The Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University announces that Dr. Anita C.E. Vreugdenhil, appointed in the Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences, will introduce herself on Friday, April 14, 2023, at exactly 4:30 PM, by delivering an inaugural address in the Auditorium of Maastricht University, accepting this position.
On April 26, 2023, Gerrit Vreugdenhil was honored with the Royal Distinction “Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau” for his exceptional contributions to society. The reasons for his award are detailed below. Gerrit Vreugdenhil has earned this royal distinction, among other reasons, for his significant contributions to the improvement of vocational education (MBO). He has made a substantial impact on ROC van Amsterdam-Flevoland, both as a member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the MBO Council. He played a pivotal role in launching the “Advancing Digitalization” program. Furthermore, he served as the chairman of the core group for education and integration within the MBO Council and joined the Social Domain advisory group.
Salvage company Mammoet wasted no time in starting the process of recovering the derailed train wagons in Voorschoten. A heavy crane from the Hijs- en Transportfirma Mammoet began lifting the two train components during the course of the afternoon on the second day of Easter, in pouring rain. “These parts were later loaded onto a Modular Transporter. That vehicle with many wheels carried them away later, after which they were transferred onto flatbed trailers,” explained Justin Vreugdenhil from Mammoet. The Mammoet team also worked through the Easter holidays. “In general, we’re used to it, but this accident is quite exceptional,” says Justin. The third part of the train was lifted first, so that a new bogie could be placed underneath. The wheels for it were delivered on the second day of Easter. Subsequently, this part, along with the fourth train part, was lifted over the twisted rails onto the undamaged rails. From there, the train carriages were further transported towards The Hague.
Dean Vreugdenhil is a forward for the football club WVF and has already scored three league goals. In the last cup match against BAS (a 0-3 win), he also scored a great free kick into the top corner. In short, things are going well for the 18-year-old Zwolle native in the first team of the soccer club of Westenholte.
I am Pieter P Vreugdenhil (K XI bf) and I live in Lower Sackville, Canada. I am married, father of four boys, and grandfather of five young ladies. I was born in 1945 in Maassluis as one of nine children, son of Cornelis Jan Vreugdenhil (K X z) and Johanna van der Eijk. The family emigrated to Canada in 1952 and settled in Chatham, Ontario.
The chance that Vreugdenhil, a 27-year-old consultant for multinationals in strategic negotiation projects, would break the world record was very high. Because the last time the record was improved on natural ice was in 1928. At that time, the Frenchman Leon Quaglia achieved a distance of 32.970 km in Chamonix. And in 1949, the Dutchman Marius Strijbis also made an attempt in Hamar, Norway. On February 7, 1949, he reached a distance of 32.660 meters on natural ice. That was then the best performance of a Dutchman on natural ice ever.
Together with his wife Els and two other volunteers, Bram Vreugdenhil from the AK Foundation (Christmas Greetings Action) left in the early morning, while it was still dark, to the Ukrainian city of Beregsász, a twin city of Maassluis, with (medical) aid supplies and 25,000 euros to buy stoves and other items.
Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods and food producer Nestlé are work together on more sustainable dairy production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the Low Carbon Farming pilot, they are working with seventeen dairy farmers to identify individual solutions for their farms.
A message
Irma Moekestorm-Vreugdenhil from Maasland writes books for children. She has written twelve picture books and one poetry collection for adults, all published by Buddy Books in Almere. She believes it’s important for her stories to have humor and a lesson: there must be something recognizable that children can relate to and benefit from. In other words, her books have a message.
More and more cancer patients can – if they want – get their treatment at home. An oncological nurse and two patients explain how it works. Since June last year a very eyecatching contraption graces the streets of Amsterdam: a hospital cargo-bike. Four oncological nurses of the OLVG (Amsterdam city hospital) can use it to visit and treat their patients at home. Two days a week, no matter the weather, they bike through the city, the cargo bike loaded with a well-fill backpack, a collapsible drip, and a special chemo waste bin. “I biked 32 kilometers (20 miles) in one day a while ago,” Laura Vreugdenhil (54), one of the oncological nurses who participate. “In the pouring rain! Luckily our carge bike is electric-driven ánd we’ve got proper rain suits.”
