Following an invitation extended to everyone at TU/e by Executive Board chairman Jan Mengelers, students and staff can mark April 22-24, 2016 in their planners. A committee of some ten TU/e people from all walks of the university started preparing for the anniversary celebration.

Committee chairwoman Elphi Nelissen (dean at Built Environment) stresses that there’s still a lot to be done, but the anniversary will definitely be celebrated in the second half of April. “We’ve deliberately planned the event at the same time of the dies natalis.” The 55th anniversary back in 2011 was celebrated with several events at different locations throughout the year, featuring the SuperTU/esdays at a number of departments. “It seemed best to celebrate our university’s anniversary during a single event.”

Nelissen promises the upcoming anniversary will be largely about “partying”, but there will also be “interesting talks from our community. I hope students and faculty will become even more aware of what our university represents”. The three-day event is open to staff and students of TU/e, but people from the city and region are most welcome, too.

The committee is thinking about an anniversary memento as well. What it will be exactly is yet unsure, but ideas abound. Nelissen: “It will probably be something on the university passageways. Something permanent on the windows, art or something.”