His mother was once a star in the Brazilian national volleyball team and his father is a passionate rower. It’s no wonder that Bernardo Boggian has been a keen athlete all his life. Currently, the student of International Business is rowing every day. His goal? Rowing with Brazil’s giants. Bernardo started his career as a […]
‘I returned with a full heart’, says an emotional Yvonne Janssen, lecturer at the Avans School of International Studies. The lecturer has recently returned from the Greek island of Lesbos, where she and colleague Sandra Baaijens worked as volunteers in the Kara Tepe refugee camp for 1 week. Janssen and Baaijens always felt strongly about […]
To what extent does your heritage determine your future? We investigate this question in a series of interviews with Avans students with a migration background. International Business student Juan Gonzalez Cordona: ‘I understand what “home” means but I don’t know how “home” feels.’ Why did you move to the Netherlands? ‘I moved to Germany when […]
Traveller, yoga instructor, student, environmentalist. All of these words can be used to describe Karime Mojica Handal. Hailing from Saltillo, Mexico she is now a second year student Environmental Sciences in Breda. “In the Netherlands I get the chance to be more independent.” In the past four years Karime spent more time abroad than at […]
Alberto Mori has been all over the world. From his home town of Fidenza in Italy to rural Kentucky USA and the slums of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz in Argentina, he’s seen it all. Now he studies International Business and Management at Avans in Breda. “I didn’t want to study in the same […]
Each year, Avans welcomes hundreds of foreign students from all parts of the world. To celebrate this Avans participates in the Week of the International Student. On 13 and 15 November foreign students can take part in two activities in Breda and Den Bosch. The Week of the International Student is organized by NUFFIC, the […]
Twelve students of Avans Breda cleared a shocking amount of trash out of the Breda canals. During a boat ride of only two hours they managed to fill six supersized trash bags with aluminum, plastic, glass and other waste. The activity took place on the 10th of October and was organized by international student Alex […]
For the seventh time in 10 years, Avans was crowned top large university of applied sciences in the Netherlands by Keuzegids. Is it therefore possible to make any further improvements? Jacomine Ravensbergen, member of the Executive Board, thinks that it is. Ravensbergen is pleased with the fantastic result in the Keuzegids. “What is striking is […]
Riding your Harley Davidson through Breda dressed in a smart suit and patent leather shoes is not something you do everyday. Hans van Gils, lecturer at the Avans School of International Studies (ASIS), will do just that on Sunday 30 September. He’s one of the participants of the Gentleman’s Ride, a global event held to […]
Avans University of Applied Sciences welcomes its new international students with a free barbecue at BRESS Breda on September 27th at 5 pm. The first edition of the Avans Inte-Great International BBQ is meant for all international students that want to meet up with their fellow international students across all Avans study programmes. Connect with […]