# Student Project Team
**Source**: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/study/student-life/getting-involved-um/student-project-team
**Parent**: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/
The Student Project Team (SPT) is a group of four students tasked with ensuring the university services are student-friendly. They work as a body under the Student Services Centre (SSC), advise university departments on their projects and organise their own projects and events.
### Stay updated / contact
[Follow the SPT on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/studentprojectteam/)\
[Send the SPT an email](mailto:studentprojectteam@maastrichtuniversity.nl)
## Projects of the Student Project Team
The SPT designs, develops and contributes to UM projects, always with the student perspective in mind.\
### Projects *run* by the SPT:
- [**Student Panel**](https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/participatie/student-project-team/student-panel-student-project-team "Student Panel of the Student Project Team"): during feedback sessions, students provide feedback on issues important to both students and the university, to ensure university services will be student friendly.
- [**Social Impact Prize**](https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/study/student-life/getting-involved-um/student-project-team/social-impact-prize "Social Impact Prize"): annual prize awarded by the SPT to a student project participating in the [Maastricht University Challenge](https://maastrichtuniversitychallenge.nl) (a competition that provides a platform for students and recent graduates of UM and Zuyd Hogeschool to showcase and develop their innovative ideas, related to societal and entrepreneurial issues).\
### Projects *supported* by the SPT:
- **Student Initiative Helpdesk**: a central platform providing information needed to start and successfully run student initiatives, projects and associations in Maastricht.
- **Applicant Journey**: redesigning the application process for prospective UM students.
- **Team Student Progression**: improving the functions of the Student Portal.
- **Student Experience Survey**: student surveys aimed at gathering student feedback on various topics.
**Do you have a great idea to improve Maastricht University?**
[Participate in the Social Impact Prize!](https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/node/49756)\
[Join the Student Panel!](http://www.aanmelder.nl/studentpanel)
## Members of the Student Project Team
### Members 2024/25
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| Sonora Ward, team leader | [sonora.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl](mailto:sonora.ward@maastrichtuniversity.nl) |
| Ariadna Rodriguez Purti, external representative | [ariadna.rodriguezpurti@maastrichtuniversity.nl](mailto:ariadna.rodriguezpurti@maastrichtuniversity.nl) |
| Tho Thi, treasurer | [thanhtho.thi@maastrichtuniversity.nl](mailto:thanhtho.thi@maastrichtuniversity.nl) |
| Leila Nickel, promotion coordinator | [leila.nickel@maastrichtuniversity.nl](mailto:leila.nickel@maastrichtuniversity.nl) |
### Previous members
| | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Team leader | Okeeno Hamilton | Okeeno Hamilton | Yannah Winkler | Sara Fornasiero | Hector Rubin | Arianna De Petris |
| Vice team leader | Pavlina Papageorgiou | Laura Tardivo | Otto Heijboer | Lech Lipinski | Laura Speth | Jur Schilp |
| Treasurer | Laura Tardivo | Maksimilijan Boban | Thandi Mutua | Kornelija Zilionyte | Sander Lemmens | Jaimy van Dijk |
| Promotion coordinator | Leila Nickel | Mateusz Kubow | Lilla Somogyvári | Maria Zilincikova | Dora Gozukara | Loukia Hadjiyianni |
| | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | 2014/15 | 2013/14 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Team leader | Thomas Devine | Pleunie Simons | Lucia Tetley | Lucy van Dieijen | Yvon Heijmans |
| Vice team leader | Rob van der Horst | Barbara Caron | Szymon Czerny | Lorenza de Domenico | Thomas Schäfer |
| Treasurer | Karol Skalski | Gisela Garrido Veron | | Krzysztof Adam Górski | Luka Delsing |
| Promotion coordinator | David Kaik | Maximilian Timmerman | Simone Maassen | Elisa Jansen | Céline Charles |