This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 51/2014

Association-related issues can be found in the association newsletter. The newsletter is available at ayy.fi/yhdistystiedote

The weekly newsletter will take a Christmas break! The first weekly newsletter of the spring will be published on Monday, 12 Jan 2015 and the deadline for submitting material for this newsletter is the previous Thursday, 8 Jan, 10am. Have a relaxing December everyone!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Opening hours of service points during the Christmas and the turn of the year
3. AYY 5^th anniversary – experience Servin Mökki greater than ever!
4. AYY’s facilities rented on a one-time basis for the spring and summer of 2015 to be reserved from 18 Dec onwards
5. KYN’s Christmas concert on 17 Dec and 20 Dec
6. Mindfulness workshops in the spring of 2015
7. Long night – short films: Short Film Day is coming on 19 Dec
8. eQuality goes Accessible 2015 on 8 January
9. Aalto Wiki is updated on Monday, 29 Dec 2014, 8am-2pm
10. Summer job and Master’s thesis market on 15 Jan 2015
11. Fully funded 7 months entrepreneur programme in London

1. This and next week’s events

Week 51

• Tue, 16 Dec – Work Abroad Summer 2015
• Tue, 16 Dec – KY-Missio’s regulatory autumn meeting
• Wed, 17 Dec – Facility booking session for associations
• Wed, 17 Dec – Christmas concert of Elävät kivet choir
• Wed, 17 Dec – KYN’s Christmas concert
• Thu, 18 Dec – ESN Aalto’s Farewell sauna
• Thu, 18 Dec – Christmas of Polytech Choir
• Thu, 18 Dec – Dominante’s Christmas concert at Helsinki Cathedral
• Thu, 18 Dec – KYL’s traditional Christmas concert at Temppeliaukio Church
• Sat, 20 Dec – KYN’s Christmas concert
• Sat, 20 Dec – Salon Christmas

2. Opening hours of services points during the Christmas and the turn of the year

SERVICE POINTS:

Otaniemi

• Fri, 12 Dec, 9am-1pm
• Fri, 19 Dec, 9am-12noon
• Week 52 (22-28 Dec) CLOSED
• Mon-Tue 29-30 Dec, 9am-4pm
• Wed, 31 Dec, 9am-1pm
• Thu, 1 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• Fri, 2 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Mon, 5 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Tue, 6 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• From Wed, 7 Jan 2015 onwards, open normally on weekdays at 9am-4pm

Keys to facilities rented on a one-time basis must be collected on THURSDAY, 18 Dec or no later than Friday, 19 Dec. (NB! Opening hours on Friday: 9am-12noon)

Arabia

20 Dec 2014-6 Jan 2015 CLOSED

Töölö

• 19 Dec 2014-6 Jan 2015 CLOSED

HOUSING OFFICE:

• Fri, 12 Dec CLOSED
• Fri, 19 Dec–Sun, 28 Dec CLOSED
• Mon-Wed 29-31 Dec, open normally
• Thu, 1 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• Fri, 2 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Mon, 5 Jan 2015 klo 12noon-4pm
• Tue, 6 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• From Wed, 7 Jan 2015 onwards open normally

Have a peaceful Christmas everyone!

3. AYY 5^th anniversary – experience Servin Mökki greater than ever!

AYY’s fifth anniversary will be organised at Servin Mökki at 4pm on Saturday, 31 Jan 2015. Greetings to the five-year-old AYY are presented in the main celebration during the incredible programme and delicious five-course menu.

The after party will be organised at the event centre Gloria from 10pm onwards. An incredible variety of bands will play at the party.

All members of AYY and Aalto community with their companions and the friends of Aalto members are welcome to the party.

The price of the main event is €75 for AYY’s members and €100 for other guests. The ticket for the after party costs €10. On Sunday, 1 Feb, the traditional anniversary brunch is organised at Servin Mökki, which costs €15.

The dress code for the main event is dark suit with academic badges of honour. You can dress any way you like for the after party. For the brunch, you can dress as casually or festively as you feel like.

Further information (e.g. menu) and registration is available at www.vuosijuhlat.fi The anniversary on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/729771663774478

You cannot miss this party! You are cordially welcome!

4. AYY’s facilities rented on a one-time basis for the spring and summer of 2015 to be reserved from 18 Dec onwards

Reservations for AYY’s facilities rented on a one-time basis for the period 12 Jan-16 Aug 2015 open to all on Thursday, 18 Dec 2014,8am. You can make reservations in TILA system, which you can use with your Aalto username. Further information and help is available at https://tila.ayy.fi/help/ and /jasenille/tilojen-vuokraaminen/

5. KYN’s Christmas concert 17 Dec and 20 Dec

At its Christmas concert, the Academic Female Choir KYN invites you to the whiteness of snow, brightness of Chrismas lights and the greatest light of the Christmas. Traditional Christmas carols bring you back memories. Familiar and important lyrics open up and touch you in a new way when dear classics are interpreted with fresh arrangements. Let KYN sing Christmas to you.

Pyhän Sydämen kappeli chapel (Kirstinkatu 1) Wed, 17 Dec, 6pm and 8pm
Temppeliaukion kirkko church (Lutherinkatu 3) Sat, 20 Dec, 8pm

Tickets from Tiketti 20 € / 13,50 € including Tiketti service fee, from the choir members 18 € / 12 € and one hour before the event at the entrance.

You are cordially welcome. Follow KYN also on facebook: facebook.com/KYNchoir.

6. Mindfulness workshops in the spring of 2015

In the early 2015, two mindfulness workshops will be organised for Aalto students.

Mindfulness is approving the presence. It means a conscious choice to pause and focus on this moment – our thoughts easily wonder either to the future or the past. Mindfulness skills help you to be aware of the current moment and live in it.

The workshops include five sessions (2hours/session). Workshop schedule:

• Group I Mondays, 12 Jan-9 Feb, 10am-12noon
• Group II Fridays, 16 Jan-13 Feb klo 1pm-3pm

Workshops will be held at the address Otakaari 1, classroom A128. Workshops are held in Finnish.

Registrations and further information: opintopsykologi(at)aalto.fi, https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6300082

7. Long night – short films: Short Film Day is coming on 19 Dec

Aalto Media Factory together with ELO Film School Helsinki are proud to announce two screenings of short films at Media Factory auditorium as part of the International Short Film Day on 19 December!

Festival Winners presents some of Finland’s most successful and awarded short films from recent years.

ELO student films will present some handpicked pieces from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Come see what the future filmmakers of Finland are up to!

• Schedule for Short Film Day at the Aalto Media Factory, Friday 19 Dec
• Festival Winners at 10am and 1pm and ELO Student Films at 11:30am and 2:30pm

All films are subtitled in English. Further information: http://mediafactory.aalto.fi/long-night-short-films-short-film-day-is-coming/

8. eQuality goes Accessible 2015 on 8 January

The next Accessible Aalto symposium will be “eQuality goes Accessible 2015” on 8 January 2015, at H304, Otakaari 1, Espoo.

This fourth symposium will concentrate especially on the equality issues in practice: What does it mean in education, learning and research? What is eQuality of eLearning and co-creation? Issues like our language policy and guidelines, equal education and learning, multicultural collaboration, safety, good relations, wellbeing, mentoring and peer support and such will be discussed in the equality and accessibility framework. We will also work to improve our culture to include all freshers and new employees in Aalto community.

Here’s the latest version of the programme (bookmark and follow updates, please): https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/Equality+goes+Accessible+2015

Choose your workshop: https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/EgA2015+Workshop+proposals

and enroll, please: https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/Enrolment+for+Equality+goes+Accessible+2015

9. Aalto wiki will be updated on Monday, 29 December, 8am -2pm

Aalto Wiki group and collaboration platform will be updated to the newest version on Monday, 29 December. The update will start at 8am and end at 2pm the latest. During the update, the service is not available.

You will find new features and some improvements in the new version. Current functions remain, e.g. plugins and macros.

You can read more about changes at: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new/confluence-50.html or wiki page: https://wiki.aalto.fi/x/9hJYB .

If you have any questions, please write them on the wiki page above.

10. Summer Job and Master´s Thesis Market

Thu 15 Jan, 2015 Otakaari 1 main lobby, Hall D and E

Program:

11am-2 pm Company stands

11am-2 pm Alumni Coaching Café
Alumni from technical schools share their experiences and coach students with thesis planning and  summer job plans in a popup café in the main lobby

2pm-4pm Info Flashes
2pm-2.30pm Role of CV, LinkedIn profile and motivation letter in recruitment – Company case
2.30pm-2.45pm Foundation of Aalto University Science and Technology co-financing the master’s theses
2.45pm -3.15pm How to succeed in the job interview – Company case
3.15pm-3.45pm Social media in job hunting – Employer´s perspective

11. Fully funded 7 months entrepreneur programme in London

BEST Helsinki is providing you a lifetime chance to apply to our partners entrepreneur program in London. What would you build if you had 3 months of funded freedom to work on any tech you wanted? There’s less than a month to go until the deadline for Entrepreneur First 2015/16 applications so make sure you apply now to find out.

About Entrepreneur First London: we are the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London. We select purely on the basis of technical talent, so you can apply before you have a team or an idea. Our intensive 7-month program is designed to give you the best possible support in the first 100 days of your startup’s life. In the past two years we’ve created 20 startups now worth over $90million. They’re funded by some of the most prestigious investors including Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and Octopus Ventures.

To find out more and apply here: www.joinef.com/apply. DL 31 Dec 2014

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 50/2014

Association-related issues can be found in the association newsletter. The newsletter is available at ayy.fi/yhdistystiedote

The weekly newsletter will take a Christmas break after the next week’s newsletter. The first weekly newsletter of the spring will be published on Monday, 12 Jan 2015 and the deadline for submitting material for this newsletter is the previous Thursday, 8 Jan, 10am. Have a relaxing December everyone!

1. This and next week’s events
2. New operators to AYY
3. Opening hours of service points during the Christmas and the turn of the year
4. Send a card to someone nice!
5. AYY 5th anniversary – experience Servin Mökki greater than ever!
6. Wanted: The learning promotion deed and the international deed of the year 2014!
7. What happens in the daily life of product development at Vaisala?
8. The most beautiful Christmas carols at Otaniemi Chapel, 6pm, Sun, 14 Dec
9. eQuality goes Accessible 2015 on 8 January
10. Read Espoo magazine in English online
11. Tapiola Red Cross’ Multicultural Pre-Christmas party on 10 December!
12. Low Carbon Finland 2.0 Hackathon
13. Volunteering for International Professionals in Asia

1. This and next week’s events

Week 50

• Mon, 8 Dec – Dark room beginners’ course
• Mon, 8 Dec – AEGEE-Helsinki goes Open Mic Night @Molly Malones
• Mon, 8 Dec – Snow safety training session
• Tue, 9 Dec – Advance reservation of facilities for special status associations
• Tue, 9 Dec – Cafe lingua
• Wed, 10 Dec – Recruitment sauna of teekkari girls
• Wed, 10 Dec – Mission evening
• Wed, 10 Dec – Aallonhuiput Annual Meeting & Pre-Christmas Party
• Thu, 11 Dec – Representative Council meeting
• Fri, 12 Dec – Hang-out night
• Fri, 12 Dec – KYL’s classic Christmas concert at Agricola Church
• Sat, 13 Dec – Dominante’s Christmas concert at Tapiola Church
• Sat, 13 Dec – AEGEE-Helsinki Board Elections
• Sat, 13 Dec – AEGEE-Helsinki XMAS Party
• Sat, 13 Dec – Skipoli Christmas
• Sat, 13 Dec – Great porridge party
• Sat, 13 Dec – [bun.ka] party by Entropy
• Sun, 14 Dec – Nippoli’s sauna night
• Sun, 14 Dec – The most beautiful Christmas carols at Otaniemi Chapel

Week 51

• Tue, 16 Dec – Work Abroad Summer 2015
• Wed, 17 Dec – Advance booking of facilities for associations    
• Wed, 17 Dec  – Christmas concert of Elävät kivet choir
• Wed, 17 Dec – KYN’s Christmas concert
• Thu, 18 Dec – ESN Aalto’s Farewell sauna
• Thu, 18 Dec – Christmas of Polytech Choir Christmas
• Thu, 18 Dec – Dominante’s Christmas concert at Helsinki Cathedral 
• Thu, 18 Dec – KYL’s traditional Christmas concert at Temppeliaukio Church
• Sat, 20 Dec – KYN’s Christmas concert

2. New operators to AYY

New corporate relations coordinator and cultural producer have been recruited to AYY. Mikko Autio will act as the corporate relations coordinator and Siiri Kihlström as the cultural producer. Read the release on the election of Siiri and Mikko here.

Chairpersons for sections were also elected for the year 2015. They are:
– Aalto Community Section Aava: Henrikki Soininen
– Internationality Section Mosaic: Rosa Väisänen
– Teekkari Section: Matleena Kukkonen
– Corporate Relations Section: Iina Jokinen
In the next few weeks, the list will be completed with the intendant of Technical Students’ Museum and Village Chief of Teekkari Village.

Welcome to AYY and congratulations to all of you!

3. Opening hours of services points during the Christmas and the turn of the year

SERVICE POINTS:

Otaniemi

• Fri, 12 Dec, 9am-1pm
• Fri, 19 Dec, 9am-12noon
• Week 52 (22-28 Dec) CLOSED
• Mon-Tue 29-30 Dec, 9am-4pm
• Wed, 31 Dec, 9am-1pm
• Thu, 1 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• Fri, 2 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Mon, 5 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Tue, 6 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• From Wed, 7 Jan 2015 onwards, open normally on weekdays at 9am-4pm

Keys to facilities rented on a one-time basis must be collected on THURSDAY, 18 Dec or no later than Friday, 19 Dec. (NB! Opening hours on Friday: 9am-12noon)

Arabia

• 20 Dec 2014-6 Jan 2015 CLOSED

Töölö

• 19 Dec 2014-6 Jan 2015 CLOSED

HOUSING OFFICE:

• Fri, 12 Dec CLOSED
• Fri, 19 Dec–Sun, 28 Dec CLOSED
• Mon-Wed 29-31 Dec, open normally
• Thu, 1 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• Fri, 2 Jan 2015, 9am-4pm
• Mon, 5 Jan 2015 klo 12noon-4pm
• Tue, 6 Jan 2015 CLOSED
• From Wed, 7 Jan 2015 onwards open normally

Have a peaceful Christmas everyone!

4. Send a card to someone nice!

It is nice to get praise on your work but also to praise others. Aalto University Student Union will send a thank you card on your behalf if you tell us who has been nice to you. You can report a nice person at https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/kortti-kivoille/

Let’s remember to thank each other!

5. AYY 5^th anniversary – experience Servin Mökki greater than ever!

AYY’s fifth anniversary will be organised at Servin Mökki at 4pm on Saturday, 31 Jan 2015. Greetings to the five-year-old AYY are presented in the main celebration during the incredible programme and delicious five-course menu.

The after party will be organised at the event centre Gloria from 10pm onwards. An incredible variety of bands will play at the party.

All members of AYY and Aalto community with their companions and the friends of Aalto members are welcome to the party.

The price of the main event is €75 for AYY’s members and €100 for other guests. The ticket for the after party costs €10. On Sunday, 1 Feb, the traditional anniversary brunch is organised at Servin Mökki, which costs €15.

The dress code for the main event is dark suit with academic badges of honour. You can dress any way you like for the after party. For the brunch, you can dress as casually or festively as you feel like.

Further information (e.g. menu) and registration is available at www.vuosijuhlat.fi The anniversary on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/729771663774478

You cannot miss this party! You are cordially welcome!

6. Wanted: The learning promotion deed and the international deed of the year 2014!

It’s time to reward the learning promotion deed and the international deed of the year. Has a professor of yours, a student association or someone else done something special to enhance learning or internationalisation in Aalto? If yes, propose their deed for the learning promotion deed or the international deed of the year -award! The price can be awarded to any person, group or organisation within Aalto.
Please send your proposal by 14 December 2014:  /en/blog/2014/11/13/wanted-the-learning-promotion-deed-and-the-international-deed-of-the-year-2014/.

7. What happens in the daily life of product development at Vaisala?

It’s surprising how many fields of science are covered in Vaisala. We can start from thin film chips and wonder how their nanometer scale layers interact. The spectral range of one micrometer is full of information. The inaccuracy of one millimeter can ruin your miniaturized optical measurement and ten centimeters may mean a lot in the dynamics of measured fluid. How is electricity conducted through these structures? Is heat dissipated well enough? What are their optical properties and how do they respond to ambient conditions? Why are the results of computer simulations different to experiments? And the most important question: How could a little Giant Leap intern know all of this?” Timo V., Giant Leap Intern 2013

What happens in the daily life of product development at Vaisala?

Check out the pictures from Aalto and Jyväskylä University graduates Timo V. and Timo K. who are now working in Vaisala product development team.  They both joined Vaisala originally in 2013 by participating in Giant Leap summer internship program.

P.S. The application period for Giant Leap Summer Internship  program 2015 starts on 8 January and ends on 8 February 2015. For more information, visit www.vaisala.com/giantleap and find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/VaisalaGiantLeap to stay in the loop of the recruitment process.

8. The most beautiful Christmas carols at Otaniemi Chapel, 6pm, Sun, 14 Dec 

The most beautiful Christmas carols at the Otaniemi Chapel (Jämeräntaival 8) on 14t December at 6pm . Welcome to sing together!

9. eQuality goes Accessible 2015 on 8 January

The next Accessible Aalto symposium will be “eQuality goes Accessible 2015” on 8 January 2015, at H304, Otakaari 1, Espoo.

This fourth symposium will concentrate especially on the equality issues in practice: What does it mean in education, learning and research? What is eQuality of eLearning and co-creation? Issues like our language policy and guidelines, equal education and learning, multicultural collaboration, safety, good relations, wellbeing, mentoring and peer support and such will be discussed in the equality and accessibility framework. We will also work to improve our culture to include all freshers and new employees in Aalto community.

Here’s the latest version of the programme (bookmark and follow updates, please): https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/Equality+goes+Accessible+2015

Choose your workshop: https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/EgA2015+Workshop+proposals

and enroll, please: https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/Enrolment+for+Equality+goes+Accessible+2015

10. Read Espoo magazine in English online

The City of Espoo publishes a magazine for its residents. The Finnish and Swedish versions of the magazine are delivered on paper for each household in Espoo. The magazine is also translated into English but this version is only published in the electronic format. Read Espoo magazine in English at:  http://espoolehti.magnet-media2.eu

11. Tapiola Red Cross’ Multicultural Pre-Christmas party on 10 December!

Tapiola Red Cross multicultural group invites you and your friends to International club’s Pre-Christmas party on 10 December at Yhteisötupa in Tapiola.

We may have a visitor from Korvatunturi during the evening, so please bring a small present (preferably something useless from home, no need to buy anything)! Only the ones who bring a present will also get one.

What? Multicultural Pre-Christmas party
When? 10 December, 6.30pm
Where? Yhteisötupa, Kauppamiehentie 6, Tapiola, 02100 Espoo
Who organises? Tapiola Red Cross, Multicultural group

If you are coming, please let us know by 8 December: international (at) spr-tapiola.org

12. Low Carbon Finland 2.0 Hackathon

Have you ever wondered on which grounds the Finnish energy policy is made? How can we achieve low carbon Finland? This has been discussed by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy in Low Carbon Finland report. However, this review is incomplete. For this reason, New Energy Policy project will organise an open hackathon at Otaniemi Energy Garage on 13 Dec, 9am-9pm. In the hackathon, we will create Low Carbon Finland 2.0 report (LCF2.0).

Low Carbon Finland 2.0 report is a carefully commented version of the original document with extensive references. It will be produced during 12 hours by volunteer specialists and enthusiasts in the field.

In addition to political decision-makers and journalists, LCF2.0 is a tool for perceiving energy policy trends for all who are interested.

Come and build new Finnish energy policy. Read more about the event at http://on.fb.me/1FPtnqM and register no later than 11 Dec: http://goo.gl/forms/6S2kRXjGGV.

13. Volunteering for International Professionals in Asia

About: Impact Hub Kuala Lumpur is looking for 50 young international professionals for a 4-month fellowship.

The job: In teams of 5 (3 International Fellows and 2 Malaysian Fellows), you’ll be leading and delivering a short-term, high-impact programme in a Malaysian NGO.

You: 21 years old or above, passionate about making an impact, and at least 1 year’s work experience, from any field and background.

The impact: For one, you’ll be leading and delivering high-impact projects on the ground. Perhaps more importantly, the Fellowship is intended to enable skill transfer between the International Fellows, the Malaysian Fellows and the NGOs, the goal being to make the new generation of Malaysian NGO leaders more entrepreneurial and efficient.

The sweet, sweet deal: All expenses covered (including plane ticket, visa, housing in a nice INDIVIDUAL flat with no annoying roommates) and a decent stipend.

Please note that the last day of submitting your application is 15 December 2014.

More information and an online application can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.vip.org.my/