ECOLINT MAGAZINE • N°19 AUTUMN / AUTOMNE 2016 IT’S GREAT OUTDOORS! LE MUSÉE DES ENFANTS Une liberté de choix et d’expression SPORTING LIVES Alumni on track, field and piste CONTENTS 3 A word from the DG 4 Library award; 6 9 La Chât gardens 5 Alumni Association; Campus des Nations at 10 6 Berk’s story 12 16 7 Le Musée des enfants 8 Outdoor learning at Pregny CONTACTS EMAIL & TELEPHONE 9 Charity swim team Foundation
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[email protected] +41 (0)22 787 26 19 ON THE COVER: This photo was taken by Danica Leitner, an IMPRESSUM Early Years teacher at Pregny, during the Editor-in-Chief: Michael Kewley (Director of Marketing & Stakeholder Relations) community work party that took place at Managing Editor: Eoghan O’Sullivan (Head of Alumni Relations) Pregny last April.