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Volunteering & scholarships

Responsibility that has nothing to do with a career.

Plus the two foundations that make the studies easier, and two non-monetary programs.

Volunteering

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  1. German Red Cross civil protection, Potsdam

    Volunteer emergency medical responder

    Trained as a Sanitätshelfer and in BOS radio communication specifically for this role. Alerts with the civil-protection unit about once a month, roughly every second one a real deployment, for example supporting the fire brigade during a major fire (November 2025) and relieving the ambulance service during a black-ice event (February 2026), plus medical standby duty at cultural and sports events every two weeks or so.

    about 1 alert a month
    • Trained as a Sanitätshelfer and in BOS radio communication for this role
    • Supported the fire brigade at a major fire (November 2025)
    • Relieved the ambulance service during black ice (February 2026)
    Marvin in Red Cross duty uniform next to a fire engine
    Red Cross duty, Potsdam
    A Red Cross medical team in front of an ambulance
    Medical standby team, Potsdam
  2. sdw regional group Potsdam

    Public-relations officer

    Led the school outreach for the group's 2026 Social Day (22 Potsdam schools prioritized, outreach strategy, letters) and organized a full-day workshop on resilience and self-efficacy for 87 eleventh-grade students at the Leonardo-da-Vinci-Gesamtschule Potsdam on 1 July 2026. Co-organized the group's Christmas event.

    87 students, one day
    • Led the school outreach for the 2026 Social Day: 22 Potsdam schools prioritized, strategy and letters
    • Workshop on resilience and self-efficacy at a Potsdam comprehensive school
    • Co-organized the group’s Christmas event
  3. Ignite, HPI's student-led entrepreneurship initiative

    Member and co-organizer

    Co-organized “IgniteGoesHackathon”, which brought twelve HPI students in three teams to START Hack 2026 in St. Gallen, including the funding application, and ran startup research and outreach for the “IgniteYourCareer” summit in July 2026.

    12 students, 3 teams
    • Co-organized “IgniteGoesHackathon”, including the funding application
    • Startup research and outreach for the “IgniteYourCareer” summit (July 2026)
  4. University of Potsdam

    Member of the Student Election Committee

    Seat of the Digital Engineering Faculty. Helping to run fair and transparent elections to the student parliament and the faculty committees.

  5. takeøff, a student cultural collective in Potsdam

    Core team

    Volunteer-run music and culture events at affordable prices, five to eight so far with 150 to 300 guests each, including a free club night funded by the City of Potsdam in January 2026. My parts change from event to event: sound and stage tech, building the collective's own subwoofers, the bar, set-up, and the website.

    150–300 guests per night
    • Five to eight events so far, including a free club night funded by the City of Potsdam (January 2026)
    • Sound and stage tech, the collective’s own subwoofers, bar and set-up
    • Built the collective’s website
    Marvin on a ladder rigging lights and cables on a club stage
    Stage build for a takeøff night
    The takeøff crew in front of a red wall
    takeøff crew
  6. Chikara-Club Erfurt

    Mentoring younger members

    Thirteen years of karate, first competing, later with a community focus: accompanying younger members in training and at competitions, occasionally leading children's sessions, helping to run competitions and training camps.

    13 years
    • Occasionally led children’s sessions
    • Helped run competitions and training camps

Scholarships and programs

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  1. Scholarship

    sdw Klaus Murmann Fellowship, Foundation of German Business

    One of Germany's 13 federally funded talent-promotion foundations; two-stage selection on achievement and engagement, with a seminar program and regional groups.

  2. Scholarship

    Sparkassenstiftung Erfurt scholarship

    Regional foundation of a public savings bank; awarded for achievement and community engagement. The funding went into the pneumonia-detection project.

  3. Program, non-monetary

    McKinsey Firsthand

    Non-monetary talent program of McKinsey Germany for selected students: coaching sessions, coffee chats and a personal recruiting contact.

  4. Program, non-monetary

    e-fellows.net online scholarship

    Non-monetary network scholarship: mentoring, corporate access and events for high-performing students.