You’re warmly welcome to the OPEN HOUSE, a multicultural event with lots of opportunities for international students to present music, folkloric dances, a fashion show with traditionals costumes, to serve some food specialities etc…

Show up your country and join the international atmosphere in the garden of OBSG, Kortrijksesteenweg 500, B9000 Gent.

Free admission.

Contact social service@obsg.be in case you like to participate in the cultural show.

“Erfgoeddag” (= Remembrance Day of the Universal Exhibition of 1913 in Ghent)

Sunday April 21, 2013 from 10:00 till 18:00 hrs in the STAM MUSEUM

This year Ghent celebrates the 100 year of the Universal Exhibition of 1913. It was located in front of our OBSG houses: both the parks named “Congreslaan” and “de Smet de Nayer plein”.

The new museum of Ghent, STAM MUSEUM (Bijloke-site – Godshuizenlaan 2 – 9000 Gent) invites all of you to a free visit of the STAM MUSEUM on Sunday April 21, 2013 from 10:00 till 18:00 hrs

The STAM MUSEUM invites all new citizens of Ghent to deposit in a room ad hoc a personnel object (it can be a painting, a letter or something else) as a remembrance of their stay in Ghent: where you came from and why you chose to stay in Ghent.

Films and audio tapes with testimonies will plunge you into the experience of the migrants.

As your roots are also outside of Ghent, you can help to build that Pop-Up Museum, so that it can grow from day to day, from 1913 up to April 2013!

Speaker: Peter Moreno
Venue: OBSG Hall (Kortijksesteenweg 536, 9000 Gent)
Date and Timing: 15th April, Monday, at 7pm

Dear all,

Just to inform that we have reached the maximum amount of participants in the TRIP TO KEUKENHOF thus registrations for this activity are CLOSED.

Looking forward to seeing you in our next activity.

SWC-Board

Photo by Zhijun TAN

Saturday April 20, 2013

Fee adults: 25€ members / 30 € non-members Entrance fee to the tulips exposition is included (15 €).

Fee children: 15€ (age 3-12) / free below 3 years

Departure: 07:00 am at OBSG: Kortrijksesteenweg 520, 9000 Gent.

Arrival: Estimated around 21:00h at OBSG.

Registration: Participants are registered after the deposit of the corresponding fee in the SWC Bank account BE31 3630 4339 9355. Please, in the reference of the deposit indicate your name and when the deposit has been done send an email to swc@student.ugent.be with subject: SWC trip to Keukenhof.

We foresee to have 55 participants thus first come, first served. Cancellations are allowed only until 13/April.

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012, Father Charles will have mass in the Chapel at Club Van Eyck at 22:00 Hrs. Along with the mass, Christmas carols will be played.

You are welcome to join!

On Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 the Holy Mass will be in the St Bavo cathedral at 11:00 hrs.

For those of you who want to join be aware that it is very cold in the cathedral at that time of the year so get dressed well.

• CHRISTMAS LUNCH 2012

The Student’s Welcome Club organizes the Christmas-lunch on Tuesday December 25 at 13:30 hrs in Hall Van Eyck

Participation fee:

1. € 7,00 for members
2. € 10,00 for non members

Please register with the secretary of SWC Douglas Plaza at : swc@student.ugent.be

Deadline: Wednesday December 19, 2012.

The participants may also bring self-made food.

(Expenses will be refunded later on)

Students Welcome Club (SWC) organizes:

ONE DAY TRIP TO AMSTERDAM

Saturday December 1, 2012

• Fee adults: 20€ members / 25€ non-members
• Fee children: 10€ (age 4-12) / free below 4 years
• Departure: 07:30am at OBSG: Kortrijksesteenweg 520, 9000 Gent.
• Arrival: Estimated around 22:00 at OBSG.

Registration: Participants are registered after the deposit of the corresponding fee in the SWC Bank account BE31 3630 4339 9355.

Please, in the reference of the deposit indicate your name and when the deposit has been done send an email to swc@student.ugent.be with subject: SWC trip to Amsterdam. We foresee to have 45 participants thus first come, first served.

You can savour nice Indian food – 2 non-alcohlic drinks, starters, Buffet: 3 veg. curries, rice, dal and indian bread-roti/puri and a dessert.

Also, you have an opportunity to light up some fireworks. Lastly, you can move your feet to the bollywood music.

Date: 17th November, 6PM
Venue: DeTherminal, Hoveniersberg 24, Gent

You may follow the website for registration for the event. http://www.genisa.org/diwali2012reg.html

The registration fee is very nominal just 12 euros. First 25 registrations from SWC will receive 2 euros refund.

Children upto 5 yrs need no registration fee.

After registration, please drop a mail to Aditya Sandupatla adityasci@gmail.com. Also, in case of any queries, you can contact at the address.

Students Welcome Club (SWC) organizes ONE DAY TRIP TO PARIS on Saturday October 13, 2012

Fee adults: 25€ members / 30€ non-members

Fee children: 20€ (age 4-12) / free below 4 years

Departure: 07:00am at OBSG: Kortrijksesteenweg 500, 9000 Gent.

Arrival: Estimated around 22:30 at OBSG.

Registration: Participants are registered after the deposit of the corresponding fee in the SWC bank account with number: BE31 3630 4339 9355. Please, in the reference of the deposit indicate your name. Finally, for the confirmation of your registration send an email to Douglas Plaza douplazag@gmail.com with subject: SWC trip to Paris.

We foresee to have 45 participants.

More information: adityasci@gmail.com, nableni@yahoo.fr or douplazag@gmail.com or at the SWC web-page indicated below.

http://www.student.ugent.be/swc/