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Want to shape the future of EEMCS? Placed on 5 June 2026
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is seeking a new student assessor, effective September 1, 2026, to serve on the faculty board.
Do you want to gain experience in management and governance and learn about the ins and outs of the faculty and the university?
Do you want to build up a professional network, both inside and outside of the faculty? Apply for the position of student assessor!
The student assessor role runs from September 1, 2026, to September 1, 2027. It takes around 8 hours a week, with most of that time flexible to accommodate your studies. In return, you get the chance to gain valuable experience at the faculty level and receive a monthly reimbursement of €544.
Click here for more information: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/news/2026/5/928856/call-to-eemcs-students-to-apply-eemcs-student-assessor.
Pim van 't Hof at the TOTYA Placed on 27 May 2026
As the Week of Education draws near, we are very happy to announce that, once again, a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics not only won the Education Prize of one of the study associations at the UT, but also was nominated as a finalist for the Teacher Of The Year Award (TOTYA).
Pim van 't Hof was recognised as one of the top three outstanding teachers among winner of decentralised Teacher of the Year awards. He will be speaking at the TOTYA, which will take place on Thursday 11 June 2026, 14:00 - 16:30, in Amphiteather, Vrijhof. More information about the event can be found here.
As audience vote also plays a role in who will be the final winner of the TOTYA, we hope that many of you will show up to support Pim as he showcases his talent for education and care for students! You can sign up for the event for free here.
We hope to see many of you there helping Pim's winning chances!
Candidate Board 2026-2027 Placed on 30 April 2026
We are proud that we can announce the candidates for the 59th board of Wiskundig Studiegenootschap Abacus! Last week, on the 22nd of April, they were announced in the following order:
Chair: Fleur ter Braak
Secretary & Officer of External Affairs: Pepijn Schreurs
Treasurer: Lenka Troiakova
Officer of Internal Affairs: Tycho Borm
Officer of Educational Affairs: Robert-Jan Nijhuis
General Adjunct: Eyal Castiel
We would like to wish them good luck for the coming months as candidate board members and have good faith that they will be officially constituted at the first of September.
Bibbidi Babbidi Boo - the 58th board of W.S.G. Abacus
Calendar Week overview | Month overview
Today 12:00 | Active Members Weekend @ Texel 26It's time for the Active Members Weekend, and we are going to Texel again! During this weekend, we will thank all the active members of Abacus by hosting lots of amazing activities for you all. On Friday at 12:00, we will start with the Train Game. During this train game, we will be traveling through the country by train and we will make this a small game. More details on the exact rules of the train game will follow on the day itself. When enrolling, please specify if you will join the train game. If you want to join the train game, but do not have free OV travel on Friday after 12:00, contact the board. |
15/06 16:00 | Study Evening @ CR 2H 7Study for your upcoming exams at the study evening! There will be a TA present for the module 4 subjects, so you can ask all the questions you still have!
It will also be possible to order a pokébowl if you enrol before the 12th of June, 14:00. The price for this will probably be less than 5 euros. |
17/06 16:00 | End of the Year Activity @ O&O-square/Bordes 18 / 35Celebrate the end of the year which is nearing! There will be dinner made by our own CookCooC, for a max of €2! Choose the dinner sign-up if you want to join this dinner dinner. You can enrol for joining dinner until Tuesday June 16th, 17:00 at the latest. Costs will be at a maximum of 2 euros, but it will probably be less. The dish will be at least (partly) vegetarian. In case of specific allergies or other wishes, you can contact the committee (cookcooc@abacus.utwente.nl) and we will look into what is possible. |
18/06 15:30 | Elfbierentocht with food @ Campus 13 / 13On the 18th of June, the legendary 'Elfbierentocht' (Eleven Beers Tour) will take place. This yearly event is the biggest campus pub crawl of the University of Twente, where you can visit the drinking rooms of all study associations and end in the Vestingbar. If the enrolments are full send a mail to board@abacus.utwente.nl than the board will put you on the waiting list. |
18/06 15:30 | Elfbierentocht without food @ Campus 14 / 14On the 18th of June, the legendary 'Elfbierentocht' (Eleven Beers Tour) will take place. This yearly event is the biggest campus pub crawl of the University of Twente, where you can visit the drinking rooms of all study associations and end in the Vestingbar. If the enrolments are full send an e-mail to board@abacus.utwente.nl than we will put you on the waiting list. |