Curriculum vitae


Suzanne van den Bercken

Subsections
Personal data Address data Schooling
Courses and training Participation in exchange programs Managerable experience
Editorial experience Other Jobs Hobbies and interests



Curriculum Vitae

Personal data
Last name:
View photo		 van den Bercken
First names Suzanne Mariële
Christian name Suzanne
Gender Female
Date of Birth 03-03-1979
Place of birth Voorbuurg - The Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Marital status Single
 

Address data
Postal address Fransestraat 4
NL-3582 GT UTRECHT
The Netherlands
Phone numbers Utrecht: +31 (0) 30 - 251 79 40
Ettlingen: +49 (0)7243 - 76 73 79
Cellular numbers Dutch: +31 (0)6 - 54 97 33 61
German: +49 - 179 249 71 65
E-mail SMvdBercken@seallife.info
Homepage www.seallife.info
 
Schooling
September 1991
June 1997
View diploma		 Pre-university education. Final examination subjects: Dutch, English, German, geography, mathematics, economics and music. Extra course: Latin (3 years - certificated). Exchange program: Gelsenkirche - Germany.
September 1997
August 1998		 Academic Education: General Sociale Sciences. University of Utrecht - Faculty of Social Sciences - The Netherlands.
January 1998
Today
View Propaedeuse		 Academic education: Education sciences. University of Utrecht - Faculty of Social Sciences - The Netherlands.
September 2002
September 2003		 Academic education: academic year abroad. Subjects of study: Journalism and multimedia. Universität Karlsruhe - Faculty of Social Sciences. During this year I have been working as scientific assistant in the ELBA project. Elba stands for E-Learning, Barriers and chances for visually impaired persons. ELBA is part of the Nukath project, which stands for Notebook at University at the University Karlsruhe (TH). Notebook at University is a national German project for increasing notebook use in academic education. The ELBA project is responsible for research of the accessibility and usability of notebooks in academic education for visually impared persons and for research of increasment of integration of visually impaired persons by use of adaptive computer aids.
 

Courses and training
1989 Typing diploma 1 and 2. Bartiméus school for the blind.
January 1994
September 1994
View diploma		 Course: Radio production - Radio Tiel (Radio braodcasting Service Tiel) and het Meisjesinformatiepunt (MIP (Girls Information Center). Including following subjects: Word processing, standard Dutch, politics, social science, radio production, interviewing techniques, presentation and moderation, editorial work, having telephone conversations, editing techniques and work experience.
October 1998 Course: writing an article (Basics of journalism).
2001 Course: house call (visiting people at home).
 

Participation in exchange programs
July 1995 International Computer Camp for blind and partially sighted youngsters.
1998 Exchange program for blind and partially sighted youngsters between Iceland, Poland and The Netherlands.
 

Managerable experience
March 1998
May 1999		 Member of the board of the BS&BS (Dutch interest group of partially sighted and blind students). Member of the Commission International Relations, chief editor of the quarterly magazine and member of the Social Committee.
May 1999
May 2000		 Chairwoman of the board of the BS&BS (Dutch interest group of blind and partially sighted students).
September 1999
September 2000		 Ad interim chairwoman of the board of Bitje Special GG - Hobby Computer Club (HCC). Users group of disabled computer users.
December 2000
August 2002		 Member of the Co-ordinating Committee of Stichting Digitale Toegankelijkheid (DiTo) (Foundation Digital Accessibility). This foundation resulted from the volunteer group W.N.I. (Weekly Net Information) promoting the interests of disabled computer users for accessibility of computers and the internet. Undersecreatry of the foundation. Co-ordinator Public Relations and chief editor of the electronic magazine of the foundation.
2001
Today		 Member of the commission Anders Bekeken - NVBS (Dutch Association of Blind and Partially Sighted). This committee advises the editorial staff of the association's newsletter to grade up the nesletters' quality.
 

Editorial experience
October 1994
July 1995
View work testimonial		 Moderator of several areas of the Bulletin Board System (BBS) SLO-Lijn. This BBS was ran by the Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling
July 1995
January 1996		 Project employee at Stichting School Voor Morgen (SVM) (Foundation School of tomorrow). Developing the online internet campus (the youth area of the former SLO-Lijn BBS).
September 1996
December 2000		 Initiator and co-ordinator of the volunteer group W.N.I. (Weekly Net Information), that promoted the interests of disabled computer users for accessibility of computers and the internet. In December 2000 the volunteer group was converted into the Stichting Digitale Toegankelijkheid (DiTo) (Foundation Digital Accessibility). Chief editor of the electronic magazine of the volunteer group.
April 2000
July 2002		 Editor of Zapp!, a magazine on audio-tapes for teenagers. Employer: Federatie Nederlandse Blindenbibliotheken (FNB) (Federation of Dutch Libraries for the blind).
 

Other jobs
July 2001
January 2002		 Stand-by switchboard operator and employee for secretarial work. Employer: Nederlandse Vereniging van Blinden en Slechtzienden (NVBS) (Dutch Association of Blind and Partially Sighted).
1997, 1999, 2000
2001 and 2002		 Volunteer at the International Computer Camp for blind and partially sighted youngsters. I have been working as tutor of Dutch and Belgian participants, workshop leader in several workshops (Windows, Surfing the Internet, Programming HTML, E-mail, making electronic magazines) and as chief editor of the camp journal.
May 2001
December 2001		 Co-ordinator house call and member of the committee of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Blinden en Slechtzienden (NVBS) - Branch Utrecht.
 

Hobbies and interests
Seals I am fascinated of true seals, eared-seals and walruses. I dedicated my website to these animals.
Singing From 1994 until today I have been singing in a gospel choir, a church choir and a close-harmony group. I participated in two large projects (one opera and one oratorium) as member of the choir.
Playing music From 1985 until 1997 violin lessons. Furthermore I play the recorder and guitar.
Literature
Poetry
Radio play		 I like reading books, reading and writing poems and listening to radio plays.
Other interests Nature, traveling, computers, puzzling, ramble, camping, languages, cultures.

© May 2003, Suzanne M. van den Bercken.
Have a look at the masthead for the disclaimer and information about the author, host and acknowledgement of sources.

Last changes made on 18.08.2003