ZoeterVival A PRODUCT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL AT HOME

An international mix of students arriving to pursue their Master’s in Sports at Zoetermeer University Melting Pot (90% International and 10% Dutch) What are we looking at!! DUTCH A product to enable the new Master’s students settle down easily. By, Socializing Understanding different cultures and the place Getting their questions answered Having fun!! Objective

How? PRESENT STATE Feeling lonely New to the place Not understanding the culture Feeling homesick Many unanswered questions FUTURE STATE Meet people Go around Appreciating the Dutch culture and sharing your own Finding home at Zoetermeer (Cuisines, grocery……) Most of them answered

Answer Zotervival (a mobile app) the ultimate solution!!!

Everyone has a Smartphone It’s SIMPLE Always with you Keeps you connected Why an APP??

ZoterVival-How does it work? New Master students at the university are given a user ID to login ZoterVival suggests group of friends to have fun Rest is coming up!!!

Socializing – Today’s Activity Each Student group is assigned an activity schedule Activities include sports, city tours and multicultural dining Activities are designed to accommodate all nationalities

Multicultural Activities Schedule MondayTuesdayWedensdayThursdayFridaySaturday Welcome at the campusAt FC Zoetermeer Cricket (India) At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Handball (Denmark) At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Basketball (Greece) At SilverDome - Ice Hockey (Findland) At Snow World - climbing Campus tourCricketHandballBasketballIce Hockeyclimbing Team buildingAt FC Zoetermeer Football (Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands) At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Table tennis (China) At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Dodgeball (Korea) Ice Hockeyclimbing Introduction to the Netherlands Footballtable tennisDodgeballIce Hockeyclimbing Dutch LunchSpanish LunchDanish LunchKorean LunchFinnish LunchGerman Lunch City center tourCulture tour 1 (Water tower, De Hoop, The old Church) Culture tour 2 (Concert Hall, Nelson Mandelabrug, Balijbos) At Dutch Water dreams - surfing, rafting Den Haag tripDelft trip City center tourCulture tour 1Culture tour 2surfing, rafting 16-17Bike shopping surfing, rafting DinnerWelcome Dutch dinnerIndian dinnerChinese dinnerGreek dinnerItalian dinnerDutch BBQ Evening Bowling at DekkerGo Kart, laser game etc. at Attractie centrum zoetermeer Pub crawlBoard game night Closing Party

Bored??-Plan your own activity ‘Plan your activity’ allows you to arrange your own evenings ‘Event planner’ - Easier way to plan activities in a new place Find out about events planned by fellow students

Feeling Lost ? Dutch way – Find out all about cycles Get to know all the Bicycle and Randstadrail routes

All you need to know! ‘Essentials’ – It gives the easiest way to find out all you need from grocery to bank to Indian Masalas All places are marked in maps with detailed information and reviews

Too confused? Students can find FAQs with answers Post their questions in the dedicated forum Get to know what is happening in social media pages of the University

Emergencies All important emergency contacts at the same place A provision to dial the number directly from the app saving some precious time

Team Zoetermeer speaks Master’s in sports since Zoetermeer because Lot of famous sportsmen* from Zotermeer The city offers excellent sports centers to take up sports as career The ideas in the app is based on collective experience of the team from the initial days at Delft *

Not homesick anymore ZoeterVival is the perfect solution Bridging the gap between cultures through sport activities Familiarizing students with their new city and university Building a new and sustainable home Helping the students become part of a social network Encourage the sharing of experiences

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