Arts
Book Club Committee
The UCM Book Club provides a cosy space for UCM book lovers to discuss and share their passion with fellow UCM students. Each period, we vote on a book to read and have an informal discussion about it while drinking tea and eating cookies. These discussions are open to all UCM students (even those who have not read the book) and the copy of each book we read can always be found in the UCM common room at the students’ disposal. The UCM Book Club is a great way for new and old UCM students to socialize with likeminded people and to discover new books in a variety of genres and styles!
Charity
The Charity Committee is a committee that is all about helping while also having fun! We plan several events each semester where all profits go to an organization that students choose in the beginning of each Semester. Last Semester’s chosen organization was Liter of Lights Netherlands. Some of the events that we do are Waffle Wednesday’s where we make Waffles for 50c, Cultural nights where we plan events with other committees such as the Latin American Community as well as other fun and giving events. We Cannot wait for new members to join our Community!
Cooking
Crafts
ExCo – Excursions Committee
Film Committee
The film committee regroups film enthusiasts of the ucm community. We share our love of films through movie screenings every other week and through the development of our own film projects! From small films to documentaries, we try to learn the basic skills of filmmaking through semester long projects. We want to make sure everyone from the committee gets to learn about each position involved in the filmmaking process, so we try to switch roles (whether screen writing, cinematography, film directing or editing). We are a growing committee and welcome new members with great enthusiasm!
Games & Chess
We are the Ludens Games Committee! We hold board-game nights (including Catan, Risk, Cards Against Humanity, Jenga), RPG nights and video-game fiestas (including Smash, Mario Kart) in the UCM Common Room. In COVID-times, we host online game nights on our Discord server (https://discord.gg/qQRSBa5) including fun Jackbox Games and Among Us. Anyone from any faculty can join! Follow us on Facebook to keep track of all our events: UCM Ludens https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/UCM-Ludens-293424561070444/.
Gardening
Gay Agenda
Graduation
Hypatia – Feminist Committee
The UCM feminist committee works towards achieving equality among education and our society. Our aim is to act local, think global. Through events like guest lectures, workshops, panel discussions we aim to bring about awareness, bust myths about feminism, create a safe space for everyone in the community.
IRDC
Limburg
Music Committee
The Music Committee organizes many of the music related events at UCM. Open Mic Nights are organized once a period and give the UCMers an opportunity to share their talents, be it singing, playing an instrument, stand-up, poetry, magic tricks, … with the community. Other than that, the Music Committee organizes bi-weekly Jam Sessions, where we set up the instruments UCM offers. These are evenings for musicians and people can just join us and either ‚perform‘ or make music together. One half of the evening always consists of people forming small groups and rehearsing a song within 20-30 minutes. At the end of the night, we perform these songs. Jam Nights are for people who actually want to make music together, but may be too afraid to immediately perform on the big stage of the Open Mic Nights. Occasionally, the Music Committee organizes Karaoke Nights.
Party Committee
The UCM Party Committee ensures that all hardworking students have their spirits lifted and lives brightened. From Halloween parties to Galas, we throw parties of all kinds: wild or chilled, comical or sophisticated, there is a something for everyone. The committee strives to let us escape the existential crises of UCM life through letting our wildest sides emerge! So forget your responsibilities, put down your textbooks, and join us for some unforgettable nights.
Philosophy
Poetry Committee
The Poetry Society is a committee for people who love words. We meet on a biweekly basis to read our own poems or poems by other authors, listen to our fellow poets and drink tea or wine. Poems in every language are welcome. We’re always happy if people share poems, but also if you’re never written a word, you’re more than welcome to join and simply listen. The first half of the evening, we read poems to each other while the second half is used for a writing exercise to get everyone in the writing flow. The last half year, we held our Poetry Nights online via zoom but we hope to see you soon in person again!
Politics
Radio
Spiritual Enlightenment Committee
Spirit(ual) Enlightenment’s events provide the perfect socializing environment, to meet and bond with students from all corners of our UCM community. Ranging from chill and cultured atmospheres in our Wine and Whiskey Tastings to a party atmosphere fostering commoradery at our Cantus. Additionally, our events are focused on educating students on different types of alcohol, while providing the opportunity to step out of the academic stress and have fun responsibly. Through our events, we aim to enhance communication and the feeling of belonging to the community, while enjoying ourselves with quality beverages.
Sports Committee
The UCM Sports Committee organizes sport and sport related activities, such as Champions League Viewings or Lasertag. The Committee’s goal is to bring the world of sports to the UCM Community and through it bring the community closer together.
Theatre
The Bell Committee
The Bell is UCM’s own student-run magazine. Everything is written, designed and published by students and for students. Every issue is centred around a theme; in the past we had concepts like ‘dreams’, ‘revolution’ and ‘addiction’, and we always chose the themes based on what the UCM community prefers, through polls and posts on our Facebook page. The magazine includes opinion columns, current affair pieces, poems, short stories, as well as film and book reviews. Whatever it is that you want to share with the UCM community, be it your writing or even your illustrations, photography or design, The Bell is the place to do so.