{"id":2612,"date":"2025-10-27T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:38:17","slug":"speed-friending-fit-well-being-social-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/2025\/10\/27\/speed-friending-fit-well-being-social-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap 25.11.2025 Speed Friending | FIT: Well-Being &amp; Social Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">On<strong> November 25th<\/strong>, 2025, international students came together for a vibrant evening of Speed Friending, designed to make new connections in a fun and engaging way. Held in the F-S Building, the event offered a relaxed atmosphere where students from all over the world could meet, share stories, and create lasting friendships.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Event Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Clustering Game<\/strong>: The evening kicked off with a lively icebreaker, where participants grouped themselves based on categories such as country of origin, number of siblings, field of study, favorite pet animal, and personality type (introvert, extrovert, or ambivert).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Speed Friending Rounds<\/strong>: Students engaged in quick, structured conversations, helping them meet many new people and build connections in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Silent Quiz<\/strong>: Teams collaborated silently via their phones to answer trivia questions. The top three teams with the highest scores received fun prizes, adding a competitive twist to the evening.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Social Atmosphere<\/strong>: Students enjoyed a variety of food and beverages throughout the event, creating a lively and casual environment that encouraged ongoing conversation and mingling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Cultural Exchange<\/strong>: With participants from different countries, the event fostered a rich exchange of cultural experiences and perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Throughout the evening, the atmosphere remained lively, and attendees praised the event for being both enjoyable and meaningful. Many left with new friends and a deeper connection to the Siegen student community.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Overall, Speed Friending was a fantastic opportunity for international students to expand their social circles, meet new people, and get a better sense of the local student culture in Siegen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This event counted for <strong>1 point<\/strong> in the <strong>Well-Being &amp; Social Integration<\/strong> category of the Employability Pass!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"110\">\u2705 Follow us on Instagram: <strong data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"78\">@int.uni-siegen<\/strong><br data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"81\" \/>\u2705 Join our WhatsApp Channel<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"954\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 25th, 2025, international students came together for a vibrant evening of Speed Friending, designed to make new connections in a fun and engaging way. Held in the F-S Building, the event offered a relaxed atmosphere where students from all over the world could meet, share stories, and create lasting friendships. Event Highlights: Clustering &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/2025\/10\/27\/speed-friending-fit-well-being-social-integration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recap 25.11.2025 Speed Friending | FIT: Well-Being &amp; Social Integration&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":652,"featured_media":2613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-november2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2699,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612\/revisions\/2699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-siegen.de\/fit-in-siegen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}