Month: May 2013
Interfaith house @ Jacobs University
I was just thinking today that some people are graduating. The mighty class of 2013. The leaders of tomorrow… What would I say to them? I would show them the picture above… and make them remember all the good, bad and annoying moments of their life at the university because they’ll miss it once they get into “the real life”.
About Jacobs University a bit — it’s a small, private university in northern Germany, with a student body of about 1500 people. It tries to keep the high standards of top-rated American universities in terms of teaching and student life (with students from over 100 countries), while shrinking the period of study to 3 years for a bachelor. An interesting thing about the university is that it is reusing the building that belonged to an Allied Army base after World War 2 – if you don’t believe me, take a look here: http://imgur.com/a/F6E76
This specific place on campus is called the Interfaith House and used to be a church in the old army base, but due to the multitude of cultures and gods hanging around the university campus, they had to remove all Christian / Catholic signs.