“Employees were also welcome at the previous edition of All TU/egether, but this was not communicated as widely at the time. This year, we wrote to all departments of the faculties and services and offered them the opportunity to purchase beverages for their employees if they wanted to get together for drinks. We have passes for that, which can be topped up with credit.” Speaking is Ties Mommersteeg, member of the CIC Intro committee.

Food trucks

Employees can also individually visit the Koeveld, where bands and DJs will be performing. “At the entrance, you will receive an employee wristband upon presentation of your TU/e card.” The wristbands do not have a payment chip, as is the case with the introgoers, but therefore a special bar has been set up where you can pay by debit card.

Paying with your debit card is also possible if you want to grab something to eat. “The Intro groups will be served dinner on the Koeveld by the catering service, but there will also be food trucks for those who fancy a tasty snack.” After all, All TU/egether takes place around dinner time: from 16:30 until around 20:00. Mommersteeg: “Afterwards, the associations' Word Lid party will start on the same site.”

Connections

The thought behind All TU/egether is to break through the layered structure that characterizes TU/e, despite its intentions. Mommersteeg: “When we as CIC had a meeting with president Koen Janssen and rector magnificus Silvia Lenaerts, they too were enthusiastic about it. It's fun to be at the same party as your professors when you're a student.”

“At TU/e, we often meet each other in a formal setting. However, it is exactly outside of these circumstances—during a relaxed conversation or a pleasant gathering—that barriers are broken down and new, surprising connections and valuable interactions arise”, the rector responds to Cursor. “And this year's All TU/egether format is perfectly suited to this.” 

This article was translated using AI-assisted tools and reviewed by an editor.