I had the privilege to be on the committee for Rûna van Tent’s PhD defense and went to Utrecht for the occasion. It was a great reunion with my former advisor and others from the department.
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![room where the PhD defense takes place](https://faculty.epss.ucla.edu/~cbeghein/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2304-300x225.jpg)
![room where the PhD defense takes place](https://faculty.epss.ucla.edu/~cbeghein/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2305-300x225.jpg)
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![Photo of Caroline Beghein and Jeannot Trampert on 3 October 2003 after her PhD defense](https://faculty.epss.ucla.edu/~cbeghein/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Photos_these022-300x225.jpg)
I had the privilege to be on the committee for Rûna van Tent’s PhD defense and went to Utrecht for the occasion. It was a great reunion with my former advisor and others from the department.