Katerina got more than she bargained for when, as an international student a few short years ago, she left Cyprus to enrol at Sheffield Hallam. Having earned a Masters in Education from the University of Sheffield, she decided to study for an MBA at Hallam. “I found the course very interesting – particularly the fact that everyone involved was extremely enthusiastic. Even though as a teacher I had no background in this field of study, I graduated in 2001 with the Don Earl Award for the best performance on the course.”
It was in Sheffield where Katerina met and fell in love with Christian from Germany. They graduated together – both from Hallam with an MBA – but once the course had finished, the time came to say goodbye. “I moved back to Cyprus (cue heartbreaking scenes at Manchester airport!) to resume my job as a primary school teacher. Christian returned home to Germany where he worked at Dow Chemicals as a key account manager. For the next two years we both travelled back and forth across Europe to be together.”
“I like to think that luck was on my side as Christian decided to take the plunge and quit his job in Germany. He moved to Cyprus where he quickly secured a job with Marcus Evans Europe as a summit producer. Two years later we were married – first in Germany at the City Hall, Fulda and then in Cyprus at Nicosia’s Greek Orthodox Church. Our happiest day came just fourteen months later when I gave birth to our beautiful son Philippos.”
Today Katerina still works as a primary school teacher and Christian is now director of production at German Summits. “We love living in Cyprus; we did a diving course recently and we also go sailing whenever we get the chance either here in Cyprus or on holiday overseas. Some day we hope to buy our own sailing boat. On the weekends we go to our nearby beach, go for camping trips into the mountains or simply stay at home with friends. We fly to Germany and Switzerland very often to visit the Christian’s family (and also to do some snowboarding and skiing)! We hope one day to return to Sheffield as it brought us together – only next time there will be three of us!”
Katerina – “Love at Sheffield Hallam”
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Katerina got more than she bargained for when, as an international student a few short years ago, she left Cyprus to enrol at Sheffield Hallam. Having earned a Masters in Education from the University of Sheffield, she decided to study for an MBA at Hallam. “I found the course very interesting – particularly the fact that everyone involved was extremely enthusiastic. Even though as a teacher I had no background in this field of study, I graduated in 2001 with the Don Earl Award for the best performance on the course.”
It was in Sheffield where Katerina met and fell in love with Christian from Germany. They graduated together – both from Hallam with an MBA – but once the course had finished, the time came to say goodbye. “I moved back to Cyprus (cue heartbreaking scenes at Manchester airport!) to resume my job as a primary school teacher. Christian returned home to Germany where he worked at Dow Chemicals as a key account manager. For the next two years we both travelled back and forth across Europe to be together.”
“I like to think that luck was on my side as Christian decided to take the plunge and quit his job in Germany. He moved to Cyprus where he quickly secured a job with Marcus Evans Europe as a summit producer. Two years later we were married – first in Germany at the City Hall, Fulda and then in Cyprus at Nicosia’s Greek Orthodox Church. Our happiest day came just fourteen months later when I gave birth to our beautiful son Philippos.”
Today Katerina still works as a primary school teacher and Christian is now director of production at German Summits. “We love living in Cyprus; we did a diving course recently and we also go sailing whenever we get the chance either here in Cyprus or on holiday overseas. Some day we hope to buy our own sailing boat. On the weekends we go to our nearby beach, go for camping trips into the mountains or simply stay at home with friends. We fly to Germany and Switzerland very often to visit the Christian’s family (and also to do some snowboarding and skiing)! We hope one day to return to Sheffield as it brought us together – only next time there will be three of us!”