Dies Natalis

Last Saturday, we celebrated the 'Dies Natalis' of our school, which is Latin for something like 'the day of birth'. So basically, we celebrated our schools birthday. And where could you do that better or more fancy than in the Peace Palace?

I had to be there early because the choir would be performing and we had to practise and warm our voices. At 2.30 pm the actual ceremony started. Everyone looked really nice, almost all the boys wore a suit and the girls put on their prettiest cocktail dresses. Of course there were a lot of boring and some less boring speeches, the main lecture was by Michael Hardt from Duke University. It was really interesting but also hard to follow for non-native speakers.

After the speeches and the inauguration of the Fortuna board (which is our student association), there was a part where some people got awards. Neither of us won one, which was of course very disappointing... ;) But it was a great day to experience anyway! We had a group picture taken after the ceremony and then we all went home again.