Next Monday (February 12, 2024), preparatory construction work for the so-called new replacement building will begin on the Mönchengladbach campus. Unfortunately, this means that the connecting path between Building O (Faculty of Food and Nutrition Sciences) and the textile halls of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology will no longer be accessible (see marked area on the map).

From Monday, the route from the O building to Webschulstraße will be via Rheydter Straße (past the K building).

From February 19 to 28, 2024, the time has come again and this year's Winter Academy will take place with many seminars in the field of key competencies and future skills.

The registration phase started on January 8th. You can find an overview of the program here.

From May 22 - 24, 2024, the MittelstandsMAKERTHON.NRW will take place in the AI Village at the euronovaCAMPUS in Hürth with a focus on "Artificial Intelligence".

We are looking for students from all disciplines who are interested in the topic of AI and would like to develop solutions for challenges faced by companies in the region in an interdisciplinary team under the guidance of professional innovation coaches. The best result will be awarded a prize by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of the 2.5-day Makerthon. Furthermore, the solutions developed will be followed up and integrated into the day-to-day operations of the participating companies.

Start: Mon, 19.02.2024, 19:00 - 20:30
Course instructor: Regina Kober
Course location: VHS am Sonnenhausplatz
Free of charge

In Germany, around a third of all food ends up in the garbage can every day, even though it could still be eaten. This is not only a waste of the food itself, but also of the resources that have gone into growing, harvesting, packaging, transporting and storing it. In Mönchengladbach, a foodsharing group has been working to "rescue food" since 2015. Foodsharing campaigns against food waste in various ways, for example via the online platform foodsharing.de.
This presentation provides information about the food sharing movement regionally and nationally.

Time and peace to study or write: Four days in the peaceful surroundings of Steyl Monastery on the Meuse. With some distance from everyday life and the opportunity to recharge your batteries spiritually, you will hopefully find it easier to concentrate. Especially when an exam phase is approaching or a degree is due - just learning without secondary thoughts!

27.02. to 01.03.2024
Herz-Jesu-Kloster Steyl (NL), just over the Dutch border near Venlo
Organizer: inspirit@ssps.de

Registration deadline: 13.02.
Registration via the university chaplaincy at Quellpunkt Aachen;
Costs and all other questions: www.QuellPunkt.de

The Biene40 project is nearing its degree at the end of February. In an online workshop at the beginning of the month, the team led by Prof. Dr. Claus Brell presented the project results, in particular simple new sensor technology that you can build yourself. Four guest speakers from very different disciplines and many guests were also involved.

A training concept and a rental version for the networked sensors will also be available in the course of the year. This will make it very easy and low-threshold for new beekeepers in particular to get started in beekeeping. Dr. Jonathan Bank (networking initiative "Beenovation") emphasized the importance of Biene40 in the context of the 16 projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, as Biene40 in particular has produced quickly applicable and practicable solutions.

In the context of the digitalization of beekeeping, the four invited guest speakers highlighted digital ways to varroa resistance, experiences with the Beelogger honey scale and AI models for determining the condition of bee colonies as well as the general use of AI and AI chatbots in agriculture.

In summary, Prof. Brell concludes that "technology must follow the needs of beekeepers. We have succeeded in doing this quite well in Biene40. This also paves the way for more minimally invasive beekeeping. The use of systems such as ChatGPT opens up possibilities that were not even thought of two years ago. Further research is needed here that considers agriculture, animal husbandry and beekeeping in context."

275 people teach at the HSNR. Two of them have now been awarded the prize for outstanding achievements in teaching education: Prof. Dr. Franziska Hilp-Pompey from the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Prof. Lisa Freyschmidt from the Faculty of Design.

Students and the faculty nominated 31 individuals and teams for the annual teaching award, 20 of whom submitted applications. The jury was made up of five professors and five students from different faculties. Prof. Dr. Berthold Stegemerten, Vice President for Studies and Teaching Education, presented the winners with prize money of 2,500 euros each for the further development of their teaching concepts during the Senate Award ceremony.

Prof. Dr. Franziska Hilp-Pompey received the award for her lecture "Social Law" - a large-scale practical orientation course for around 200 students in the third semester of the Bachelor's degree program in Social Work. It simulates a counseling situation with a fictitious client. The combination of classroom lectures and guided self-learning phase as group work with a sophisticated course on the online learning platform convinced the jury. Prof. Dr. Hilp-Pompey also uses multimedia methods such as podcast interviews. The students nominated the professor of social and migration law not least because of her structured lecture design.

Winner Lisa Freyschmidt (Professor of Ceramic, Porcelain and Glass Design) received the teaching award for her innovative "HyperLokal" project. In her course, 19 design students from the 3rd semester dealt with changes in table culture and set up a regional pop-up restaurant in Krefeld's Stadtgarten - from the counter and height-adjustable furniture to the self-designed porcelain. The students emphasized the strong practical and real-world relevance of the "HyperLokal".

The Cologne fashion label ARMEDANGELS offers internships for students. You can find all further information in the job advertisement.

From 01.02.2024, Marketing Gesellschaft Mönchengladbach is looking for a committed Junior Marketing Manager (m/f/d) to strengthen the team and explore innovative paths together.

As part of the creative team, you will have the opportunity to develop your marketing skills and work on exciting projects.

Borussia Mönchengladbach is looking for stewards for the match days. You can find all further information about the stewarding service in the job advertisement.

The NS Documentation Center of the City of Krefeld offers internships for students. You can find all further information in the job advertisement.