RSM Alumni

There’s just a few days left to decide who takes home this year’s RSM Distinguished Alumni Awards. From innovators driving circular economies to volunteers building community worldwide, your vote celebrates alumni making real impact.

Voting closes THIS SATURDAY at noon CET.

Our final category is the Force for Positive Change award, where we recognise alumni for their work in a different UN Sustainable Development Goal. This year, the award will acknowledge an alum who is initiating and leading action to encourage more sustainable cities and communities in line with SDG 11.

This year’s nominees are:

- Bart Bergmans
Bart Bergmans (EMBA, 2017) exemplifies the spirit of the UN’s SDG 11 – making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable – through his commitment to sustainable innovation in housing and urban infrastructure.

- Denisa Kasa
Denisa Kasa (IBA, 2021; MSc BIM, 2023) has been nominated for the Force for Positive Change Award by the RSM Alumni Relations Team for volunteering to raise awareness of ecocide in the rivers of Albania, growing and financing a network that campaigns against pollution and cleans up its rivers.

- Philip Groeneveld
Philip Groeneveld (MSc BA, 2021) is driving large-scale sustainability in the Dutch energy system by combining strategic vision with hands-on ex*****on to connect industry, government, and society. Turning complex energy challenges into actionable, investable solutions is down to his leadership, impact, and ability to bridge vision with results.

Find the voting link in our bio!

Cheers to a fantastic start of the year! 🥂 Last week’s New Year’s Drinks brought alumni together for a fun evening of networking, silent disco, games and drinks & snacks. Thank you to everyone who joined! Here’s to more connections in 2025 🙌

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We’ve dived into our archives again, and look at the gems we’ve found! Did you know that...:
.. the very first RSM building wasn’t at all at campus? 🤔 RSM was established in 1970, initially operating out of an elegant villa in Kralingen, a beloved suburb in Rotterdam... exams at our university have changed a lot over the years? Once in Theil, Van der Goot and even Ahoy, and now in the old sports building on campus. With more study options, there are a ton more exams happening, and let’s not forget the transition from paper to laptop-based exams reflecting the shift of digitalization. 🧑‍💻.. when Woudestein Campus opened in 1968, buildings were identified by letters in alphabetical order? 🏫 In 2012, faculty deans named the buildings, which is why the names don’t match the original letter designations.

If you are interested in more history of our school, check out the timeline in Mandeville Building or see the link in our bio!

Credits photo 2: book by Van herwaarden