
Benedetta Gennaro, is the Head of International Student Services at TU Darmstadt. Within Unite! she is part of Task Force (TF) 3, as she co-coordinates the SubTask Force "Student Engagement and Welcome Centre". This SubTask force focuses on inclusion, mentoring, and co-creation. She is also coordinating TF3 for TU Darmstadt, reporting on the work that has been done across its many subunits. On a personal level, she is currently obsessed with cooking Ottolenghi's recipes and particularly enjoys doing so with friends sipping a good glass of wine. She loves hiking in the Dolomites and although she is Italian, she hates warm temperatures and coffee.
What future Unite! project are you particularly excited about and why do you think it is important
for Unite!'s strategy?
What is happening in your TF? Anything interesting to share with the Unite! community?
From your point of view, what is the advantage of working or studying at a Unite! university? What
do you think is special about the Unite! alliance?
The last three years have taught us a lot. We thought we knew how things worked and realized later that things were more complicated than expected: we learnt from processes, we adjusted to them and realized that we can accomplish so many things by being flexible, learn and listen to each other.

More information about the task force she is involved in:
Unite!'s Task Force 3, deals with the alliance's Support Services and works as a facilitator to enhance mobility and an enabler to student involvement in a bottom-up approach. Within this Task Force there are several subtasks organised in four different sub-units:
- Joint Mobility Centre (JMC)
- Multilingual & Multicultural Training Centre (M&M)
- Career Liaison Centre (CLC)
- Student Engagement and Welcome Centre (SEC) - Although there is another sub-unit focused only on student mobility, this one focuses on the fundamental milestone in the student mobility experience. This is to reach a level of social and cultural integration, so that students interact with the university environment beyond their academic activities. One of the succesful initiatives that SEC has created to promote the proactive strategic vision of the students and of what they understand to be their needs, is the Unite!4Future Student Co-Creation initiative.