Eberswalder Hochschulgesellschaft e.V.
Support - Promote - Network
We are the central support organisation of the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and would like to develop it as a place of sustainable ideas and impulses. The Eberswalde University Society bundles activities in order to network with each other and with the university.
If you also feel connected to the HNEE and would like to support it in teaching, research and further education, then you have come to the right place! With your membership you actively support our work! Whether as a student, graduate, employee or external supporter - join us!
- Students: Take advantage of the opportunity to make contacts within the Eberswalde University Society and build a network for your future career.
- Graduates: Stay in touch with your university and support the generation of students who will come after you
- Employees: Let's work together to advance science, research and teaching in Eberswalde.
- Supporting member (individual or company): You share your personal success and foster a sense of community. Through you, talented young people benefit from education and science.
- Exclusive invitation to events (e.g. Nachhall) for networking
- Receipt of the HNEE newsletter and the sustainability report
- 3% discount for members at Globus Naturkost in Eberswalde (can be combined with the Globus card)*, max. 4% for students
- Welcome voucher at Globus Naturkost in Eberswalde for new members*
*does not apply to supporting members (companies)
The following annual fees apply:
- Supporting membership (company): at least EUR 30
- Supporting member (individual): 30 EUR
- Reduced membership fee (pensioners, unemployed, secondary members: spouse and partner): EUR 15
- Free of charge for the first two years for students and graduates up to two years after graduation
We recommend a direct debit authorisation for the collection of fees. The contributions are to be understood as a minimum contribution - higher contributions can be made to better finance the association's business.
Please also note our membership fee regulations.
Please complete, sign and return the declaration of membership to
Eberswalder Hochschulgesellschaft e.V.
c/o Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde
Schicklerstr. 5
16225 Eberswalde
As a central sponsorship organisation, the EHG can also support smaller projects and project initiatives and provide impetus. Of the prizes awarded, the annual Engagement Prize is particularly close to my heart, as it promotes active involvement and the grounding of the entire university. However, networking is particularly important: with the numerous supporters of HNEE, with alumni, with active and former employees.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wilhelm-Günther Vahrson
Chairman
Our commitment
The promotion of students, science, research and teaching is at the centre of our activities. In this context, the association pursues the following goals, among others:
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Promotion of students and alumni and their further education
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Financing a Germany Scholarship
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Promotion of employees through international exchange of experience in teaching and research
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Cultivating aspects of the history of science in teaching and research at Eberswalde
We regularly support programmes at the university for exchange between current students and our partners outside HNEE as well as employees. These include the intercultural buffet, the family and alumni lunch and exhibition openings on various topics.
Supporting students and recognising their special achievements is particularly important to us. In this context, awards endowed with prize money are presented.
| 2024 | Gina Julia Lindemann & CSD Eberswalde |
| 2023 | Lukas Zimmermann & Florian Fassbinder |
| 2022 | Ukraine Support Initiative & Milan Touché |
| 2021 | Lena Höhne & Lena Bergmann |
| 2020 | Johanna von Hackewitz & Ruth Schmidt |
| 2019 | Silvan Hild & Selena Dami |
| 2018 | Felix Müller & Julian Reimann |
| 2017 | Diana Mercedes Cerviño Tirapegui & AStA of the term 2016 |
| 2016 | Tom Brodhagen, Anja Kampe, Stefan Mühlisch (organisation team of the "Interfob 2015") |
| 2015 | SofA Eberswalde - "Solidarity for asylum seekers" initiative |
| 2014 | Kathrin Müller-Rees (involved in the student council, head of the Eberswalde group of the International Forestry Students' Association, AStA chairwoman etc.) |
| 2013 | Team of the student club Eberswalde e.V. |
| 2012 | Leonie Nikrandt (social commitment in the Freudenquell retirement home) & Tolulope Daramola (commitment in the degree programme, activities in the Horizonte association) |
| 2011 | Imre Seif & Team Ökostammtisch |
| 2010 | Sarah Buron, Jens Köber, Verena Fiene and Dennis Weidelich (editorial team of the student newspaper "Frischling") |
| 2009 | Katharina Weischet (volunteer work at the Studentenclub e.V.) |
| 2008 | Wibke Seifarth (Head of the ALNUS e.V. school garden project) |
| 2007 | Dirk Bredow (introduction of the semester ticket) |
| 2006 | Daniel Fischer (permaculture garden, pacifism and peace activities) |
| Year | Thesis name | Topic of the thesis |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Vivien Kresse & Anna Maren Thalia Stave | Visitor management in the Jasmund National Park |
| 2022 | Allan Dietz | Nonviolent Communication as an Approach to Promote Sufficient Action at Universities - A Case Study on the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) |
| 2021 | Hannah Wiemers | Information and communication in transition - the development of digital competences during the corona pandemic |
| 2020 | Katharina Schwarz | Potentials of using milk performance data as indicator for Targeted Selective Treatment in Lacaune dairy sheep in Switzerland |
| 2019 | Carolin Berndt | Moose (Alces alces, L. 1758) in Brandenburg - potential habitats using a habitat suitability model and comparison with sighting and telemetry data |
| 2018 | Madlen Haney | German energy cooperatives in transition. Board members report on how they are shaping the social transformation. |
| 2017 | David Winger | Preparing for the Emerald Ash Borer - A Canadian Case study about experimental early detection and onsite monitoring methods for ash in forest stands based on visual indicators and its feasibility for Europe |
| 2016 | Seppe Alaerts | Structural analysis of Dendrocalamus strictus based on imaging measurement methods |
| 2015 | Claudia Lenz | Investigations on the formation of copper oxalate using the example of Poria placenta |
Born on 5 February 1930 in Rübeland in the Harz Mountains, Gunther Wolff studied Forestry in Eberswalde from 1949-1953 at the then Faculty of Forestry at Humboldt University in Berlin. Until 1956, he worked as a forestry judge in Sauen, among other places, and dedicated himself early on to the topic of natural forest management. The results of his work were incorporated into his 1959 dissertation in Eberswalde - where he had been working as a scientist since 1956 - entitled "Das Revier Sauen: Inventory, planning and success of biological forest management". His habilitation on smoke damage diagnosis using false-colour aerial photographs, which he completed in Tharandt in 1970, was also dedicated to a highly topical subject. He was honoured with the Gold Medal of Merit in Forestry for his scientific achievements in 1985.
"Do something with music!" was the task that the head of the Institute of Forest Sciences, Prof Dr Albert Richter, gave him in 1964 to enrich the cultural life of the company. The result was a unique music festival in the ruins of Chorin Monastery. Wolff and his voluntary helpers succeeded in maintaining this festival beyond the change of system. In 1997, he was honoured with the Federal Cross of Merit for these achievements. As chairman of the association, he held all the reins until 2009 and continued as artistic director until 2013.
Immediately after reunification, Wolff founded the Association of Friends and Supporters of Forest Science Teaching and Research, which he later chaired and of which he was a member of the board until his death. The declared goal of reopening the Faculty of Forestry at the HU in Eberswalde ultimately led to the successful founding of our Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences with the faculties of Forestry, Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Wood Science and Technology and Business Administration, of which he was appointed founding rector on 15 January 1992. He was then elected Rector in December 1994, a position he held until the age of 68 in December 1998. Gunther Wolff continued to follow the development of our university with great interest: He contributed to the commemorative publication for the tenth anniversary, was present at numerous events, including our 20th anniversary, and was actively involved until the very end in the research project currently underway to analyse the history of the closure of the faculty in 1963.
He passed away on 20 February 2013 at the age of 83.
The Eberswalde University Society is an important link between university members and graduates. By recognising and honouring special student achievements and promoting student projects, it makes a valuable contribution to the further development of the university. It also promotes our dialogue with society. I am happy to contribute to this as a member of the Board and am a proud member of the Friends' Association.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth
President
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As a graduate and employee of HNEE, I feel connected to the university and would also like to support future generations of students. Our aim as the Eberswalde University Society is to strengthen the ties between current and future alumni and the university and to benefit from their experience.
Kerstin Lehmann
Deputy Chairwoman of the EHG
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