Charity Ball, 2008
Observant, December 4th
By Irene Smeets

The Charity Ball, organised by the School of Governance, raised 12,300 euros for the Maastricht University scholarship fund last Saturday evening.

Seventy guests, including researchers and guests from the world of banking and the hotel industry, enjoyed a four-course dinner in the university building on the Kapoenstraat. Proceeds from the dinner amounted to 6,300 euros. A silent auction of credit notes, gifts and special offers from shops, hotels and restaurants in Maastricht, yielded six thousand euros.

"This won't get us very far, because a single scholarship actually costs 11.500 euros, but we hope that this event has raised awareness of the fund. Ultimately, we would like companies to donate scholarships linked to their names", says Charlotte Groven, communication officer for the School of Governance. The fund is used to enable talented students, in particular from developing countries, to study at the UM.

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Last year's Charity Ball
On Saturday December 1st, the School hosted its first Charity Ball. With about 70 guests, this pioneering event was well attended and generate around € 10.000 for the MGSoG/UM scholarship fund. The guests enjoyed a wonderful evening, including a delicious four-course dinner served by Restaurant le Courage, live music from two bands, a special dance performance by Marcus van Teijlingen (known from the popular TV programme “Dancing with the Stars”), and a “silent auction”. Being the first of its kind organized by Maastricht University, the silent auction was well received and guests enthusiastically engaged in bidding races. The auction boasted a range of attractive items that had been donated by shops, restaurants, museums and other generous businesses from the Maastricht region. The special guest of the evening was Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of the famous American president FD. Roosevelt who has a special bond to the School, having already been a guest speaker at the official opening of the School in 2005.The evening was a great success and for everyone who asked for a repetition of the evening, we can assure that there will definitely be another Charity Ball next year (29 November 2008)! We would like to thank all donors mentioned below for their support.

Frits Barend initiates the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Scholarship Fund with the ‘Kick Off ‘event’
21 May 2007





On May 21, 2007 Frits Barend initiated the Scholarship Fund of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance ( Maastricht University). The Scholarship Fund‘s aim is to create study possibilities for talented students from developing countries. Frits Barend, a journalist and well-known moderator for the Dutch tv-programme ‘Barend en van Dorp’, presented at this occasion his new book on the world-famous Dutch talent ‘Johan Cruijf’.

Together with a select company of local entrepreneurs, Frits Barend, Maastricht’s mayor Gerd Leerd and academic director Chris de Neubourg discussed the importance of investing in and recruiting for of young talent world-wide and the role the private sector can play in this. Every year, dozens of talented students without the necessary financial means for an academic education. The MGSoG Scholarship Fund makes sure that these deprived students can still opt to accomplish their academic aspiration.

The ‘adoption’ of a student or the sponsoring of innovative training and education venue in the new MGSoG building, are just a few of the numerous sponsor possibilities. The ‘Kick Off’ event is only the first of a wide variety of activities which will be organised by the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. In October this year, the new MGSOG head quarters will be opened festively with all the School’s national and international partners. Furthermore, 2007 will have a grand finale as the School will organize a black tie charity ball with a silent auction, for which several renowned restaurants, galleries and hotels from the European region have contributed generously.About the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

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