Association of Friends and Alumni of the Bergische Universität
| Association of Friends and Alumni of the Bergische Universität e. V. (FABU) |
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| purpose | Supporting the tasks of the university; Awarding of sponsorship awards for theses; Network for students, members, alumni, partners |
| Chair: | Johannes Koebberling |
| Establishment date: | 5th June 1973 |
| Number of members: | 525 (2006) |
| Seat : | Wuppertal |
| Website: | www.fabu.uni-wuppertal.de |
The Association of Friends and Alumni of the Bergische Universität (FABU) is a non-profit association of friends, relatives and alumni of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . It supports the university in its tasks and has sections within its organization that provide targeted support to the individual departments. The FABU was run under the name Society of Friends of the Bergische University (GFBU) until 2015 .
The association has made a decisive contribution to the history and development of the Bergische Universität by initiating the university concerts , setting up the guest house and meeting center on Freudenberg, and the UniTal academic lecture series .
history
The friends' association was founded on June 5, 1973, just under a year after the establishment of the then comprehensive university. Well-known entrepreneurs such as Erich Mittelsten Scheid , Hellmut Girardet and Heino Ahr belonged to the founding group . In May 1975 the association already had 175 members and equity of almost 36,000 marks . In 1977 GFBU funds totaling 12,000 marks made it possible to build the university kindergarten. In 1978 a simultaneous translation system was purchased for 67,000 marks. In 1980 Ingrid Henkels took over the chairmanship from Erich Mittelsten Scheid, the new treasurer Hans H. Asmus established a wealth of over 190,000 marks. Before the ninth regular general meeting , 10,000 flyers were distributed for advertising purposes, the association had 270 members at that time. In 1985, Rector Josef M. Häußling initiated the series of UNI KONZERTE , which was further supported two years later with the purchase of a concert grand .
In 1991, the entrepreneur Johannes Dinnebier became the 500th member of the friends' association; in the meantime, between 70,000 and 144,000 marks in funds could be awarded annually. The Friends of University Sports and Sports Science was founded as a section of GFBU in 1992 . In 1994, at the suggestion of Erich Hödl and Walter Blum, the former officers' mess of the Generaloberst-Hoepner-Kaserne - today's Freudenberg campus - was converted into a guest house and meeting center with generous funding; two years later there are already almost 250,000 in the donor account set up especially for this project Mark received. In 2000 the two new sections, the Friends of Machine Technology and the Friends of Evangelical Theology, were founded, followed by the Friends of Economics the following year . The number of members was now 635. In 2003, 24 university projects were funded with over 54,000 euros, part of which went to the Zollverein School of Management and Design in Essen . In 2004, the Remscheid entrepreneur and Vaillant managing director Karl-Ernst Vaillant took over the chairmanship of the association. 27 university projects were funded with almost 57,000 euros, including a project by the printing and media technology department for the Düsseldorf trade fair drupa .
In 2006 Johannes Köbberling was elected as the new chairman. In 2007, the GFBU, in cooperation with the Westdeutsche Zeitung , held the UniTal lecture series for the first time in the Elberfeld City Church , at which various professors gave lectures on their subject areas. In 2008, the international university project Environmental Ecology , the 15th Wuppertal Linguistic Forum and a Goethe Evening were funded. In 2009, a study trip to Auschwitz and an excursion to Weimar were also financed. In 2010, 24 university projects, some of them supraregional, were funded. In 2012, the establishment of the university arboretum , an approximately 1 km long tree- learning path, was supported.
In 2015 it was decided to expand the profile of the association across disciplines to include students, relatives, alumni and partners. In the course of this, the Society of Friends of the Bergische University was renamed the Association of Friends and Alumni of the Bergische University (FABU).
Ulrich Jaeger , Managing Director of WSW mobil GmbH , will replace Köbberling as CEO in 2018.
Prices
Since 1998 sponsorship and doctoral prizes have been awarded annually to students and recognize outstanding achievements in written or artistic theses. A total of up to 10,000 euros will be awarded. University lecturers also have the opportunity to submit their work.
Serendipity Prize
In addition, the Wiesemann & Theis company has been donating the Serendipity Prize since 2008 , which recognizes work that delivers a surprising result or ultimately calls into question the thesis or scientific assumption made at the beginning.
- Award winners
- 2008 - Daniel Kümpel
- 2009 - Jan-Moritz Koenen
- 2010 - Paul Willems
- 2011 - Nadine Eichler
- 2012 - Cédric Meschke
- 2013 - David Benjamin Müller
- 2014 - Bianca Wegener
Bergischer Science Transfer Prize
The Bergische Wissenschaftstransferpreis has been awarded by the GFBU since 2012 . The prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, honors scientists who have achieved outstanding results as part of a cooperation between research and practical application.
- Award winners
- 2012 - Markus Zdrallek
- 2013 - Hartmut Beckedahl and Christian Nafe (special prizes to: Bärbel Diehr, Jan Kassel, Ralf Gießler, Gela Preisfeld, Karsten Damerau, Michael Tausch and Amitabh Banerji)
Fudickar Foundation Prize
In 2009 and 2011 the Fudickar Foundation Prize was announced and honored student theses in both years.
- Award winners
- 2009 - Paul Czarnecki
- 2011 - Kristina Meder and Antonio Fuentes Arjona
Stella Baum Art Prize
In 2010 the Stella-Baum-Kunstförderpreis (also Stella-Baum-Preis ) named after Stella Baum was awarded for the first time so that art students can present their works to the public. The prize is endowed with 2500 euros.
- Award winners
- 2010 - Sandra Creutz
- 2011 - Christina Trommer
- 2012 - Katharina Gührs
- 2013 - Sebastian Lenz
- 2014 - Frederik Ellerbrock
- 2015 - Florian Kulinna
- 2016 - Martina Verbocket
- 2017 - Marc Kox
- 2018 - Marita Speen
- 2019 - Sevda Aktas
Board
The chairmanship has been held by the doctor Johannes Köbberling since 2006 , his deputies are the former chairman of the DGB Bergisch Land Heino Ahr and the chairman of the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal Norbert Brenken .
Honorary chairman of FABU is Ingrid Henkels, treasurer is Jörg Bornheimer, secretary is Martin Hebler from the Technologiezentrum Wuppertal .
Further board members are Silvia Schwarz, the rector of the Carl-Duisberg-Gymnasium , Andreas Kletzander from the job center Wuppertal as well as the rector of the University Lambert T. Koch and the chancellor of the University Roland Kischkel .
The advisory board includes, among others, the chairman of the board of Barmenia Versicherungen Josef Beutelmann , the chairman of the Technical Academy Wuppertal Erich Giese, the entrepreneur Dirk Sachsenröder and the professors Siegfried Maser and Ernst-Andreas Ziegler .
List of CEOs
- 1973–1980: Erich Mittelsten Scheid
- 1980-2004: Ingrid Henkels
- 2004–2006: Karl-Ernst Vaillant
- 2006–2018: Johannes Köbberling
- 2018– : Ulrich Jaeger
Sections
Membership in one of the sections is compulsory for membership in the Circle of Friends. Between 1988 and 2013 five sections were created:
- Printing Section (since 1988)
- Sports Section (since 1992)
- Section "Evangelical Theology" (since 2000)
- Section "Circle of Friends of Machine Technology" (since 2000)
- Economics Section (since 2000)
Individual evidence
- ^ Friends and alumni of the university: Ulrich Jaeger elected as the new chairman of the board. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on May 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Serendipity Prize ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 2014
- ↑ Bergischer Wissenstransferpreis ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 2014
- ↑ Prize of the Fudickar Foundation ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 2014
- ↑ Stella-Baum-Kunstförderpreis 2010 , accessed on December 16, 2010.
- ↑ As part of the sponsorship award ceremony of the Society of Friends of the Bergische Universität (GFBU), the Stella Baum Art Prize 2010, endowed with 2,500 euros, was awarded for the first time. on stadtnetz-wuppertal.de from December 18, 2010
- ↑ Brilon-Totallokal: Brilonerin Christina Trommer was awarded the Stella-Baum-Kunstförderpreis on brilon-totallokal.de, accessed January 2014
- ↑ Stella Baum Prize winner 2012 is art student Katharina Gührs , press release of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal from December 11, 2012
- ^ Art student Sebastian Lenz is the Stella Baum Prize winner 2013 , on njuuz.de from January 31, 2013
- ^ Art student Frederik Ellerbrock is the 2014 Stella Baum Prize winner , on stadtnetz-wuppertal.de from December 11, 2014
- ↑ Art student Florian Kulinna is the Stella Baum Prize winner 2015. In: uni-wuppertal.de. www.presse.uni-wuppertal.de, accessed on June 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Stella Baum Prize Winner 2016: Award for Martina Verbocket. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on February 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Stella Baum Prize Winner 2017: Art student Marc Kox honored. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Stella Baum Prize Winner: Award for art student Marita Speen. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on January 30, 2019 .
- ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Bergische Uni: Stella-Baum-Preis goes to Sevda Aktas. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
