Meet our alumni
Bert Jonasse
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Year of Enrolment: 1999
Year of Graduation: 2003
Current employer: SAB Catering BV
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Please give a short description of your function.
Training Manager. I am responsible for the training of 750 catering employees.
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
Definitely
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
Informative
To email me click here (link)
Tjeerd Castelein
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Year of Enrolment:1993
Year of Graduation:1997
Current employer: Owner of supermarket Super de Boer in Giekerk
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Please give a short description of your function.
Owner en entrepreneur of supermarket. My job is to determine the long term vission en mission (goals) of the company and to achieve this within the given time.
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
Certainly, by developing a level of thinking and intelligence, the so named competences.
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
Gaining theoretical experience by doing and exploring.
To email me click here (link)
Bert van der Meer
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Year of Enrolment: 1993
Year of Graduation: 1997
Current employer: Tchai International, Ridderkerk
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Please give a short description of your function.
Senior Account Manager (Germany & Scandinavia)
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
Yes, it gave me a basis of knowledge in different areas (marketing, sales, etc.)
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
The beginning of the rest of my life/career.
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Saskia Gunnink
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Study Programme: Tourism Management, MAILTS
Year of Enrolment: 2001 for Tourism Management, 2005 for MAILTS
Year of Graduation: 2005 for Tourism Management, 2006 for MAILTS
Current employer: OAD Reizen
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Please give a short description of your function.
I am working on the product management department for Italy . We work on everything concerning the travel brochure for Italy . This differs from having contact with agents and accommodations up to creating the pages for the brochures.
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
My educational experience at the Stenden did indeed contribute to my current career. Learning about the different sides of tourism and especially on the touroperating-area contributes to my current working experience.
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
'It all depends upon your theoretical framework'
To email me click here (link)
Floris Hegger
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Study Programme: MAILTS
Year of Enrolment: 2004
Year of Graduation: 2006
Current employer: ISM & Stenden
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Please give a short description of your function.
I'm doing tourism research and I assist students with their third year research programme
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
Yes.
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
A multicultural experience with in-depth knowledge of leisure & tourism areas, resulting in learning how to write a thesis.
To email me click here (link)
Marit Rijke
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Year of Enrolment: Leisure: 2000 - 2004. Master: 2004 - 2005.
Year of Graduation: Leisure: 2004. Master: 2005.
Current employer: Stenden Hogeschool Nederland
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Please give a short description of your function.
I'm a teacher at the International Hospitality Management School (Stenden)
Did the educational experience at Stenden contribute to your current career?
Yes, indeed.
If you could specify your study experience at Stenden in one sentence, how would you describe it?
A great and qualified learning experience.
To email me click here (link)