FHP Connect – Connecting students

Student in the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE department, degree programme Arts Managemen and Cultural Work (BA)

Contact person for the topics: Events and excursions

Why do you work in the International Office?

• Because I think it's a great opportunity to network and support international students. I enjoy organising events and getting to know different people. 
• I studied abroad for a semester (in Palermo) and know how valuable first contacts and points of contact can be during this time.  

Fun facts about you  

• My middle name is Hörby
• Chart music in the supermarket drives me crazy
• about 6 years ago I put the seeds of a lemon in the ground. Today, I have several little trees (two of which are over a metre tall). But they will probably never bear lemons. What I only found out now.  

My 3 favourite places in Berlin  

• Schönfließer Brücke
• Prassnik in Torstraße
• Tempelhofer Feld 

Student in the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE, degree programme Arts Management and Cultural Work (BA)

Contact person for the topics: Questions about studying and living in Germany

Why do you work in the International Office?

• I think the main reason is that I really like working with people and helping people. That could be my purpose in life. 
• I also come from abroad myself, so I know exactly how difficult it can be to organise your life in Germany and how important it is to have support. I didn't have this support at the beginning, so I want to help as many people as possible to adapt well and feel comfortable in a new place.

Fun facts about you

• By the age of 19, I had already changed three universities and worked twice as a foreign language teacher.
• I'm so obsessed with analogue photography that I haven't posted any digital pictures on my social media in the last +- 3 years. 
• I always tell people that I'm from Kyiv, even though it's not my hometown, because this city is just close to my heart.

My 3 favourite places in Potsdam

• Heiliger See
• Park Babelsberg
• 11-line 

Student in the Department of Information Sciences, degree programme Archival Studies (BA)

Contact person for the topics: Community, Social Media

Why do you work in the International Office?

• Because I like to express myself creatively and my degree programme doesn't give me many opportunities to do this
• Also the working environment and the team are very welcoming and I enjoy working with people.

Fun facts about you

• I can clap with one hand.
• I can pronounce the Welsh place Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllllantysiliogogogoch flawlessly.
• I know every Doctor Who episode by name (2005 – 2022)

My 3 favourite places in Potsdam

• The Casino, of course.
• The New Garden, because there are some nice swimming spots.
• The Freundschaftsinsel, because it's just beautiful in summer.