Secretary

Hola!

My name is Felix (he/him), and I am the secretary this year. I was born 20 years ago in a beautiful town called Elst, sometimes referred to as the Paris of Western Europe. I moved to Nijmegen in my second year though, and I love it here, top two places I've ever lived. For some reason I'm already a master's student, dunno how that happened. Fortunately, I have the opportunity to extend my student time by doing a board year at the greatest association on earth!!

During my introweek, I made a bunch of lifelong friends, which was about as good an introduction to CognAC as you can get I suppose. I started going to a lot of activities, eventually became secretary of the EncrypC, got stolen away by other associations for a while (oops), got convinced by a co-mentor to join the WkC, got pulled all the way back in, joined the AlmanaC too and went to almost every activity again. The full story of how I ended up applying for the board is a bit too long and disjointed to write here, but in hindsight, I'm very happy the stars aligned the way they did.

Outside of associations I really like sports (football, basketball, lifting, does chess count? It's also my least favourite so it's fine if not). I can play a bit of piano and I recently bought a guitar which I'm forcing myself to stick with by publicly writing this. Also I'm a fan of doing bullshit sometimes like the self-playing xylophone I made a couple weeks ago. I’m down for anything if it sounds like it’ll be a memory, so if you ever have a sidequest, hit me up.

I’ll be spouting ceaseless nonsense in your inbox for the rest of the year, but if you decide you ever want to spout nonsense back, send whatever comes to mind to secretary@svcognac.nl. You can also always find me on the beanbag in the BK, drop by for a chat :)

Hugs and kisses,
Flip

Treasurer

Eyoo,

I’m Tjeerd, 19 years old, fourth-year AI student from the beautiful Nijmegen, and treasurer of the XXXVIth board of CognAC. I’ve been active in the OrC for the past 2.5 years, where I’ve really enjoyed organizing activities, being involved behind the scenes and sitting in cardboard boxes. In my free time, I like doing random side quests with friends, gaming, reading, and sometimes pretending to do sports occasionally. I’m super excited to make this a great year together with my fellow board members and all of you.

Ch(Tj)eer(d)s!

Chief of External Affairs

Hi!

I am Wouter, the Chief of External Affairs of the XXXVI board. I'm 21 years old, and currently a fourth year AI student. I'm originally from Eindhoven, but after starting my studies here I completely fell in love with Nijmegen. Even though Eindhoven will always be close to my heart, Nijmegen stole a place a little bit closer.

Like every board member ever, I started my CognAC journey in the 1C. After I found a room here during my second year I started becoming more active. I joined the AC (BC) and even ended up chairing it for quite a while. I enjoyed chairing so much that I ended up doing a board year as President of the Beta Career Foundation last year. During this board year, I talked to companies a lot, where I learned that working people are also quite funny sometimes. Somehow I survived that year and even had energy for a second board year, which is how I ended up here as Extern.

As Chief of External Affairs, I am responsible for maintaining and building relationships with CognAC's partners. My main goal this year is to reach at least 10 million in sponsor moneys, and if that doesn't work out to at least have a lot of fun while trying.

You can reach me at extern@svcognac.nl, or come to the bk if you are ever in need of some very bad jokes. The bk will be my second home this year, so I hope to see you all there!

Chief of Internal Affairs

Heyhoi!

My name is Meike, but a lot of you know me as Bob(bie) or even Robert. I'm 21 years old and come from a very very very small village in Brabant, called Sprundel. This year I will be finishing up the last EC's of my AI bachelor, as it's already my fourth year of studying.

In my first year, I fell in love with the city and the WkC's pink bathrobes. I'm very glad Mackenzie convinced me to join the committee, because that is where my CognAC journey started. After enjoying my first experiences in the WkC, I joined many more committees. I joined the AC, the PaparaC, the DAtA, the AlmanaC, and this year I will also be joining the IntroC. My love for CognAC did not end there, because here I am as your new Chief on Internal Affairs. This basically means that if you have any questions about CognAC or one of its committees, you can come up to me and I'll tell you how amazing they are and that you should join ;). That might sound like a classic sales strategy, but the people who know me can confirm that I'm a terrible liar and that my love for our association is as genuine as can be. I just hope everyone can experience all the lovely things CognAC has to offer.

Aside from studying and CognAC, I also love to practice my creative hobbies. I often paint my nails, sporadically crochet, and I also picked up sewing as my latest obsession. Some other random things that I love are snacking (specifically on chips), yapping, shopping, and fun coloured outfits. Fun fact about me: I have been able to say the alphabet backwards since I was 8 and am still pretty fast at it. Unfortunately I can only do this in Dutch, as my level of English wasn't very impressive at the time of learning the skill.

If you ever feel like yapping, eating some snacks and finding out about my latest creative projects, feel free to drop by the BK, as you'll probably find me there.

Lots of kisses, Bob

Chief of academic affairs

Hii!

I am Amy and I am this year’s Chief of Academic Affairs of CognAC. I am 20 years old and from a small town called Goch, right at the German Dutch border. I am starting my third year in the AI bachelor program.

While I only joined Cognac nearly halfway through my second year, I directly joined a committee (my beloved XC) and then somehow stumbled into a board info session, leading me to apply for board. And well, now I am here with 5 other amazing people doing a board year that I could not be more excited about!

In my free time I really enjoy reading, especially any sort of fiction. I also love to bake and use every opportunity that I can get to do so. I have recently begun to start a, still very small, plant collection, which feels like a canon event for a lot of people in their twenties. I am debating starting to learn Spanish, but I am not yet sure if I will go through with it though I will keep you updated :)

This year I will serve as a bridge between the CognAC and the AI department, which means that I will be in contact with teachers and staff, so if you ever have any questions, ideas or concerns about your education you can either find me in the BK or shoot me an email at academic@svcognac.nl.

I’ll see you around!