{"id":1964,"date":"2020-10-13T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/pintra-en\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:21:30","slug":"the-campus-maps-are-my-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/pintra-en\/the-campus-maps-are-my-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The campus maps are my best friend&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1964\" class=\"elementor elementor-1964\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe13a2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe13a2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87b7ffd\" data-id=\"87b7ffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395c5a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"395c5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>As the new school year kicked off for pupils on 1 September, a new chapter was starting for Elisabeth Vanhoutte at the University of Antwerp too. 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