(November 2024) Dr Nadine Uebe-Emden (44) has reached the top in the truest sense of the word. From her office on the top floor of the Sparkasse building in Siegen city centre, she has a fantastic view of the city and the Unteres Schloss campus. ‘I was too early with my studies, I would have liked to have had lectures,’ she says with a laugh. Click here to read more.

The 2004/2005 winter semester marked the beginning of a completely new phase of life for most of us. We started our studies in Media Planning, Development and Counselling (M-PEB). A degree programme that appealed to many because of its practical relevance and the special mix of communication and media studies, with excursions into media ethics, psychology and ethnology and courses in economics and business administration. The programme, which is unique in Germany, attracted students from all corners of Germany to Siegen. Click here to read more.

Social worker Nicole Dreisbach fulfils a long-standing dream and turns her passion project into a career. As an MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) and Happy Panda teacher, the native of Siegerland has been offering mindfulness courses for companies, organisations and people here in the Siegen-Wittgenstein region since March 2024. Click here to read more.

As part of the current Alumni Academy, international alumni met at the University of Siegen in September to share their experiences of supporting regional development projects in their respective environments with local initiatives from our region and to work together on solutions to counteract the conflicting demands of urbanisation and rural development. Click here to read more.

The result of two years of international collaboration at the Alumni Academy of the University of Siegen. The interviews were conducted and the article written by Amalia Leela Schikora, student reporter and intern at the Alumni Office of the University of Siegen. An insight into various projects and conversations with their companions: Click here to read more.