado di investigacion riba un nivel academico. Pa mas informacion por tuma contacto cu sra. Ruby Eckmeyer na Centro di Investigacion y Desaroyo na tel. 588.9946 of cu sra. Shailiny Tromp-Lee na DCA, tel. 582.2185.

Den cuadro di Dia di Boneiro, sr. Bòi Antoin a bini Aruba pa entre otro documenta celebracion di Dia di Boneiro na Aruba. Pero tambe el a tene entrevista cu diferente baluarte Boneriano cu ta biba na Aruba y el a duna un charla na Universidad di Aruba (UA) riba importancia di Historia Oral. Segun Bòi Antoin: “Historia Oral ta importante pa completa loke ta skirbi.” Den su charla el a comparti cu e publico presente diferente aspecto di su trabou, na unda e ta usa e metodo di Historia Oral. Esaki ta un forma di haci investigacion pa medio di graba entrevista, cu particularmente hendenan grandi, riba diferente topico. Di e forma aki ta registra hopi informacion di historia y cultura di un pueblo. Bòi Antoin a cuminsa cu e practica di Historia Oral na aña 1985. Na aña 2000 e tabatin un cantidad di sigur 300 entrevista graba. Actualmente e coleccion di Bòi Antoin ta consisti di mas of menos 650 grabacion. For di e entrevistanan el a publica mas of menos 30 buki, 4 pelicula documental, hopi articulo den corant y un cantidad grandi di programa pa radio y television. Recientemente na Aruba tambe su programa “Herencia” ta pasa riba diasabra atardi na Telearuba. Desde december 2009 tin un protocol entre e islanan Aruba, Boneiro y Corsou, den cua e departamentonan di cultura di e islanan a palabra cu lo bay traha hunto riba tereno di Historia Oral. E tempo ey sr. Rene Rosalia como director di Kas di Kultura Kòrsou, a organisa un conferencia dedica na sr. Bòi Antoin. Despues di esey, na december 2010, Departamento di Cultura Aruba (DCA) y e Centro di Investigacion y Desaroyo di UA (CRD ), a inicia e proyecto di Historia Oral cu tin e nomber di “Expedicion Rescate”.

Bòi Antoin durante su charla a duna diferente conseho, sugerencia y tip na e coordinado y participantenan di e proyecto Expedicion Rescate. Entre otro el a mustra riba e importancia pa rescata mas cu solamente e memoria di nos grandinan. Nos mester purba rescata potretnan bieu, documento, buki y artefacto cu por bay perdi, door di saca mas tanto portret cu ta posibel ora di bay entrevista un hende gandi. Ora cu a graba y saca Ruby potret, mester percura pa tin varios copia di tur e grabacionnan, pa motibo cu awendia ta usa hopi aparato digital y e material aki ta masha vulnerabel. Pa evita cu ta perde tur cos den un solo biaha ta hopi importante pa documenta, esta warda nan, na diferente sitio y di diferente forma. Otro sugerencia cu Bòi Antoin tabatin ta pa haci e informacion of grabacionnan accesibel pa publico. Esaki ta duna un valor agrega na e grandinan cu ta duna nos asina tanto di nan conocemento.

Ta bon pa nos laga nos grandinan sinti cu nan ta importante pa registracion di nos historia. Banda di e entrevistanan graba, tin tambe e aspecto di transcribi e entrevistanan; esaki kiermen scucha e entrevistanan y pone nan riba papel. Esaki ta un trabou hopi importante cu tambe ta forma parti di e metodo di Historia Oral. Esaki ta masha esencial pa motibo cu e ta facilita estudio y analisis di e entrevistanan. E resultado final di un investigacion di Historia Oral por keda presenta den diferente forma, entre otro den un articulo den corant, un buki, un exposicion of un pelicula documental.

Prome cu produci un producto final, esaki por tuma masha hopi aña di investigacion, pa motibo cu mester keda controla y sigui controla loke e hende grandinan ta conta. Parti di e investigacion ta encera cu mester lesa hopi buki, buska hopi documento na e departamentonan concerni manera Kadaster, Bevolking, Archivo Nacional y Bibliotecanan. E aña aki a publica un buki na Corsou basa riba un estudio di Historia Oral skirbi pa Charles do Rego. Titulo di e buki ta: “The Portuguese Immigrant in Curaçao – Immigration, Participation, and Integration in the 20th Century.” Esaki ta un proyecto di investigacion cu a cuminsa na 2004 y a publica e resultado na juni 2012.Na 2010 Orco Bank N.V. Bonaire a publica e buki “Surgiendo den Kralendijk Historico – Emerging in historic Kralendijk”. Esaki a keda realisa cu cooperacion di Bòi Antoin cu a skirbi e parti di historia y su Fundashon Históriko Kultural Boneriano a pone mayoria di e potretnan cu a a publica den e buki disponibelOra di practica Historia Oral tin tecnica y reglanan cu mester tene cuenta cune.

Awendia Historia Oral ya ta asina ancra den sciencia cu na Merca desde aña 2008 tin un estudio na nivel di maestria na Columbia University. Esaki ta e estudio di Master Degree in Oral History. Tambe riba nivel di estudio di doctorado (PhD) mas y mas universidad den mundo ta usa e metodo di Historia Oral como e metodo scientifico pa haci investigacion. UA no tin un Facultad di Historia, pero desde december 2010 a cuminsa duna curso di Historia Oral na empleadonan publico y publico en general, den colaboracion cu drs. Jeanne Henriquez y dr. Rene Rosalia di Corsou. E proyecto di Historia Oral na UA ta forma parti di un di e tareanan principal di UA cu ta stipula den articulo IV. Functies van de Universiteit den e Memorie van Toelichting di e Landsverordening Universiteit van Aruba (LUA). Den esaki ta stipula: Door het activeren van cultuuruitingen kan het vormgeven aan de eigen identiteit van zowel land als volk meer gestalte krijgen. Na november e aña aki UA hunto cu DCA lo cuminsa traha tambe cu Dr. Rose Mary Allen, kende ta docente na Universidad di Antia (UNA). E lo bin duna un curso tocante di analisis di entrevista y texto; di indexa informacion pa medio di entrevista y di skirbi resultado di investigacion riba un nivel academico. Pa mas informacion por tuma contacto cu sra. Ruby Eckmeyer na Centro di Investigacion y Desaroyo na tel. 588.9946 of cu sra. Shailiny Tromp-Lee na DCA, tel. 582.2185.

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BOEK PRESENTATIE REVIEWSibling Voices of Sunrise City

typ ische cultuureigenschap p en van “S an N icolas Peop le” en fungeert teve ns als een sp rank elende sp iegel, w aarin menigeen z ich-z elf en ook de huidige situatie mag aanschou-w en om al dan niet te w illen k iez en voor in-nerlij k gemotive erde exp antie, inp laats van slep end te blij ve n meew ij z en en chanten in de oneidige k laagz ang en het ve rw ij t om de aandacht die San N icolas alom tek ort z ou k omen.

spreken daar al genoeg reden voor zou zijn. O ok met de veran-deringen die Koolman op Aruba dacht gewaar te worden binnen de huidige situatie tussen de verschillende culturen op het eiland, daarbij vooral duidend op de uit het boek geciteerde combinatie “zwart- en van San Nicolaas” en met het aanhalen van meerd-ere onderwerpen uit het boek, gaf ze aanleiding voor gezonde discussie, waar men zich in gedachten vast over kon laten gaan. Nadat het publiek duidelijk had genoten van het geanimeerd ver-loop van rap opeenvolgende redevoeringen, artistiek afgewisseld door muziek en zang, kwamen de schrijvers aan bod. Eerst Tam-my Richardson, die tijdens haar kleurrijke presentatie haar drie kleine kinderen voor percussie en dans liet zorgen en waarmee ze aangaf altijd trouw te zijn gebleven aan de typische normen en waarden van haar “San Nicolas upbringing” waarbij ook de kleinsten zoveel mogelijk bij de gemeenschappelijke aspecten van cultuur en het collectief legaat worden betrokken. regory ichardson als persoon, opvoedkundige, fi-losoof, zoon, vader, echtgenoot, vriend, gelovige en onderhand ook een mooi voorbeeld binnen de lokale gemeenschap, heeft over de afgelopen jaren voor verschillende publicaties gezorgd die het delen waard zijn en nam het publiek kunstig mee op een expeditie naar de kern van zijn vorming. Hij deed met zijn droge humor het publiek schudden, toen hij drie verschillende stuk-ken uit het boek met de aanwezigen deelde en was duidelijk het hoogtepunt van de zeer geslaagde avond, waarbij er zelfs nog aan gedacht was om de opbrengst van de symbolische toegangs prijs van orin a te dragen aan nited orces oundation, welk zich richt op het vergaren van materiaal waardoor minder bedeelde kinderen van San Nicolas ook weer kans krijgen om toch naar school te gaan. Dat zal ook weer het geval zijn met de presentatie aan de andere kant van de brug, in O ranjestad, waar het leven op Aruba er toch weer heel anders schijnt uit te zien voor de bewoners uit San Nico-laas.

Caresse I sings

O nder de bezoekers bruiste gedurende de hele avond dan ook een diepe trots, intense waardering en een geheel nieuw gevoel van blijde verwachting voor wat de nabije toekomst nog meer naar San Nicolas zou mogen willen overvliegen op de energieke vleu-gels van naar huis teruggekeerde jongeren, die met een gezonde mate van intellect en gerijptheid in combinatie met met volhar-dende onbevangenheid, diepe geloofsovertuiging en oprechte liefde voor al wat eigen blijft, aan het collectief bestaan kunnen toevoegen van al wat het leven en eigen keuzes ze aan ervar-ing, inzicht en kracht heeft kunnen meegeven. Als minister van onderwijs en fungerend minister van cultuur deelde Dhr. Arthur Dowers met het publiek zijn beschouwingen omtrent de publi-catie, de schrijvers en San Nicolas. Aan het begin van de redevo-ering, waarin hij welgemeend zijn genot deelde om het publiek heerlijk eens een keer in Caribisch Engels te mogen toespreken, “de taal van ons gedeelde ik”, zoals hij aangaf, duidde de min-ister op het feit dat de liefde voor- en het bewust investeren-in de eigen taal en de documentatie van de eigen geschiedenis en cultuur, zowel de taal zelf alsook de juiste normen en waarden binnen een gemeenschap dynamisch progressief levend kunnen houden. “Daar heb je natuurlijk wel talent voor nodig,”, vervol-gde hij, “en dat hebben we zeker ook in huis met intellectuelen van hoog niveau zoals de schrijvers van deze gevierde nieuwe publicatie. Het is echter ook essentieel dat je wel door hebt,” richtte Dowers zich tot de schrijvers, “dat dit talent niet enkel voor jezelf, maar in feite voor de hele gemeenschap van belang is.” Enigzins ontroerd gaf de minister nog aan, dat naast het feit dat hij van Dakota is, hij in feite ook afstamt van de Lago gener-atie en zich daarom eveneens enorm thuis voelt in San Nicolas, alsook zeer betrokken bij de ontwikkelingen binnen haar ge-meenschap. O ok het Papiamento kreeg van Dowers haar verdi-ende aandacht waarbij hij aangaf graag ook de boek-presentatie nogmaals te mogen vieren in O ranjestad. Mw. Nilda Koolman van noca ga met haar redevoering aan dankbaar te ijn voor de publicatie en de betrokkenheid van noca daarbij en had ich danig verdiept in de inhoud en energetische waarde van Sibling V oices of Sunrise City. Z o gaf ze commentaar op het feit dat het boek aangeeft dat de zwarte student uit San Nicolas in Nederland discriminatie ervaart, terwijl zoals Koolman aangaf: “I k het aan den lijve heb ondervonden,” dat niet enkel het ras, maar alleen het anders Nederlands

De interest staat op een laag niveau. Op een historisch laag niveau. Wie geld op een spaarrekening zet mag blij zijn wanneer de bank 2% rente wil vergoeden. En wie dat vergelijkt met de interest van 10 jaar geleden, zal teleurgesteld worden.

Waarom zou je dan nog geld naar de bank brengen? De bekende econoom John Maynard Keynes geeft daarvoor verschillende redenen en een daarvan is het voorzorgsmotief. Dat motief houdt in dat je geld opzij zet om wanneer het nodig is er gebruik van te maken. Uit voorzorg heb je dan geld beschikbaar gehouden. Stel dat je dak van het huis waait, dan is het reuze handig als je genoeg geld hebt om de aannemer direct te laten repareren. Wellicht ben je verzekerd, maar dan nog kan spaargeld ter overbrugging gemakkelijk zijn. Maar ook wanneer de wasmachine kapot gaat, dan is het fijn wanneer je direct naar winkel kunt gaan om een nieuwe machine te kopen.

Wellicht kent ieder ook de mogelijkheid om een wasmachine op afbetaling te kopen. Dan hoef je geen voorzorgskas te hebben. De winkelier laat je in termijnen betalen, terwijl jij toch kunt wassen.

In de FEF wordt in jaar twee het vak bedrijfscalculatie gedoceerd. Daarbij gaat het veelvuldig om renten en procenten, onderwerpen die de echte Bedrijfseconomische FEF-studenten bovenmatig interesseren. Om het vak in de praktijk te brengen, krijgen de studenten na twee weken een opdracht. Die opdracht luidt dat ze in kleine groepjes, ieder naar een andere winkel of een handelsonderneming gaan.

Daar kopen de studenten fictief een artikel. Bijvoorbeeld een koelkast, een ‘flat screen’ of een auto. Er zijn twee manieren om te betalen en wel contant of op afbetaling. En de grote vraag is dan: hoeveel interest rekent de

leverancier werkelijk aan de klant door wanneer die koopt op afbetaling?

De uitkomsten van deze onderzoekjes zijn opmerkelijk. Voor autofinancieringen wordt tegenwoordig ongeveer 15% op jaarbasis doorberekend aan de klant. Voor kleinere artikelen als koelkasten en wasmachines variëren de percentages tussen

30% en 175%. Op jaarbasis wel te verstaan. Daarbij dient bedacht te worden dat veel leveranciers ook nog eens gemakkelijk een paar procent korting geven als je contant betaalt.

Kan de klant dit nou echt niet zien? Om een voorbeeld aan te halen. Bij een bekende winkel kost een mooie koelkast contant f.3.145,-. Op afbetaling moet eerst een aanbetaling worden gedaan van f.865,- en vervolgens 12 keer een maandelijkse betaling van f.333,50. Ieder die even rekent kan zien dat er op afbetaling totaal f.4.867,- dient te worden betaald. Wie bij deze leverancier trouwens 11 termijnen helemaal op tijd betaalt, krijgt de laatste termijn geschonken. Maar dan nog komt het werkelijk betaalde intrestpercentage over het krediet uit op 121% op jaarbasis.

Nu zullen wij niet beweren dat de ondernemer de klant te veel in rekening brengt. Immers, de ondernemer heeft niet alleen rente in rekening gebracht, maar ook opslagen voor administratie en voor het risico van wanbetaling. Maar voor de afbetalende klant is dat niet van belang, want die moet wel alles betalen.

Het antwoord op de vraag in de kop van dit artikeltje kan duidelijk zijn. Sparen is heel rendabel. Je voorkomt er de enorme rentekosten mee die je hebt als je op afbetaling gaat kopen. Lenen kost geld. Sparen heeft dus wel degelijk zin, ook al krijg je nauwelijks interest van de bank. Gewoon, uit voorzorg.

Nog enkele opmerkingen.

•Al minstens tien jaar worden dit soort onderzoeken gedaan bij de FEF. De uitkomsten zijn stabiel, alleen bij de autofinancieringen zie je een lichte daling in de interesttarieven.

•De berekening van de interestpercent-ages gebeurt op basis van de gemiddelde looptijdmethode. Deze methode is geschikt voor interestbe-paling bij kredieten met een korte looptijd.

•In dit artikel worden geen namen van bedrijven gepubliceerd. Iedere lezer zal vanaf nu immers contant gaan betalen en de contante prijzen laten zich gemakkelijk vergelijken.

•Wie moeite heeft om zelf de aantrekkelijkheid te berekenen van contante betaling, kan voor hulp terecht bij de FEF-studenten in de Bedrijfseconomische richting. Hun foto staat hierbij.

•Wie echt zelf wil rekenen, kan zich volgend jaar inschrijven als student bij de FEF.

Sparen Levert niets op?

Reint Schutter,

docent Bedrijfscalculatie FEF

W hat is Scouting?

Scouting is a worldwide organization that was founded in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell in the United Kingdom. Scouting was

designed as a program of informal education with emphasis on the development of leadership abilities/skills and practical outdoor activities such as camp-ing, woodcraft, aqua tics, hiking (in nature settings) and sports. Scouting was and is to date trademarked by the Scout Uniform and Scout Neckerchief (Tie). Since then to date scouting has evolved to better fit the current perspectives pertaining to educating children and youngster to: Scouting as “Education for Life”.

W hat this means is that thru the scout method, the aim is to teach, empower and enable the children and young-

sters between the ages of 5 up t o 18 t o become useful and responsi-ble citizens for our country.This is achieved thru the scout program, in which children and youngsters are taught di erent skills on di erent development field such as, Physical, Character, Creative, Affective, Social and Spiritual development.

Further on, the weekly programs can focus on themes like: Team-building, Personal development, Seasonal themes like: Carnaval, Cultural Feasts, Mothers day, Fathers day, Religious Celebrations and National Feasts like National Flag Day (were scouts are more visible to the community in the marching parade).

Scouting Aruba

Scouting has been going on in Aruba for a number of years now. First with ties thru the Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles to the W orld O rganization of the Scout Movement to recently becoming an o ficial ssociated Member of the I nteramerican Region of the W orld Scout Bureau (Based in G eneva, Switzer land) thru the national organization Scouting Aruba.

Scouting Aruba was founded in the year 2000 as the national organization of Aruban Scouts and functions to date as the umbrella organiza tion which gives support and oversees the 13 groups on Aruba that resort under it.

As stated above there are 13 scout groups on Aruba. They are all located in a district. Some districts even have 2 groups located in them. There are 10 groups which accept boys and girls be tween the ages of 5 t o 18 ye ars old, 2 groups that only accept boys from 5 t o 18 ye ars old and1 group which is only for people with limitations.

B eing a Scout L eader To be(come) a scout leader, means to be an example for the child or youngster whom you are guiding/ mentoring. I t is something that will requi re some amount of commitment on your side, mainly to prepare yourself for the weekly scout meetings, the actual scout meeting with the scouts and attending occasional organization and group meetings.a Ultimately it is something which will help you develop a number of skills. I f I take myself as an example I can say that because of Scouting I am now a better leader, mediator and advisor at work. These are just a couple of skills which you develop. For more information on youth or adult membership please contact me at: [email protected].

As summer approaches, most university students have a countdown for the last lecture to be over to officially welcome summer vaca-tion. This is a practice that we have gone through since kindergarten I would say, but what if we can enjoy summer and yet learn some-thing during that time. Well, some of us students do believe in con-tinuing to learn, even during summertime and absolutely do not regret it.

So what did we do? Allow me to introduce you to Utrecht Sum-mer School. Utrecht Summer School started in 1987, with one course: Dutch Culture and Society. Utrecht Summer School is the largest academic sum-

mer program in The Netherlands and belongs to the biggest sum-mer schools in Europe. In the last two and a half decades, the sum-mer school developed into a broad school with over 150 courses in virtually all disciplines offered by Utrecht University and HU Univer-sity of Applied Sciences. These institutions for higher education of-fer high quality, fully accredited summer courses on bachelor, mas-ter and PhD level. All courses are taught in English by the academic staff. In 2012 Utrecht Summer School attracted over 2500 students

from about 90 different countries.

I attended the course Leadership for Sustainable Innovation for two weeks. How was it? Well, a sum-mer I will never forget. The sum-mer school has a global environ-ment with students attending from all over the world. You have the perfect opportunity to interact and share opinions, this will broaden your perspective on issues affect-ing the world. I would say at the end of the summer school you will have broadened you friendship

network. I have met and I am still in contact with students from Pakistan, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, The Neth-erlands, Switzerland, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador.

The courses are designed to stimulate your brain and this I could noticed in the course I followed. The inspiring teachers would stimulate you to come up with solutions regarding sustainability for the future. The course was innovatively designed with a combina-tion of traditional lectures, field trips, group projects, and even a special guest lecture via Skype to just sit outside in the shade and follow a lecture.

You will have all the opportunity to discover the city of Utrecht, one of the oldest cities of Netherlands with all its culture and history. Utrecht Summer School has an extensive social program for you to discover the city with great parties and in casual settings.

I would encourage every student to start going on the website www.utrechtsummerschool.nl, do some research on the topic. If you are interested in and start saving. If you have any questions you can absolutely contact me, I will be more than happy to help you. The total investment, including travel ticket, housing, course, food, transportation, social activities came to around AWG 5000.- and it was well worth it for the summer I will never forget. Dare to go the extra mile, invest in yourself, meet the world!

A Summer You Will Never Forget By Tyson Lopez

My learning journey as a (new) teacher

y name is Indira Chan and I recently gradu-ated at Instituto Ped-

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My learning journey as a (new) teacher

y name is Indira Chan and I recently gradu-ated at Instituto Ped-

agogico Arubano (IPA). Since August 2012 I am one of the first grade teachers at Colegio Sagrado Curason.

t all sank in hen on the first day o school heard little voic-es say goedemorgen ju rou ndira and as my ama ed eyes

met theirs kne e ere in this together. ogether e could con uere our o n first grade

orld. rom that day on commit-

ed mysel to give it my all and make this school year a meaning-ul one or my students and me. kne that the only ay could

teach them something as i as ready to learn rom them first.

o in my classroom besides my basic primary classroom rules

hich are discipline, structure and order, also allo my students to speak their minds. encourage them to participate, to be critical thinkers and to ork together. find it important that they share their kno ledge ith each oth-er because believe that sharing leads to cooperation and coopera-tion leads to gro th, gro th o our youth and nation. oo bad it s not al ays as easy as it may sound.

eachers ace a lot o challenges. ne o them is that the educa-

tion system as is doesn t give us enough time nor space to ork at the student s pace. he system has its o n pace and students have to ollo it.

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are and here e truly are. e think e are putting the children s needs first kind staat centraal but e are re-

ally creating ollo ers ho don t really kno ho to e press them-selves.

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Indira Chan

mi, Michelline Esmeralda Kelly tin 20 aña di edad y mi ta den e tercer aña di mi estudio na Universidad di Aruba (UA). Despues di e prome

aña na FEF, mi persona a wordo conside-ra como e ‘Beste geslaagde’ di propedeuse jaar. Actualmente mi ta den mi periodo di stage pa por logra adkeri mi ‘Bachelor de-gree in Accounting and Finance’ otro aña escolar. Mi persona ta un miembro di Fundacion Parlamento Hubenil. Fundacion Parlamen-to Hubenil Aruba ta un organisacion cu ta sostene e derecho di hobennan na Aruba, un di e metanan principal cu nos tin ta pa crea lidernan nobo y tambe pa duna e hobennan un voz den nos comunidad.Fundacion Parlamento Hubenil ta organisa eleccionan pa bira Minister Hubenil den diferente areanan cada aña. Despues di un analysis, mi persona a tuma a decision pa postula pa e posicion di Minister Hubenil di Educacion pa aña 2012-2013. Considerando cu Educacion ta un di e base primordial pa crea un ser humano di ad-mira door di su propio famia, amistadnan y te hasta den un comunidad. Na mesun momento e ta formando un gran reto pa e mucha, hoben y adulto. E ta rekeri hopi tempo, recursonan financiero y dedicacion. Educacion ta un cuestion di traha un plan concreto y dun’e su debido atencion pa e wordo realisa exitosamente.Despues di tanda- y preguntanan difisil door di hurado y publico presente, mi a wordo el-igi como Minister Hubenil di Educacion pa e periodo di 2012-2013. Educacion ta mi prioridad di bida. Cu ed-ucacion mi por yuda mi mes, pero mas importante mi famia ,mi amistadnan y mi dushi isla di Aruba. Yudando otro, special-mente nos como hoben ta hopi benificioso pa nos felisidad interno y esaki na mes mo-mento lo ta di gran aporte na economia di Aruba. Na momento cu mi perso-na a postula mi mes, esaki a ensera cumi mester a entre-ga Mi Plan di Maneho como Minister Hu-benil di Educa-cion pa e periodo 2012-2013. Esaki ta unda mi lo mester a formula entre otro: mi interes den e ramo specifico aki di Educacion, mi mission, visión y diferente projectonan cu mi lo kier realisa.

A “Educacion pa Un, Bienestar pa Tur”Dunando atencion na 1 hoben, por hasi e diferencia pa un comunidad completo. Edu-cando 1 hoben por motiva e hoben den cos-nan mas positivo y crea un hoben adulto mas determina pa cu su metanan.

MI VISION

Mi mission ta pa promove logronan den Aruba su hubentud, cu yudansa di enseñansa pa prepara nos hobenan cu metanan positivo y lagando hobenan balora oportunidadnan brinda y cu e idea den men-te cu nan merece pa logra hopi pa Aruba su bienestar.

MI MISSION

Mi persona ta hopi honra pa haya e opor-tunidad pa ta Minister Hubenil di Educacion 2012-2013. E ta un honor pami por contribui na un manera positivo na Aruba, crean-do oportunidadnan nobo y innovativo pa mehoracion den nos educacion. Mirando cu mi persona tin e posibilidad pa crea 3 projec-to, mi lo kier informa boso di mi ideanan. Na prome lugar, ‘Summercourses’ a bira un projecto cu ta rekeri pa hasie cada aña. A kedami 2 oportunidad pa bin cu ideanan nobo riba mesa. Mi persona a pensa riba e siguiente projectonan. Projecto1;Mayornan den desaroyo! Projecto 2; Logrando meta cu mente pos-itivoProjecto 3; Summerfun 2013 (Summer-courses)Na e ocacion aki, mi kier a enfoca mas riba Projecto 1. Mi a bin na e idea aki, miran-do cu aunke bo ta un ser adulto, semper

ta keda un espacio unda bo por crece bo mes como persona. Cu un adulto a bira independiente no kiermeen su educacion a ter-mina e momento ey. Ta net e momento ey tin oportunidad cu por presenta pa sigi riba e desaroyo personal den bida. E concepto ta escohe un (1) Centro di Bario na Aruba y realisa e projecto aki cumi tin den mente. Esaki lo ta un

projecto unda cu nos lo enfoca riba e gra-do di importancia pa re-educa mayornan y adultonanan na Aruba. Nos lo trece difer-ente workshops y actividadnan na e Centro di Bario escohi, na unda cu lo bai tin hopi oportunidad pa mayornan intercambia idea, conosemento y aporta tambe cu sugerenci-anan pa mehoracion den educacion.

Algun aspectonan cu mi persona a tuma den consideracion ta lo siguiente. Pa por realisa e projecto aki mi lo mester informacion,

tempo, placa, facilitators, lugar y organisacion. Pa informacion, mi per-sona a cuminsa tuma contacto cu diferente personan den ramo di enseñansa, parti so-cial y economico. Por medio di entrevistan-

an cu diferente personan den e ramo nan cumi a menciona anterior-

mente, mi lo hasi un seleccion pa yudami cu e projecto. Un aspecto hopi crucial ta e parti di organisa e projecto. Como Minister Hubenil, mi tin un comite cu tey pa yudami pa cu e pro jectonan y tur loke ta relacio-na cu e area di Educacion. Ta importante pa pensa riba e parti financiero tambe pa realisacion di e projecto specifico aki. Pa esey mi persona ta buscando sponsors.Riba un termino corto, mi ta y lo sigi busca fa-ciliators pa yudami riba e dia di e projecto. Essential tambe ta pa aserca algun instan-cia y/of otro fundacionan cu lo por tin un aporte na e projecto aki pa logra yega na nan propio metanan tambe. Riba un termi-no largo, ami conhuntamente cu mi comite lo aproba mi Plan definitivo pa cu e projecto aki. E entrega di mi prome Plan definitivo y concreto mester ta den un periodo prome cu e tres lunanan como Minister Hubenil di Educacion. Den e Plan aki lo por haya mas detaille di e projecto, entre otro e budget, tijdlijn, meta y hopi mas.

Pa mas splicacion di mi projectonan, por comunica cu mi persona libremente. Pa esnan cu ta interesa den mi plan di maneho of kier brinda mi persona ayudo den un projecto, por contactami libremente na e siguiente e-mail.E-mail: [email protected]

Minister Hubenil di Educacion pa anja 2012-2013

Name: MSc. Tracey van der Biezen

Age: 23 years old

School: University of Aruba

Study: Organization, Governance and Management

Academic Year: 1st year

My name is Tracey van der Biezen and I am the Youth Minister of the

Environment of Aruba for the period 2012-‐2013. At the moment, I am studying

at the University of Aruba. It has been only a couple months since I moved back

from Holland to Aruba with the intention to continue with my academic journey.

I lived in Holland for about 5 years and studied at the University of Amsterdam,

which is where I obtained both my Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. I have a

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Geography and Urban & Regional Planning and a

Master’s Degree in International Development Studies.

As of 27th of September 2012, I have been elected as the new Youth

Minister of the Environment of Aruba 2012-‐2013. As the new Youth Minister of

the Environment, I am determined to contribute to our environment and

community by attempting to reverse the destruction of our natural habitat. How?

First, I will attempt to change the “I don’t care” attitudes and mentalities that

prevail among the Aruban society when it comes to conserving our environment.

One of the fundamental tools that I will use is education. I believe that educating

the society, especially the young children, about the importance of conserving

and developing the environment is one of the most important steps that are

ought to be taken, IF we want to change the depreciative attitude and mentality

that dominates the Aruban society in respect to our natural habitat.

Second, I will grab the issue of environmental destruction in Aruba by the horns,

by introducing fruit and vegetable gardens, also referred to as “hofi” in

Papiamento, at every primary school in Oranjestad. The children will get the

chance to grow and harvest fruits and vegetables at their schools, and enjoy the

health and social benefits that these processes and products may bring.

With the cooperation of my team, local organizations and businesses I strive to

achieve all of the abovementioned goals.

By working together we can achieve more!

Love, Tracey van der Biezen

Youth Minister of the Environment of Aruba 2012-‐2013

… and then slowly descending towards the island, with its rugged nature, sunny beaches, and hotels…… no wonder that most people at home didn’t really believe I was going to work there….And yet that was what I had come to do.

The experience was worth my while. I met some very interesting people, among them the University of Aruba’s Rector, Dr. Glenn Thode and also the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), Dr. Paula Kibbelaar. But most of all, I was involved with Organization, Governance and Manage-ment (OGM)’s teaching. Accordingly, I also met with some very enthusiastic Aruban colleagues. And, even better, in a course on client based thinking I was presented with some of the Aruban students’ translations of my own theoretical con-cepts on service delivery in the Aruban setting. To encourage students to connect general theorizing with the island’s spe-cific realities may very well be a strong point of this course.

Involving Aruba’s reality in its day to day teachings and scientific work, provides the ultimate justification to this University’s presence. OGM’s local teaching program is defi-nitely on its way in this respect, making use of my own Utrecht School of Governance’s scientific input. The teaching efforts meet with results. I for instance re-connected with some stu-dents I had seen a couple of years ago, and could observe how they had developed in the meantime. And again, they im-pressed me with their field work stories on policy making and implementation on Aruba. The complexities of implementa-tion was another theme on which I taught.

A long flight from Amsterdam…

The research program is definitely on its way, as well. It was very good, for instance, to meet up with Mieke de Droog, one of the PhD students of Utrecht’s professor Paul Verweel, for whom I have been acting as a PhD coach. The face to face contacts with her on Aruba proved a very welcome addition to the long distance communication we maintain, through e-mail contacts and through Mieke’s occa-sional visits to The Netherlands. But most of all, her interviewing results she presented on the daily needs and experiences of Aruba’s visually impaired, are very promising, indeed. I am looking forward to the book.

I also realized, however, how much effort it takes to main-tain a proper research quality, in a situation that cannot rely on a longstanding tradition of social research. And yet these local re-search efforts are of crucial importance. Doing research enables the Aruban teachers in this field to more effectively instruct their stu-dents; it also will enable them to academically keep up with the in-ternational scientific community. But most of all I think that local research will enable teachers and students, alike, to observe Aruba’s complex realities. And reflect on them in the ‘evidence based’ man-ner only scientific research can provide.

My Aruban week has been very rewarding, indeed. And yes, I definitely had the opportunity to ‘empirically sample’ some of the islands lovely beaches and restaurants and this, also, was a satisfying experience. I enjoyed the company of some very cordial people. Aruba does have very attractive ways of its own.

Dr Marja Gastelaars,

Utrecht School of Governance

University of Utrecht


I remember when three years ago a teacher of my past school, Colegio Arubano, told me to start 'OGM' after I finish school. At that time I liked the idea, but honestly, I had other plans after finishing high school. I wanted to study something completely different and I also wanted to take a whole other road to get to choice of study I had in mind. After a couple of years, which is practically a couple of months ago, I decided that I wanted to study 'OGM'.

Now I am, since August 2012 on the road to my Bachelors degree of OGM.

The study met my expectations, and is fostering me even more as a student. Only a couple of months have passed and I can already say that I like the study.

There is not much more I can tell of my experience at the UA however, it is important for me to tell that the University of Aruba provides students to be involved in different things e.g. clubs and that it is important to gain also experience out of the other academic- possibilities. Clubs are not only meant to just gain experience but, it helps you as a person to grow and to develop skills, that could be even hidden inside of you or that you did not even notice you had.

My advice to all the students is to always try to be involved in other things. Make the choice of study that truly interests you, remember that hard work always pays off and that life is always trying to take a chance to teach you a lesson.

'Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportu-nity.'



I attended to the Green Conference for the first time in October. The conference took place over three days. These three days, were days full of experience, energy, speeches and apprentice. Professionals from different parts of the world and also from Aruba attended this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some speakers took the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that nature provides us on Aruba.


Attendees, professionals, distinguished guests, also students of the University of Aruba were present to be a part of a big change on Aruba. Aruba could make change in the world if we all as a community contribute.

As a OGM-student, who surely wants to contribute to our society. I am grateful that I was provided the chance to attend the Green Conference. I thank the University of Aruba for providing students the opportunity to be a part of something different.


‘If you want to go quick, go alone and if you want to go far, go together.’

- Hugo Meijenfeldt

‘Planet earth is our spaceship and we are all astronauts.’- Wubbo Ockels

attended this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some sptook the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that nature provides us on Aruba.

Attendees, professionals, distinguished guests, also students of the University of Aruba were present to be a part of a big cAruba. Aruba could make change in the world if we all as a community contribute.

attended this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some speaktook the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that nature provides us on Aruba.


As a OGM-student, who surely wants to contribute to our society. I am grateful that I was provided the chance to attend the

attended this event and also gave speeches to present their ideas to make Aruba 'Smart and Sustainable'. I must say, some speakers took the initiative to come up with creative projects, taking in consideration all that nature provides us on Aruba.


student, who surely wants to contribute to our society. I am grateful that I was provided the chance to attend the Green Conference. I thank the University of Aruba for providing students the opportunity to be a part of something different.

Nurianne Helder


By Nurianne Helder


University of Arubawww.ua.aw

Faith makes all things possible,Hope makes all things work,Love makes all things beautiful,May you have all the three forthis Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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