Hello BeBuddy members,

here are some useful information for you:

1) Deutschstunde @Humboldthaus on Fridays, 1-3pm, starting this friday (Oct 5)!

To all our German speaking students: Sign up as a German tutor and help your international fellows to learn German in a nice and relaxed atmosphere.

The International Office organizes German mentoring meetings in the Humboldthaus every Friday, 1-3pm. German speaking students act as tutors to international students and provide them with additional support in learning German. You can just sit and talk about different topics, exchange interesting information about your studies or read German newspapers or other interesting texts together.

Date: Starting Oct 5, 2018, every Friday from 1 - 3 pm

Location: Humboldt-Haus (Pontstr. 41) Aachen, 2^nd floor.

Fees: None (international students who want to learn German do not need to register)

In case you want to act as a German mentor, pls fill out the doodle link: https://doodle.com/poll/w4k5kapitivsrrnz (international students should not fill it out)

Your commitment as a tutor will be considered for the Certificate International, voluntary component of group 1.

2) Time to get to know BeBuddy fellows: BeBuddy Get-Together on Oct 4, 2018

Our BeBuddy Get-Together evening gives you the opportunity to meet other students who are also part of this program and make new friends.

When? Oct 4, Wednesday, 7pm-10pm
Location: „Papillon“, Pontstraße 151 (http://www.cafepapillon-ac.de/)
Registration: None

Please click here to get more information on facebook.

3) Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE) is looking for you!

Do you want to make your student exchange special? Join ACE’s international community, share your interests and ideas with them and make new friends from all over the world!

ACE (Association for Cultural Exchange) is a student organization at the RWTH Aachen University, promoting cultural exchange between international students and local students.

What does ACE do?

At ACE, there are several ACE Mentors Groups, consisting of several international students as well as two locals. As a group, there will be several activities (which is completely dependent on the dynamics and participation within the group) such as cooking together, going out, travelling, sports etc. Of course you can also suggest ideas of your own.

But wait! That's not all: Throughout the whole semester, ACE will also have some bigger events where you can meet other members and participants from other groups as well! In the past, they celebrated Karneval together (a local festivity) and travelled to Malaga for a weekend, just to name a few.

If interested, pls fill out following form:

https://goo.gl/forms/6gTFy5LjOWjwcm0H2

ACE social media channels:

https://www.facebook.com/team.ace.ac/

Instagram: ace.aachen

https://www.instagram.com/ace.aachen/

4) RWTH Intercultural training – focus India and China

You are planning a stay abroad in China or India? You are fascinated by (one of) these countries and their rich culture? You plan to mentor a student coming from China or India? Then feel free to subscribe to the free-of-charge intercultural training with focus on India or China given by two expert trainers.

During this 2-day training, you will enhance your intercultural competence and get to know different cultural values. You can learn more about the differences and similarities between your native culture and the Chinese or Indian culture.

The first day will focus on giving you a general insight into intercultural communication. During the second day, the group will split – there will be a group focusing on China and another focusing on India. You can decide to which group you want to belong.

When: Oct 24 + 25, 2018

Language: English
Location: You will get the information after the registration
Registration: The number of the participants for each date is limited. Please send an email to (Ms.) Dominika Dudzik Dominika.Dudzik@zhv.rwth-aachen.de
Fee: This workshop is free of charge.

5) BEST Aachen invites you to join the ‘Student Tech Clash’

#What: Reply Student Tech Clash with BEST Aachen

#Date: 10 October 9:00

#Venue: 1830|004, Eilfschornsteinstraße 7, Aachen

#Topic: Biotech: Advanced Traceability (You don’t need to be an expert on Biotech to compete ;)

#Registration Page: http://bit.ly/studenttechclash_biotech

Are you ready to start the new semester on a high? Are you willing to compete with 1000 students from 5 top European Universities and prove that you are the ultimate champion? And are you excited to win cool prizes! Then look no further, this is the competition for you!

BEST Aachen and Reply bring you ‘Student Tech Clash’, a live case study challenge, where you will compete live with students from Queen Mary University London, TU Delft, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano and RWTH Aachen. The general topic for the Case Study competition is ‘Biotech: Advanced Traceability’. But rest assured, you don’t need a Biotech background to compete. In this competition, everything is about multidisciplinarity. Plus, Reply experts will be there to help you, in case you get stuck. The winning team here at RWTH Aachen would be given JBL wireless speakers as a prize. On top of this, an overall winning team would be chosen among the participating universities. Imagine being the winner among the 5 top technical universities of Europe!!

However, it’s not just the work but doing it while having lots of fun that will count. Hence, there will be simultaneous Social Media challenges going on throughout the day. And yes, BEST Aachen knows that to compete at your best, the body needs fuel and they will ensure that you stay energized the whole day with refreshing coffee and lunch breaks. #FreeFood ;)

Hurry up! Registrations close on 8th October, 23:00

If you want to know more about this Student Tech Clash, don’t hesitate to contact BEST Aachen at aachen@best.eu.org or message us at our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/BESTAachen

Last, but not least: To those, who have already subscribed to the BeBuddy programme as a mentee and are waiting to be matched with a buddy: Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that you will be matched in time, especially before the start of the winter semester, as many international students are coming to Aachen during this period and are waiting for a buddy. We will do our best to provide you with a buddy as soon as possible and thank you for your understanding should this take a little longer.

Have a nice rest of the week and to all international freshers: Enjoy the Welcome Week J,

Dominika Dudzik and the BeBuddy Team

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