{"id":2724,"date":"2016-08-30T16:40:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/30\/universiteit-huldigt-efr-met-civilitate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:09","slug":"universiteit-huldigt-efr-met-civilitate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/30\/universiteit-huldigt-efr-met-civilitate\/","title":{"rendered":"University honours EFR with Civilitate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The EFR-Board of 2016-2017 on stage to receive the award from rector Pols<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

On the first day of the academic year, EFR was presented with the Civilitate<\/a> by rector Huib Pols. The student association received the honour mainly for organising visits by big names in global politics, like UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon last April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Surprised and honoured<\/h3>

It came as a complete surprise to the EFR Board, both old and new, when the rector took the floor prior to EFR\u2019s introductory talk to first-year economics students. \u201cWe knew that something was going to happen, but not what,\u201d said president Sebastiaan Fromm\u00e9, who will officially take over the chair from Rik Bross next week. The committee members were therefore delighted, honoured and proud with this award.<\/p>\n

Ban Ki-Moon and Desmond Tutu<\/h3>

On behalf of the Executive Board, the rector praised the work of the EFR and its ability to \u2018establish contacts between students and the public and private sectors\u2019. Ban Ki-Moon\u2019s visit to the campus for the World Leader Cycle last April and Desmond Tutu\u2019s arrival at the end of 2014 at the invitation of EFR were particular reasons why the Economics faculty asked the Executive Board to award the Civilitate to the EFR.<\/p>\n

Last Civilitate awarded in 2009<\/h3>

The Civilitate was last awarded in 2009. In the past it was usually presented to Olympic medal winners who were studying at the university or students who had devoted themselves to society during their studies. Read here<\/a> about previous recipients of the Civilitate.<\/p>\n\n\t

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