Trust Person

Hi, I’m Mara and I am 20 years old! This year, together with Kars, I will be the trustperson of POLIS! For as far as my academic career: I’m a second year Organization Studies student now, but in the study year of 21/22 I did a boardyear at POLIS as the Public Relations and External Affairs officer. The year before that I was the chairwoman of the Introduction camp. I briefly switched to Human Resources as a study, but figured it wasn’t a good match for me. I find it very important that people feel well and that if they don’t feel well, they can come to someone to talk about it, since it’s a great step in progress to communicate about that is going on. This goes for mental health, but also if something happens with another person and you need to talk about it. That is why I wanted to be a trustperson, so that you can talk to a familiar person about anything going on in your life, and that we keep that in confidence. As trustpersons we’re connected to a lot of professional help, so even if we can’t help you directly, we’ll make sure you speak to a person who does, so don’t be shy to contact us!

Hello! I’m Kars. I’m 22 years old and going through my second year of organization studies right now. Alongside Mara, I’ll be trustperson for the members of POLIS. Before studying in the beautiful city of Tilburg, I was an Applied Psychology student for two years. The focus there was on coaching and interviewing, which I still love to do. Skills like using open listening and NIP ethics norms are, I think, directly useful for being trustperson. I’ve also personally been involved with mental health, self-care and meditation since at least 2016, which are strong drives behind wanting to become trustperson this year.
Rebelling against stigma and helping people be heard are very important things to me. When we talk, everything is confidential. Trustpersons can assist you in finding the help you may need. I believe bullying, aggression, stress, sexual misconduct, or anything else making you feel bad have no place in your time studying, because that time should first and foremost be fun. So, no matter how small or big the problem you have is, let’s talk. No matter if you want to simply just tell someone, or do something about what’s on your mind, again, let’s talk. Much love, Kars

Internationalization Officer

Hello hello, I’m Stanley, 21 years old, I come from Poland, but I lived in England and Finland as well. I’m a second year Global Management of Social Issues student as well as a second year POLIS member. It’s quite dope to be the new Internationalization Officer this year! I hope to attract as many internationals to POLIS events as possible, so they can experience the amazing Dutch student culture and bring some nice insight about their own countries. In my free time I like spray painting, eating sushi and painting on canvas, I’ve always been interested in different languages and cultures, so feel free to contact me about anything, or even better, join the POLIS events and chill. I’m there almost all the time.

Yours very truly, Stanley

+31 6 83666317
internationalizationofficer@studyassociationpolis.com