{"id":141548,"date":"2022-06-15T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=141548"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:20","slug":"sandra-garstka-is-winner-of-the-student-of-the-year-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/06\/15\/sandra-garstka-is-winner-of-the-student-of-the-year-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Garstka is winner of the Student of the Year election"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Wow!” That was the first word that Sandra Garstka uttered when presenters Tessa Hofland and David Boeren announced during The Bye Bye Show that she is the winner of the Student of the Year election.<\/p>\n

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After The Bye Bye Show winner Sandra Garstka wanted to be on the photo with Erasmus. <\/span><\/p>

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The Erasmus Music Association welcomed the public to the Erasmus Pavilion on Tuesday afternoon at four o\u2019clock sharp to the tune of Ariana Grande\u2019s \u2018Almost is Never Enough\u2019<\/em>. The five nominees for the title of Student of the Year then filed into the hall in an alternative kind of cort\u00e8ge, led by Erasmus and \u2018bagpipe Richard\u2019 who played Scottish bagpipe music.<\/p>\n

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The Erasmus Music Association played Ariana Grande's Almost is Never Enough during The Bye Bye Show, among other songs.<\/span><\/p>

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Inspirational students<\/h2>

During The Bye Bye Show (the unofficial closing of the academic year) everything revolvesdaround the Student of the Year election. The board of Geneeskundestudenten In De Samenleving\u00a0<\/em>(Medical Students in Society), Berfu Ege S\u00f6be, Sandra Garstka, Kyra Mulders and Amir Abdelmoumen had all been nominated by a jury for the title. The Student of the Year award is not awarded to someone on the merits of their academic success, but rather to a student who has worked selflessly to help others, both inside and outside of their studies.<\/p>\n

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Audience of The Bye Bye Show welcomes the five nominees for the Student of the Year election.<\/span><\/p>

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Fantastic<\/h2>

More than two thousand people voted for the nominees. As the show came to an end, Tessa and David announced the winner of Student of the Year election: Sandra Garstka.<\/p>\n\n\t

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