Welcome new alumni! - Maastricht University

Alumni in the pictureWelcome new alumniHundreds of UM students graduated in the past fewmonths, either from the ‘old-style’ doctoraal programmesas a doctorandus or from the new-styleBA/MA system as a Bachelor or Master. This meansthat the number of alumni has rapidly increased,bringing the number of alumni to more than 25,000!A warm welcome to all brand new alumni!On 19 and 20 October four groups of students fromthe Faculty of Law received their bachelor’s of master’sdegree. On the left the happy bachelors, on theThe bachelors of the Faculty of Law.right the two groups of master’s graduates.No fewer than 700 students from the Faculty ofEconomics and Business Administration made itto the graduation finish line.The new masters of the Faculty of Law.On 24 and 25 October, 38 students from the Faculty20of Psychology received their master’s degree. Amongthem are also a student with a bachelor’s degree fromUniversity College Maastricht and an economicsstudent, who, together with another15 students, was awardedthe designation ‘cum laude’(distinction). The graduatesreceived an MSc mug. All newmasters were personallycongratulated(see photos).ContinuUM | Year 5 | number 2 | December 2006Alumnus shortlistedThe PhD thesis ‘Waar gaan wij heen met het Fries?’, about thedevelopment of the Frisian language in the Netherlands, byalumnus Bastiaan van der Velden (law faculty) was one of the sixnominees shortlisted for the Dr. Joast Halbertsma award. Thisprize is awarded once every three years for scientific work aboutthe Dutch province of Friesland in the area of history, languageand literature science and social sciences. In 2004, Van der Veldencompleted his PhD research on the use of Frisian in legislationand administration during the last two centuries. The prize waseventually awarded to a series of books on Fries pottery.Arts and Social Sciences alumnusappointed as artistic leader ofart cinemaDavid Deprez, alumnus of the Facultyof Arts and Social Sciences, has beenappointed as artistic leader of FilmhuisLumière in Maastricht.Graduating and racingStudying and racing: the perfect combination for Xavier Maassen.As a race car driver he did fairly well in the Formule Renault 2000,and he recently graduated in International Business from UM.His bachelor’s thesis was entitled: ‘Sport Sponsorship: CEO’s Toy ora True Marketing Tool’. Even though car sports will always rank first,Maassen will continue to work on his specialism ‘Sport sponsoring’on a regular basis in future.