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Thursday 3 May 2018

Applications are on at the University of Aruba:

Let’s meet Faculty for Accounting, Finance and Marketing

Small & Personal opportunities This University
His cards changed when is a great step-up for stu-
he met Charisse Hoen, dents who are still young or
Student Affairs & Market- not sure if they wish to go
ing coordinator at the uni- abroad yet. You can pre-
versity. “I met her during pare yourself here.”
a course Higher Manage- FEF is an educational insti-
ment outside the university, tute that offers acknowl-
where she was the lecturer. edged bachelor programs
It was Charisse who inspired in applied sciences. The
me to come to the univer- curriculum is structured and
sity and I was enthusiastic.” updated with the latest
Emile has always been in- trends and developments
terested in business and at of both the Aruban busi-
some point in his life he likes ness community as well as
to have his own business. the international academ-
“That was my motivation ic community. With a bal-
to choose Accounting & anced mix of professional
Finance. It teaches me to lecturers and academic
create business plans, cal- lecturers, they aim to stimu-
culate projects and much late students to broaden
more. Compared to the their scope internationally
level in the Netherlands and to explore and culti-
we are doing pretty much vate their passions and tal-
the same here. But here ents. Moreover: this faculty
the subjects are broad, the is likewise the Law-faculty
classes are small and that (FdR) fully positively judged
makes it very personal, it is by the NVAO (Dutch-Flem-
easy to talk to the lecturers. ish Accreditation Organiza-
There is a lot of interaction. I tion).
am happy with my choice.
Here you can do exchange For more information please
programs, your final thesis check the website http://
abroad, and your master www.ua.aw/ or Facebook
abroad…. There are many University of Aruba.q

By Linda Reijnders ated from the local high er know what will happen
ORANJESTAD – The Universi- school Havo Colegio Aru- and danger may occur. It
ty of Aruba is open to appli- bano. He was still quite toughens you. You learn to
cations this month and that young and not sure what use arms and physically it
is a great opportunity to talk would be his near future is a great training. I was 19
to some of their remark- plan. “I went working in dif- when I entered the Coast
able students. Meet Emile ferent jobs until I visited a Guard and they offer you
Felida, 3rd year student at College Fair. It was there study and tests. I had to
the Faculty for Account- where I met the Coast do that in Curacao for 11
ing, Finance and Marketing Guards. I found them inter- months.” After he worked
of the University of Aruba esting and I thought it was one and a half year for the
(FEF).”I am very happy with a good base. After doing Coast Guard he went to
my choice to study here. I some tests I managed to study in The Netherlands:
feel this university prepares get accepted at their base Integral Security Science.
me for the road I decided at the barracks in Savane- “But I did not like it that
to take.” ta, where the Dutch ma- much. I had all those ex-
rines are located.” He liked periences but still did not
That road was not entirely it because it is a daring and find what I was looking for
clear when Emile gradu- challenging job. “You nev- exactly.”