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Nelly Litvak Teacher of the year 2022 Wednesday 15 June 2022 10:49
Nelly Litvak is the winner of the Educational award and can therefore call herself UT Teacher of the year 2022. Thursday afternoon, in the finals in Waaier 3, she beat her colleague lecturers Farid Vahdatikhaki, Ipek Seyran Topan and Wallace Corbo Ugulino.
Each of the four of them gave a guest lecture in the half-filled lecture hall Waaier 3. Litvak, professor of algorithmic complex networks, got those present to think about the term ‘distance’. In her lecture, named From A to B and Beyond, she sought interaction with the public through a short quiz. She showed, with the assistance of a picture of Manhattan – a borough of New York – how to calculate distance in a certain way: the Manhattan metric.
The patience of the lecturers and the crowd was put to quite the test after the lectures. It took the jury more than an hour to determine a winner. After that succeeded, Litvak was presented with a flower bouquet from jury chairwoman Anne Leferink, last year’s winner. The jury described Litvak as ‘patient and respectful’. She will also receive a cash prize of 2,500 euros and a certificate.
For the full article check out https://www.utoday.nl/news/71559/nelly-litvak-lecturer-of-the-year-2022
Chess tournament Tuesday 7 June 2022 12:38
Like in previous years the Ab-Actie organised a chess tournament for all its members. It consisted of seven preliminaries, after which eight players were left to fight for the title. Matthias Kruimer, who went unbeaten in the preliminaries, wasn't able to beat Gerbert Leeftink for the second time in the Semi-finals and Jasper de Jong beat out Bodo Manthey in the other semi-final. Leaving us with the classic match-up between Gerbert Leeftink and Jasper de Jong and this year Gerbert won out and is the chess tournament champion of this year. It was a great tournament with 30(!) participants and a lot of great matches were played, hopefully, we will get just as many next year and once again we would like to congratulate Gerbert on his win!
Jorg & Niels (chess tournament organisation)
Flowers from the Education committee Thursday 12 May 2022 15:27
After getting recommended throughout the third quartile, the Education Committee has decided to give Matthias Walter a bouquet of flowers.
In this quartile, Matthias gave the course Mixed-Integer optimization. He put in a lot of effort into the course, which was clearly visible from the consistent quality of the micro lectures, as they were great to watch. On top of that we also applaud that it was easy to establish contact with Matthias as well as to receive feedback. These two factors resulted in a very pleasant experience for the master students who followed his course.
Therefore the Education Committee thinks that Matthias has definitely earned this bouquet. Thank you Matthias for all your hard work!
Candidate board 2022-2023 Thursday 28 April 2022 17:39
We are proud to present to you the candidate 55th board of W.S.G. Abacus! They have been revealed on April 28. The following people will hopefully be in charge of our wonderful association in the next academic year:
Chairman - Rutger van der Graaf
Secretary - Jorrit Wilmink
Treasurer - Wessel Heerink
Officer of Internal Affairs and Educational Affairs - Niels Berg
Officer of External Affairs - Chendo Helmink
General Adjunct - Felix Schwenninger
Yip yip!
The 54th board of W.S.G. Abacus
Introducing: bring your plants to the Abacus room & the summary database Thursday 21 April 2022 17:12
Do you want to breath more oxygen in the Abacus room? Have you always missed something green in the Abacus room? You can do something about this! We want to boost the appearance of our association room by adding some plants to the interior. Therefore, if you have some spare plants, which are dying of neglect in your room, give them a new life in the Abacus room!
It is now possible to share the summaries that you made long ago for your courses, and will probably never use again, with Abacus members who still have to pass those courses. Simply bring your summary to the Abacus room or send a scan to the board. The summaries that we collect will be uploaded to the Abacus website, with credits of course, where they can be viewed by other students.
Corona measures update 28/02 Monday 28 February 2022 12:49
We are happy to announce that almost all COVID measures have been lifted! In short, this means that:
- there is no maximum number of people in the room and balcony
- wearing a mask is not necessary anymore
- keeping distance is not necessary anymore
- drinks and activities can take place as usual, without QR
- committee meetings are possible again in the room
Keep in mind that the UT still advises to do a self test twice a week, and to stay at home in case of symptoms.
We hope to see you again soon at one of our drinks, activities, or in the room!
Yip yip,
board 54
Room closes at 12.00 (18 feb) Friday 18 February 2022 10:16
All UT buildings close at 12:00 on 18 February, because of the severity of storm Eunice. Therefore, the Abacus room will also close at 12:00 today. Enjoy your education free week, and see you after the holidays again!
Kind regards,
Board 54
Flowers from the Education committee Thursday 17 February 2022 11:31
After the 2nd quartile, the Education Committee has awarded Felix Schwenninger a bouquet of flowers.
During last quartile and semester Felix put lots of effort into accomodating students and their needs when it came to its way of teaching. He was open to discussion and easy to reach out to for help. He also dedicated his free time to his students by organising extra not planned sessions whenever asked by the students or whenever he felt the students could use some extra support. He has shown to be understanding and patient and to have great attention for his students.
Many students were able to appreciate Felix's efforts and his dedication deserved to be rewarded.
Thank you for your hard work, Felix!
We hope many more students can enjoy your teaching in the future.
AMEP 2022 Monday 7 February 2022 08:59
The AMEP (Applied Mathematics Educational Prize) is a prize given out yearly to one of the staff members of Applied Mathematics for their dedication to and passion for education and research.
During the Education Week, organised by the Education committee, three candidates, all elected by students, are given the chance to give a short mathematical talk based on a theme, different each year.
Last year Tracy Craig won the prize by giving a talk in theme 'Online Mathematical Education'.
This year, once again, we ask you to nominate staff members who you think should be appraised for their hard work.
If you think there is a staff member who deserves to be recognised for their efforts, don't hesitate and vote for them by following the link below.
See you all soon at the AMEP!
Link: https://forms.gle/QwCxDojpxNqF4WpK8
Update Corona measures 17 January 2021 Monday 17 January 2022 17:49
The UT has published its policy, and we are happy to welcome you on the balcony and in the room again!
The following new corona measures will hold for Abacus until further notice:
- General UT building policy: keep 1.5m distance and wear a mask whenever you are walking in a UT building. This applies to everything mentioned below.
- The room is open every work day from at least 08:30 till 17:00.
- Studying is still possible in Educafé and there are three study places at the board table in the room.
- Committee meetings can take place physically if desired by the committee. Book a project room or ask your board responsible(s) to book one of the drinking rooms for you.
- Activities and Lunch lectures can take place physically (without alcoholic beverages) as long as the UT building policy is taken into account.
[Update 27 January 2022]:
- Drinks can take place with Corona Admission Ticket, seated at 1.5m distance!
- Three extra study places are available in the left part of the room
- Mask does not need to be worn when seated at 1.5m distance
The already existing measures that will still hold, include:
- The board will be available in the room, and contact through WhatsApp, email, or Discord is of course also still possible.
We hope to see you soon!
Kind regards,
The 54th board of W.S.G. Abacus