This is the AYY newsletter 11/2011

AYY’s and KY’s common well-being week starts today!

1. This week’s events
2. AYY’s and KY’s common well-being week
3. AYY’s great election panel!
4. Tongji on Tracks
5. Aalto’s student channel Into is open
6. Welcome to FSHS’s life skills course
7. AaltoLunch makes sure you don’t have lunch alone
8. Call for proposals: Nordic Climate Festival
9. Apply for a seller’s permit at Lasipalatsi Design Markets event

1. This week’s events

• Monday, 29 March: AYY’s and KY’s well-being week (in Finnish)
• Tuesday, 29 March: Free food and clothes for students
• Wednesday, 30 March: Club Balk’ Athene (in Finnish)
• Thusday, 31 March: Writing a Master’s thesis for a company, as an employee or with a scholarship (in Finnish)
• Thursday, 31 March: Money Talks economic election panel (in Finnish)
• Friday, 1 April: Aaltoes Talk with Morten Mickos (in Finnish)
• Friday, 1 April: Retuperän WBK at Finlandia Hall (in Finnish)
• Friday, 1 April: Great concert of Töölönlahti fire brigade building (in Finnish)

2. AYY’s and KY’s common well-being week

AYY and KY will organise in cooperation the well-being week on 28 March-1 April. The well-being week brings a healthy change to a student’s everyday life. KY’s sports and well-being committee and AYY’s Aalto-Liike get students moving with the opportunity to try out various sports and they will brighten your school days during the well-being week.

Read more about the programme and the sports you can try out on the event’s facebook site.

3. AYY’s great election panel!

How should careers be lengthened? How many nuclear plant permissions will be provided in the next electoral term? Will education be free in the future? Will Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen be joined into Helsinki? Will Finland join NATO? You can get answers to these and many other questions in the great election panel of the Aalto University Student Union (AYY)!

The event will be arranged at Otakaari 1 (TKK’s old main building), Hall A, 2nd floor at 4pm-6pm on Wednesday, 6 April. The following MP candidates will answer the questions: Raija Vahasalo (kok), Antti Kaikkonen (kesk), Mikael Jungner (SDP), Jussi Saramo (vas), Jyrki Kasvi (vihr), Christina Gestrin (RKP), Arto Lahti (KD) and Simon Elo (ps).

The panel is hosted by AYY’s Chairperson Saara Hyrkkö and a funny student Henri Lönn. You can send questions in advance to the address laura.keski-hakuni@ayy.fi.

4. Tongji on Tracks

Tongji on Tracks brings approximately 100 Tongji University students and the university personnel as the guests for Aalto University, Design Factory and the Aalto University Student Union Aalto. Our prestigious guests will arrive in Finland in the evening on 10 May 2011. The actual programme will begin on 11 May and culminate in the evening programme organised on 18 May. On 19 May, we have to say goodbye when Tongji students take a flight back home. The programme will be completed later but it will include campus tours, corporate visits and nature trips

In order to make the journey of the Chinese as memorable as the journey of Aalto students was, we need the help of as many students as possible. We need help in guiding and entertaining the Chinese during the week

So, if you are interested in internationality and getting to know new people and cultures, join the project. Please send email to teemu.peltokallio(at)ayy.fi by 31 March and tell briefly and informally who you are, where do you come from and whether you are interested in acting as the coordinator of all volunteers. Further information: http://hallitusblogi.ayy.fi/ (in Finnish).

5. Aalto’s student channel Into is open

Into, the website for Aalto students, was opened at http://into.aalto.fi. Into is a public portal for Aalto University’s Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level students, which has information related to studies, university services and the university. Into provides information on degree structures, instructions for study practices, academic year registration, graduation and exchange studies. In addition, Into gathers current news related to studies and Aalto for Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level students.

6. Welcome to FSHS’s life skills course

Do you want to learn useful life skills and how to maintain good mood and everyday life? In the course, you deal with issues concerning your own life and practise problem solving. You learn to recognise feelings and thoughts and work with your thoughts. You gain a tool box for yourself which helps you to foster your well-being, moods and life management.

The course covers successful everyday life and time management, well-being, stress and problem solving and the recognition of feelings and thoughts. The goal is to help the participants’ life management, well-being and self-knowledge. Now you have the opportunity to participate in the course at Otaniemi health centre! The course will be organised at Otaniemi Health centre of the FSHS. The course price is 5 x 4.50€

Course schedule: On Tuesdays, 19 Apr, 26 Apr, 3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 3pm-5pm. The course is led by Riitta Salomäki, life skill course leader, public health nurse at FSHS. You can sign up by email: riitta.salomäki@yths.fi. Please mention your name and telephone number and we will get back to you. Please reserve your place early! The maximum of 10 students are accepted to the course in the registration order. The last day to sign up is 10 April 2011.

7. AaltoLunch makes sure you don’t have lunch alone!

AaltoLunch is a social online service which provides information on daily lunch menus of student restaurants on all Aalto campuses!

Through the service, you can see the daily menus on your campus, choose the restaurant and time for your lunch and share your lunch plans with your friends. AaltoLunch is specifically designed to be used with mobile devices.

Try out the service at www.aaltolunch.fi!

8. Call for proposals: Nordic Climate Festival

Aalto University will host a 4-day youth event on climate change and sustainability issues, Nordic Climate Festival @Aalto, on 30 Aug-2 Sept 2011. It is one of the main events of the Finnish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011. Nordic Climate Festival @ Aalto will be coordinated with the Nordic climate day on 11 November 2011.

We now invite all Master and PhD level students studying in Nordic universities to apply for our workshop, Shortcuts to sustainable Nordic communities! The workshop focuses on finding novel approaches in promoting sustainable solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges in the Nordic countries.

Our workshop consists of 7 tracks, ranging from sustainable urban planning and energy efficient construction practices to sustainable design. The aim of the workshop is for the students to introduce existing Nordic sustainability initiatives and to develop them further, to form a ‘roadmap’ to sustainable Nordic future.

For more information on the event, please visit www.climatefestival2011.fi

9. Apply for a seller’s permit at Lasipalatsi Design Markets event

Do you design and make handicraft or design products? Are you a young designer? Do you mainly sell your products online or occasionally in various stores but need more visibility? Lasipalatsi Design Markets is looking for men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, shoes, jewellery, accessories, paper and interior design products and art handicraft which are suitable for selling at the design market event.

The seller itself takes care of the product transport, presentation, selling and accounting. The rent of the table is €150+VAT for the whole event. The event organisers are responsible for selling permits, renting the tent, necessary infrastructure as well as marketing and communications. There is a security officer during the opening hours and a security guard in the night. The seller must take care of the insuring of the products. Please note that the market will be constructed already on 10 June.

See further information on the event and application instructions at http://designmarkets.lasipalatsi.fi/.

The link of the week

The candidate matcher for the youth is open! Finnish Youth Cooperation – Allianssi, the National Union of University Students in Finland, the Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences, the Union of Finnish Upper Secondary School Students, SAKKI, Alliance of Finnish Students OSKU and the Union of Youth Councils of Finland offer a possibility for those who are looking for a right candidate to present questions on important issues for young people.

The candidate matcher for the youth includes 26 questions and the themes focus on the life of those who are under 29-years-old. Go to the candidate matcher: http://www.nuortenvaalikone.fi/fi/vastaukset/uusi (in Finnish)

This is the AYY newsletter 10/2011

Are you full of ideas? The design contest for AYY’s calendar cover is here!

1. This week’s events
2. Join the well-being week on 28 March-1 April
3. Design a cover for AYY’s calendar
4. AYY’s statement on Aalto’s campus discussion
5. Apply for AYY’s anniversary committee 2012
6. TTER’s call for applications is open
7. Youth delegate training 2011 of Red Cross
8. Participate in the emotion research of Aalto University’s Department of Media Technology
9. Welcome to the WE Model United Nations Conference (WEMUNC)

1. This week’s events

• Wednesday, 23 March: Information on employment legislation for HSE students
• Wednesday 23 March: Hard ock Café
• Thursday, 24 March: Smökki floorball
• Friday, 25 March: Karaoke night of Otaniemi karaoke singers
• Friday, 25 March: Teekkarispeksi 2011 ”Cirque” performance
• Saturday, 26March: Teekkarispeksi 2011 ”Cirque” performance
• Sunday, 27 March: Teekkarispeksi 2011 ”Cirque” performance

2. Join the well-being week on 28 March-1 April

AYY and KY will organise in cooperation the well-being week on 28 March-1 April.

The well-being week brings a healthy change to a student’s everyday life. KY’s sports and well-being committee and AYY’s Aalto-Liike get students moving with the opportunity to try out various sports and they will brighten your school days during the well-being week.

Read more about the programme and the sports you can try out on the event’s facebook page.

3. Design a cover for AYY’s calendar

Aalto University Student Union will organise a design contest for a calendar cover on 21 March – 29 April 2011. AYY’s student calendar will be published and distributed to all student union members in the autumn of 2011 and the artwork of the designer will end up in the hands of thousands of Aalto students. The design contest is open to all AYY members. In addition to fame and glory, the designer of the best cover will win a Stockmann gift card of 100 euro.

Further information on AYY’s website.

4. AYY’s statement on Aalto’s campus discussion

The campus solution of Aalto University, planned for the summer of 2011, has provoked much debate at the university, in the student union and other interest groups. There are various views of the best campus solution within Aalto’s student community, which can be roughly divided into two: one common campus in Espoo, Otaniemi, or a decentralised campus along the metro line. Both options have both advantages and challenges. The widely accepted common view is, however, that moving both physically between the various units and within different fields of study should be effortless.

In AYY’s opinion, learning and research environments, meeting places, services, public transport and housing provided by the campus solution are more important than the physical location. Aalto University’s campus should be something unique, compelling and outstanding, and it should also be appealing to those outside our academic community.

Read AYY’s statement in its entirety at AYY.fi.

5. Apply for AYY’s anniversary committee 2012

Aalto University Student Union is looking for volunteers to work with the person in charge of anniversary arrangements. New members and the person in charge will form a brand new anniversary committee. The goal and the pride of the committee is to organise a unique second anniversary of the student union in February next year. The call for applications is open until 31 March.

Further information is available online or by email. If you are interested, please send an application to roope.nortia@ayy.fi.

6. TTER’s call for applications is open

TTER’s second application round of the year is open. The purpose of the fund is to allocate grants to support the various strivings of the student union, its members, and the organisations and associations operating within the student union. Grants can be applied for with a separate application and the application deadline is Sunday, 3 April, 11.59pm.

Instructions for the application and the drafting of the attachments are available at the website of the fund at tter.ayy.fi. The website also has other information concerning the fund – it is worth to read it even if you do not have the need for the grant at the moment!

For further information, please send email to tter@list.ayy.fi. Good luck!

7. Youth delegate training 2011 of Red Cross

The youth delegate training of Red Cross is organised again in May (22-27 May 2011) and the application period is open until 10 April. Further information is available at http://www.d2c.fi/nuorisodelegaatiksi (in Finnish) or http://www.d2c.fi/sv/vill-du-bli-ungdomsdelegat (in Swedish).

The youth delegate training of Red Cross gives an overall picture of the Red Cross activities in Finland and abroad as well as the capability to act as a youth delegate around the world in various development tasks in organisational activities. After the course, you have the opportunity to explore international relief work, lead camp groups which are going abroad and travel to international study excursions. Organisational experience at Red Cross is not required from the future youth delegates, the requirements are an interest in international relief work and voluntary activities in Finland. The course is arranged entirely in English. Youth delegates are between 20-28 years old.

8. Participate in the emotion research of Aalto University’s Department of Media Technology

Are you hungry? Don’t worry, you can earn two lunch vouchers by participating in the research on the viewing experience of emotional videos. The research is conducted by Aalto University’s Department of Media Technology. Further information and the registration form are available Online.

9. Welcome to the WE Model United Nations Conference (WEMUNC)

Welcome to the WE Model United Nations Conference (WEMUNC), an annual event that will take place at the beginning of August 2011 in Beijing, China. The WE Model United Nations Conference is an academic simulation of the United Nations in which students take on roles as diplomats. They do research on their respective country and its interests, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. The conference nowadays gathers over 2000 delegates from around the world, making it a truly international experience and the biggest MUN Conference in Asia. More information: http://www.wemunc.org/wexplorechina