This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 21/2012

SELL2012 Games are successfully over. The game organisation wishes to thank all participants and those who helped with the arrangements! See photos of the games here.

Next week, the weekly newsletter will be published for the last time this spring.

1. This week’s events
2. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012–2013
3. Business book night, Wed, 30 May @ VG
4. Art search for Cartes Flux 2012 the festival of New Media Art
5. Take Part in Aalto University’s International Innovation Camp
6. INSPIRE 2012 urban festival in the Old Customs Warehouse in Katajanokka on 26 May
7. New work is done again – sign up in advance!
8. New café to Otaniemi in the autumn – respond to the survey and influence!
9. News from Aalto Career Services
10. All American Movie Night

1. This week’s events

• Wed, 23 May: AEGEE Helsinki Social Meeting
• Wed, 23 May: Riitti ja Verso – Dominante’s spring concert
• Thu, 24 May: Karaoke night
• Thu, 24 May: Flob Lady1 floorball try-out

2. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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, 29 May 2012. 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 29 May 2012, 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.

Https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnDlXGvbkaXdDhCZm9Wdkw1N3hwNDg3YUhjTUM2aHc

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

3. Business book night on Wed, 30 May @ VG

Business book night with Jari Parantainen (pollitasta.fi) Wed, 30 May 2012, 6pm at Aalto Venture Garage

Welcome to the traditional business book night of Remburssi to hear about favourite business books of the participants and find summer reading! Jari Parantainen is one of Finland’s most popular business blog writers and authors (www.pollitasta.fi and www.ediste.fi). The event is open to all Aalto University students and will be held in Finnish .

Welcome!

Facebook event and registration instructions (sign up no later than 23 May)

4. Art search for Cartes Flux 2012 the festival of New Media Art

Cartes Flux calls for digital artists and creative people to participate in the selection for the festival of New Media Art. The call is for Finnish and international experimental and innovative artworks combining art and technology with fresh and unique approaches.

This year, the festival is particularly looking for artwork which is suitable for public spaces and easy to move around. You can participate with video art, installations, workshops, lecturs and performances.

Deadline for applications is Monday, 28 May 2012! Detailed instructions and application forms: www.cartes-art.fi

5. Take Part in Aalto University’s International Innovation Camp

Would you like to create new economic engines or plan a more functional city in an inspiring team? Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI invites You to change the world!

Aalto University’s ACSI is a design, development and learning platform and camp for societal innovation. ACSI brings together working life experts, researchers and students from all over the world to create new and unexpected solutions to societal challenges. In 2012 the multi-disciplinary participant crew works with five significant real life cases during the eight day camp. These solutions, prototypes, point of views and actions are presented in an open ACSIbition event. ACSI 2012 is organised in Helsinki, Finland 7– 14 August and ACSIbition is on 14 August.

By taking part in ACSI you get to solve interesting challenges, find new ideas, make friends from different parts of the globe as well as build versatile cooperation possibilities. The participant recruitment is on now and will end on 31 May 2012. To fill out the online application, visit https://eage.aalto.fi/?fs/en/ACSI.

We welcome applications from everyone interested in solving societal challenges! More information about ACSI at www.acsi.aalto.fi and acsi@aalto.fi

• Event: Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI
• Place: Chydenia, Helsinki, Finland
• Time: 7-14 Aug 2012.

• Event: ACSIbition
• Place: Design Factory, Espoo, Finland
• Time: 14 Aug 2012.

6. INSPIRE 2012 urban festival in the Old Customs Warehouse in Katajanokka on 26 May

INSPIRE is a new one-day city festival in the heart of Helsinki. On Saturday, 26 May, the Old Customs Warehouse at Katajanokka will be full of excited people – those who are living their dreams and those who want to!

The event is divided into day and evening program. During the day, there will be stories to hear, hands-on workshops to try and performances to see. Open and free for all curious ones, program will be held in both Finnish and English. There will also be lovely pop-ups serving refreshments and food, like at any great festival! Step in for a little while or spend the whole day with us, but don’t miss it. Tickets for the evening program are sold separately through Eventbrite.

INSPIRE is about exploring and sharing. About provoking people to live their dreams and showing what is possible when you dare. Be passionately curious. See you on Saturday 26 May at Katajanokka!

Check out our teaser.
Learn more by visiting our website.

Join the event and secure your ticket to the evening

7. New work is done again – sign up in advance!

The common Dialogue of students and companies will start again in the autumn of 2012. We are looking for students who have an open mind, future-oriented ideas and passion to improve the working life. Ensure you place in advance at dialogi@ellunkanat.fi or read more at www.uusityöontäällä.fi

8. New café to Otaniemi in the autumn – respond to the survey and influence!

A new café ADD Café will open in Otaniemi in September, which will take the café scene to a new dimension. The link below will take you to a very quick survey which helps to refine the café concept.

Http://tinyurl.com/ctvy97t (Finnish)

See you in September!

9. News from Aalto Career Services

What do students want from the working life?

Welcome to hear what students want from the working life, which employers are Aalto students’ ideal employers and what kind of additional information the students would like to receive from employers. Universum will tell about these matters and other results of the student research 2012 on Thursday, 31 May, 2pm-3.30pm, AS1 Hall, TUAS building, Otaniementie 17.

Welcome! The event will be held in Finnish.

10. All American Movie Night

What: Films, cocktails and beer pong
Where: Yläkertsi, KY Building
When: 24 May, 5pm (Cocktail 5.15pm, Animal House 7.30pm)
Why: AMERICAN SPRING BREAK

Tikelo, Aalto Cocktail and Aalto Beer Pong joined forces and will provide a slightly different movie night for Aalto members!

The films Cocktail and National Lampoon’s Animal House will be screened but the programme does not stop there. Bar tenders from A’Cocktail work behind the bar which will be open as long as there are thirsty people. A genuine yankee atmosphere is also offered by ABP’s two Beer Pong tables which entertain participants between the movies. At the end of the evening, you can also go to the sauna before the after party.

Evaluated schedule:

• 5:30pm Cocktail
• 7:30pm National Lampoon’s Animal House
• 9:00pm Sauna opens
• 11:30pm Leaving to the after party

During the second film, there is a possibility to join a drinking game. After all, drinking games are a driving force behind the American student tradition. You can take your own bottles with you  😉

The event is free and open to all Aalto members. You can get drinks over the counter with traditional AC’s drink tickets and you can play Beer(/Cocktail) Pong games either with your own drinks or drink tickets purchased on the location.

Come to celebrate the end of the exam period and enjoy all the good things invented behind the Atlantic!

This is AYY’s Weekly Newsletter 20/2012

SELL Games take over Otaniemi this week. Enjoy the sporty atmosphere and cheer Aalto University’s team to success. The detailed programme and schedule with sporting venues is available in the event manual.

This spring, the weekly newsletter will be published for the last time at week 22, so there will be two more newsletters. Sunny May for you all!

1. This week’s events
2. AYY is looking for a producer for events and culture
3. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013
4. POLYTECH MUSEUM TO OPEN EVEN DRIER ON 18 MAY
5. Major sitsit at Senaatintori Square on Tuesday, 29 May
6. AFYE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EVENT ORGANISING
7. Basic course of security officers
8. SIT ME furniture exhibition open around the clock in front of Design Museum
9. Bikepolis beginner group rides
10. MoA’12 Slam: Science goes performance theatre
11. Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet, register no later than 16 May
12. Suomi Summer Party, Mon, 14 May 2012, at 7pm-

1. This week’s events

• Mon, 14 May: Flob Lady 3 floorball try-out
• Wed, 16 May: AEGEE-Helsinki Chill Out Night!
• Wed, 16 May: Roope Kojonen – arguments of intelligent design
• Wed, 16 May: KYL Southern-Finland Tour: Turku
• Thu, 17 May: SELL2012 Games begin
• Thu, 17 May: KYL Southern-Finland Tour: Lahti
• Thu, 17 May: Flob Lady2 floorball try-out
• Sat, 19 May: KYL Southern-Finland Tour: Jyväskylä

2. AYY is looking for a producer for events and culture

AYY is looking for a producer for an open-ended position from 1 June 2012 onwards or by arrangement.

The producer supports the student union sections in producing events with another producer. During the year, the student union sections organise numerous events for the members and the producers support the organising of these events. Producers particularly take care of the monitoring of finances, obtaining permissions from the authorities, and general supporting of volunteers. The producer acts as the member and secretary of Aalto Community Section Aava. In addition, the producer is responsible for the development and coordination of the Student Union’s rental facilities (saunas, club facilities, etc.)

Free-form applications with résumés can be submitted to AYY’s Secretary General Teemu Halme to the address paasihteeri(at)ayy.fi by 4pm on 15 May 2012. You will receive a confirmation stating that we have received your application. Interviews will be arranged in week 21 (21‒25 May), after which AYY Board will decide on the suitable applicant.

Further information on the vacancy. (in Finnish)

3. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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 Sunday, 27 May 2012. 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 2012, 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.

Submit events here.

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

4. POLYTECH MUSEUM TO OPEN EVEN DRIER ON 18 MAY

On Friday, 18 May 2012, the second opening ceremony of the world’s only Polytech Museum will be celebrated. The museum is located in Otaniemi at the address Jämeräntaival 3.

Doors to the renovated premises and exhibition will be open on the opening day between 11am-6pm and the solemn ceremonies will be implemented at 3pm. Activities organised indoors and outdoors.

Engineering students with their friends are welcome!

5. Major sitsit at Senaatintori Square on Tuesday, 29 May

Major sitsit are organised at Senaatintori Square for several hundred university students, where citizens and tourists can take part in their own way by coming to a picnic and participating in the event. The event is part of the ”Helsinki 200 Years As Capital” theme year.

A separate area is limited to the actual participants who can access the area with the event pass. Outside the area, it is desirable that citizens, tourists, friends and guests celebrate their own dinner party or picnic in a sophisticated way, of course. The major sitsit starts at 4pm with a welcome drink and the event will culminate with the ball starting approximately at 9pm to which all are welcome! At 10pm, a procession will lead us towards Havis Amanda and Runeberg statues, where speeches are held. The after party takes place at the restaurant Kaarle XII. Further information on Facebook.

This splendid spectacle costs 15 euro and AYY’s food is known to be very tasty. Aava also participates in the event!

We have reserved 80 seats for AYY’s members, so please sign up fast. The registration will open on Monday, 14 May, 6pm at https://lomake.ayy.fi/aava/suursitsit/ . Registration will be open until the quota is met.

6. AFYE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EVENT ORGANISING

Aalto First Year Experience (AFYE) is a project offered by Aalto University, which aim is to welcome new students to the university and open a window to various opportunities offered by Aalto without clinging to the borders of the scientific fields. AFYE means everything that is related to the reception of new students as part of Aalto community during the first year of studies. Orientations and tutor activities of the schools are part of AFYE’s concept. In addition, we organise various events and advertise opportunities concerning the new students on our website.

AFYE invites student organisations, guilds and associations to create an incredible first year for new students and show everything that Aalto has to offer. AFYE provides funding for event organising, which are targeted to new students during the next academic year. Further information on AFYE’s Into website.

7. Basic course of security officers

Dear student! Are you looking for work? Are you interested in the duties of a security officer? Do you want to employed next summer or alongside with your studies? Complete the basic course of a security officer! After completing the course, you can apply for the security officer card from the police, which entitles you to act as a security officer throughout the country.

AYY will organise in cooperation with Turvakerroin Ltd a VERY INEXPENSIVE basic course of security officers. You can complete the 32-hour course this spring during the following five days: 21 May, 23 May, 24 May, 25 May and 26 May. You should reserve time between 4pm-10pm on weekdays and 4pm-10pm on Saturday.  You must participate every day!

The course price for students of Aalto univerity will be only 42e and 64e for others! This price is a fraction of the price you would have to pay elsewhere. The course will be organised if there are enough participants. Please sign up at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/jarjestyksenvalvojan-peruskurssi/

Further information: otto.palonen@ayy.fi.

8. SIT ME furniture exhibition open around the clock in front of Design Museum

SIT ME furniture exhibition 11.5.-16.9. open around the clock In front of Design Museum, the area between Korkeavuorenkatu, Yrjönkatu and Merimiehenkatu

Furniture design students have taken a new stance on where to sit. Their work is on the borderline between fine art and applied art, more specifically, when everyday, functional seats are transformed into sculpture. SIT ME is a furniture exhibition by third-year furniture design students at the Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture.

Their SIT ME exhibition asks questions about our contemporary ideas of design, presenting experimental and unique sculptural wooden benches. SIT ME is an outdoor exhibition, located in front of the Design Museum and is open from May to September around the clock.

Designers: Mirella Abe, Eetu Enqvist, Laura Euro, Laura Jokinen, Anna-Kaisa Laitinen, Anni Ojanen, Katja Rouvinen, Minttu Somervuori, Mari Sollman, Suvi Toivari, Mirka Uski and Caius Verhe

9. Bikepolis beginner group rides

Bikepoli organises three mountain biking group rides for beginners. The schedule for the rides is as follows:

• Wednesday 16 May 6pm from the workshop, destination Leppävaara
• Wednesday 23 May 6pm from the workshop, destination Espoo Central Park
• Wednesday 30 May 6pm from the workshop, destination Helsinki Central Park

The duration of the rides is around 2hrs. The equipment needed is a mountain bike and a helmet. No previous experience is needed. It is also possible to borrow Bikepolis mountain bike.

10. MoA’12 Slam: Science goes performance theatre

16 May 2012, 7pm-10pm, At MoA’12 exhibition space, Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Building 3L, Tyynenmerenkatu 6, (ex. Hietasaarenkuja 6)

At MoA’12 Slam, 5 Aalto students will enter the race for a €500 cash prize and present their research topics to the audience and judges. The medium of presentations is free and can range from a more traditional talk to dance choreography or self-composed song. Creativity is strongly encouraged and everything is allowed to fascinate, inspire, move or entertain the audience – and win their votes. Because in the end of the evening it will be the audience who selects the winner of MoA’12 Slam.

MoA’12 Slam is collaboration between Aalto University and ScienceSLAM Helsinki to promote fun and creativity in science. At MoA’12 Slam, these 5 performances will be shown:

• Anna Cajanus (School of Science), “Social enterprises and for-profit businesses working together in Finland – how and why?”
• Seungho Lee (School of Arts, Design and Architecture), “Beef Finland 2012”
• Jemina Lehmuskoski (International Design Business Management), “Bringing R&D tools to elementary schools”
• Linda Söderholm (School of Arts, Design and Architecture), “Helsinki freezing – B-girls’ view”
• Siiri Viljanen (School of Chemical Technology), “Utilisation of spent sulphite liquor for chemical production”

Free entrance, limited seats. Register here in advance.

http://moa.aalto.fi/2012/en/events/nr16/
http://scienceslam.fi/moa-slam-2012/

moa@scienceslam.fi

11. Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet, register latest on 16 May

• What? Bit Bang Seminar on Future of Internet
• When? 21 May 2012 at 12.30pm-5pm
• Where? TUAS building, auditorium AS1 (Otaniementie 17, 02150 Espoo)

Bit Bang 4, the fourth Aalto-wide and multidisciplinary post-graduate course, invites you to attend the presentations of the semester’s team work assignments. The post graduate students have spent the spring discussing economical, societal, governance and technological aspects of the Future of the Internet. Come and hear what they’ve found out!

Register to elina.karvonen@aalto.fi by 16 May

Seminar programme

• 12:30 Registration and coffee
• 13:00 Welcoming words, Professor Yrjö Neuvo
• 13:05 The Internet took my job!
• 13:50 Gamification of Life
• 14:35 Coffee
• 15:00 Strategies to take over the Internet
• 15:45 Mankind 2.0
• 16:30 Closing, Professor Yrjö Neuvo
• 17:00 Seminar ends

More information about the course and the event.

12. Suomi Summer Party, Mon 14 May 2012, at 7pm-

The AYY International Committee proudly presents!

The spring is coming to an end, and it is time for you to experience the Finnish summer! Come and enjoy yourself with your friends at the Suomi Summer Party, and learn how the stereotypical Finn might enjoy his or her time at the summer cottage or otherwise.

We have arranged some interesting summery games for you to participate in, and there are prizes as well! There is Finnish traditional summer food available, as well as other stuff we are still keeping as a secret 🙂

To blend in to the crowd, please dress comfortably and informally. Also take your swimsuits and towels with you! 🙂

• Where: Gorsu, JMT 5
• When: 14 May starting from 7pm
• Why: It’s summer! Wohoo!

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 19/2012

SELL Games will take over Otaniemi after a little over one week on 17–20 May. You can still sign up for the event by Friday, 11 May, by email at info@sell2012.fi or telephone +358 50 5209428.
The event manual has also been published. You can read it here.

1. This week’s events
2. Aalto member, sign up for SELL Games by 11 May
3. Teekkari Village 60^th anniversary
4. AYY is looking for a producer for events and cultural affairs
5. Basic course of security officers
6. Create ideas for new kind of student housing –  3,000 euro for the winning team!
7. Otakappeli chapel’s renovation to be completed on 11 May
8. Summer job info answers to summer employees’ questions
9. Work goes happy – well-being at work event on 11 May
10. LAST CALL: APPLY FOR AALTO UNIVERSITY MENTORING PROGRAMME
11. Performers wanted for the 5th ScienceSLAM Helsinki event
12. KY-Slice informs: supergolf game rights on sale until 11 May, golf season to begin on 26 May
13. CNN-Aalto University seminar on 9 May: 12 months that can change decades
14. Participate in creating future visions for Espoo

1. This week’s events

• Tue, 8 May: AYY-Kehy: Get-together and the spring meeting/ tutustumisilta ja kevätkokous
• Wed, 9 May: Game night
• Wed, 9 May: AEGEE-Helsinki Social Meeting
• Thu, 10 May: Limittäin – spring concert of PK and KYN
• Thu, 10 May: Flob Lady3 floorball try-out
• Fri, 11 May: watch ice hockey with AYY and Hartwall

2. Aalto member, sign up for SELL Games by 11 May

SELL Student Games is this year’s biggest international student sporting event! The Games will be arranged in Espoo, Otaniemi, 17-20 May. The laid-back atmosphere and team spirit of the Games is definitely something unique! There are no age or level requirements – all sport enthusiasts are welcome to participate!

SPORTS: Basketball, volleyball, football (7 vs 7), floorball, ultimate (5 vs 5), disc golf, judo, fencing, tennis, chess, badminton, orienteering, swimming and athletics.

REGISTRATION: By 11 May via email info@sell2012.fi or by phone +358 50 5209428. The team leader for Aalto University is Heidi Heiskanen (heidi.heiskanen@ayy.fi). Important! Please submit your name, sport, date of birth and possible records/your level. Please also submit your photo (for the event pass).

ENTRY FEE: €15/person/day if the registration is made before 11 May!

Entry fee includes:

• The right to participate in competitions and related events
• Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
• HSL’s regional ticket during the games

For more information: www.sell2012.fi

Welcome!

3. 60th anniversary of Teekkari Village

This year on 13 May, Teekkari Village will celebrate its 60^th anniversary as the home of technology students. This party offers something for everyone.

On the eve of the celebration, Saturday 12 May, Servin Mökki (Jämeräntaival 4) offers a bouncy castle, popcorn and fun slush ice drink for children. The event is organised between 12noon-4pm.

In the evening, a party will take over Smökki at 7pm, where all AYY members are warmly welcome. Event on Facebook.

On the morning of the birthday (Mother’s Day) on 13 May, there is a more formal section of the party, Flower Day message. The event will begin at Otaniemi beach sauna at 8am where food, drinks and music performances are provided. Official ceremonies begin at 12noon. The sauna is warm between 10am-6pm and the night continues at OK20 from 6pm onwards. Event on Facebook.

Welcome!

4. AYY is looking for a producer for events and culture

AYY is looking for a producer for an open-ended position from 1 June 2012 onwards or by arrangement.

The producer supports the student union sections in producing events with another producer. During the year, the student union sections organise numerous events for the members and the producers support the organising of these events. Producers particularly take care of the monitoring of finances, obtaining permissions from the authorities, and general supporting of volunteers. The producer acts as the member and secretary of Aalto Community Section Aava. In addition, the producer is responsible for the development and coordination of the Student Union’s rental facilities (saunas, club facilities, etc.)

Free-form applications with résumés can be submitted to AYY’s Secretary General Teemu Halme to the address paasihteeri(at)ayy.fi  by 4pm on 15 May 2012. You will receive a confirmation stating that we have received your application. Interviews will be arranged in week 21 (21‒25 May), after which AYY Board will decide on the suitable applicant.

Further information on the vacancy. (in Finnish)

5. Basic course of security officers

Dear student! Are you looking for work? Are you interested in the duties of a security officer? Do you want to employed next summer or alongside with your studies? Complete the basic course of a security officer! After completing the course, you can apply for the security officer card from the police, which entitles you to act as a security officer throughout the country.

AYY will organise in cooperation with Turvakerroin Ltd a VERY INEXPENSIVE basic course of security officers. You can complete the 32-hour course this spring during the following five days: 21 May, 23 May, 24 May, 25 May and 26 May. You should reserve time between 4pm-10pm on weekdays and 4pm-10pm on Saturday.  You must participate every day!

The course price for students of Aalto univerity will be only 42e and 64e for others! This price is a fraction of the price you would have to pay elsewhere. The course will be organised if there are enough participants. Registrations: otto.palonen@ayy.fi.

6. Create ideas for new kind of student housing –  3,000 euro for the winning team!

Dear student! Take your chance: We have decided to continue the registration of teams to the competition New Forms in Student Housing until 31 May. The former registration ended 30 April. See further information and register your team in the address http://worldstudentcapital.fi/en/city-home/

7. Otakappeli chapel’s renovation will be completed on 11 May 

Otaniemi chapel’s renovation will be completed in May. The first event after the renovation is the mass on Mother’s Day on 13 May, 11am. After the mass, Mother’s Day coffee and cake will be served. Welcome!

8. Summer job info answers to summer employees’ questions

In the summer, the summer job info will help young people with questions related to emploment. The free service will begin on 2 May. The service is available by telephone at 0800 179 279 or through the electronic form at www.kesaduunari.fi.

For the first time, the service is also available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kesaduunari. The purpose of Facebook site is to initiate discussion on the employment affairs of the young, and young employees can compare their own summer job experiences on the site.

– You should contact the summer job info before signing the work contract if you are uncertain about any employment-related issue. We are also glad to serve employers, says Summer Job Counsellor Joonas Tutti.

In the previous years, we have received questions on wages, vacation compensation and the length of work shifts. The service has proved to be very necessary: last year we received over 400 contacts.

Telephone service is open until 24 August on Fridays, 9am–3pm. Guidance is available in Finnish, Swedish and English. Guidance service is provided by the employees’ confederations SAK, STTK and Akava.

Further information:

SAK’s Organisation Secretary Anita Spring, tel. 0400 506 339, STTK’s Special Adviser in Student and Youth Issues Ulla Hyvönen, tel. 044 777 7089, Akava’s Student Ombudsman Elina Havu, tel. 050 341 4894

9. Work Goes Happy – well-being at work event on 11 May

We welcome all students to the free Work Goes Happy well-being at work event in Wanha Satama in Helsinki on Fri, 11 May, 10am-6pm. The idea of Work Goes Happy concept is to lighten up the message of well-being at work so that people get interested and listen. WGH gathers decision-makers in companies and opinion leaders to find inspiration for well-being at work.

The free event provides ideas, realisations from lecturs and tools from workshops. The workshops, such as the Boss Park tackles the challenges of leadership. Stella Polaris workshop introduces the secrets of the body language and expression.Lecturers include, among others, Change Coach Petri Niskanen and TTL’s Jari Hakanen.

The versatile programme on the main stage includes Entertainment World vs. Officer Battle, and the host is Mato Valtonen. An intense debate in front of the audience include, among others, Mikko Kuustonen and Pirjo Heikkilä, as well as Director of Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Guy Ahonen and Brain Researcher Kiti Müller.

You can register for the free event in advance at www.wgh.fi or on the venue for the price of a regular text message.

Further information, the programme and the list on exhibitors are also available at www.wgh.fi

Well-being at work concerns you, too. You are cordially welcome!

10. LAST CALL: APPLY FOR AALTO UNIVERSITY MENTORING PROGRAMME

Mentors are University graduates, our alumni. As a mentee you will get support and guidance on how to face the Finnish working life, a chance to improve your job application skills and a unique possibility to build network with a cross-disciplinary group of professionals.

Apply for the programme by 15 May.

Apply here

11. Performers wanted for the 5th ScienceSLAM Helsinki event

The 5th ScienceSLAM will be held on 13 June, in Helsinki’s brand new Pavilion for this summer’s World Design Capital festivities. We are again looking for enthusiastic, open-minded researchers that would like to share their research topic with a wider audience.

ScienceSLAM Helsinki is a popular science event series, aimed at the general public to promote science and research in a creative and entertaining way. Participants can come from all areas and stages of science, and are free to present a topic related to their own research expertise. Presenters have ten minutes each to win the votes of the audience. The medium of presentation is free and can range from a more traditional talk, to a dance choreography or self-made video clip. A stimulating, entertaining performance is at least as important as pure scientific value. Creativity and fun is strongly encouraged! The language of the event and presentations is English.

For more info on the event and how to apply please visit our website, or contact us directly. Deadline for applications is 20 May 2012. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Your team of ScienceSLAM Helsinki

web: www.scienceslam.fi
mail: mail@scienceslam.fi

12. KY-Slice informs: Supergolf game rights on sale until 11 May, the golf period to open on 26 May.

KY-Slice offers again inexpensive Supergold game rights for all Aalto members. Game rights are sold for 28 euro a piece. Further information is available here.

The opening game of the golf season will be organised on Saturday, 26 May in Nevas. The game is open to all Aalto members. Further information and registration instructions are available through this link.

13. CNN-Aalto University -seminar on 9 May: 12 months that can change decades

Welcome to an exclusive seminar with CNN’s foremost international business correspondent and presenter Richard Quest and special guests!

Some of the world’s major powers — the US, Russia, France and China — are electing their political leaders in 2012. How will the business world be affected by the possible governmental changes? What impact will the outcome of the U.S. election have on the rest of the world? And how do the elections affect the Finnish and European economy? How will the US election results affect EU?

• Time: 9 May 2012, 2pm-3.30pm
• Place: Aalto University School of Economics, Assembly Hall, Runeberginkatu 14-16

Members of the panel:

• Dr. Mika Aaltola The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Programme Director – the Global Security research programme
• Dr. Sixten Korkman Former CEO of EVA and ETLA, Dr. Matti Nojonen Aalto University School of Economics
• Researcher Dr. Hanna Ojanen, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Researcher – The European Union research programme

The event is free of charge.

Please sign up by 7 May here.

14. Participate in creating future visions for Espoo

In your opinion, what would be the ideal Espoo like? Join the discussion by participating in this online interview. We want to set goals for the future years together with the residents and decision-makers of Espoo.

The idea is that you first think about the important features of a city. After this, you get to evaluate comments arisen from the common discussion. Your views are important material for the strategic work for the future of the city.

You can respond anonymously. It takes approximately only 10-15 minutes to respond. We will raffle five Nokia Lumia 800 mobile phones and cinema tickets among all respondents.

You can respond by Thursday, 31 May.

Please respond here (the survey is available in Finnish and Swedish)

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 18/2012

1. This week’s events
2. AYY is looking for emergency accommodation coordinator
3. Travel to AATU with KUJ & Voyage
4. Basic course of security officers
5. What Property issue?
6. Long maintenance break (4 – 8 hours) in IT services on Saturday, 5 May 2012 from 9am
7. Summer courses and exams for technology students
8. EUROPEAN FILM WEEKS IN HELSINKI 26 April – 8 May 2012
9. Connect over drinks? Invitation to a publication event
10. TEDxAaltoUniversity goes MoA, Jätkäsaari 12 May
11. Transparency International Summer School on Integrity 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania
12. OtaKoppi’s opening of the baseball season on 3 May 2012
13. Volunteer in the casting events of the Winning Team programme?

1. This week’s events

• Wed, 2 May: ADS Weekly Debate
• Thu, 3 May: OtaKoppi’s opening of the baseball season

2. AYY is looking for emergency accommodation coordinator

AYY is looking for emergency accommodation coordinator beginning in the position approximately on 6 Aug 2012 or as agreed on.

The emergency accommodation coordinator is responsible for organising temporary housing for students who have no accommodation in the autumn and informing about emergency accommodation. The duties will include advising of students and international students in particular, practical management of emergency accommodation, including the monitoring of emergency accommodation use and management of keys, as well as long-term planning of emergency accommodation operations. In addition, the duties include reporting on activities and preparing follow-up proposals after the autumn.

The total working time in the position is two months. The basic salary is €1400 per month.

Free-form applications with résumés can be submitted to AYY’s Secretary General Teemu Halme no later than 10 May to the address paasihteeri(at)ayy.fi.

Further information on the position and application.

For further information on the position, please contact Housing Specialist Jaakko Koivula (firstname.surname@ayy.fi, 050 520 9444).

3. Travel to AATU with KUJ & Voyage

Akateeminen Aurajokilaivuritutkinto, also known as AATU, is all about appreciating the wonderful riverside in Turku and celebrating the beginning of the summer holidays. The participants of this event are instructed to roam around the beautiful city of Turku, collect stamps from bars for their special pub crawl map, and most importantly, enjoy the nascent summer!

Kulttuurijaosto (KUJ) and Aalto Voyage together provide bus rides from Helsinki to the site of the event in Turku. Two buses will take Aalto University’s students back and forth, leaving from Arabianranta, Otaniemi and in front of the KY building.

The price of this event, 30 euros, includes bus rides Helsinki-Turku-Helsinki and the event in Turku itself.

The bus rides from Helsinki to Turku leave at 11AM / 12PM on Thursday,  10 May, and the rides back home leave at 3:30AM near the site of the event’s after party. More information coming up during the bus rides.

KUJ entertains fellow passengers en route from Helsinki to Turku and from Turku to Helsinki. Are you overly fond of really bad jokes? Great, so are we.

Enrollment here

Briefly:

• WHAT: Akateeminen Aurajokilaivuritutkinto aka AATU
• WHERE: AATU will be held in Turku, the bus rides leave from Helsinki
• WHEN: Thursday, May 10, 2012. The buses leave at 11PM from Arabianranta and 12PM from Otaniemi and from Kamppi. The buses from Turku to Helsinki leave 3:30AM sharp.
• COST: 30€ (incl. bus rides back and forth and the AATU event in Turku

4. Basic course of security officers

Dear student! Are you looking for work? Are you interested in the duties of a security officer? Do you want to employed next summer or alongside with your studies? Complete the basic course of a security officer! After completing the course, you can apply for the security officer card from the police, which entitles you to act as a security officer throughout the country.

AYY will organise in cooperation with Turvakerroin Ltd a VERY INEXPENSIVE basic course of security officers. You can complete the 32-hour course this spring during the following five days: 21 May, 23 May, 24 May, 25 May and 26 May. You should reserve time between 4pm-10pm on weekdays and 4pm-10pm on Saturday.  You must participate every day!

The course price for students of Aalto university will be only 42e! This price is a fraction of the price you would have to pay elsewhere. The course will be organised if there are enough participants. Registrations: tuomo.tarvainen@gmail.com.

5. What Property Issue?

AYY arranges an open information and discussion session about the property issue between AYY and KY foundation  on Thursday 3rd of May. Come and find out what have happened and ask questions you’ve been thinking of.

Location: Design Factoryn Studio
Time: Thursday 3rd of May from 5 pm to  7pm

Welcome!

6. Long maintenance break (4 – 8 hours) in IT services on Saturday, 5 May 2012 from 9am

Aalto IT will update its centralized disc system to increase customers’ growing need for disc space. Various services will be out of use during the update. The most suitable day for this kind of update is Saturday 5 May 2012 when asked from the university’s service and support units. It’s only Saturday in May without teaching.

Maintenance break will last about 4-8 hours. Some important services which will be unavailable during the break are below. Some services will probably recover faster.

• Many financial services and difficulties with accessibility to some systems ( Dynastia, ProE)
• many servers rented by IT
• library’s payment and invoicing  systems
• Aalto e-mail
• Noppa
• VPN connections
• HOME and WORK file directories
• Qlickview
• TTS (business management system)
• logging in to workstations not possible

Portable computers will work if they are not connected to the fixed network. More specific information will be sent to IT administrators. It’s challenging to make big changes! We try to avoid future problems by improving our disc system.

+ Please note, that most probably also the University websites and intranet Inside will be down during the break, at least for a while.

Aalto IT will be updating the news items on Into

7. Summer courses and exams for technology students

Again this summer, Aalto University will organise courses and exams for the attending bachelor and master level students in the schools of technology. The general exam dates of technology in the summer of 2012 and the courses organised in the summer of 2012 are available on Into’s summer teaching website.

If you wish a summer exam for a specific course to be organised, please contact the head lecturer and ask for him/her to contact the summer teaching staff. The best way is to ask the lecturer to send an email to kesaopetus-avoin@aalto.fi.

Registration for summer courses and the exams in the early summer will begin on WebOodi on 3 May 2012 either at 8am or 12noon depending on a course. Registration for exams in August will start on WebOodi at 12noon on 2 July. Registration for courses that begin in August and exams in August requires that you have registered for attendance for the autumn term of 2012.

8. EUROPEAN FILM WEEKS IN HELSINKI 26 April – 8 May 2012

EUROPEAN FILM WEEKS IN HELSINKI 26 April – 8 May 2012

Eurooppasali (Malminkatu 16, Helsinki)

The event gathers together 26 different films from European countries and reaches a broad range of genres, such as drama, thriller, adventure, comedy, children and youth films, and animation. Download programme.

Film information.

Irish director Risteard Ó Domhnaill participates in the opening event 26 April and talks about his award winning document ‘The Pipe’. Finnish director Rax Rinnekangas participates on 4 May to present his film ‘Journey to Eden’.

The films are mainly subtitled in English. All screenings are free of charge, no tickets are required. The doors will be opened 30 minutes prior to each screening. Welcome!

Contacts: Johanna Kaprio, comm-rep-hel-eps@ec.europa.eu, 09 6226 5421

ec.europa.eu/finland, www.europarl.fi
Event on facebook

9. Connect over drinks? Invitation to a publication event

INVITATION TO A PUBLISHING EVENT: Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 9am-12.30pm, Linnanmäki, Helsinki

Welcome to discuss the social motives and emotions of the students’ drinking. Those who participate in the event will get their own copy of the recent release.

CONNECT OVER DRINKS?

Preventive substance abuse work and young adults’ drinking culture in the 2010s. Antti Maunu. EHYT 2012.

Venue: Linnanmäki Seminar Hall Poukama
Registration: By Monday, 7 May: http://tinyurl.com/ehytjulkkarilintsi tai kiti.poikonen(at)ehyt.fi |tel. 040 451 4199.

The event is organised by preventive substance abuse work EHYT: AMIS – Arjen Ammattilaiset.

10. TEDxAaltoUniversity goes MoA, Jätkäsaari 12 May

TEDxAalto presents a whole day event in Masters of Aalto premises at Jätkäsaari. Inspiring talks, TEDTalks videos, TEDx atmosphere and additional surprise programme. The event is open for everybody, limited seats.

Saturday 12 May, 1pm – 7:30pm

MoA exhibition, Jätkäsaari (Tyynenmerenkatu 6, L3) Registration 3-6 May. More information: www.tedxaalto.com

11. Transparency International Summer School on Integrity 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Participants will learn from leading anti-corruption experts about the causes of corruption and practical ways in which societies can become more transparent and accountable in both public and private sectors. Summer School is for senior students, graduates and young professionals. There is a limited number of competitive scholarships that cover transportation, tuition and board expenses. The language of instruction is English. The application deadline is 7 May 2012. University students will earn 4 ECTS credits upon successful completion of the course. www.transparencyschool.org

12. OtaKoppi’s opening of the baseball season on 3 May 2012

OtaKoppi will open the baseball season on Thursday, 3 May, 5pm-7pm in Tuuliniitty Field in Tapiola (otakoppi.fi/pelaamaan).

All interested in baseball are welcome! You can also arrive late! The event includes laid-back playing and no previous experience is required. We will provide the game equipment for those who need them and a stroke/throwing radar.

Bring a friend with you and come to play!

P.S. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the season opening! The games will continue throughout the summer on Wednesdays, 6.30pm-8.30pm.

13. Volunteer in the casting events of the Winning Team programme?

We are currently seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help run the Finland-wide casting events of the new reality-TV show, The Winning Team. These will be held in the last weekend of May and second weekend in June and will see grass-roots team compete for the title of City Champions in an innovative new team-sport, Leet. Spread over three days – Friday afternoon, Saturday, and Sunday – this is a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of what is soon to be the latest media-sensation.

So, if you’d be interest to play a part in creating the next big hit in television and sports please send us an email at voittajajoukkue@leetinternational.com including your contact details, the qualifying city for which you would be available, and a brief explanation as to why you’d like to sign-up. We can promise you free food and drink while you’re there, your own Leet box (a stick, three balls, and grip in their limited edition display case), and an experience to remember!

More information: www.leet.fi, www.facebook.com/voittajajoukkue or www.mtv3.fi/voittajajoukkue