GHD Ubbo Emmius

Dear Ubbo Emmians, 

I would like to introduce you to our wonderful committee: the Career Committee! We are a group of eight members who share a few important things: a love for fun, a good glass of wine, and of course organising great career activities where you can discover the many different career paths available to historians. We are organising three activities this year; a daytrip (we went to Amersfoort this year), a multiple day trip to Brussels and Maastricht and a career market at the end of this year. None of this would be possible without the efforts of the whole committee, which is why I would like to introduce everyone to you.

​First, I will introduce you to our newest members: Laurens van Oene and Sascha Hoogeveen. They joined our committee in January, and we are very happy with them. Laurens van Oene always tells stories about (and brings) delicious wines to our meetings and knows a lot about Dutch politics, which comes in handy in our committee. As General Member he steps in where he can and where help is needed. Sascha is, like a few other committee members, not afraid to talk and does not let others walk over her easily. That means that she gets her tasks done quickly and thoroughly. Sascha fills our meetings with fun facts about actually anything and we listen (most times) attentively. Because of a shift in our committee, Sascha is now, together with Simon, part of the PR team! 

​Simon Prins, as original PR member has made, and will make more in the future, beautiful posters to attract many participants to our activities. Simon enjoys us at our meetings with jokes and laughter and makes us laugh with him. Fun facts are a recurrent thing in our committee, as Simon knows a lot of (random) things too. For example, about geography and flags no one even knew the country of. Thanks to him, we all learn something new.

​Then, we cannot forget our great Treasurer Laurens van Mulligen. He makes sure all our finances are in order, divides our committee budget evenly and provides great financial insights and advise with his experiences. We would be lost without him. Next to that, Laurens is also someone who is not afraid to talk and is often chosen as “sourest” in our committee. A dignified agenda point during our meetings. Also, as an active member of CDA Hoogeveen, Laurens has short lines with EU members, which has come in quite handy for us, as it turned out. 

​Unfortunately (for us), our former Secretary Eva Mijnders is already grown up and has an adult job. This means she cannot be at all meetings anymore. Therefore, she has decided to become General Member and will help wherever she can. Ronja Groenewolt, as former PR, has jumped in and become our new Secretary. She makes sure that all our opinions are logically written down for the Board; which can be quite challenging. Ronja is very interested in old buildings and historical heritage. Together with Eva, she keeps the balance between political and culturally more even within our group.

​Then our can-do-everything vice-chair Bo Zuidberg. As an old board chair, he helps me quite well with all the things a chair needs to do. He keeps me sharp and takes over the meeting whenever I am not present. Next to that, he takes the minutes when our secretary is not absent and helps with posters if that is necessary. In other words: a great can-do-everything person who cannot be missed in our committee. Next to that, Bo knows also a lot of random fun facts and even wants to do fun little quizzes long after our meeting is closed. All in all, we make a fun and “gezellige” committee and we do our best to make fun and interesting career related activities for you! 

See you soon! 

The Career Committee of 2025/2026