{"id":159279,"date":"2023-09-29T12:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=159279"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:59","slug":"lecturer-jurgen-damen-killed-in-shooting-a-figurehead-of-our-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/09\/29\/lecturer-jurgen-damen-killed-in-shooting-a-figurehead-of-our-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecturer Jurgen Damen, killed in shooting, a ‘pivotal figure in our education’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurgen Damen, the 43-year-old lecturer who was killed in the shooting at Erasmus MC on Thursday, was \u2018a standard bearer for education in Rotterdam\u2019, dean and board chairman Stefan Sleijfer told NOS<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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In Erasmus MC, a memorial place has been set up for Jurgen Damen.<\/span><\/p>

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Apart from being a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Damen was also a doctor at a health centre in Katendrecht. There, colleagues and patients laid flowers. At Erasmus MC, he taught the course Practicum Clinical Skills, which brought him into contact with many students.<\/p>\n

Vice-dean Maarten Frens called Damen \u2018a pivotal figure in our education\u2019. \u201cHe was very competent and put his heart and passion into teaching.\u201d Sleijfer describes the lecturer at NOS as a \u2018highly valued employee\u2019 who was much involved in educational innovations. \u201cHe was a standard bearer for education in Rotterdam.\u201d<\/p>\n

The university reacted to the events with shock. \u201cIt has become a pitch-black day for the university now that it has become known that the perpetrator of the shooting was a student of Erasmus University Rotterdam\u201d, the website reads<\/a>. \u201cBesides taking the life of a 39-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter, he also fatally shot a lecturer from our university.\u201d<\/p>\n

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People lay flowers at a memorial site in the hospital.<\/span><\/p>

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On Friday afternoon, there will be a memorial service for students and at Woudestein, student psychologists will be ready at 14.00 in the Living Room in the Langeveld building.<\/p>\n\n\t

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