Activities

Mario Kart TAD

Thursday 17th of May, 16:00

For this TAD, we're bringing back a classic: a Mario Kart 8 tournament! As usual, free snacks are available to munch on while you watch some intense racing. If you need more salt on your snacks, just ask the participant that got hit by a blue shell.

Candidate Board Announcement Social

Tuesday 22nd of May, 21:30, 't Golden Fust

Are you as excited as we are for the new board? Do you want to find out who will govern the association next year? Come to the candidate announcement social on the 22nd of May. Not only will you found out who will call themselves board XXVII, but free drinks are guaranteed. As a bonus you get to celebrate these nice and lovely people!

Trip to Bremen

Thursday 24th of May 08:00 till Saturday 26th of May 21:00

Do you want to have an awesome three day adventure with fellow Cover members? Then join the ABCee for a trip to Bremen!

We will have a host of cool activities in this great city, including a visit to the University of Bremen. There we will visit their robotics laboratory and the Ambient Assisted Living Laboratory - BAALL among other things. Of course, there will also be free time to explore the city.

The price will be less than 40 euros!

Interested? Sign up at bremen.svcover.nl!

Academic Writing Workshop

Friday 25th of May, 13:00 till 15:00, BB 5161.0041b (next to the Cover room)

Do you want to make sure that your thesis is easy to read while properly getting your point across? Do you want to produce a quality paper instead of just another bachelors project doomed to gather dust in the repository?Then join us at the Academic Writing workshop! Here we will go over a lot of tips that can help you get your point across, while they will also make writing more fun. The workshop will cover more unambiguous structural writing as well as other language devices. We will also spend some time on how to make and give presentations.

Alumni Social

Friday 25th of May, 20:30, Café Wolthoorn, Turftorenstraat 6

Ever wonder what people are up to after they finish their studies and start working? This is your chance to casually ask them some questions and drink a beer with them. Of course it might also be a chance to see some old friends again.

The make the event even better Cover will be providing some free snacks!

Wind surfing

Monday 28th of May, 16:00 till 18:00, Hoornsemeer

Come join us on the (hopefully) wavey, sunny, yet breezy 28th of May. We will participate in a surf clinic organised by G.S.W.V. SurfAce at the Hoornsemeer. For only 5 euro's, you can join in on the fun and learn with everyone else how cold the water is right now and maybe learn some wind surfing as well!

Sign-up here

P.S. Don't forget to bring your sun lotion/towel/swimming clothes!

EsGalatie

Wednesday 30th of May 22:30 till Thursday 31st of May 02:30, Newscafe

Study associations Meander, EPU, ASCI, STUFF, Gerardus van der Leeuw, TW!ST, Commotie, Cover, Multi and Siduri are organising THE GALA of the year 'EsGalatie'!!!

This is THE annual legendary gala to conclude this academic year with a huge party! Be there or be square!

The theme is Roaring Twenties! So grab your glitter dress, boas or smoking and go party with us on swinging beats and unlimited beer, wine and soda! Ticket sale will start May 7th!

Staff BBQ

Friday 1st of June, 15:00 till 21:00, Field in front of the Bernouilliborg

On the 1st of June we will have our annual staff BBQ! So come join us in front of the Bernouilliborg and have nice food for only 3 euros. Sign-up at bbq.svcover.nl

Announcements

DisCover

"The editors of the new Cover magazine, DisCover, need help from international students. We are collecting short stories and anedotes about what the Netherlands is like when you just arrive to study here. Go to: weirddutchthings.svcover.nl and leave a reaction on things that are weird about the Netherlands!"

Announcement by the StudCee

We are pleased to say that CACTuS, our tutoring system, has surpassed 100 unique logins. We appreciate all the members of Cover who have contributed to making CACTuS a success.

We would also like to announce that CACTuS is now open sourced and can be found on GitHub. People can fix issues already listed in the repository, request new features for CACTuS, or even build their own feature for the system.

Looking for committee members!

See the website for a complete overview of committees that are looking for members! If you want to apply for a committee please email intern@svcover.nl to let her know you're interested. A resume or motivation is optional, so feel free to just tell her you're interested!

ABCee

The Academic Broadening Committee regularly arranges study-related activities such as lectures, trips to AI- and CS-related institutes, and of course a yearly trip to a city in a foreign country.

AC/DCee

Do you want to help out with maintaining Covers' website and join Covers' most technical committee? Then join the AC/DCee!

ActiviTee

Are you looking for a fun and social committee? Do you want to help organize and spice up activities like Socials, Game Nights, and other activities/parties?

PubliciTee

Have you seen the awesome posters for Cover activities? They were created by PubliciTee members! The PubliciTee is a creative committee which designs posters and sometimes other promotional material. Will you create the next good poster?

StudCee

The StudCee organises study support activities for all AI and CS students. You probably went to one of our lectures (if you haven’t, you totally should!!). Anyways, because some older members are leaving, we’re looking for fresh blood! So if you enjoy helping others, want to enrich your college experience, and enjoy good food/cooking, then let us know! You’re free to join a meeting to see what we’re all about.

LCDee

Do you want to organize a LAN, a crash and compile or other programming or gaming related activities? Join the LCDee!