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Archive for Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

As SI:s Alumni Manager she does her best to update former international students to stay in touch with Sweden and maximize their Swedish professional links. Traveling is a passion, Maureen has lived in 9 countries and sees herself as a global citizen and loves Sweden’s four seasons.

Sweden Returned Alumni meet in Beijing

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In conjuction to the exhibition Innovative Sweden on the 15th September,2012, with the support from Swedish Institute, The Embassy of Sweden in Beijing, Swedish Trade  Council, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China, Sweden Returned Alumni(SRA) in China organized a large gathering SRA 2012 Annual Reunion in Tsinghua University(One of the best university in China) in Beijing.

SRA meeting fall 2012

SRA meeting fall 2012

More than 130 alumni (former international studnents who have returned) attended this annual reunion and represented almost 20 out of the 40 Swedish Universities. Members of SRA met old friends and new friends during reunionevent and had the opportunity to view the Exhibition Innovative Sweden.

SRA  program also included presentations by Mr.Anders Andersson(Embassy), Ms.Birgitta Tennander(SI), Ms.Anna Clarin(Swedish Trade Council) as well as Ms. Yangkun, Mr.Liqiangbo and Mr. Prof. Wu Zhensheng who shared their experience about innovations in the companies.

SRA committee Dinner with SI

SRA committee Dinner with SI

 

For more information about Swedish Alumni Network in China  www.sanchina.org and for more information about support available for Alumni from the Swedish Institute, contact: Maureen Hoppers, alumni@si.se

About SRA

  • SRA-Sweden Returned Alumni  is a non-profit organization for and by all alumni of Chinese who studied in Sweden and now live in China.   
  • The platform exists in order to improve the networking between alumni and Swedish organization & companies. Ultimately we hope to improve Sino-Sweden relations, especially in the academic area.
  • Founded in March 2010 in Beijng.
  • More than 600 alumni from 30 Swedish Universities

Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

October 30, 2012

Jakarta Alumni met up in August!

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In August the Swedish Embassy in Jakarta together with alumni organized a large gathering intended for preparing the new students on their way to Sweden, it was also kick-off meeting to set-up a local alumni network. A total of 40 alumni attended the event the represented former scholars from some of Sweden’s largest universities such as Lund University, Stockholm University and Uppsala University.

After the Alumni and new students taking turns to introduce themselves a buffet followed

After the Alumni and new students taking turns to introduce themselves a buffet followed…

Also 9 new international students, of which 7 were new Swedish Institute scholarship holders preparing to arrive in Sweden to begin their studies this fall managed to attend.  The new students received a pre-departure briefing on what to expect when arriving in Sweden.

It was also a delight to have the former Ambassador of Indonesia to Sweden 2006-2010, Ambassador Linggawaty Hakim, a Stockholm University alumnus, speak her experiences of studying in Sweden as an international student.

Speech about living in Sweden as an Indonesian student by Ambassador Linggawaty Hakim, former Ambassador of Indonesia to Sweden 2006-2010, a Stockholm University alumnus

Speech about living in Sweden as an Indonesian student by Ambassador Linggawaty Hakim, former Ambassador of Indonesia to Sweden 2006-2010, a Stockholm University alumnus

Hopefully we might see a new Alumni Network, soon in Jakarta. To meet Sweden Alumni in Jakarta, also visit the official group on Facebook.

The event was supported by the Swedish institute and many thanks to the Swedish Embassy and Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia Ewe Polano for hosting the event as well as to our enthusiastic Alumni in Jakarta. 

Alumni in Indonesia

Alumni in Indonesia with Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia and Ambassador of Indonesia to Sweden in center

For more information about Alumni in Indonesia email: Amreta Sidik through, ambassaden.jakarta@foreign.ministry.se at the Swedish Embassy in Jakarta and for general information about Sweden Alumni Networks post a comment or email: alumni@si.se

Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

September 10, 2012

The Alumni Association in Athens

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I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr. Stamatis Kalogirou, the head of the Alumni Association in Athens, this morning. 

Dr. Stamatis Kalogirou, head of Athens Alumni Association & Maureen at the Swedish Institute in Stockholm

Dr. Stamatis Kalogirou, head of Athens Alumni Association & Maureen at the Swedish Institute in Stockholm

We, together with colleagues MariAnne Walz and Hans Lepp from the Swedish Institute, had a great meeting about the former and current activities the alumni association has conducted and their plans for future activities.

The Athens Alumni Associations full name is: The Hellenic Society of Swedish Scholars who you can find the Alumni Association on Facebook and in SwedenInTouch.se. 

 I would like to recommend to all international student from Greece who have studied in Sweden to join the Alumni Network: HSSS –  The Hellenic Society of Swedish Scholars in Athens on both platforms to recive invitations for activities and events.

Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

June 15, 2012

Visual evidence from alumni event in the US!

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On the 5th of November 2011, around 70 alumni attended a special seminar on Swedish innovation in conjunction to the Exhibition; “Innovative Sweden”. We had the honor of having former Swedish Institute scholarship recipient, Dr. Anna Stenport as our moderator. The program offered two different perspectives on Swedish Innovation, with Christian Quarles Van Ufford, Vice President, Director Global Marketing Metro International, giving his take on why Metro has become a global success story.  Another angle on the Swedish innovative climate was presented by Cecilia Hertz, Founder & CEO of Umbilical Design.

With breaks for “fika” and rounding off with a plenty of time to mingle, all in all it was a success. We are planning our second alumni meeting in the US to take place in April at the Swedish Embassy “House of Sweden” in Washington DC.

Hopefully we will see you there!

Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

February 8, 2012

Study Scholarships visit part 3 — Burkina Faso

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Soon after our visit to Zambia, Niklas and I left Stockholm once again, this time for Burkina Faso (West Africa), another country the Study Scholarship Program targets. For the fall semester of 2011, Sweden only managed to attract one student from Burkina, currently at Uppsala University. With our visit, we hoped to positively improve the number of Scholarship applicants for the fall semester of 2012.

Once in Burkina Faso our first impression, being from Sweden, was the fantastic weather: we were swept away with Sub-Saharan temperatures of approximately 38 degrees Celsius on a daily basis, even though the country was getting closer to what they called ”winter”.

Panorama view of Ougadougo, capital of Burkina Faso

Our first visit was to the University of Bobo, a four-hour drive from Ouagadougo (the capital of Burkina Faso). We where very lucky to have the opportunity to speak to some 200 students.

Meeting students at University of Bobo-Dioulasso

Leaving Bobo, to drive back to Ougadougo where we where staying, we were lucky enough to pass the beautiful Grand Mosque in Bobo, built in the late 1880´s.

Grand Mosque in Bobo Dioulasso

Back in Ouagadougou we spent the next few days visiting a number of universities, one of them the University of Ouagadougou with over 35,000 students at Bachelor and Masters levels. Along with the students we met, we also met with government officials.

On the left; Owe Andersson Chargé d'Affaires in Burkina Faso, followed by Head of Assambus, Researcher and Niklas Dahlberg last on the right.

We managed to catch up with the local alumni association “Swedish and Burkina be friendship association” in Swedish: ”Vänskapsföreningen Burkina Faso – Sverige ASSAMBUS-BF”.

An extraordinary experince for us was the press confrence held on December 1, the same date as Universityadmissions.se opened for international applicants. Visit our Youtube channel to se the TV interview and coverage, in French. As a result, we increased the number of visits to www.studyinsweden.se from Burkina Faso with an astonishing 25000%.

Maureen Hoppers - Alumni

December 14, 2011