This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 44/2014

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

NOTE! The translator of English language is having a vacation so the weekly newsletter of this week is not entirely translated. The weekly newsletter will be translated properly again next week! We apologize for any inconvenience!

1. This and next week’s events
2. AYY is looking for producer
3. Watch a fantastic video about AYY’s volunteers! – Apply now and become volunteer yourself!
4. Teekkari Village Sauna
5. AYY International Week 10.-15.11.
6. Campus Expo 28-29 Oct
7. Arabia maskerad calling 1^st November.
8. MP3 Experience comes again on 30 October!
9. Teekkarispeksi’s castings
10. Maquerade beer Pong
11. TalentIT in Dipoli Thu 6^th November
12. Lighten your load on the climate and win a jopo bicycle!
13. Muay Thai course in Otaniemi!

1. This and next week’s events

Week 44

• Tue, 28 Oct  – Horse riding try-out
• Tue, 28 Oct – Campus Expo 2014 Töölö
• Tue, 28 Oct  – Career Talk – Experiences from international working life (CHEM, ELEC, ENG, SCI )
• Tue, 28 Oct . – Teekkarispex staging workshop
• Tue, 28 Oct  – RuDi Rock Otaniemi – Running Dinner that rocks!
• Wed, 29 Oct – Campus Expo 2014 Otaniemi
• Wed, 29 Oct – Prayer night
• Thu, 30 Oct – Teekkarispex costume workshop
• Thu, 30 Oct – MP3 Experience
• Fri, 31 Oct – Trip to St. Petersburg with ESN Aalto
• Sun, 2 Nov – Dance course

Week 45

• Tue 4.11. – Ratsastuksen alkeiskurssi alkaa
• Tue 4.11. – Fuksien Juhlasitsit
• Tue 4.11. – Laulukilpailusitsit
• Wed 5.11. – ESN Aalto’s Visit to the Finnish Parliament
• Wed 5.11. – Polin Appro 2014
• Thu 6.11. – TalentIT- ICT-alan rekrytointitapahtuma
• Thu 6.11. – CV-klinikka TalentIT-messuilla
• Fri 7.11. – Hengailuilta
• Fri 7.11. – Teekkariperinnejuhla
• Sat 8.11. – Ratsastajan henkinen valmennus –luento
• Sat 8.11. – Teekkarisillis
• Sun 9.11. – Tanssikurssi
• Sun 9.11. – Pirates of the Baltic sea – Cruise to Stockholm

2. AYY is looking for a producer

AYY is looking for a producer. See the job advertisement here (in Finnish) /ylioppilaskunta/avoimet-tyopaikat/ayy-hakee-tapahtumatuottajaakulttuuriasiantuntijaa/.

3. Watch a fantastic video about AYY’s volunteers! – Apply now and become volunteer yourself!

What next? What do they do at the Central office? Could I do something in the Student Union? What does it mean to be a member of AYY Board?  How much time does it take? What about voluntary activities? Sections? Committees? What kind of things could I do? Scary? Strange? Watch this video and you know a little bit more. http://youtu.be/ldgue1orvPI (Subtitles in english and Swedish are coming soon).

Let’s have Q&A sessions in Töölö, Otaniemi and Arabia, come and present questions!

• Töölö: Tue, 28 Oct, Main building lobby in connection with Campus Expo
• Otaniemi: Wed, 29 Oct. Main building lobby in connection with Campus Expo, more at Rantsu in the evening from 6pm onwards
• Arabia: TOKYO hub in the first week of November. The day will be specified!

Further information on AYY recruitments is available at www.ayy.fi/stop/ ​

4. Teekkari Village Sauna

Come to have some great time with other tenants of Teekkarikylä.
Both saunas of rantsu will be warm and there will be some food and non-alcoholic drinks served. Also featuring palju (hot tub). The Village senate will also be present so if you have any suggestions or ideas come and share them with us!

Further info on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/events/1629028987324083/?fref=ts

5. AYY International Week 10.-15.11.

The world comes to you, embrace it. Internationalization means unexpected friends, surprising experiences, tingling fun and on the other hand awareness, recognition and responsibility. During the international week you will experience a colorful reality of new and exciting thoughts, tastes, languages, experiments, insights and so much more!

See what exciting is happening during the week by checking out the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/357802421049092/ or AYY event calendar: /en/blog/events/ayy-international-week/​

6. Campus Expo 28-29 Oct

Come and get to know Aalto’s wide association field and association activities at Campus Expo!
This year, the event will be organised in the main building lobby in Töölö on Tue, 28 Oct and in the main lobby and upstairs next to Alvari Square in Otaniemi on Wed, 29 Oct. Display stands are open on both days between 9.45am-2.15pm.

AYY’s Campus Expo is a two-day event to all Aalto members. In the event, students have a great opportunity to explore AYY’s wide association field at display stands, through competitions or by trying out different sports. The expo is also an excellent opportunity to get more overall badges to your collection. Welcome to meet like-minded fellow students and find something new!

SCHEDULE

28 Oct, Tuesday
9.45am-2.15pm Association presentations, Töölö Campus, main building lobby (Runeberginkatu 14-16)
Evening programme: https://www.facebook.com/events/310801889105765

29 Oct, Wednesday
9.45am-2.15pm Association presentations, Otaniemi Campus, main building lobby and upstarirs (Otakaari 1)

6pm onwards: Official after party AYY recruitment sauna, Rantasauna https://www.facebook.com/events/1538265189752704

Associations’ evening programme around Otaniemi, starting approximately at 5pm, unless otherwise mentioned. More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/310801889105765

7. Arabia Maskerad calling 1st November 2014

TOKYO’s annual ball, the biggest maskerad of the Finland.

Further information.

www.facebook.com/arabiamaskerad

http://www.arabiamaskerad.com

8. MP3 Experience comes again on 30 October!

Once more, it is time to confuse Helsinki with the 6th MP3 Experience organised by Mosaic, and this time with a special halloween twist! The idea is to download a music file (approx. 45 min) to your phone or music device, push PLAY simultaneously with the crowd and follow the instructions you hear.

Harlem shake on the Senate Square, waltzing in Kamppi? Invading the railway station, hitch-hiking on Mannerheimintie? EVERYTHING is possible in the MP3 experience, and there’s only one way to find out what is going to happen this time!

What: MP3 Experience
When: Thu, 30 Oct, 6pm
Where: In front of Tennispalatsi
How: /en/blog/events/mp3-experiment-5/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/928194177209395/​

9. Teekkarispeksi’s castings

Castings 16.11. and 18.11. (registration DL 10.11.) Try-outs for dancers.  8.11. (registration DL 5.11.) + Recruiting for choreography (application DL 19.11.) Band jams 11.11. and 12.11. (registration DL 31.10.)

Interested? Read more: http://teekkarispeksi.fi/speksi/blogi/hae-mukaan-teekkarispeksiin

10. Maquerade beer Pong

Aalto Beer Pong is organizing a masquerade themed Beer Pong Tournament. Find your best costume from the closet and come win the tournament! The costume can be a stylish disguise or your dirtiest teddy bear suit. In addition to the tournament winner, the coolest costume will also be awarded.

To participate in the tournament, some kind of costume is mandatory!

Further info: https://www.facebook.com/events/813178905412814/

11. TalentIT in Dipoli Thu 6^th November

Meet the top employers in the field of ICT in Finland and take a step towards your dream career! Over 60 employers and startups!

Time: Thu 6 Nov 2014 11 am – 5 pm
Place: Dipoli, Otaniemi, Otakaari 24
Free entrance

CV Clinic for Aalto Students (SCI, ELEC, ENG and CHEM)
Get feedback from your CV/LinkedIn Profile from HR professionals in the field of ICT.
Make your appointment in advance in CareerWeb: (First sign in to Into with your Aalto account  http://www.into.aalto.fi and then go to https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=17322758)

Bring your CV with you! Further information: http://www.aalto.fi/fi/cooperation/career_services/fair/talentit/
Organizer: Aalto University Alumni and Corporate Relations

12. Lighten your load on the climate and win a jopo bicycle!

Aalto University and AYY are participating in Climateinfo’s Reduce a Tonne campaign (Kevennä Tonni campaign). Higher education students in the metropolitan area will be reducing their carbon footprint as part of the campaign, and at the same time get the chance to win some nice prizes. Join the campaign at http://ilmastoinfo.fi/kevennatonni/en/reduce-a-tonne-2014. Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/766073256786781/. For Aalto students joining the campaign before 31 October 2014, there will be a prize draw to win a JoPo bicycle!

The Reduce a Tonne campaign also appears in Aalto University’s sustainability brochure for new students, which is being produced for the third time this autumn, and available in three languages: www.aalto.fi/ecocampus

Further information:

Sustainability at Aalto, Meri.Loyttyniemi@aalto.fi, +358 50 313 7549, www.aalto.fi/sustainability

AYY, Sanna.Unkuri@ayy.fi, +358 40 579 6125, www.ayy.fi

13. Muay Thai course in Otaniemi!

Otaniemi Fight Club organizes a four session Muay Thai course in Otahalli starting this month. Both novices and experienced artists are welcome. Read more about the course online: http://ofc.ayy.fi/pgs/course.php

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 43/2014

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

President’s Aalto Coffee will be held on Wednesday, 22 Oct. Please sign up in order to confirm the amount of refreshmens today on Monday, 20 Oct.

1. This and next week’s events
2. AYY is looking for students who deserve recognition! DL 31 Oct
3. Next Stop: AYY?  –  We Want You!
4. Campus Expo 28-29 Oct
5. RuDi Rock Otaniemi – Running Dinner that rocks!
6. MP3 Experience comes again on 30 October!
7. Get to know the opportunities at Neste Jacobs in Otaniemi Campus Expo on 29 Oct!
8. Mindfulness workshop, anxiety theme
9. Respond to the campus environment survey and win a Jopo bicycle or iPad!
10. Ristin kilta autumn camp 7-9 Nov
11. After-pycon python sprint on 28 Oct, 10am-5pm
12. Neon Rave 2014 at Smökki on 24 Oct
13. Your (anonymous) story for a sex-themed documentary?

1. This and next week’s events

Week 43

• Mon, 20 Oct – Make-up workshop of Teekkarispex
• Tue, 21 Oct – KYN: Lights, shadows – the sound of ethnic jazz
• Wed, 22 Oct – CV clinic (ELEC)
• Wed, 22 Oct – Game night
• Wed, 22 Oct – Aallonhuiput PhD worhshop
• Thu, 23 Oct – Teekkarispex: ”Behind the Scenes” review night
• Thu, 23 Oct – CV clinic (SCI)
• Thu, 23 Oct – Polirytmi autumn jam @ keltsu
• Fri, 24 Oct – Hang out nigh
• Fri, 24 Oct – ORC’s freshman sauna
• Fri, 24 Oct . – Neon rave
• Fri, 24 Oct  – Zouk beginner’s course
• Fri, 24 Oct  – Heroes and Villains
• Sat, 25 Oct – Beer Pong Tournament by ESN Aalto
• Sat, 25 Oct – Metal Club Mökä’s october sauna evening
• Sat, 25 Oct – KYL: 25th anniversary concert
• Sat, 25 Oct –Skipoli’s season opening 2014
• Sun, 26 Oct – Dance course

Week 44

• Tue, 28 Oct  – Horse riding try-out
• Tue, 28 Oct – Campus Expo 2014 Töölö
• Tue, 28 Oct  – Career Talk – Experiences from international working life (CHEM, ELEC, ENG, SCI )
• Tue, 28 Oct . – Teekkarispex staging workshop
• Tue, 28 Oct  – RuDi Rock Otaniemi – Running Dinner that rocks!
• Wed, 29 Oct – Campus Expo 2014 Otaniemi
• Wed, 29 Oct – Prayer night
• Thu, 30 Oct – Teekkarispex costume workshop
• Thu, 30 Oct – MP3 Experience
• Fri, 31 Oct – Trip to St. Petersburg with ESN Aalto
• Sun, 2 Nov – Dance course

2. AYY is looking for students who deserve recognition! DL 31 Oct

A conscientious team player or a diligent workhorse. A relentless creator of Aalto spirit or whoever.
AYY is looking for individuals from among its members who deserve acknowledgement. The recipient does not have to be an active organisation member in ivory towers or an eternal student who has worn out the couches at AYY’s office. On the other hand, these features do not preclude anyone from receiving acknowledgement. Acknowledgements, which are granted for the first time, will be awarded in a festive event in 2014. Proposals are received by the acknowledgement working group.
The nomination form is available at bling.ayy.fi (will open on 1 Oct 2014)
The form is open until 12noon on 31 Oct.

3. Next Stop: AYY?  –  We Want You!

What next? What do they do at the Central office? Could I do something in the Student Union? What does it mean to be a member of AYY Board?  How much time does it take? What about voluntary activities? Sections? Committees? What kind of things could I do? Scary? Strange?
Let’s have Q&A sessions in Töölö, Otaniemi and Arabia, come and present questions!

• Töölö: Tue, 28 Oct, Main building lobby in connection with Campus Expo
• Otaniemi: Wed, 29 Oct. Main building lobby in connection with Campus Expo, more at Rantsu in the evening from 6pm onwards
• Arabia: TOKYO hub in the first week of November. The day will be specified!

Further information on AYY recruitments is available at www.ayy.fi/stop/

4. Campus Expo 28-29 Oct

Come and get to know Aalto’s wide association field and association activities at Campus Expo!
This year, the event will be organised in the main building lobby in Töölö on Tue, 28 Oct and in the main lobby next  to Alvari Square in Otaniemi on Wed, 29 Oct. Display stands are open on both days between 9.45am-2.15pm.

AYY’s Campus Expo is a two-day event to all Aalto members. In the event, students have a great opportunity to explore AYY’s wide association field at display stands, through competitions or by trying out different sports. The expo is also an excellent opportunity to get more overall badges to your collection. Welcome to meet like-minded fellow students and find something new!

SCHEDULE
28 Oct, Tuesday
9.45am-2.15pm Association presentations
Töölö Campus, main building lobby (Runeberginkatu 14-16)
Evening programme: https://www.facebook.com/events/310801889105765

29 Oct, Wednesday
9.45am-2.15pm Association presentations
Otaniemi Campus, main building lobby (Otakaari 1)
Evening programme: https://www.facebook.com/events/310801889105765

5. RuDi Rock Otaniemi – Running Dinner that rocks!

Would you like to cook 1/3 of a dinner and enjoy the other parts at someone else’s place? RuDi is a concept of cooking, meeting people and partying in the end. It will give you the opportunity to enjoy a three-course meal while meeting 12 new people during one evening, only for the price of the meal you cook.

You will form a team of two and cook with EUR 16 budget for 6 people (= 4 guests + you). If you cook appetizers, you need to go to given addresses to enjoy the main course and desserts. 1h 15min for each course and 15min for getting from place to place – that’s the running part! The event will take place in Otaniemi on 28 Oct. 6pm-10.30pm, afterparty at Smökki 10.30pm onwards.

Let’s make history – full info and sign up here.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1555864327970394

6. MP3 Experience comes again on 30 October!

Once more, it is time to confuse Helsinki with the 6th MP3 Experience organised by Mosaic, and this time with a special halloween twist! The idea is to download a music file (approx. 45 min) to your phone or music device, push PLAY simultaneously with the crowd and follow the instructions you hear.

Harlem shake on the Senate Square, waltzing in Kamppi? Invading the railway station, hitch-hiking on Mannerheimintie? EVERYTHING is possible in the MP3 experience, and there’s only one way to find out what is going to happen this time!

• What: MP3 Experience
• When: Thu, 30 Oct, 6pm
• Where: In front of Tennispalatsi
• How: /en/blog/events/mp3-experiment-5/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/928194177209395/

7. Get to know the opportunities at Neste Jacobs in Otaniemi Campus Expo on 29 Oct!

One of AYY’s main partners Neste Jacobs participates in the Campus Expo with their own display stand. Come and get to know the company and hear about career opporunities in technology, planning and project management services and solutions. Neste Jacobs has over 50 years of experience in the field, extensive global expertise and over 1,000 professionals at their service. Neste Jacobs is constnatly looking for new professionals – come and hear more at our display stand!

More information on Neste Jacobs as an employer.

8. Mindfulness workshop, anxiety theme

There are still a few seats left to the workshop beginning on Friday, 31 Oct!

In mindfulness, it is essential to approvingly detect and identify your own thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations. Often our own requirements and critical attitude make us nervous when performing or in other social situations. Mindfulness training helps you to observe and accept your own thoughts, feelings and physical reactions, which often reduces anxiety.

The workshop is held on Fridays, 31 Oct-5 Dec, 1pm-3pm at Otakaari 1, classroom Majakka (M140). Further information. This workshop will be held in Finnish.

9. Respond to the campus environment survey and win a Jopo bicycle or iPad!  

Aalto University Properties Ltd. owns most of the premises used by Aalto University. The company is responsible for leasing the real estate properties, their management and care, and for the associated support functions and the further development of the properties. The company works in close collaboration with the University’s Campus and Facility Services. An important factor guiding our operations is feedback from the users. We have e.g. developed our communication, improved outdoor areas and developed bicycling and walking routes on the campus.

Through the annual survey we are collecting feedback from University’s personnel and students about how to develop campuses further. Provide your feedback and win a Jopo-bicycle or iPad!

Link to the questionnaire: http://www.kti.fi/aalto

The questionnaire is open until 21 October, 2014. The survey is being carried out by KTI Property Information Ltd. The responses will go directly to them. The results will be processed confidentially and the respondents’ contact information will not be connected to the replies at any stage.

10. Ristin kilta autumn camp 7-9 Nov

Ristin kilta will organise an autumn camp on Fri-Sun, 7-9 Nov, in Hila camp centre in Kirkkonummi! The camp offers laid-back activities, Bible reading, connecting the Christians and outdoor activities. The guest speaker is youth pastor Timo Liiri from the Finnish Bible College. The price of the camp is approx. EUR 35. The price includes accommodation, meals and transport from Otaniemi to Hila and back.

Further information and registration instructions are available here.

Registration DL is Fri, 24 Oct 2014.

11. After-pycon python sprint on 28 Oct, 10am-5pm

Interested in contributing to Python? PyCon Finland and PyLadies Helsinki will organise a Python Sprint in the Helsinki area on 28 Oct, from 10am to 5pm.  In the sprint, we will be fixing bugs in the Python source code, documentation or infrastructure. There are lots of tasks for different skill levels available!
Location will be announced soon, it will be in Helsinki or Espoo. RSVP at the event page to keep up-to-date!

Come and get your name included in the history of Python 🙂

12. Neon Rave 2014 at Smökki on 24 Oct

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the sickest rave of the year, Neon Rave! For one night Smökki will be turned into an industrial hall with superb lights and heady sounds from the five DJs: MVNE! DJ Mauke! EAS! 2Side! And DJ lojt serve you genres from house to hardstyle. Don’t miss out, this is a must!

• What? Neon RAVE
• Where? at Smökki
• When? 24th October from 9 pm to 3 am
• Why? BECAUSE RAVE
• Ticket saling: 20.-24.10. 10-14 Main building. Ticket prices: 5e in advance, 7e at the door”

13. Your (anonymous) story for a sex-themed documentary?

Why do drunken sex stories turn into admired hero myths? Special Film Company will make a short documentary film, which films sex stories, taking artistic liberties and adapting the stories to the form of the poem. The stories may be true, common experiences or dreams. The purpose is to research the human feeling of loneliness. People generally wish others well, but desire and a subjective perception may cause them not to consider the consequences of their actions, which may upset other people. Perhaps.
Special film Company is looking for interviewees in their twenties or thirties, who would be interested in sharing their own experiences. Stories are read by an actor and they do not have to be identifiable. Please write to us if you want to participate in the project. We will conduct the interviews in November. The film is produced by Special Film Company and the director is Vesa Kuosmanen. The premiere will take place at the end of 2015.

The production assistent is Tiina Vanhanen who provides further information:  tiina@vanhanen.fi. You can also directly contact Director Vesa Kuosmanen who will conduct the interviews: vesa@specialfilmcompany.fi

www.specialfilmcompany.fi

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 42/2014

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

Bachelor students of the year 2014! Please remember to respond to the Bachelor’s feedback survey by 17 Oct. The link to the survey can be found in the email sent to you on 29 Sept.

1. This and next week’s events
2. Participate in AYY’s Development Cooperation week events this week
3. Bachelor – Please respond to the Bachelor’s feedback survey by 17 Oct
4. Next Stop: AYY – recruitments are here
5. Storage Push for students on 14 October in Otaniemi – find real bargains
6. Nominate Teekkari H.C. Honorary titles and the user rights of teekkari cap
7. LIGHT UP installation – opening at 5pm on 15 Oct in TUAS building
8. Kela’s new service channel for students and families with children
9. Participate in Aalto’s energy efficiency contest
10. Concert of KYN’s two premieres at Savoy on 21 Oct – free tickets for freshmen
11. Teekkarispex events
12. Aalto University Complex Systems Society meet up
13. Free screenings of Spanish films in Tapiola on 13 Oct and Helsinki on 14-15 Oct
14. Apply for student exchange or internship in Asia for the year of 2015
15. Zouk’s intensive course at Polijazz

1. This and next week’s events

Week 42

• Mon, 13 Oct – AYY Development Cooperation Week: Opening seminar
• Mon, 13 Oct – Teekkarispex 25^th anniversary revue 
• Mon, 13 Oct – Poli Canasta Club’s card game night
• Mon, 13 Oct- AYY Development Cooperation Week: Afro-style dance class
• Tue, 14 Oct – Teekkarispex 25^th anniversary revue  
• Tue, 14 Oct – Café Lingua
• Wed, 15 Oct – AYY Development Cooperation Week: Global fair
• Wed, 15 Oct- AYY Development Cooperation Week: Seminar by guest speakers 
• Wed, 15 Oct – ESN Aalto’s Visit to the Fazer chocolate factory
• Wed, 15 Oct – Tapio Luoma-Aho: 7 ways to ruin your life
• Wed, 15 Oct– Aalto runners’ group run and sauna
• Thu, 16 Oct – Teekkarispex: Review night of the old spex 
• Thu, 16 Oct– Sustainable Business Club On the couch 16 Oct during the development week
• Thu, 16 Oct – TeRa’s newbies night
• Sat, 18 Oct – Open RPG days
• Sat, 18 Oct – Girl sitsit 2014: Eurovision
• Sat, 18 Oct  – AEGEE-Helsinki Members Meeting
• Sat, 18 Oct – AEGEE-Helsinki Italian Party
• Sat, 18 Oct . – Floorball: FLOB – Pirates
• Sun, 19 Oct – Teekkari fair

Week 43

• Mon, 20 Oct – Make-up workshop of Teekkarispex
• Tue, 21 Oct – KYN: Lights, shadows – the sound of ethnic jazz
• Wed, 22 Oct – CV clinic (ELEC)
• Wed, 22 Oct – Game night
• Wed, 22 Oct – Aallonhuiput PhD workshop
• Thu, 23 Oct – Teekkarispex: ”Behind the Scenes” review night
• Thu, 23 Oct – CV clinic (SCI)
• Fri, 24 Oct – Hang out night
• Fri, 24 Oct – ORC’s freshman sauna
• Fri, 24 Oct – Neon rave
• Fri, 24 Oct. – Zouk beginner’s course
• Sat, 25 Oct – Beer Pong Tournament by ESN Aalto
• Sat, 25 Oct – Metal Club Mökä’s sauna night in October
• Sat, 25 Oct – KYL: 25th anniversary concert
• Sat, 25 Oct –Skipoli’s season opening 2014
• Sun, 26 Oct – Dance course

2. Participate in AYY’s Development Cooperation Week events this year

Are you ready for AYY’s Development Cooperation Week 2014 at Aalto University? AYY’s annual development cooperation week will inspire and motivate the globe trotting hearts, connection makers, and adventure seekers. Learn more about the career, study and volunteering possibilities in developing countries and hear what kind of projects the university has in the global south. Take part in dancing and music events, a sustainability related film evening and network with experts of development cooperation and meet students of the University of Helsinki. This week the campuses will turn global, be there and open your mind! See the programme here: https://www.facebook.com/ayykehyviikko

3. Bachelor – Please respond to the Bachelor’s feedback survey by 17 Oct

Those who have completed the Bachelor’s degree at Aalto University between 1 Jan-31 July 2014 are invited to respond to the Bachelor’s feedback survey. The survey is conducted in all Finnish universities and it is open on 29 Sept-17 Oct. You can respond to the survey electronically and the link has been sent to all who have completed the Bachelor’s degree via email by 29 Sept.

It is very important to respond to the survey, as the Ministry for Education and Culture will allocate approximately 50 million euros of basic funding allocated to universities based on student feedback from 2014 onwards. Aalto University also uses the results for the development of education and educational support services.

So please find the link in your-email and respond! The original message is sent on 29 Sept 2014 under the title Kandipalaute (”Bachelor’s feedback”).

• Further information: Development Specialist Reetta Koivisto, (reetta.koivisto@aalto.fi)
• Results and report from the previous survey: https://inside.aalto.fi/x/OR30AQ
• Further information on the project on Unifi’s website: http://www.unifi.fi/kandipalaute/

4. Next Stop: AYY – recruitments are here

We are now looking for AYY actors for the year of 2015! What would you like to do in your Student Union next year? In October, the call for applications for the position of the former of the Board, the Board, the presiding officers of the Representative Council, the financial, regulation and continuity committee, as well as the Board of TTE-Fund are open. The call for other positions, such as the sections, will open in early November.

Further information, more detailed application schedule and the application forms are available at /stop/.

5. Storage Push for students in Otaniemi on 14 October – find real bargains

Campus and Facility Services (KaTi) organise a furniture and household goods recycling day on Tuesday 14 October from 9am to 4pm in the Marine Technology Hall (Tietotie 1, Otaniemi)

‘KaTi Storage Push – Take 2’. The event is only open to Aalto students. The free goods will be given out only on the presentation of the Aalto student card.

Each person is responsible for arranging transport for anything they collect during the event. However, Otaniemi Recycling Centre will provide help with transport by offering a non-stop service. Delivery cannot be booked beforehand and this delivery service will simply be offered for as long as time permits. (The second possible pick-up date is Wednesday, 15 October, from 10am to 2pm)

Further information: https://into.aalto.fi/display/enaalto/Storage+Push+for+students+on+14+October+in+Otaniemi+-+get+real+bargains

6. Nominate honorary Teekkari H.C. titles and user permissions for the teekkari cap

Now you have the opportunity to nominate honorary Teekkari H.C. titles and user permissions for the teekkari cap for persons who have worked long-term and successfully in favour of students. Acknowledgments will be awarded at Teekkari tradition celebration on 7 Nov. Both are traditions from TKY’s era and today they are acknowledgments arranged by Guild of the Round Tower (PTK) and Teekkari Section. Nominations can be made by associations or private persons.

More detailed descriptions on the acknowledgments and the recipients are available at http://ptk.ayy.fi/vastuut/

DL for nominations is 11.59pm on 20 Oct 2014. You can submit nominations via the electronic form:

https://lomake.ayy.fi/ptk/ehdota-kunnianosoituksia/

7. LIGHT UP installation – opening at 5pm on 15 Oct in TUAS building

This is an invitation to light up your senses, read between the lines and plug into your own power source. Find your cosmic awareness in the hum of neon lights!

Opening of the neon light installation “LIGHT UP“ by Lora Dimova, Fine Arts MA:
15 October / 5pm / Tuas building, Otaniementie 17 / Main Lobby
Welcome to plug into the power source!

Facebook event page: http://goo.gl/7vVRwj
More information: www.tokyo.fi

The project is supported by Tokyo ry, I <3 KIPSARI grant and TTER Rahasto

8. Kela’s new service channel for students and families with children 

Kela offers a new channel for students and families with children to ask questions and get answers from Kela’s experts on Kysy Kelasta discussion forum. You can use the discussion forum as a registered or unregistered user. Just by reviewing the forum, you can find the answer to your questions: often students and families with children are concerned about rather similar issues.

Further information:
Kysy Kelasta discussion forum online: http://www.kela.fi/kysy-kelasta

Ask about the benefits:

Students: https://kysykelasta.kela.fi/opiskelijat
Families with children: https://kysykelasta.kela.fi/lapsiperheet

9. Participate in Aalto’s energy efficiency contest 

Aalto Energy Efficiency & Low Carbon Competition is organised in the autumn of 2014 in cooperation with Aalto University Student Union (AYY) and Aalto University Properties Ltd. The idea contest published on 10 Oct, Friday of the national energy saving week, aims to find

new solutions and best practises for improving energy efficiency in our everyday environment and campuses. All ideas from small everyday improvements to major infrastructure concepts are welcome! The contest is open to all university students, personnel and researchers.

The deadline for entries is 30 Jan 2015. You can submit entries from Friday, 17 Oct onwards.

Read more about the contest and prizes at http://aalto.fi/energycompetition/.

10. Concert of KYN’s two premieres at Savoy on 21 Oct – free tickets for freshmen

Welcome to a concert where light meets shadow, ethnicity meets jazz, the human voice meets instruments. Colours play music! This concert is the premiere for two works, performed by KYN: Jukka Linkola’s à cappella series Loitsut and Mikko Hassinen’s Jos minä puhuisin sinulle. The programme also includes Jukka Linkola’s Outo Kantele series. The concert includes rhytmic joy and strong interpretation. The leading Finnish musicians will join the choir on the stage. This concert will touch you, make you laugh and offer you an experience of something new.

KYN is conducted by Kaija Viitasalo: LIGHTS, SHADOWS – THE SOUND OF ETHNIC JAZZ
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 7pm at Savoy Theatre

Tickets with a service fee EUR 17,50 – 27,50 from Lippupalvelu ( http://www.lippupalvelu.fi/event/kyn-valoja-varjoja-aanessa-etninen-jazz-lippuja/137701 ) or the choir members.

Aalto First Year Experience offers the 50 first first-year students the opportunity to listen to the concert for free. Book your tickets here: (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ajc5LQKFU92ibC5s0NJHUaDiEjPt_ZKnlYIv4h6etpU/viewform).

Further information on the concert and choir is available at kyn.fi and fb.com/kynchoir

11. Teekkarispex events

The review night of the old spex on 16 Oct: here you can watch a recording of some of the productions from recent years on a big screen and, naturally, go to the sauna in a laid-back company. https://www.facebook.com/events/1471868043073255/?fref=ts

Behind the Scenes screening at Gorsu on 23 Oct: Do you wonder what happens during the show offstage? Now you can have a look, come and watch behind the scenes documentary and talk with the experienced spex actors. https://www.facebook.com/events/1678287295730072/?fref=ts

If you do not know yet which area you are interested in, come and get to know the activities of various teams in the workshops of the autumn! The best way to follow Teekkarispex events and news is to like Teekkarispeksi site on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teekkarispeksi or by following the website at http://teekkarispeksi.fi/speksi/.

12. Aalto University Complex Systems Society meet up

Aalto University Complex Systems Society (https://www.facebook.com/groups/AaltoCOMPLEX/) is a multidisciplinary group for the people in Aalto community who are interested in the study of complex systems, such as control systems, organisations, machine learning or neural networks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systems)

The society was founded this spring and this is its second event. This time we will have presentations about a cybernetic machine learning algorithm and organisational complexity. After the presentations, we will have free discussions around these subjects.

• Time: Tuesday, 14 October, 5:30pm
• Location: Sähkömiehentie 3, Maari-240-241

If you are interested, please join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1488694604747202/

13. Free screenings of Spanish films in Tapiola on 13 Oct and Helsinki on 14-15 Oct

Finland-Spain-Finland society will organise the week of Spanish cinema in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain on 13-15 Oct 2014. Free admission (within age limits). The language of the films is Spanish, subtitles in English.

The week of Spanish cinema
13 Oct Kino Tapiola, Mäntyviita 2, Espoo, 5pm
14-15 Oct Kino (Cultural Complex Andorra), Eerikinkatu 11, Helsinki, 5pm and 7.30pm

Further information and more detailed schedule is available at: http://www.suomiespanjaseura.fi/fi/elokuvat2014.php

14. Apply for student exchange or internship in Asia for the year of 2015 

Asia Exchange call for applications is open for exchange destinations in Asia for the year of 2015. Asia Exchange student exchanges with tuition fees are intended for freemovers, who will leave for destinations outside the exchange destinations of their own school. The language of instruction is English.

Deadline for the spring term of 2015: October 2014. Deadline for the autumn term 2015: May 2015. The exact dates are available at www.asiaexchange.fi.

Through Asia Exchange, you can also apply for internships in China and Indonesia. There are hundreds of places available for students from different fields of study.

Further information and application: www.asiaexchange.fi

15.  ZOUK COURSE BY POLIJAZZ

Welcome to learn Brazilian zouk in Otaniemi in October! Zouk is a sensual and versatile partner dance with unlimited opportunities for musicality and expression. You don’t need to bring your own partner to attend. The course is primarily for students.

The instructors Jukka Välimaa and Sonja-Maria Ignatius have been studying zouk for several years both in Finland, Europe and Brazil with world-renowned zouk instructors.

Course fee: EUR 35.

Registration: http://polijazz.ayy.fi/index.php/kurssi

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 39/2014

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

Have you began your studies in 2011 or later and have 9 or less student financial aid months left? With a few brief questions, the Student Union would like to clarify the reasons for the inadequacy of student financial aid months in your case. In addition, we are interested in how you intend to finance your studies after the end of student financial aid months. It takes only a few minutes to respond to the survey but it is very important in terms of the Student Union’s advocacy work.

Address to the survey: https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/vahiin-kay-ennen-kuin-loppuu/

1. This and next week’s events
2. Apply for a project grant from TTE-Fund!
3. Sign up for kitchen training at Smökki
4. Voi hyvin Aallossa well-being week on campuses 29 Sept–3 Oct
5. Send your pics to AYY’s development cooperation week’s photo exhibition!
6. Respond to Nyyti’s survey for new students or discuss in online groups
7. Registration for the legendary narrow-film course of Montaasi is ongoing!
8. What does an academic need a labour union for? Answer TEK’s survey
9. Persons needed for hearing tests for the sound quality of mobile audio in 5G network, week 41
10. Spend the summer of 2015 in culture exchange in Canada!
11. Engineering grants open for applications at Into
12. University news: Minors guide is published and the application period for internal mobility is ongoing until 30 Sept
13. EntreMill – working life oriented career training programme for higher education students! Apply now!
14. Start aikido in Otaniemi – performance at Otahalli today on 22 Sept at 4.30pm

1. This and next week’s events

Week 39

• Tue, 23 Sept – Recruitment sauna of Teekkarispex
• Tue, 23 Sept – Audition of Chamber Choir Dissonanssi
• Tue, 23 Sep – Teekkarigirls’ night for newbies
• Tue, 23 Sep – Dominante’s audition
• Wed, 24 Sept – Hang-out night
• Wed, 24 Sept – ESN Aalto presents Laser Tag vol 1
• Wed, 24 Sept – Freshman sauna at the beach sauna
• Wed, 24 Sept – AEGEE-Helsinki New Members Night
• Wed, 24 Sept – WIMBLEDON sitsit
• Wed, 24 Sept – Open doors to the darkroom
• Thu, 25 Sept – Polirytmi’s newbies night
• Thu, 25 Sept – Teekkari girls vs. RWBK
• Fri, 26 Sept – KIK100 race
• Fri, 26 Sept – Gaudeamus GP – contest of academic horse racing clubs
• Fri, 26 Sept – Jaetaan party
• Sat, 27 Sept – Metal Club Mökä’s freshman sauna
• Sat, 27 Sept – AEGEE-Helsinki Welcome Party
• Sat, 27 Sept – Great debate night – hottest debate in the city

Week 40

Well-being week: see the schedule for the entire week at voihyvin.ayy.fi

• Mon, 29 Sept – Well-being week: Esa Saarinen’s lecture ”Hyvä parempi arki”
• Mon, 29 Sept – KYL’s audition
• Tue, 30 Sept – Otatarha Race
• Tue, 30 Sept – Lakinlaskijaiset
• Tue, 30 Sept – Silent room planning workshop
• Sun, 5 Oct – Open RPG days

2. Apply for a project grant from TTE-Fund! 

TTE-Fund allocates grants for all Aalto members for their diverse projects! The call for applications is open throughout the academic year and the deadline for the last application round in 2014 will end at 11.59pm on Sunday, 28 Sept 2014.

Application deadlines of all application rounds in the academic year 2014-2015 and instructions for making an application are available at  http://tter.ayy.fi/ . Keep up to date by liking us on facebook: www.facebook.com/tterahasto.

3. Sign up for kitchen training at Smökki

Would you or your association like to have a party at Smökki and take care of catering by yourself? Are you not familiar with how to use a catering kitchen? There is a solution to your problems: Smökki’s kitchen training.

In the autumn of 2014, a free kitchen training available for all AYY’s members will be organised from 3pm onwards on Monday, 6 Oct. The maximum of 20 people can participate in the training in the order of registration. If you want to participate, please be fast. Please sign up for the course by 11.59pm on Thu, 2 Oct at https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/ilmoittautuminen-servin-mokin-keittiokoulutukseen/. We will confirm your registration via-email. Registration is binding. If there are more than 20 people to sign up, the rest of them are added to the waiting list due to cancellations.

Further information: Administrative Director Johanna Pietiläinen (johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 520 9434)

4. Voi hyvin Aallossa well-being week on campuses 29 Sept–3 Oct

Would you like to take a little moment to relax along your busy studies? Or are you interested in a more exotic sports try-out? The well-being week is annually organised at Aalto. The purpose of the week is to get everyone to think about their own well-being and present Aalto’s health and well-being organisations for students and staff. This week, the well-being week is organised in week 40 (29 Sept-3 Oct). The week includes try-outs, wellness lectures, parties, mass events, display stands on campuses and other programme. The programme of the entire week is collected to one event site at voihyvin.ayy.fi. Further information is available on Aalto-Inside (requires logging in with Aalto username). Please note that you have to sign up for some of the events, so please act fast.

5. Send your pics to AYY’s development cooperation week’s photo exhibition!

DO YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHT PROVOKING, OR VISUALLY STUNNING PICTURES FROM YOUR PROJECTS OR COURSES ABROAD IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? Send your pics to AYY’s development cooperation week’s photo exhibition that will take place in early October!

The application period for the photo exhibition held during AYY’s Kehyviikko (AYY Development Cooperation Week) in October is open now!

The theme of the photo exhibition is the perspective of developing countries, including the daily life, education, society and business, etc. Have you lived/traveled in the global south? Have you worked or volunteered in the developing countries? Have you participated on a course with a development context? The photos selected by AYY’s Kehyviikko team will be exhibited with the author’s name and a description of the photo in Aalto University and in AYY’s Kehyviikko facebook page 13.10-19.10.2014.

All the finalists will get a certificate and the best work, and the best finalist will be awarded a special gift and can keep their professionally printed photo! Your photo will be posted the development week Facebook page for a public vote.

• Who can join?  Anyone with an electronic picture (and copyrights to it) related to the topic.

• How to join?  Send your picture to the email address: developmentweek.aalto@gmail.com. Please include your name, contact information, photographer of the photo, and a brief description of the contents.
• Technial requirements for photo: The resolution 300dpi/ppi and the size of the photo should be at least 3508 x 4961px (to print it to A3) for exhibiting.
• What’s the deadline? Pictures need to be submitted by 24.9.2014.
• Questions?  Please contact by email: developmentweek.aalto@gmail.com

6. Respond to Nyyti survey for new students or discuss in online groups 

1. Nyyti’s survey for new students is open again on Nyyti’s website (www.nyyti.fi). The survey charts the new students’ experiences about the academic world and their adjustment to it. You can respond to the survey until 5 Oct in Finnish or Swedish. You can answer anonymously and it takes only a few minutes to respond. Nyyti bags and memory sticks are raffled among those who submit their contact details. Link to the survey: http://digiumenterprise.com/answer/?sid=1205990&chk=DZ6Y8GUR

2. Nyyti’s online groups have started at the beginning of September. The group themes continue to be loneliness, being a single, and a break-up. In addition, there is a new group called ”Alkutaipaleella askarruttaa.” The group is intended for new students who begin their studies this autumn. Further information on online groups is available at  www.nyyti.fi/nettiryhmat .

7. Registration for the legendary narrow-film course of Montaasi is ongoing!

In the legendary film-making course of Montaasi during the weekend between 3-5 Oct, we go through the basics of script writing, visual narration, lighting and filming, as well as shoot short films in groups to 8 mm colour film. The course thus provides a unique opportunity to make a film to narrow-film which becomes rarer each year.

Films are sent to the laboratory to be developed, after which they are edited in Montaasi’s film cutting room at times agreed upon by the groups. Cutting is carried out with the so-called classical method, by cutting and taping.

More detailed course schedule: http://montaasi.ayy.fi/event/kaitafilmikurssi-2014/

Further information and registrations via e-mail: montaasi@list.ayy.fi

Fifteen people may attend the course and the price is EUR 20 for Montaasi members. If you are not a member yet, you can pay the membership fee of EUR 10 in connection with the course fee. You can become a member at http://montaasi.ayy.fi/jaseneksi/

Welcome!

 

 

8. What does an academic need a labour union for? Answer TEK’s survey

Participate in the development of TEK by answering this survey. It is short – you can complete it in 5 minutes. All university students can answer the survey (both current TEK members and those students who don’t belong to TEK yet). An iPad Air is raffled among all the respondents who leave their contact information.

To answer the survey, please click the link: https://my.surveypal.com/TEK_opiskelijoiden_webkysely_syyskuu2014_fi_eng

Thank you for your effort!

9. Persons needed for hearing tests for the sound quality of mobile audio in 5G network, week 41

Do you want to hear how the next generation’s mobile phones sound like?

We are looking for people for hearing tests measuring the sound quality on 6-10 Oct 2014. Tests will have effect on the features of 5G network audio codec. The test takes 2-2.5h and you will get a gift voucher of €35. Tests are organised at SPA’s facilites at the address Otakaari 5.

Further information and registrations at https://aalto-akustiikka.youcanbook.me

10. Spend the summer of 2015 in culture exchange in Canada!

Kaledonistit and its equivalent in Toronto, Hart House Finnish Exchange, form the exchange programme between universities in the metropolitan region and students at the University of Toronto, which is one of the oldest exchange programmes of Finland with its over 60-year history.

Now we are looking for eight students to have a summer job in Toronto in 2015, organise a summer in Helsinki for participants from Toronto in 2017 and form the board of Kaledonistit for the next four years between 2015–2018.

Further information and application instructions: www.kaledonistit.com

11. Engineering grants available for applications at Into

•  From Julius Tallberg Fund, four grants of EUR 1,000 are allocated for successful engineering students undertaking their upper academic degree and also have completed the Bachelor’s degree in engineering at Aalto University. Call for applications: https://into.aalto.fi/display/grants/Julius+Tallbergin+rahasto+-+Julius+Tallbergs+fond+2014

• From Yhdistetty opiskelijarahasto fund, two grants of EUR 1,000 are allocated for successful engineering students undertaking their upper academic degree and also have completed the Bachelor’s degree in engineering at Aalto University. Call for applications: https://into.aalto.fi/display/grants/Opiskelijarahasto+-+Studiefonden+2014

• From the Ernst Wirtzen fund, one grant of EUR 4,000 is allocated for Aalto University’s doctoral student in the field of engineering for a study trip lasting of approximately one year to the United States. Call for applications:https://into.aalto.fi/display/grants/Ernst+Wirtzenin+rahasto+-+Ernst+Wirtzens+fond+-+Ernst+Wirtzen+fund+2014

Deadline for applications is 15 Oct 2014.

12. From the University: Minors guide is published and the application period for Aalto internal mobility is ongoing until 30 Sept 

Aalto University’s minors guide has been published
The new Aalto University’s minors guide has been published! Now the majority of minors available at Aalto University are conveniently in the same place.  The minors guide contains a presentation of all minors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, minors in accordance with the new degree structure of the schools of technology, as well as minors at the School of Business, which are also offered to applicants from other Aalto schools.

• Minors guide in Finnish: http://studyguides.aalto.fi/minors-guide/2014/fi/
• Minors guide in Swedish: http://studyguides.aalto.fi/minors-guide/2014/sv/
• Minors guide in English:  http://studyguides.aalto.fi/minors-guide/2014/en/

 

The application period for Aalto internal mobility is ongoing and will end on 30 September. Now it is possible to apply for minors and individual courses organised during periods II-V. Many interesting minors and courses are offered. Please check the minors and courses offered from Into and apply now. More information and instructions on how to apply can be found here: https://into.aalto.fi/display/enmobility/Homepage.

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

Do you need sparring in your job search? Are you interested in entrepreneurship? EntreMill career training programme is the answer to these and many other questions! EntreMill is a career training programme connected to the working life, which includes contact teaching, counselling and consulting, as well as the opportunity for personal career guidance. The training programme is intended for enthusiastic and motivated students who study in higher education institutions or who are graduating (polytechnic/university), or recent graduates who need sparring in their transition to the working life and the development of professional skills. The training programme is free for students who are elected to the programme!

Further information and application instructions are available here.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity and apply no later than 12 Oct 2014!

14. Start aikido in Otaniemi – performance at  Otahalli today on 22 Sept, 4.30pm

Aalto Aikikai organises an aikido performance at Otahalli at 4.30pm on Monday, 22Sept. Rehearsals for new students will begin in tatami hall at Jämeräntaival 5 A at 5.30pm on Thursday, 25 Sept. Welcome to watch and try out! More information: www.aaltoaikikai.ayy.fi