TLDR: cool activities, dark cave, sign up
Are you ready for underground adventures in Valkenburg? Tight tunnels. Pitch-black passages. Walls you'll be clinging to. On Saturday October 3rd, we're ditching the daylight and heading deep into the dark underground for a day that'll push you way outside your comfort zone.
Whether you're squeezing through narrow cave corridors on a bike, conquering rock walls in the dark, or venturing into the unknown on an adventurous cave tour, this is the kind of day you'll still be talking about at the next borrel!
There are 3 activities, out of which you will do 2! When signing up, rank your top 2 activity preferences:
🚲 Cave biking
Discover this great underground landscape, by cave bike! Cycle through the cave, going left, right, seeing a high ceiling, then low again, narrow, spacious, no idea where you are anymore.
🔦 Adventurous cave tour
During this escape tour through the caves, you will discover the stories of the quarry workers, and encounter obstacles they left behind. There will be crawling, sneaking, shooting and even crossing the water!
🧗 Cave climbing
The Scramble Tour will take you to places that normally remain closed to the public. One of the guides will take you over several challenging courses including a via ferrata, and an abseil into the old well. Manoeuvre over the obstacles and stare into the depths.
💭 No preference
Be aware: activities will be split 10/10/10 across the group, so you might not get your 2 faves.
Only 30 spots available, so make sure to subscribe quickly! We leave at 10:30 by train. Travel costs are on you.
Costs:
Beware: each activity has its own challenges with regards to health. Therefore, it's specified below for each activity which medical issues ensure a strong advice to NOT sign up for this specific activity:
If you are too late for the deadline and we haven't reached capacity yet, then you can probably still join, contact us!
Following the success of last week’s borrel, the BAC has another legendary plan for this week: another borrel! You won’t want to miss out, so come along to shake off the stress of lectures and midterms. Naturally, "broodjes knak" will be available for the hungry student, alongside the usual selection of drinks.
See you there :)
Are you a second-year (or older) student, and are you interested in helping out our beautiful association? Then I have great news!!! At this committee market, some committees will tell you all about what they do and how you can join them. The committees present this day are: BAC, ABC, AViCo, GSM, TRAIN, SR, CC, GESPORT, GSM, GEDWAAL and GETAART. If you are interested in them, you can find a little information on their committee page, but they will happily tell you everything on the day itself.
Hope to see you there!!
If you are a first-year bachelor's student, you cannot join any committees besides FYC's
Are you a second-year (or older) student, and are you interested in helping out our beautiful association? Then I have great news!!! At this committee market, some committees will tell you all about what they do and how you can join them. The committees present this day are: GEBEP, CBC, GEFLITST, GEBALLMERPIEK, SSG, GEZWEM, C4, AC, GEHACK and EUC. If you are interested in them, you can find a little information on their committee page, but they will happily tell you everything on the day itself.
Hope to see you there!!
If you are a first-year bachelor's student, you cannot join any committees besides FYC's
Do you enjoy pubcrawls? Do you miss the outdoors from being stuck inside studying this whole quartile? Well don't worry, GEDWAAL has the perfect activity for you!
CHANGE IN PLANS: dinner will not be during the activity, you need to arrange it yourself beforehand! Because of this, the activity also starts an hour later at 18:30. We want to get going then, so please be on time.
⛰️We are putting a GEDWAAL spin on the usual pubcrawl: namely making it a 10km hike! ⛰️
We will start at the university (gathering at GEWIS), and explore Eindhoven the way students know best: through different pubs, finishing at the most familiar one: Hubble 🍻
The activity is completely free (but you do have to pay for your own consumption) and we will even treat you to a round in Hubble if you manage to survive until the end!
Also, while we are promoting this as a pubcrawl, it is generally less intense and as such is also a perfect activity for non-drinkers.
At General Member's Meeting 215, at least the following will be discussed:
Relevant documents can be found on this page or will become available online as soon as possible. Agenda points can be digitally requested at the board via board@gewis.nl. The GMM will be held in English. Authorisations can be done online here.
Starting a week before the GMM is held, you can indicate whether you want to receive printed documents at this meeting. To indicate which documents you would like to receive please use the first subscription list, titled 'Printed documents'. The deadline for this is the 28th of September at 12:00.
It is also possible to join us for dinner at 17:15 in the GEWIS room. We will order at the Fuso Wok. You can add your "Wok"-dish to the 'Eating list' sign-up on this activity before the 28th of September at 14:00. You can pay using a debit/credit card.
Excited for the MomenTUm party but not sure what to do before it starts? Come to the Borrel at GEWIS. This is our first indoor Borrel of the academic year, which means you can get shots, mixed drinks, special beers and a larger variety of sodas. And in case you're hungry, we also sell (Vegan) Hot Dog-adjacent snacks.
Hope to see you there!!!
Hey First Years,
During this great meeting, the new First Year Committees will be formed. Hopefully you were at the information meeting last week Thurday, where you got a great explanation of what FYCs are and why you should join them. If you missed this meeting, you can still attend the formation meeting to join a FYC, and if you still have questions, you can always come up to me or email me at cib@gewis.nl
During this meeting, you will form into groups that will become the new FYCs and get some time to brainstorm about your name, logo and maybe already things you are interested in organising.
Hope to see you there!
If you can't make it to this meeting but are still interested in joining an FYC, then please reach out to me at cib@gewis.nl
Pitch, please! 🎤💗
Get comfy and join ATHENA for a cozy movie night! This time, we’ll be watching Pitch Perfect , accompanied by snacks, drinks, and far too many bean bags!
We're also providing some face masks and nail polish for the full self-care movie night experience. 💅
The best thing? It's completely free! So grab a blanket, get those vocal chords ready, and come along for an aca-awesome evening! 🎬🍿
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Our product range includes award-winning tools, such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, ReSharper, and PhpStorm, and productivity-enhancing team tools like YouTrack, TeamCity, and Datalore. JetBrains is the creator of Kotlin, the officially preferred language for Android™ development.
Note: after subscribing, showing up is mandatory! There are 135 spots only with first come first serve, priority will be given to students that sign up with their GEWIS account.
The start of the academic year is a blast: meeting new people, exciting subjects to dive into, and guess what? The EAPC, Eindhoven Algorithmic Programming Contest! Yup, you heard it right.
The EAPC is our annual coding showdown. Grab two buddies and gear up to conquer some brain-bending programming puzzles, with our nifty cheat sheet thrown in. And don't worry about food and tech – we've got you covered there. We assure you there will be plenty of snacks and, of course, lunch ;)
So, are you and your crew game for this challenge? If so, hit signup below! :)
This year's rules can be read here: https://2025.bapc.eu/rules/. You can program in C (gnu17), C++ (gnu++20), Python (pypy 7.3.17 ~ Python 3.10.14), Java (OpenJDK21) and Kotlin (1.7.21).
if you are not certain of your programming skills yet, You can already gain an advantage on the rest of the competitions by practising at https://judge.gehack.nl (You do need to enable EduVPN to be able to connect to our DOMjudge.)
Please note that the number of teams is limited. In case we exceed maximum capacity, teams consisting of three people are prioritised!
Craving a freshly tapped BAC (craft) beer, a burger hot off the B.O.O.M. BBQ, and an ATHENA cocktail shaken just for you? Then this is a borrel you definitely can’t miss!
Do you need an extra reason to celebrate?: it's B.O.O.M.'s Dies (birthday)! If you've still got room for dessert after the burgers, there will be delicious cake waiting.
On top of the burgers, beers and cocktails, we’re also bringing out a pool (if the weather allows it) to keep things cool, plus a volleyball net ready to go. Make sure you’re there!
Are you a first-year student interested in getting to know your fellow students? This is the perfect opportunity to do so!!! An FYC allows you to make friends for life while getting to organise some fun activities. Still not convinced? Join this meeting to learn more about what an FYC entails while getting some inspiration from last year's FYCs
We hope to see you there!!!
Meet MaTCo! Our first session of the year, where we will introduce new members, new faculty, and the new board. Plans for this year's sessions and for the International Mathematics Competition team will be covered, and we will ease members into mathematical Olympiad style problem-solving with an array of interesting questions and tasks. If you are interested in challenging yourself in one of the world’s largest math competitions for university students, wish to practice hard but rewarding problems, or are looking for a community to discuss and attend activities with, then be sure to pop over.
The B.O.O.M. Outdoor Cinema returns on September 15th! We have carefully selected two incredible movies to watch together under the stars (the titles remain secret for now!).
We will fire up the barbecue and there will be popcorn, both included in the price! And, because no great movie night is complete without a refreshing drink, beers and soft drinks will be available to purchase during the night.
Make sure to bring your own camping chair so you are comfortable during the movies!
See you on September 15th!
If you enjoyed the intro week as much as we did, you are in luck!
How about we follow up the intro week with an intro weekend? You can sign up now for the FLUP (Intro Follow Up Weekend)!
From the 11th to the 13th of September, we will take you on an unforgettable adventure to a secret location! The weekend will be filled with activities, free food and a lot of fun! For only €15 for first years and €30 for older years (You will even get a €5 discount if you don't want to drink beer during the cantus), it's cheaper than staying at home! If you are only available for Saturday, your ticket will only set you back €20 (+€5 if you are planning on drinking beer during the cantus).
So if you are looking forward to a lot of beer and soda, big comfy couches, games, a barbecue, a great pub crawl and a cantus... Find your favourite intro-committee member or board member, or go to gew.is/flup to buy a ticket!
Packing list:
* Tent (dont worry if you dont own tent, we will have a gc where you can ask other people for spots)
* Bicycle with a working light and a toolkit for fixing flat tires
* (Inflatable) sleeping pad
* Sleeping bag
* Pillow
* Flashlight
* Towel
* Toiletries
* Slippers that can get wet
* Mug
* Plate and Cutlery
* Dish Towel
* Shoes you can walk quite a distance on
* Clothes that can get dirty
* ID
Once you have packed everything you can bring your stuff to the table tennis tables in Markthal on Friday the 11th of September between 8:30 and 13:00. Someone from the introduction committee (in red overalls) will be there to help you.
On Friday afternoon, we will start at GEWIS with the bike pubcrawl. You are welcome from 15:30 at GEWIS and will send people away until 17:30. Make sure that you have working lights on your bike for your own safety and that of others. You don't need to have eaten, as you can eat with your biking group during the pubcrawl.
Come join the BAC for another social drink this Thursday! With the weather still good, this will probably be one of the last outdoor borrels of the year, so let's celebrate the good weather.
Get a beer or a soda for only €1.00 and take a bit of time off from your studies to socialize with your fellow students.
See you there!!!
During your lunch Aleksandr Triapitsyn, Compute API Lead at Nebius, will come to give a talk on What actually makes cloud systems hard: lessons from a production compute control plane
Sign up to learn more about Nebius and get free lunch from us!
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Note: after subscribing, showing up is mandatory! There are 135 spots only with first come first serve, priority will be given to students that sign up with their GEWIS account.
Are you having a calculus entrance test on September 3rd, but you are not yet sure where to eat beforehand? No worries! AViCo & BAC organizes the Frietkarborrel, a social drink where you can get yourself some nice chips (French fries) and a snack for dinner, so you don’t have to worry about that yourself.
And the best: if you are a first year you even get one item for free! If you are still hungry after that, it is €2,25 per additional snack or portion of fries.
We welcome you all to come somewhere between 16:30 and 20:00 to the Frietkarborrel at the Simon Stevin field (between the Markthall and the pond). No need to sign up! There will be enough fries for everyone!
Even if you do not have a calculus start test, you are welcome to join and get some nice food and a couple of drinks.
We hope to see you all there,
AViCo & BAC
After a hectic introduction week where you have (hopefully) made a lot of new friends it is time to really start your student life. And no student life without studying. However, you might already heard a lot of concepts you have never heard of, like "Canvas", "TE Timetable", "Plan App" or "Osiris". But don’t be afraid! There is no need to worry. Attending this training will teach you all the basics you need to know to survive all the software at the TU/e.
In case there are more then 70 people that want to attend, there will be a "first come, first serve" policy. In that case the remainder can view the session online.
Don’t forget to bring your laptop!
Dear members of S.V. GEWIS,
Every year brings its own trials and its own pleasures. For the freshman just beginning their studies, and for the veteran yearning for a salary above the national average, the same quiet expectation applies: that something worthwhile be made of the year. What that looks like differs from person to person, and what feels like a rut to one may feel like a welcome diversion to another. Yet there is one certainty upon which every member may rely without question: the Month'like Social Drink of The Fraternity "In Vino Veritas".
As we do every year, we are delighted to usher in the new academic year in style and abundance. And as we do every year, we strive to offer you something extra, beyond what you have already come to expect from us. White, red, and sparkling wines will flow generously, so that all your desires may be met. The customary delicacies will, of course, also grace the table. New this year is the knowledge we are proud to share: three of our gentlemen travelled to Reims to hone their craft in the fine art of champagne, apprenticed at the renowned house of Pommery.
As newly minted connoisseurs, we shall unfold this phenomenon, this reception, for you with care and refinement. We therefore warmly invite you to join us on the 31st of August at 17:00. Refreshments, and naturally an abundance of wine, will of course be provided.
We look forward to seeing you in appropriate attire, ready for an evening of decadence.
Cheers!
Hey new students! You hopefully survived the intro week. Now it’s time to relax.
Swing by to pick up your new study books before your first year kicks off… and stick around while you’re at it. It’s a perfect chance to meet up with fellow students, and friends you made during intro. You can also connect with GEWIS members. At this activity you can play games, chill on bean bags, and do some fun sports, while enjoying some refreshing drinks!
Meet us on the 28th of August at the Atlas pond. You’ll recognize us from the big red GEWIS tent!
Are you not a first year student? Come by to welcome the new generation of GEWIS members to our association!
3, 2, 1, ACTION!
We'd like to invite all Introparents of the introduction week '26 to the Introparent Bonding Activity! As you all (hopefully) know, this year's theme is Absolute Cinema. Therefore, before attending the introduction week, you'll have to show what you're worth behind the screens.
During this activity you will have to be smart like Oppenheimer, fast like Lightning McQueen, and show teamwork like The Avengers. To make sure each duo will bond well, we have a final prize for the winner!
You will also get some free snacks and drinks so that your tape won't run out of frames to make an amazing film out of this amazing activity!
Only one of the parents needs to sign up, along with their duo.
The BAC "Jagers" were pondering what to arrange for the "borrelaars" during the summer.
With this beautiful weather, we can think of only one thing: a picnic-style borrel! Sitting cosily on a blanket in the sunshine with a delicious treat, it doesn't get more romantic than that. To make the occasion even more fun, we’ve also arranged some themed drinks!
For just €1.95, you can treat yourself to a delightful Aperol Spritz! And if that’s not quite to your taste, we also have a scrumptious Limoncello Spritz available for €1.95.
Naturally, we’ve also arranged some tasty snacks for the picnic. While some nibbles are already being handed out, we’ve prepared wraps for the hungrier "hertjes" among you: a delicious chicken or vegetarian wrap for just €1.05.
See you there!