This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 21/2014

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

AYY’s scholarships were allocated. The list of the scholarship recipients is available here!

The last newsletter of the spring will be published on Monday, 26 May. Have a great end of the semester!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015
3. Masters of Afterwork, 23 May, 5pm-8pm, Eteläesplanadi 22
4. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!
5. Masters of Aalto showcases multidisciplinary Master pieces in the centre of Helsinki on 16 May−1 June
6. Join the open lectures of EuroEnviro2014
7. CVs & Interviewing Workshop: Tuesday, 27 May
8. Explore the World with AIESEC’s volunteer abroad program or Join AIESEC Aalto
9. Join the youth team of WWF
10. Boston Promenade Millennium Club & record publication at 8pm, Fri, 23 May
11. Participate in brain research in Otaniemi!
12. Summer course on house by Polijazz!
13. Create an experiential drink department

1. This and next week’s events

Week 21

• Tue, 20 May – New campus and multi-religious services – planning meeting
• Wed, 21 May – Prayer night
• Thu, 22 May – Summer course on house
• Fri, 23 May – Boston Promenade Millenium Club and record publication
• Fri, 23 May – Masters of Afterwork
• Sat, 24 May – Role game day
• Sat, 24 May – Parents’ sitsit

Week 22

• Mon, 26 May – Advance facility reservations for associations
• Tue, 27 May – CVs and Interviewing Workshop
• Wed, 28 May – Game night
• Fri, 30 May – Fitness test
• Sat, 31 May – Playful horse-riding day 

2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the google docs file linked below until Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 27 May 2014, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 520 9440).

3. Masters of Afterwork, 23 May, 5pm-8pm, Eteläesplanadi 22

Take a running start to the weekend on Friday afterwork organised by Aava and Masters of Aalto! Gather your friends or coworkers with you and come ease up the stress at Masters of Aalto show exhibition. At the event you’ll get to enjoy the exhibition, good company and some drinks in a relaxed atmosphere.
The event is from 5pm to 8pm but you can come whenever you wish.

Come and experience a different kind of afterwork party and explore the fine Master works!

Link to FB-event is available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1420323181566204/

4. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!

Hitchball 4000 is an epic hitchhiking race across Northern and Eastern Europe. It’s a weekend-long adventure you’re not soon to forget. Already a tradition, the event is now organised for the second time. The feedback from last year’s teams was excellent. Some even went as far as calling it one of the greatest and the most eye-opening experiences of their lives. Several first-timers became very excited about this great form of transportation.

So find yourself a team mate to build a lasting bond with and take a leap of faith to the next level. It will pay off! The winner is the team that with a cunning tactic hitchhikes in the best possible ratio the longest way possible and the farthest possible from the starting point during the weekend, and gets back in time as well. The winners will be awarded with fame and glory in addition to a real prize 🙂 The winning team will get for a year to decorate their home with the Hitchball 4000 Cup to which the name of the team will be engraved as well.

Each team embarks a GPS tracking unit, which enables their progress to be followed on the web page of Hitchball 4000, as well as their pictures and updates from the road. The teams will also be given some fun tasks to do along the way. In addition to the prize for the actual race, with separate criteria, one team will be awarded with the Spirit of Hitchball award.

The registration for the competition opens on Monday, 12 May at http://tinyurl.com/hitchball14 and will close at 11.59pm on 29 May. When registering, teams must provide us with an address to their Tumblr profile where we hope to see updates from along the race. The posts will also be shown on the Hitchball 400 web page.

• Event web page: http://www.hitchball4000.fi/
• Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/666103113463550/
• General FB page of Hitchball 4000: https://www.facebook.com/hitchball4000

Good luck and Godspeed!

5. Masters of Aalto showcases multidisciplinary Master pieces in the centre of Helsinki on 16 May−1 June

Masters of Aalto is a crosscut of the projects of all Aalto University fields: engineering, economics and arts. In the exhibition, you can experience more than 60 works and student projects. The dialogue between the works brings up a social multidisciplinary aspect, which is characteristic to studies and research at Aalto University. This time, the featured works are the most current projects selected by the department directors.

Aalto University students and alumni are actively involved in the construction of Masters of Aalto project. They have planned the architecture of the exhibition, the visual look and the website of the event.

Further information:_moa.aalto.fi.

Masters of Aalto, 16 May−1 June 2014, Eteläesplanadi 22, Helsinki. The exhibition is open on Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm and on weekends at 12noon-5pm. Free admission.

6. Join the open lectures of EuroEnviro2014

Welcome to join the open lectures of EuroEnviro 2014, the 19th European student symposium on the environment during the week 19-23 May 2014, daily at 9am-12:30pm.

Our modern lifestyle has proven to be fundamentally on an unsustainable basis: The warming climate is causing unpredictable risks and uncertainties to the future. Our economy is fuelled by oil and exploitation of human and natural resources. The growing urban population needs new ways to sustain itself.

In order to find solutions to these challenges, the EuroEnviro 2014 is held with the theme Transforming societies – towards an environmentally sustainable future, focusing on the following subtopics:

• Monday, 19 May: Transformation of economics @ Finnish Environment Institute
• Tuesday, 20 May: Food production in transformation @ University of Helsinki, Viikki campus
• Thursday, 22 May: Challenges of urbanization @ Aalto University, Urban Mill, Otaniemi
• Friday, 23 May: Creating change from grassroots up @ Aalto University, Arabia

The lectures are open to all, but registration is needed. For more information on the program and link to the registration form, see: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/euroenviro2014/lectures/

7. CVs & Interviewing Workshop: Tuesday, 27 May

Tuesday, 27 May, 6pm, Tekniikantie 12 (Innopoli 1).

Come and hear experienced professionals speak about CVs and interviewing. Trainerswill give separate presentations on their respective topics followed by time for Q&A and discussion. This event is brought to you by United Community Church, a multicultural community made up primarily of professionals and students. For more Information on the workshop:http://www.ucclife.fi/#/ministries-classes/cvs-and-interviewing

Join us also for a Sunday service at United Community Church Otaniemi. United Community Church is an ethnically diverse, non-denominational, evangelical Christian community that meets together weekly for a time of singing, praying and Bible preaching. We meet every Sunday at Tekniikantie 12 (Innopoli 1) from 3pm-4:30pm followed by an informal ‘café’ hour. For further information contact Pastor Daniel Ottoson Daniel@ucclife.fi or visit

http://www.ucclife.fi/#/sundays-small-groups/sunday-services

8. Explore the World with AIESEC’s volunteer abroad program or Join AIESEC Aalto

Go for AIESEC Global Citizen volunteer program in Kenya, the Philippines or Colombia. Projects last from 6 to 12 weeks. Are you ready to have a life-changing experience? So hurry up, invite your friends and go together. Please apply at http://globalcitizen-fi.com before 23 May.

For more information, please contact joao.corsini@aiesec.net

Join AIESEC Aalto

AIESEC Aalto is part of the world’s largest international student organisation AIESEC that exists in 124 countries & territories with 90,000 members worldwide.

More information about AIESEC: https://www.aiesec.fi or https://www.facebook.com/AIESECinAalto

Contact us at mira.mielonen@aiesec.net, and don’t forget to join us by filling out the application by 31 May: https://www.aiesec.org/join/fi

9. Join the youth team of WWF

WWF Finland is looking for creative young volunteers to create, plan and execute with us projects related to our key themes. The youth team organises events with us and is involved in lobbying, organises the youth climate conference at Heureka, supports environmental groups at schools and inspires thousands of Finns to join WWF’s activities.

Please apply no later than 25 May! Read more and apply at: wwf.fi/vapaaehtoistyo.

10. Boston Promenade Millennium Club & record publication, 8pm, Fri, 23 May 

This year, Boston Promenade, which has entertained big band music lovers already for decades, celebrates its 50^th anniversary. During the evening, you will hear amazing performances of both the former and current Boston Promenade! In the last club gig of the spring, we dance to the beats of the 21^st century. The evening climaxes with the Finnish hits from the brand new record Lähtisitkö? performed by the current Boston.

• WHERE: Music Theatre Kapsäkki (Hämeentie 68)
• WHEN: Fri, 23 May, 7pm, music starts at 8pm
• STUDENT TICKETS: EUR 8
• EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/736795753039069/

11. Participate in brain research in Otaniemi!

We are looking for test subjects for Aivokummit project, where the participants can get to know research made by modern brain imaging equipment at Aalto University’s Brain Research Unit in Otaniemi. If you are between 18 to 60 years of age, healthy, native speaker of Finnish, you can participate in the research. You must not have any metal in your body, which would prevent the magnetic resonance imaging (such as braces, tattoos or pacemaker). The registered persons will receive invitations (mainly via e-mail) from researchers to ongoing research projects, and they can participate in researches according to their own schedule. By participating in the project, you promote the Finnish brain research and get to know interesting research projects of the multidisciplinary Brain Research Unit!

Are you interested? Please get in touch and we will send you an information package:

aivokummit [at] neuro.hut.fi
Further information is available at http://lounasmaalab.aalto.fi/fi/about/aivokummit/.

12. Summer Course on House by Polijazz!

House is a dance style developed in the clubs of Chicago and New York. Jacking, the body’s rhythmic movement to music, and fast footwork are characteristic features of house. Check out the style here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvTptgnr0pw

The summer course on house consists of six classes on Mondays and Thursdays between 22 May and 9 June from 6pm to 7pm at Jämeräntaival 3A, Otaniemi. The course fee is EUR 30. The course is suitable for both beginners and more advanced dancers.

More info: FB-event https://www.facebook.com/events/616636318419791/

Register: http://polijazz.ayy.fi/ or sign up during the first class at the latest.

13. Create an experiential drink department

KY and Hartwall offer you a summer project! The idea is to create new ideas for drink department layouts in grocery stores in order to make them more experiential. How can you make the customers to buy more? The project deadline is Sunday, the 17th of August. The size of your team does not matter, only the results count.
Please sign up via e-mail to max.mononen@kyweb.fi and check out the details from the Facebook event. The winner will receive EUR 2500. The contest is open for everyone!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1499988450221397/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=49

 

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 20/2014

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

The last weekly newsletter of the spring will be published in week 22, on Monday, 26 May.  Have a great end of the semester!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015
3. Come to explore Otaniemi, our common campus!
4. ASP – an extremely useful concept
5. New Campus and Interfaith Services planning meeting on 20 May
6. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!
7. Application period for Aalto internal mobility on 1 May-15 May
8. Helsinki Open Grand Finals
9. Great debate night – the hottest debate of the city
10. Come and enjoy light spring evenings by playing football!
11. Green Campus hackathon
12. Season opening of OtaKoppi on 14 May 2014
13. Sailing demonstrations of Teekkaripurjehtijat in the spring of 2014

1. This and next week’s events

Week 20

• Mon, 12 May – Parliament visit with ESN Aalto
• Wed, 14 May – Bible quiz
• Wed, 14 May – Blood donation at Dipoli
• Wed, 14 May – Our security in the era of satellites: Theme day of Poligoni and the Finnish Geodetic Institute
• Wed, 14 May – Great debate night
• Thu, 15 May – TalentTalks Recruitment event
• Thu, 15 May – AYY Representative Council meeting
• Fri, 16 May – Advance facility reservations for special status associations
• Fri, 16 May – Product Design Gala 2014
• Sat, 17 May – ESN Aalto presents: Farewell sauna
• Sat, 17 May – Working bee at Aalto

Week 21

• Wed, 21 May – Prayer night
• Thu, 22 May – Dance house in the summer course
• Sat, 24 May – Role game day
• Sat, 24 May – Parents’ sitsit 

2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the google docs file linked below until Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 27 May 2014, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 520 9440).

3. Come to explore Otaniemi, our common campus!

During the afternoon, small groups of students will tour Aalto University’s Otaniemi facilities and relevant study places (ARTS students can visit the facilities of Miestentie, for example). In addition, participants have the opportunity to tour the village and AYY’s facilities rented on a one-time basis. After the tour, you can continue the evening in a more casual get-together and go to the sauna.

The tour will begin from the yard of AYY’s Central Office (Otakaari 11) at 3pm and  Tietosauna (Otakaari 8E, the top floor) will be warm from 5.30pm onwards. Snacks and refreshments will be provided at the sauna.

Please sign up for the tour no later than 14 May at https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/otaniemi-tutuksi/ . The event is also on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/245613492309483/ .

Come and explore our common campus!

4. ASP – an extremely useful concept   

”I bought my first home when I was 22-years-old. I wanted to by an apartment as soon as possible, as it is a smart way to save money, I thought. I funded my two-room apartment with a loan without having any big savings. I had heard about the abbreviation ASP, but I had no idea what it meant. I did not know that I could have opened this ASP account when I was between 18 to 30 years old, and I could have taken out a smaller loan for my mortgage needs, which means that I could have paid a smaller amount and less interest every month!”

ASP abbreviation stands for housing savings incentive scheme. Basically it means that you save for your first home. This is an extremely easy way to put money aside and get a mortgage with better benefits and conditions. As a student of Aalto University, it is advisable to open an ASP account at Helsinki OP Bank, where you get a free Easy insurance for a year. Read more and book an appointment at the office at op.fi/asp.

Read more about ASP on AYY’s blog (in Finnish).

5. New Campus and Interfaith Services – meeting on 20 May. Welcome!

The Student Union and university chaplains invite all students of Aalto representing the diversity of faiths and religious communities to discuss about new campus and possible intercultural & faith services to be provided there. What do you think should be taken into account when planning the new campus and its services for different religious and cultural groups? Meeting will be organised on 20 May from 12noon to 2pm in the meeting room on the second floor of AYY’s office (Otakaari 11). If you cannot attend but would like to give your comments, please do not hesitate to contact AYY! Please inform us of your participation at milla.ovaska@ayy.fi so we know how much refreshments we should provide.

6. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!

Hitchball 4000 is an epic hitchhiking race across Northern and Eastern Europe. It’s a weekend-long adventure you’re not soon to forget. Already a tradition, the event is now organised for the second time. The feedback from last year’s teams was excellent. Some even went as far as calling it one of the greatest and the most eye-opening experiences of their lives. Several first-timers became very excited about this great form of transportation.

So find yourself a team mate to build a lasting bond with and take a leap of faith to the next level. It will pay off! The winner is the team that with a cunning tactic hitchhikes in the best possible ratio the longest way possible and the farthest possible from the starting point during the weekend, and gets back in time as well. The winners will be awarded with fame and glory in addition to a real prize 🙂 The winning team will get for a year to decorate their home with the Hitchball 4000 Cup to which the name of the team will be engraved as well.

Each team embarks a GPS tracking unit, which enables their progress to be followed on the web page of Hitchball 4000, as well as their pictures and updates from the road. The teams will also be given some fun tasks to do along the way. In addition to the prize for the actual race, with separate criteria, one team will be awarded with the Spirit of Hitchball award.

The registration for the competition opens on Monday, 12 May at http://hitchball4000.fi/ and will close at 11.59pm on 29 May. When registering, teams must provide us with an address to their Tumblr profile where we hope to see updates from along the race. The posts will also be shown on the Hitchball 400 web page.

• Event web page: http://www.hitchball4000.fi/
• Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/666103113463550/
• General FB page of Hitchball 4000: https://www.facebook.com/hitchball4000

Good luck and Godspeed!

7. Application period for Aalto internal mobility on 1 May-15 May

The application period for Aalto internal mobility is ongoing and will end on 15 May. In this call for applications, you can apply for minor studies or individual courses for the next academic yar. There are plenty of interesting courses and minor subjects available. Get to know the selection on Into’s internal mobility site and apply for studies. Further information, selection and application instructions are available here: https://into.aalto.fi/display/fimobility/Etusivu.

8. Helsinki Open Grand Finals

Thirty international teams, six rounds of debate, four finalists and one winner. Helsinki Open is the chance of the year to see world-class debaters in Helsinki. The event will take place in the main building of the University of Helsinki on Sunday 18 May at 2pm-4pm. No entry fee, just the best debating ever in Helsinki.

The event is organised by Aalto Debating Society and Helsinki Debating Society. For more information see the FB event.

9. Great debate night – the hottest debate of the city

@ Apollo Live Club (Mannerheimintie 16) on Wednesday, 14 May, 7pm-9pm. The doors will open at 6pm.

• Rapper Mercedes Bentso and Presenter Jone Nikula debate on the topic “Onko naisen elämä vaikeampaa kuin miehen?” (”Is a woman’s life more difficult than a man’s life?”)
• Euro election candidate Heidi Hautala (Greens) and the Chairman of The Finns Party Timo Soini ask “Onko EU:sta enemmän hyötyä vai haittaa?” (”Does the EU benefit or harm us more?”)
• Lawyer Jon Hellevig and Author Jukka Mallinen debate on the topic “Onko Venäjä roistovaltio?” (”Is Russia a rogue state?”)

Commentator is Journalist Maria Pettersson. DJ MikkoMattlar. Debates are held in Finnish.

Tickets at the entrance EUR 6. Advance tickets from Tiketti EUR 4 + service fee EUR 1.50 = EUR 5.50.

10. Come and enjoy light spring evenings by playing outdoor football!

FC Kissat have started their outdoor rehearsals. Rehearsals are led by the coach in Herttoniemenranta on Mondays, 7.45pm-9pm at the address Paasivaarankatu 9. All female players, new and old, are welcome to join us.

FC Kissat are also looking for a goalie for the summer. In addition to outdoor rehearsals, the summer leagues have also begun.

Read more about us at www.fckissat.fi and the Facebook group “FC Kissat”

11. Green Campus hackathon

Green Campus hackathon is a two-day ICT & Big Data for sustainability themed event as part of Green Hackathon series. It takes place on the weekend 24–25 May at the Open Innovation House in Otaniemi, Espoo. Please sign up by 20 May: http://www.meetup.com/Green-Campus-CIVIS/events/178850142

The aim is to promote the application of Big Data to tackle environmental and sustainability issues, with particular focus on energy efficiency data, on one side, and on social media data, on the other side. Aalto and HIIT Professors and researchers, who are members of CIVIS joint EU research project, organise the event. Sustainability is a complex problem, thus the hackathon call is open for diverse and multidisciplinary teams. Energy engineers, data scientists, designers, journalists, entrepreneurs, researchers, social psychologists, policy-makers and everyone else who is aware of the environmental issues today, and who also wants to act towards such awareness, is invited to join our event.

Find out more:

Website http://greencampus.greenhackathon.com

12. OtaKoppi season opening on 14 May 2014

OtaKoppi summer activities have began again and in order to celebrate this, we will organise a fun season opening by playing summer baseball on Wednesday, 14 May. Everyone who is interested in playing baseball are welcome to attend!

OtaKoppi organises summer baseball weekly throughout the summer. Playing is laid-back and everyone is welcome, regardless of their knowledge or skills. Summer baseball is organised mainly at 6pm on Wednesdays at Tuuliniitty field (Espoo, Tapiola, Tuulikuja 8). You do not need your own equipment as OtaKoppi provides gloves, bats and balls.

Further information on summer baseball and associations is available at: http://otakoppi.fi/. If you are interested in the activities, you should come and participate! The membership of AYY is free for AYY’s and HYY’s members. By becoming a member, you can subscribe to the mailing list where you receive information about upcoming rehearsals and events.

13. Sailing demonstrations of Teekkaripurjehtijat in the spring of 2014

Teekkari sailors will organise sailing demonstrations of the spring of 2014 in the coming weeks. A more detailed schedule and registration are available on the club’s website and behind this link:

http://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/?page_id=1670

Sailing demonstrations are intended for those who are interested in sailing and the activities of Teekkaripurjehtijat but are not members of the club yet. Participants are not required to have sailing experience, a mere interest in the sport is enough. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know this sport and the club at the sea! Check out the most suitable time for yourself and sign up for the sailing demonstration!

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 19/2014

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

On Thursday, AYY will organise the Euro Election Panel in English at Design Factory from 5pm onwards. The panel includes experienced parliamentarians and keen challengers. Come and follow the panel at Design Factory or watch the live broadcast. Further information: /blog/events/ayyn-eurovaalipaneeli/

1. This and next week’s events
2. AYY presents: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe
3. Report delayed course grading
4. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015
5. Application period for Aalto internal mobility on 1 May-15 May
6. Working bee at Aalto
7. BEST Helsinki autumn courses info evening
8. Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy
9. Korona Finnish Championship contest
10. Our security in the satellite era: Theme day of Poligoni and the Finnish Geodetic Institute

1. This and next week’s events             

Week 19

• Mon, 5 May – Basic course of developing and proofing black and white film
• Tue, 6 May – Millenium Prize Winner Stuart Parkin’s lecture
• Wed, 7 May – Ville Auvinen: Vuorisaarna
• Wed, 7 May – Info sauna on BEST autumn courses 2014
• Wed, 7 May – KYL’s Japan tour kickoff concert
• Thu, 8 May – AYY: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe
• Thu, 8 May – ESN Aalto presents’Farewell party – White T-shirt party’
• Fri, 9 May – ESN Aalto Presents Survival camp
• Fri, 9 May – Humans vs Zombies in Otaniemi on 9-10 May
• Fri, 9 May – Fitness test
• Sat, 10 May – AEGEE-Helsinki Eurovision Party!
• Sat, 10 May – Corona Finnish Championship contest
• Sun, 11 May – Deadline for BEST course applications

Week 20

• Mon, 12 May – Parliament visit with ESN Aalto
• Wed, 14 May – Bible quiz
• Wed, 14 May – Blood donation at Dipoli
• Wed, 14 May – Our security in the era of satellites: Theme day of Poligoni and the Finnish Geodetic Institute
• Thu, 15 May – TalentTalks Recruitment event
• Thu, 15 May – AYY Representative Council meeting
• Fri, 16 May – Advance facility reservations for special status associations
• Sat, 17 May – ESN Aalto presents: Farewell sauna
• Sat, 17 May – Working bee at Aalto

2. AYY presents: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe

Who will represent you for the next five years in the European Parliament? Who agrees with you on the management of the economic crisis? Who has the keys to solving Europe’s energy policy? Whose side are you on in the battle against the climate change? Who will find work for young people in Europe? What will the EU become when it grows up? Join AYY’s great euro election debate, participate in the discussion and remember to vote in May!

Aalto University Student Union AYY will organise the EU election panel in English at Design Factory in Otaniemi at 5pm on Thursday, 8 May 2014. Doors will open at 4pm, when you can meet the representatives of political parties. Themes of the interactive panel include European employment and economic policy, climate and energy policy, as well as the future of the European Union.

The panel includes experienced parliamentarians and keen challengers:

• Antti Kaikkonen, Centre
• Janne Paalijärvi, Pirate Party: “Respect privacy, end the spying!”
• Jyrki J.J. Kasvi, Greens: ”Civil Digital Futures for Europe”
• Li Andersson, Left: ”LOVE Europa & STOP #talouskuri #työttömyys #co2 #rasismi”
• Marcus Rantala, Swedish People’s Party: ”EU is our ally in trade, competence and security. Finland belongs to Europe.”
• Sampo Terho, Finns Party: “EU – we won´t get fooled again”
• Sari Essayah, Christian Democrats: “Let the good work continue!”
• Sirpa Pietikäinen, National Coalition Party: “Get it together, loose it alone”
• Timo Harakka, Social Democratic Party (independent): “Putting Europe to work – protecting people, not banks”

The discussion will be led by Juhani Mykkänen.

Come to challenge the candidates or follow the panel via the live stream (address to be announced later at ayy.fi). You can also follow the discussion at Twitter with the hashtag #EUdebate. You can also find the event on facebook at facebook.com/ylioppilaskunta/events

Event: AYY’s EU debate: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe

Time: Thursday, 8 May 2014, 5pm–7pm. Come and meet the representatives of political parties at Design Factory before the debate from 4pm onwards.
Location: Aalto Design Factory (Betonimiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi Espoo)
Social media: #EUdebate

Further information:

AYY’s Specialist for International Affairs Milla Ovaska, 050 520 9446 or milla.ovaska@ayy.fi

3. Report delayed course grading

Aalto University’s teaching and study regulations provide that exams and other study performances must be reviewed and recorded in the study register within one month. If your exam results or credits are late, you can report it to us and Aalto University administration via the electronic form. The form information can be found on AYY’s website at: /jasenille/annapalautetta/

4. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2014-2015

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the google docs file linked below until Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 27 May 2014, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 520 9440).

5. Application period for Aalto internal mobility on 1 May-15 May

The application period for Aalto internal mobility is ongoing and will end on 15 May. In this call for applications, you can apply for minor studies or individual courses for the next academic yar. There are plenty of interesting courses and minor subjects available. Get to know the selection on Into’s internal mobility site and apply for studies. Further information, selection and application instructions are available here:

https://into.aalto.fi/display/fimobility/Etusivu.

6. Working bee at Aalto

Date: 17 May 2014, 11am-5pm
Location: Factory Valley, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi, Espoo
Join the working bee at Aalto University Otaniemi Campus on Saturday, 17 May.

During the day, one of the old quarters of Otaniemi will be transformed. A green area with plantings is created in the inner courtyard, street areas are painted, routes are marked, terraces are extended and the forest is cleared. Participants will be served food and there are also pop-up restaurants of the Restaurant Day and child care services for the little ones.

Read more about the event and sign up at /blog/events/talkoopaiva-aallossa/

7. BEST Helsinki autumn courses info evening

BEST Helsinki invites you to join info evening about Autumn Courses all over the Europe. We are going to provide you with information about courses, what is going on there, who are the applicants and how to become one of them. There is also free and delicious BBQ food offered. Welcome to join us! Make your first step to unforgettable fall!

Place Tieto Sauna (Otaranta 8E)
Time: 7 PM, 7May, Wednesday

• BEST Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BESTHelsinki
• Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/256217344566171/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
• AYY Event Calendar:  /en/blog/events/best-autumn-courses-2014-info-evening/

8. Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy

Have you ever dreamed of turning our planet into a nicer and more sustainable place to live in? Now you have a great chance to make it happen! Come, pitch your idea, form a team and make a change!

Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy is an event where multidisciplinary teams openly co-develop business ideas and solutions for products and services of the future sustainability & bioeconomy fields. Participants can pitch their own ideas or take one of the business/technology challenges provided by companies and develop it throughout the 2,5 day event into product or service prototypes, viable business models or other solutions, which are presented in public at the end of the event.

The event takes place on May 9-11, 2014 at the TAF’s Millennium Pavilion, Kansalaistori Square, Eero Erkon Katu, Helsinki.

For more information you can find us:

• Website & registration: http://helsinki.startupweekend.org
• Email: Helsinki@startupweekend.org
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartupWeekendHelsinki

9. Korona Finnish Championship contest

After all the May Day games, it is time to move on to the great Finnish game korona. The second Finnish Championship contest of korona will be held in Otaniemi, the game room at JMT 3, at 12noon on Saturday, 10 May.

Come and get yourself honour, fame and points for the Finnish Championships and win a great prize. You can sign up as a contestant on the website of Koronaliitto. You do not have to sign up to watch the event.

http://koronaliitto.fi/toinen-koronan-sm-sarjan-osakilpailu-espoossa/
The event is free of charge.
Come and compete!

Further information on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1586689104889724

10. Our security in the satellite era: Theme day of Poligoni and the Finnish Geodetic Institute

Are you interested in positioning technology, following of space debris and asteroids, or how to recognise interference with positioning? Poligoni and the Finnish Geodetic Institute organise in cooperation a seminar on new positioning technology from a security perspective. The event is open to anyone interested! A more detailed programme is available at http://poligoni.ayy.fi/?file=teemapaeivae-2014 .

The seminar will be organised in Hall D of the former TKK Main Building at 8.45am-3.30pm on 14 May. Participation is free for students but you should sign up for catering purposes. The price for non-students is EUR 30, including coffee in the morning and in the afternoon. After the seminar, an informal get-together is organised at Otaniemi beach sauna from 5pm onwards (EUR 12 for students, EUR 25 for others). Please sign up at http://poligoni.ayy.fi/ilmomasiina/ilmoittaudu.php?id=1