UCMSA Universalis

This article is about the student society in Maastricht, Netherlands. For other uses, see Universalis (disambiguation).

UCM Study Association Universalis
Established	3 December 2002
Type	Public, Student society
Location	Maastricht, Netherlands
Website	[1]

Universalis is a multicultural and multidisciplinary student society directly affiliated with University College Maastricht. It is run by UCM students for UCM students. Universalis contributes to both academic and social life at UCM. The association is involved in the organisation of debates, poetry readings, parties, charity fundraisers, and other events. Following a structure typical of Maastricht University study associations, it is led by an executive board of seven, has committees composed of active members who provide services for all members.

Organisation structure

Board members serve for one or two semesters after which they can re-apply. . Committee chairs are each chosen internally in any way the committees see fit.

Currently, the executive board is:

• President: Caroline Mattias
• Treasurer: Florian Simonsen
• Secretary: Menno Reijven
• Social Activities Officer: Christine Baljet
• Academic Activities Officer: Arno Angerer
• Internal Communication Officer: Jan Meijer
• External Communication Officer: Elina Muceniece

The currently active committees and societies in Universalis are:

• Arts & Photography committee
• Charity committee
• Choir society
• Debating club
• Drama society
• Excursion committee
• Movie committee
• Orchestra society
• Party committee
• Spanish Literature society
• Sports committee
• TEDx Society
• UCMagazine
• Vegan Society
• Yearbook committee
• Sustainability committee

History

At the start of September 2002 UCM's first students gathered in the back yard of their new college. Several students formed an informal founding committee to get a student society started.. Because the diversity of UCM's students and its curriculum, they decided that Da Vinci's Homo Universalis was a suitable symbol for the student society's identity. It represents the juxtaposition of different interests in its members and of the diverse UCM student body. The founding committee decided to call the association Universalis and Brian Pagán designed the logo, a stylised version of the Vitruvian Man. The first unofficial Universalis general meeting was held on 19 September 2002. The organisation's structure was drawn up by the founding committee and the first board was elected. The organisation was registered with the Maastricht Chamber of Commerce and certified by a notary on 3 December 2002, marking the official establishment of UCM Study Association Universalis.

Composition of Executive Board

	President	Treasurer	Secretary	Social AO	Academic AO	Internal CO	External CO
Spring 2012	Caroline Mattias	Florian Simonsen	Menno Reijven	Christine Baljet	Arno Angerer	Jan Meijer	Elina Muceniece
Autumn 2011	Philipp Dienstbier	Vadim de Waart	Maria Tenberge	Catriona O'Sullivan	Svenja Engels	Isabel Voets	Simonas Savickas
Spring 2011	Rogier Hanselaar	Menno van der Ven	Maria Tenberge	Roos Malmberg	Veronika Brantová	Pieter Kuijsten	Simonas Savickas
Autumn 2010	Rogier Hanselaar	Anne Verroen	Esmee Bergmann	Roos Malmberg	Veronika Brantová	Christina Leuker	Elena Buscher
Spring 2010	Harm van Leeuwen	Astrid Dalsegg	Eszter Boros	Lieke de Boer	Veronika Brantová	Christina Leuker	Elena Buscher

	President	Treasurer	Secretary	Social AO	Academic AO	Public Relations Officer
Autumn 2009	Harm van Leeuwen	Astrid Dalsegg	Eszter Boros	Lieke de Boer	Benjamin Ahnert	Pascal Possler
2008–2009	Nina Weser (2008) Yela Naletto (2009)	Aernout Verhallen	Theresa Schlagheck	Pieter Verhallen	Sarah Kunz	Susanne Kuhrmann (2008) Pascal Possler (2009)
2007–2008	Steffie van Kuppevelt	Anke Kip	Annika Lie (2007) Mayke Geradts (2008)	Melanie Kruger	Nina Weser	Iona Ebben (2007) Susanne Kuhrmann (2008)
2006–2007	Iris Burks		Annika Lie (2007)	Daan Cramer		Jakob Josten
2005–2006	Johan Peters	Tobias Müller	Kai Störmer		Eliot Rolen	Kim Solberg
2004–2005	Jennifer Plenter	Gertjan Lucas (2004) Johan Peters (2005)	Govert Veldhuijzen (2004) Raphael Hartmann (2005)	Vincent Tangena	Stéphanie Bijlmakers	Jesper Kleingeld

	President	Vice President	Secretary	Treasurer	Internal AO	Public Relations Officer
2003–2004	Erik Pot	Miquel Staal	Gertjan Lucas	Sjors Martens	Jennifer Plenter	Lucas Josten (2003) Jesper Kleingeld (2004)
2002–2003	Erik Pot	Brian Pagán	Gertjan Lucas	Peter Wiebe	Lucas Josten	Jennifer Plenter

External links

• Universalis
• Luminous, UCM alumni
• University College Maastricht
• Maastricht University