Changes

Jacques Fuerst was born in Germany in 1998. Throughout Highschool highschool he experienced modern day education to be rather daunting and struggled to find inspiration in the knowledge provided to him and the people presenting it. He hence Hence, he decided to travel for some time and contemplate on about his life goals in life. During his travelsWhilst traveling, he financed himself by doing through unskilled manual labour and farming jobs. Through this work and the stories told by the people that he met, he learnt about the value of education and the opportunities provided to him by western societybirth.

He hence returned to Europe to start studying and building his mind. Firstly, he chose to study mechanical engineering in Germany, as he was fascinated by the technical innovations possible in the fields of robotics and autonomous driving. He quickly realized that the approach taken by mechanical engineers and the more prominent conservative mindset within that group were field was not shared by himself a good fit and decided to switch fields and countries in order to practice his English and acquire a new language.As he liked the mathematical and the programming part of his previous study, he decided to switch to the field of Computer Sciencecomputer science, even though he had very little programming experience. He went on to study the matter at the University of Twente. He learned to love the versatility of the skills he acquired during the program and the greater focus of his new University university on trans- and multidisciplinary work structures and student-driven education.

Therefore, Jacques decided to participate in the Honours program "Processes of Change" at the Universityuniversity, as he felt that the focus on the impact of the innovations he could bring through his newly acquired skills on humanity there was not contemplated on enough too little room for contemplation in his study program. In the Honours program he learned to work in multidisciplinary teams in a not always well-defined work environment and got to embrace the process of love creative thinking a lot more.He also adored Additionally, adoring the active student community at the UT and , he decided that he wanted to participate in it more actively. When doing so, he wanted to pursue something that he could truly cared care about. The decision to join the Green Hub Twente, a student-driven Green office at the UT that had just been founded, in the role of a Systems Entrepreneurship Officer was thus an intuitive one, as he had always greatly cared about sustainable best practices in his personal life and wanted to embark in this direction even further. During his work at the Green Hub, he learned to interact with stakeholders of many backgrounds, such as established businesses, entrepreneurs, educators and students within the UT and beyond.

Wanting to stay active within the community during his third year of study as well but longing for a change of perspective and new experiences, Jacques decided to join both AIESEC, to support students when developing their professional skills and intercultural understanding, and the University Innovation Fellows, in order to apply the knowledge he gained and self-sufficiently start projects at the Universityuniversity...