Weekly Newsletter 3/2014

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 3/2014

Reminder: From the beginning of the year 2014, material for the weekly newsletter must be submitted by 10am on Thursdays to tiedottaja@ayy.fi. In this way, the newsletter can be translated before the weekend and published also in Swedish and English on Monday. Happy New Year 2014 to all of you!

This and next week’s events
Register for AYY’s fourth anniversary
The first application round of TTE-Fund in 2014 is open!
Sano se suomeksi! campaign encourages international students to use the Finnish language
Mindfulness workshops in the spring of 2014
Apply now for the Vaisala Giant Leap Internship Program!
Participate in a career and education survey and win great prices!
ADD CAFE and 3D printing workshops
EntreMill – working life oriented career training programme for higher education students! Apply now!
Apply now for AIESEC Aalto
Apply for CEMS Master in International Management
Aalto Management Consulting Association (AMCA): Application Open Now!
Do you want to include your own news in the weekly newsletter?

1. This and next week’s events

Week 3

Mon, 13 Jan – The first rehearsals of the spring term of Polytech Choir
Tue, 14 Jan – Auditions of Chamber Choir Dissonanssi
Tue, 14 Jan – KY-Mission’s welcome night of the spring
Wed, 15 Jan – Auditions of Polytech Choir
Sat, 18 Jan – Floorball FLOB -Jokerit

Week 4

Mon, 20 Jan – Summer Job! day (CHEM, ELEC, ENG, SCI)
Fri, 24 Jan – Registration for AYY’s anniversary ends

2. Register for AYY’s fourth anniversary

AYY’s fourth anniversary will be arranged at Event Center Telakka on Saturday, 1 Feb 2014. All student union members are warmly welcomed. The price of the main celebration is €85 for students and €95 for other guests, including a festive casino dinner with endless catering and a revolutionary after party. A happy herring breakfast is held on Sunday, 2 Feb. The breakfast price is €15.

The anniversary dresscode is dark suit with academic honorary badges. Herring breakfast dresscode is casual.

Registration and further information: www.vuosijuhlat.fi

3. The first application round of TTE-Fund in 2014 is open!

The first application round of TTE-Fund in 2014 is open! The fund may grant financial aid for all AYY members and the association within it. TTE-Fund supports visible activities that reach for the stars and make other people excited.

You can apply for grants from TTE-Fund in two ways: through the application rounds arranged approximately three times a year and through the continuous application period which is open during the academic terms. During the continuous application period, you can apply for the grants with the maximum of 1000€, whereas the amount of project grants during the actual application rounds is not limited.

The first application round of 2014 will end on Sunday, 2 February 2014, at 11.59pm. Instructions for the application and its attachments are available on the website of the fund at http://tter.ayy.fi/. The grant can be applied for with an online form which is available at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/tter/hakulomake/

Deadlines for the application rounds of spring 2014 and other additional information is available on TTE-Fund’s website at http://tter.ayy.fi/. Also check out the facebook site at www.facebook.com/tterahasto.

**4. Sano se suomeksi! campaign encourages international students to use the Finnish language**

A campaign called Sano se suomeksi! is launched at Aalto University, which encourages international students to speak Finnish in everyday situations. Similar campaigns have been previously organised at other Finnish universities. Poor Finnish skills are one of the major obstacles for the employment of international students and any language skills help both employment and settling into Finnish society. The campaign also encourages the Finns to serve international students in Finnish.

In various service situations at the university, students can practise the Finnish language in practice. During the campaign, students can take care of their affairs in Finnish and collect signatures to their ”Finnish passport” at the same time. You can pick up the passport from the Aalto Language Centre, the Student Services Office and AYY’s office. After the campaign, those who have collected the highest number of entries will be rewarded. You can receive an entry when speaking Finnish in everyday situations in student restaurants, guild room, KY’s office or AYY. Other teaching and staff members at Aalto can also sign your passport after having a conversation in Finnish. The entry is made by signing your name, place and date to the passport. Detailed instructions for the staff are available on the back of the passport. The campaign will begin on 13 Jan and end on 14 March 2014. The campaign symbols are badges, which identify the students who participate in the campaign and the staff who are involved in the campaign. Service points included in the campaign also have Sano se suomeksi! poster on display. Aalto staff was informed about the campaign at the end of 2013, when campaign posters and badges were distributed. The international staff may also choose to participate in the collection of entries.

The campaign is organised in cooperation by the Language Centre, AYY and Aalto University. More information on the campaign is available on facebook site at www.facebook.com/SanoSeSuomeksiAtAalto. You may also contact Finnish Teaching Coordinator Inkeri Lehtimaja (inkeri.lehtimaja@aalto.fi) at the Language Centre or Study Coordinator at the School of Science Jaakko Kölhi (jaakko.kolhi@aalto.fi).

5. Mindfulness workshops in the spring of 2014

Mindfulness is a state of open attention on the present. It’s living here and now. Mindfulness involves nonjudgmental conscious awareness of one’s feelings, thoughts and surroundings.

The workshop consists of five sessions. There are two workshops in English: on Mondays 9.30am-11.30am from 13 Jan until 10 Feb and on Mondays 9.30am-11.30am from 24 Feb until 24 March. The workshop is free of charge.

The address is Lönnrotin katu 23 a 7, Helsinki.

You can sign up by sending e-mail to opintopsykologi@aalto.fi. For more information please see Into.

6. Apply now for the Vaisala Giant Leap Internship Program!

Interested in a summer internship, but don’t want to settle for just anything? Apply now for the Vaisala Giant Leap Internship Program!

Are you looking for a summer internship that would really let you show what you can do? One that would give you meaningful assignments on real-life challenges that have genuine business relevance? Then look no further – Vaisala Giant Leap Internship Program is the one for you.

Challenging but rewarding, the program is designed for 3+ year students in a university or polytechnic with a variety of skills, qualities and educational backgrounds. We will hire altogether up to 21 students for a period of three months over the summer 2014 to work in our offices in Helsinki, Finland; Birmingham, United Kingdom; and Boulder, CO, United States. The projects this year deal with sustainability reporting, quality metrics and mechanics, software development, life cycle cost calculation, eLearning development and weather radar display development, for example.

The application period has started – go to www.vaisala.com/giantleap for more details on project contents, requirements and instructions on how to apply, and follow us on Facebook to get updated info on the next summer projects and to stay in the loop of the recruitment process. Via this link, you can get to know our Giant Leap Alumni Juuso’s story in the form of a video. Juuso is now working as Vaisala’s environmental engineer. To find out about last year’s interns’ experiences, check out this video. Read also blog entry at /blogi/2014/01/10/vaisalas_giant_leap_intenship/. Be sure to send in your application by February 9th!

7. Participate in a career and education survey and win great prices!

Annual student survey ‘trendence Graduate Barometer’ is open again. The survey is conducted online and is quick and easy to fill out. The questions asked include how satisfied you are with our studies and what you expect from your future career. The survey gathers student opinions from across Europe and explores differences and similarities that exist among the individual countries. After completing the survey, you can compare your answers to the average results of students in Europe.

To participate, please click here: www.trendence-gradbarometer.eu (no later than 10 February 2014. )

Furthermore, you have the chance to win one of the following prizes:

5 x Amazon vouchers of each €500
10 x Amazon vouchers of each €200

This survey is conducted with our research partner the trendence Institut. We can reassure you that your answers will be anonymous and your data will be legally protected.

8. ADD CAFE and 3D printing workshops

The student union-led ADD CAFE is open between 11am-5pm on weekdays in the spring of 2014. Meet your friends, study and explore 3D printing, while enjoying high-quality coffee!

3D printing workshops of the spring will be organised at ADD Lab on 18 Feb, 4 Mar, 18 Mar, 1 Apr, 15 Apr and 29 Apr, 10.30am-4pm. Advance knowledge is not required, sign up at the café!

Welcome! ADD CAFE

9. EntreMill – working life oriented career training programme for higher education students! Apply now!

Do you need sparring in your job search? Are you interested in entrepreneurship? EntreMill career training programme is the answer to these and many other questions! EntreMill is a career training programme connected to the working life, which includes contact teaching, counselling and consulting, as well as a final project carried out during the programme. Training is based on measures promoting effective employment and development of those professional skills that are not learned at school. The training programme is ideal for students, as you can study, work on your thesis or work part-time at the same time. The training programme is intended for enthusiastic and motivated students who study in higher education institutions or who are graduating (polytechnic/university), or recent graduates who need sparring in their transition to the working life and the development of professional skills. The training programme is free for students who are elected in the programme!

Further information and application instructions are available here. Take advantage of this unique opportunity and apply no later than 4pm on 31 Jan 2014!

10. Apply now for AIESEC Aalto

Winter holiday is over. Do you want a fresh start for the new semester, develop leadership skills, get intercultural experience and work in an international team? Go get it now. First start by applying to become a member of AIESEC.

Read more about AIESEC Aalto and learn how joining AIESEC brings new experience to your life.

11. Apply for CEMS Master in International Management

Are you interested in working within international business? Would you like to acquire a top-ranked double degree with just one year more of studies? CEMS MIM offers you this – and so much more. All the Aalto students with min. 60 ECTS of business-related studies and a bachelor’s degree (by June 2014) are eligible to apply. Read more about the CEMS MIM here. Application period is open until January 20th!

12. Aalto Management Consulting Association (AMCA): Application Open Now!

If you have a genuine interest in Management Consulting industry and would like to find out more, as well as prepare yourself for the reputably tough interview process, then AMCA is for you.

We are a career-oriented student association. Our list of Corporate Partners this year has included the biggest names in consulting business such as McKinsey, The BCG, Accenture, etc.

Become one of us would mean you will have access to our unique excursions to the partner companies, and get a head start in your future career as a consultant.

So wait no more! Please apply now at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L87KWSZ

Deadline for applications is 24 January. We look forward to welcoming you, future members!

13. Do you want to include your own news in the weekly newsletter?

Would you like to include your own news in the weekly newsletter? Please send your brief text, a maximum of three brief paragraphs, approximately 150 words, by 10am on THURSDAY to tiedottaja@ayy.fi. Please also add a title to your text and write a summary of a few sentences for the e-mail version of the weekly newsletter. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. The content of the newsletter is ultimately edited by AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (firstname.lastname@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9440).