This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 38/2014

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

The first Aino magazine of the spring will be published on Thursday! The magazine includes an article of completing university studies in prison, Aalto student who got thousands of teenage boys to read books, visit to Hursti’s bread queue and the sauna evening of the bourgeois. Get your own magazine on the campus or read it online at: http://www.ainolehti.fi

1. This and next week’s events
2. Apply for a project grant from TTE-Fund!
3. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower
4. Teekkari cap 120 years –exhibition open on two more Sundays
5. 100-hour relay race of the Guild of Mechanical Engineering on 26-30 Sept
6. Darkroom Open Doors Night
7. Dominante is looking for new singers
8. Lighten your load on the climate and win a JoPo bicycle!
9. Apply for Startup Life from 15 Sept onwards!
10. Recruitment sauna of Teekkarispex on Tue, 23 Sept
11. Register to become a member of Aalto Management Consulting Association
12. Join AIESEC – the world’s largest student-run organisation
13. PUS-Basket is looking for new players for men’s and women’s teams
14. OFC offers marshial arts for your autumn
15. Sailing demonstrations and information evening of Teekkaripurjehtijat

1. This and next week’s events

Week 38

• Mon, 15 Sept –KYL’s audition
• Mon, 15 Sept – AMCA Membership Application begins
• Mon, 15 Sept – Aalto Sustainable Business Club Info Night
• Mon, 15 Sept – Dominante’s open rehearsals
• Tue, 16 Sept – Chamber Choir Dissonanssi’s audition
• Tue, 16 Sept – Humans vs. Zombies
• Tue, 16 Sept – AEGEE-Helsinki after work movie
• Tue, 16 Sept – Partner dance courses of Pohjalaisten tanssikerho begin
• Tue, 16 Sept – First Aid evening in English in Tapiola
• Tue, 16 Sept. – Season opening of BEST Helsinki
• Wed, 17 Sept – Bible evening
• Wed, 17 Sept – Audition of the Polytech Choir
• Wed, 17 Sept – Freshman tournament
• Wed, 17 Sept – Dominante’s audition
• Thu, 18 Aug – ESN Aalto’s Welkome Party
• Fri, 19 Sept – Campus event of Otaniemi music associations
• Fri, 19 Sept – Couple’s salsa at Polijazz
• Sat, 20 Sept – Open RPG Days
• Sat, 20 Sept – ESN Aalto’s Cottage Trip
• Sun, 21 Sept – Mass and coffee

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
• Thu, 25 Sept – Polirytmi’s newbies’ night
• Fri, 26 Sept – Gaudeamus GP – contest of academic horse racing clubs 
• Sat, 27 Sept – Metal Club Mökä’s freshman sauna

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. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower

The Guild of the Round Tower is an honorary and senior organisation operating in the vicinity of Aalto University. Persons who are at the final stage of their studies or who have recently graduated and have shown continuous interest in the culture of engineering students and other student activities at Aalto University and promoted its development in the Student Union or its associations may be nominated for the position of an honorary member.

This year’s nominations may be submitted until 10.14am on 10 Oct 2014. The nomination should include the nominated person’s name, picture and the reasons for the nomination, as well as the names of the person(s) who made the nomination. Please also include the candidate’s (expected) graduation year. You may submit nominations through the following form: https://lomake.ayy.fi/ptk/ehdota-uusia-arwoisia/.

4. Technical students’ cap 120 years – exhibition open on two more Sundays

You still have time to visit the exhibition telling about the history of technical students’ cap, introduced in its current form in 1893, on Sundays, 12noon-2pm on 21 and 28 September. Such a thorough presentation will not take place until the year of 2018.

Get to know engineering students’ caps from three centuries, the history of the Finnish student cap, other technical students’ caps, the caps of our neigbouring countries, as well as the showcase of horrors – what not to do! Professional museum guides are waiting for all of you!! Welcome! Technical Students’ Museum, Jämeräntaival 3

5. 100-hour relay race of the Guild of Mechanical Engineering on 26-30 Sept

The 100th anniversary of Guild of Mechanical Engineering is finally ON! To celebrate the respectable age of 100 years KIK will be active whole year through. So that students could feel the long path of 100 years KIK will organise a 100-hour relay race between Otaniemi amphitheater and the old main building at Bulevardi. The run will take place on 26-30 September. The last leg will end at Lakinlaskijaiset party!

The route will go through Keilaniemi and Lauttasaari. Halfway through the route there will be one checkpoint, thus the distance of one leg will be 4.2 kilometres. You can choose any style you want to progress as soon as it remotely reminds us of running. You can run alone or with your friends. It does not matter how fast you are, only the great feeling counts!

In order to achieve the 100-hour goal, we need your help! Sign up for the run here: http://www.koneinsinoorikilta.fi/Toiminta/Tapahtuma/?id=963. Registration will open soon.

In a nutshell:
What: 100-hour relay run
Where: Between Otaniemi and the Old Poly (now Metropolia)
When: 26 Sept, 4:30pm

Additional information: Heikki Laaki, heikki.laaki@aalto.fi

6. Darkroom Open Doors Night

Are you interested in looking the world through a desaturation filter?

Aallon valokuvausseura opens the doors to the darkroom at Jämeräntaival 5 B at 5pm on Wed, 24 September. The event is open for everybody who is interested in hearing about the possibilities of the darkroom, seeing demonstrated developments of b&w films and meeting fellow darkroom users. The event serves to underlay the Course in Darkroom Basics organised later in the autumn, where participants are guided through the film development process in practice.

No need to register and come when it suits you! The darkroom is located in the JMT5B basement and you will find guiding at the location.

• Organiser: Lauri Levola
• Email: lauri.levola@aalto.fi
• Phone: 044 021 2279
• Starts: 24 Sept 2014, 5pm
• Ends: 24 Sept 2014, 9pm
• Place: Darkroom
• Address: Jämeräntaival 5 B
• City: Espoo

7. Dominante is looking for new singers

If you enjoy singing a cappella and with orchestras, want to develop as part of a community and have a desire to experience unforeseen concerts around the world, Dominante may be a choir for you!

Dominante is Aalto University’s mixed choir, which is one of Finland’s finest choirs. Their repertoire includes modern Finnish music, old choral classics, as well as orchestral works. Dominante has a passionate attitude towards everything it does, spiced up with engineering students’ sense of humour.

You can experience the choir atmotsphere and highlights of the future programme in the open rehearsals on 15 Sept, 6pm (TuAS Building).

Welcome to the audition on Wed, 17 Sept or Tue, 23 Sept, 4pm–9pm (TuAS Building, Otaniementie 17)! You can reserve an audition time from the mother of all freshmen, Aino Valli (041 531 3380 or aino.valli (at) aalto.fi). Pleae be prepared to sing an unaccompanied song. In addition, we will test your vocal range and note reading skills. Welcome! www.dominante.fi

8. 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!

Seven capital region higher education institutions are participating in the Reduce a Tonne challenge. Together the students commit to trying to reduce emissions and lighten their load on the environment by many thousands of kilos. These education institutions have been set the shared emission reduction goal of 10,000 tonnes CO2-eq, which is equivalent to 3000 petrol cars being taken off Finnish roads for a whole year.

Aalto University and AYY encourage students to participate in the Reduce a Tonne campaign, and also tell their fellow students about it!

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 University, Meri.Loyttyniemi@aalto.fi,+358 50 313 7549, aalto.fi/sustainability

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

9. APPLY FOR START-UP LIFE!

Startup Life is a programme that sends students of Finnish universities to do 3-12 month long, paid internships at start-ups located in Silicon Valley and New York. We believe you learn best by doing, and our internships offer a chance for ambitious students to unleash their full potetial. We offer positions in the areas of engineering, business, and design.

Application period for internships starting in January is now open! To apply, please visit our webpage at http://startuplife.fi and check out the jobs page.

For more information about the programme, please visit our website at http://startuplife.fi or contact our Coordinators Erika Noponen (erika@startupsauna.com) and Eeva Siika-aho (eeva@startupsauna.com). Take the leap, it’s worth it.

10. Recruitment sauna of Teekkarispex, Tue, 23 Sept

Do you already know what you would like to do in Teekkarispex? Whether you answer yes or no, you are welcome to our recruitment sauna event to the main side of OK 20 on Tuesday, 23 Sept 2014! Please note that AYY’s calendar has a wrong date (16 Sept), so please be patient and wait another week.

Each part of the production presents their activities with a fun “Hands-on” task /checkpoint. Everyone is ready to answer your questions and guide you in the direction which interests you.

Recruitment sauna is a laid-back event where you get to know new and old spex members and spend time in a laid-back atmosphere. If you want to go to the sauna, please bring your own towel.

See the participant list and add your own name on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/725317520863846/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Welcome!

11. Register to become a member of Aalto Management Consulting Association from 15 to 26Sept

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11WSzAsFIDSUSvjnsLJW7TDsOJ_M6GhlosF6GwqV2MtA/viewform

Aalto Management Consulting Association (AMCA) is proud to have partnerships with globally respected management consulting companies in Finland. We are dedicated to provide learning and career support for students at Aalto University who are interested in management consulting career. As a member of the association, you have chance to take advantage of the following activities:

•       Weekly case interview practice
•        Member-exclusive events at corporate partners’ premises
•        Networking

Further information, please contact amcaemail@gmail.com, and like us on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/1uCEbbx) for more updates.

12. Join AIESEC – the world’s largest student-run organisation

AIESEC is a big, multinational youth organisation; you can find us in over 120 countries and territories. We are a global youth network that strives to impact the world through leadership experiences. Currently we are offering students two main programmes:

Global Leader: Become a member of AIESEC Aalto while you develop your professional and personal skills by taking part in real-life projects. As a Global Leader, you would gain real practical experience while working in a multicultural organization.

Global Citizen (Volunteer abroad): Get out of your comfort zone and make an impact on society by living and working in a different culture. The volunteering programmes are available in Uganda, Philippines, Colombia and Poland and last from 6-12 weeks. You can already apply for this winter and even the next summer, travel abroad and make a difference!

We have two info sessions in the upcoming week, food and drink will be served:

Tuesday (16 Sept) at 5.30pm in Aalto Design Factory – The Stage
Thursday (18 Sept) at 5.30pm in KY Building – Main Side

• Sign up here https://www.aiesec.org/join/fi (deadline: 30 September)
• Visit our website http://aiesec.fi/
• Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AIESECinAalto

13. PUS-Basket is looking for new players for men’s and women’s teams

Searching for a basketball team?
Have you played before, but cannot find a suitable team?
How about two rehearsals per week in a student team, and less than EUR100 season fee?

PUS-Basket is the basketball team of Aalto University. Both men’s (2nd division) and women’s (3rd division) teams are looking for new players. Information about the teams (e.g. rehearsal schedules) can be found from our recruitment poster and website.

More information:

• * Men’s team: Jouko Heiskanen, jouko.heiskanen@iki.fi
• * Women’s team: Petra Raivonen: petra.raivonen@gmail.com

14. OFC offers marshial arts for your autumn

This autumn, Otaniemi Fight Club organises several opportunities to get to know and practise marshial arts. Introduction events are free of charge and mainly do not require any previous experience. With the membership fee, you can participate in the weekly rehearsals. We will also organise Muay Thai course including four rehearsals at Otahalli.

Further information is available on the club website: http://ofc.ayy.fi/

15. Sailing demonstrations and information evening of Teekkaripurjehtijat

Sailing demonstrations of Teekkaripurjehtijat provide an excellent opportunity to try out sailing and find out more about this sport and the activities of our club!

Sailing demonstrations are particularly aimed at new students and others interested in our activities, who are not members of TRIP yet. Sailing demonstrations are free of charge and you can participate without previous experience. Demonstrations are usually organised in the evenings and include a skipper and a helmsman. 4-5 participants can join the demonstration where we tour the near waters for a few hours. Registration for sailing demonstrations opens on Monday, 15 Sept, on TRIP’s website and directly through this link: http://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/?page_id=200

Information evening of Teekkaripurjehtijat will be organised at Ossinlinna (Otakaari 18) from 6pm onwards on Tuesday, 23 Sept.

Further information: http://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 37/2014

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

Please register for attendance through Oodi by Friday, 12 Sept and collect a new year tag from AYY’s Service Point. If you have not registered for attendance or non-attendance during the registration period, you must contact OOP service desk of your school and pay a re-registration fee.

Have a nice September!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Capgemini’s Young Professionals Academy call for applications is ongoing!
3. AYY is looking for a person in non-military service for a graphic designer position
4. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students
5. Sign up for Aalto-kymppi race by 14 Sept
6. Nominate Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept
7. Send your pics to AYY’s development cooperation week’s photo exhibition!
8. Aalto University Student Family Friend Programme
9. Get to know new kinds of souvenirs of designer students’ What the F collective during Design Week!
10. Join the Chamber Choir Dissonanssi!
11. 25^th anniversary revue of Teekkarispex on 13-14 Oct 2014
12. EHJÄ is looking for new volunteers to act as support persons for children and young people in the metropolitan area
13. Students’ baseball championships on 27-28 Aug 2014, come and represent Aalto University!
14. Free Taekwon-Do beginners’ course

1. This and next week’s events

Week 37

• Mon, 8 Sept – Autumn dance classes of Polijazz begin
• Mon, 8 Sept – First rehearsals of Polytech Orchestra in the autumn season 2014
• Tue, 9 Sept – Stadisuunnistus orienteering
• Tue, 9 Sept – Design Week: What the F – designed souvenirs from Finland, opening ceremony
• Wed, 10 Sept – Opening night
• Wed, 10 Sept – Registration for impro and dance courses of Teekkarispex
• Thu, 11 Sept – Auditions of Polytech Choir
• Thu, 11 Sept  – AEGEE-Helsinki Info Evening
• Thu, 11 Sept  – AYY’s Development Cooperation Week – info evening for the organisation team
• Fri, 12 Sept – Hang-out night
• Fri, 12 Sept – ESN Aalto’s welcome sauna
• Fri, 12 Sept. – Shotokai-karate’s beginners’ course starts
• Fri, 12 Sept – Registration for students’ silence retreat ends 

Week 38

• Mon, 15 Sept –KYL’s audition
• Tue, 16 Sept – Chamber Choir Dissonanssi’s audition
• Tue, 16 Sept – Humans vs. Zombies
• Wed, 17 Sept – Bible evening
• Wed, 17 Sept – Audition of Polytech Choir
• Thu, 18 Sept – ESN Aalto’s Welkome Party
• Fri, 19 Sept – Recreational evening and sauna after party for Otaniemi music clubs
• Sat, 20 Sept – Open RPG Days

2. Capgemini’s Young Professionals Academy call for applications is ongoing!

Get a kick-start for your career! Get to know Capgemini’s Young Professionals Academy programme and apply by 21 Sept. Capgemini is looking for recent graduates in engineering and business for Young Professionals Academy (YPA) programme 2–3 times a year. The programme provides an excellent opportunity to start a career as IT consultant in a permanent job. During the introduction period, you work in customer projects supported by an experienced mentor, deepen your technological knowledge and learn the basics of consulting. Further information is available at: http://www.fi.capgemini.com/careers/your-career-path/young-professionals-academy

3. AYY is looking for a person in non-military service for a graphic designer position

AYY is looking for a person in non-military service for a graphic designer position starting in October 2014 or as agreed. The graphic designer’s duties include design and layout of AYY’s publications and electronic material, as well as participating in the development of graphic image. In practice, this includes various posters, business cards and brochures. The major challenges are the Student Union’s calendar and AYY’s annual report. The graphic designer uses Adobe CS.

If you are interested in completing your non-military service in the Student Union, please contact the Student Union’s Secretary General (paasihteeri(at)ayy.fi / 050 520 9415). Further information on the position is also available from Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 0505209440).

4. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students

Emergency housing coordinator is in charge of emergency housing for AYY’s students who urgently need short-term accommodation. You can also contact emergency housing coordinator for general guidance on how to look for accommodation (short and long-term) in Helsinki metropolitan area. More info about finding an apartment in the metropolitan area is available here. /en/housing/apartment-seekers/how-to-find-housing/. The emergency accommodation coordinator is hired in cooperation with Aalto University.

You can visit the emergency accommodation coordinator at AYY’s Housing Office in Otaniemi at least at the following times:

• 25 Aug – 12 Sept, 12noon-4pm
• 15 Sept – 30 Sept, 12noon-2pm
• Other times by appointment

Contact information: Emergency Accommodation Coordinator Otto Palonen 050 520 9413, emergencyhousing(at)ayy.fi

The emergency accommodation coordinator also constantly updates AYY’s own databank on housing search in the metropolitan area. The databank is available at:   /asuminen/asunnon-hakeminen-muualta/

5. Sign up for Aalto-kymppi race by 14 Sept

Aalto-kymppi race is an event aimed at Aalto University’s staff and students on Sunday, 21 Sept 2014. In the event, you can move ten kilometres in any way you like; by walking, Nordic walking, running, going front or backwards or in any other way, and you can stop at any time to enjoy the really beautiful scenery on the way. Sign up for Aalto-kymppi by 14 Sept at:  www.rantamaraton.fi/aaltokymppi

Further information: /blog/2014/08/29/osallistu-aalto-kymppi-tapahtumaan-toimitsijoille-tarjolla-30-ilmaispaikkaa/

6. Nominate Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept  

Aalto Athlete 2014 will be awarded in connection with Aalto Kymppi event on Sunday, 21 Sept 2014. You can submit your nomination for Aalto Athlete to AYY.

The criteria are as follows:

• successful in ones’ sport on a national or international level or particularly this year
• successful study progress
• fair and upright member of the community

Nominations for Aalto Athlete 2014 can be submitted to laura.keski-hakuni@ayy.fi by Friday, 12 Sept.

7. 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: duonglap1989@live.com, briana.romero8@gmail.com

8. Aalto University Student Family Friend Programme: Apply now!

International students, do you want to expand your horizons in Finland by getting to know the culture beyond your campus and studies?

Aalto Student Family Friend Programme matches international students with Aalto University’s families. This programme offers international students of Aalto University a chance to better integrate in the Finnish society by getting to know the Finnish way of life through a friendship with a local family – at the same time, the family also has a special opportunity to make international friends and learn about the students’ home country and culture. The only requirement is to meet at least once.

For more information and to apply go to https://alumninet.aalto.fi/AlumniBenefits/StudentFamilyFriendProgramme_.aspx

Application deadline: 22 September

9. Get to know new kinds of souvenirs of designer students’ What the F collective during Design Week!

Students of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture present their ideas on new kinds of souvenirs at Cultura Foundations’ meeting point Kasi.  The students have established What the F collective. The collective’s vision on interesting Finnish products is a combination of sweet, black, sweat, humour, practicality, traditions, mysteries and quality. As a result, they have created fresh and alternative souvenir products, the prototypes of which the students first presented at Travel Fair in January 2014. Now these souvenirs are presented in Design Week!

Welcome to experience, watch and comment What the F products in Design Week on 9- 13 Sept 2014 at the meeting point Kasi! Welcome to the opening ceremony at 5.30pm-7pm on 9 Sept 2014 at the meeting point Kasi at Vuorikatu 8 in Helsinki!

10. Join the Chamber Choir Dissonanssi!

The Chamber Choir Dissonanssi sings diverse music ranging from renaissance to glam metal – not forgetting to have fun. We are now looking for new singers, particularly male singers, but also new female singers are welcome. We rehearse in Otaniemi in the building of Mechanical Engineering every Tuesday evening at 5.30pm-8pm during the academic terms. Auditions for the autumn term will be arranged on 16 Sept and 23 Sept, but you can also join in the middle of the term. If you are interested, please contact out Artistic Director Yki Kortesniemi (yki.kortesniemi@gmail.com).

11. 25^th anniversary revue of Teekkarispex on 13-14 Oct 2014

The 25^th anniversary revue of Teekkarispex will take place on the stage of Alexander Theatre on 13-14 Oct 2014. The revue consists of the best bits of the history of Teekkarispex over a quarter of a century, as well as unexpected new events of beloved spex characters at later stages of their lives. The revue climaxes with a bunch of unforgettable spex songs, as well as improvisation fueled by omstart shouts from the audience.

Participate in Facebook event (https://www.facebook.com/events/640057099442093) and get your ticket at the ticket store at http://www.speksi25.com as soon as it opens: the best seats are sold fast!

• Performances: 13-14 Oct 2014, 7pm
• Venue: Alexander Theatre, Albertinkatu 32, Helsinki
• Tickets: EUR 15 (students), EUR 20/25 (others)

12. EHJÄ is looking for new volunteers to act as support persons for children and young people in the metropolitan area

As a support person in child welfare, you can offer your time and do something nice with a child or a young person in need of support. EHJÄ is looking for new volunteers to act as support persons in the metropolitan area.

As a volunteer support person, you will:

• – meet the child/young person once or twice per month
• – do various things together, such as spend an autumn afternoon in the park or go ice-skating in the winter
• – give adult attention and support.

Read more and get excited! www.ehja.fi/kuvat/tukihenkiloksi.pdf

Get in touch: tukihenkilo@ehja.fi / 045 132 9321

You can find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ehjatukihenkilotoiminta

www.ehja.fi

13. Students’ Finnish championships in baseball on 27-28 Aug 2014, come and represent Aalto University!

This year, students’ Finnish Championships in baseball will be organised in Seinäjoki on 27-28 Sept. OtaKoppi gathers teams for amateur and contest leagues and invites all Aalto members to represent Aalto University in the championships! So if you are interested in laid-back baseball, this is an excellent opportunity to try out our national sport!

Questions and registrations to otakoppi-hallitus@list.ayy.fi. Further information on the championships is available at: http://www.samo.fi/osm-pesapallo2014.

14. Free Taekwon-Do beginners’ course

Start a new hobby in good company! Taekwon-Do of the University of Helsinki will organise a beginners’ course for the students and staff of the University of Helsinki and Aalto University.

The course is free of charge and no previous experience is required. At rehearsals, you get in better shape, strengthen abdominal muscles, learn kick and punch techniques, as well as body control and maintenance.

Rehearsals are held in the sports hall in the administrative building on Wednesdays, 5.30pm-6.30pm and Saturdays, 1pm-2.30pm. The first rehearsals are held on Wednesday, 10 Sept. You can join throughout September! WELCOME!

Sign up: Beginners’ course http://www.hytaekwondo.com/club/signup.php?ref=club-course-bottom

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 36/2014

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

The academic year is traditionally opened tomorrow on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Further information on the opening ceremony is available at avajaiset.ayy.fi.

Please also remember to register for attendance through Oodi by Friday, 12 Sept and collect a new year tag from AYY’s Service Point. More detailed instructions for the payment of membership fee are available at /jasenille/jasenyys-ja-jasenmaksu/maksuohjeet/-

Have a nice September!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?
3. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students
4. Become a student represenative in university administration!
5. Office package free of charge for Aalto students
6. Nominate Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept
7. Silence retreat for students on 10–12 Oct 2014
8. Registration for improvisation and dance courses of Teekkarispex to begin on 10 Sept
9. Study psychologists’ mindfulness workshops
10. Rugby beginner’s course for women
11. Welcome to dance courses of the dance club HOT-Dance of Hämäläis-Osakunta student nation!
12. Respond to the survey on good academic teachership
13. EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge welcomes applications on 1-30 Sept

1. This and next week’s events

Week 36

• Tue, 2 Sept – Opening ceremony of the academic year and Aalto Party
• Wed, 3 Sept – Otasuunnistus orienteering (ELEC+SCI+ARTS+TF)
• Thu, 4 Sept – Otasuunnistus orienteering (ENG+CHEM)
• Fri, 5 Sept – Embrace Aalto with CSSA-Espoo
• Sat, 6 Sept – Open RPG days

Week 37

• Mon, 8 Sept – First rehearsals of Polytech Orchestra in the autumn season 2014 
• Tue, 9 Sept – Stadisuunnistus orienteering
• Wed, 10 Sept – Opening night
• Wed, 10 Sept – Registration for impro and dance courses of Teekkarispex
• Fri, 12 Sept – Hang-out night
• Fri, 12 Sept – ESN Aalto’s welcome sauna
• Fri, 12 Sept – Shotokai-karate’s beginner’s course starts

2. Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?

Autumn is here again and you need to update your year tag and travel card. Please register for attendance and pay AYY’s membership through Oodi by 12 Sept.

Year tags are distributed at AYY’s service points. Otaniemi Service Point is open on weekdays between 9am-4pm. In addition, there is a temporary year tag service point located in the library lobby in Otaniemi. The temporary service point is open at 10am-6pm on weekdays until 19 Sept. We recommend that those who only need the year tag use the temporary year tag service point.

• Töölö Service Point is open at 10.30-2.30pm on Mon-Thu.
• Arabianranta Service Point is open on Mon&Fri, 12noon-2pm and Tue-Thu, 12noon-3pm

Also remember to get AYY’s new calendar!

HSL has opened a temporary service point for updating travel cards in the lobby of Otaniemi library next to AYY’s year tag service point. The service point is open at 9am-4pm until 5 Sept. In Helsinki, you can update your travel card at the railway station or the main building of the University of Helsinki (Fabianinkatu 33), for example.

Instructions:

• Membership fee payment: /jasenille/jasenyys-ja-jasenmaksu/maksuohjeet/
• AYY’s service points: /yhteystiedot/palvelupisteet/

3. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students

Emergency housing coordinator is in charge of emergency housing for AYY students who urgently need a short-term accommodation. You can also contact emergency housing coordinator for general guidance on how to look for accommodation (short and long-term) in Helsinki Capital area. More info about finding an apartment in the capital area here. /en/housing/apartment-seekers/how-to-find-housing/ . The emergency accommodation coordinator is hired in cooperation with Aalto University.

Visiting address: AYY Housing Office – Otakaari 11, Espoo

Office hours: Monday-Friday

• 25 Aug – 12 Sept,  12.00noon-4pm
• 15 Sept – 30 Sept, 12.00noon-2pm
• Other times by appointment

Emergency Housing Coordinator – Otto Palonen, e-mail address: emergencyhousing@ayy.fi, Telephone number: +358 50 520 9413

4. Become a student representative in university administration! 

Participate in the improvement of Aalto! Student representatives in administration, hallopeds, are regular students who take the students’ greetings to the staff and do important work to improve education and the university. More student representatives are needed for education councils, student financial aid committee, degree committee, restaurant committee and Aalto University’s committee for academic affairs. The call for applications is open between Fri, 22 Aug–Sun, 7 Sept.

All available positions and electronic application forms can be found at https://www.halloped.fi/fi/aalto

The call for applications and further information is available on AYY’s website: /en/blog/2014/08/22/31397/

5. Office package free of charge for Aalto students

Aalto students can download the Microsoft Office package (e.g. Word, Excel and PowerPoint) for free to own devices via the “Student Advantage” program as part of Office 365 service.

You can download the software from the web with your Aalto user account. The service is available early September, the exact time will be announced on Into.

More information as well as instructions for registration and use will be found on Inside after the service is launched.

6. Nominate for Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept  

Aalto Athlete 2014 will be awarded in connection with Aalto Kymppi event on Sunday, 21 Sept 2014. You can submit your nomination for Aalto Athlete to AYY.

The criteria are as follows:

• successful in ones’ sport on a national or international level or particularly this year
• successful study progress
• fair and upright member of community

Nominations with reasons for Aalto Athlete 2014 can be submitted to laura.keski-hakuni@ayy.fi by Friday, 12 Sept.

7. Silence retreat for students on 10–12 Oct 2014

Come and take a break in the middle of busy autumn. The silence retreat is a good way to recharge your batteries, relax and take time to your own thoughts. At the retreat, you have the opportunity to rest, spend time outdoors and read. We provide good food, beautiful environment and praying together in a chapel. You can discuss with the instructor at agreed times.

The student retreat of Espoo parishes is organised at Heponiemi Retreat Centre in Karjalohja. University Pastors Margit Peltovirta and Jenny Vainio are the retreat instructors. Please register by 12 Sept 2014 to yst.toimisto.espoo(ät)evl.fi. Please include your name, school, contact details and special diets. You will receive a confirmation after the end of registration. The entry fee is €30, including transfer and full board.

Priority is given to students over 18 years of age who live or study in Espoo. Get in touch and get more information! Margit 040 513 0852 and Jenny 050 365 2256 (firstname.surname@evl.fi).

8. Registration for improvisation and dance courses of Teekkarispex to begin on 10 Sept 

Registration for beginner’s improvisation course and dance courses of Teekkarispex begin at 12noon on Wednesday, 10 Sept in the lobby of the former TKK main building (current Kanditalo). You can sign up for advanced improvisation courses at 6pm on Wednesday, 10 Sept, in the lobby of JMT1. Further information on courses is available at http://teekkarispeksi.fi/speksi/tapahtumat/impro-tanssikurssien-ilmoittautuminen-alkaa

Improvisation courses are organised in Otaniemi in weeks 39-46. Eight three-hour sessions are organised for all groups. Improvisation courses cost EUR 45 for members of Teekkarispex and EUR 50 for others.

Dance courses are held in Otaniemi starting in week 38. Classes are held on Wednesdays during 12 weeks. Dance courses for the autumn term cost EUR 35 for members of Teekkarispex and EUR 40 for others.

9. Study psychologists’ mindfulness workshop

In the autumn term, four mindfulness workshops are organised for Aalto students. Mindfulness means approving presence, a deliberate choice to know how to stop and focus on this moment – our thoughts wander easily either to the future or the past. Mindfulness skills help you to be aware of the present moment and live in it.

Workshops meet five times, excpt the group IV meets six times (2hours/meeting). Workshop schedule:

• Group I Fridays, 19 Sept–17 Oct, 9.30am-11.30am
• Group II Fridays, 19 Sept-17 Oct, 1pm-3pm
• Group III Fridays, 31 Oct-28 Nov, 9.30am-11.30am (in English)
• Group IV Fridays, 31 Oct-5 Dec, 1pm-3pm, focuses on anxiety theme 

Workshops are held at the address Otakaari 1, Classoom Majakka (M140).

Registrations and further information: opintopsykologi(at)aalto.fi, https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6300082 (in Finnish), https://into.aalto.fi/display/enopintopsykologi/Mindfulness+workshop (in English).

10. Rugby beginner’s course for women

Warriors ladies organise a free rugby beginner’s course for women on Tue, 9 Sept and Thu, 11 Sept at 7:30pm-9pm. The venue is Tali Sports Park (Purotie 8, 00380 Helsinki), the southern grass field. The nearest street address is Ulvilantie 21.

Previous experience is not required! In order to participate, you will need outdoor training gear, training shoes (football boots are the best) and a water bottle. You are welcome to join our team!

More information: http: //warriorsrugbyclub.org, facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1533518776860311/ or Lilli Tikkanen, lilli.tikkanen@gmail.com

11. Welcome to dance courses of HOT-Dance, the dance club of Hämäläis-Osakunta Student Nation!

HOT-Dance is the students’ dance club of Hämäläis-Osakunta Student Nation. The courses in the autumn of 2014 will begin on Wednesday, 10 Sept. In the beginner’s course, you learn traditional dances, which is a good foundation for other partner dances. See the more specific course programme, prices and schedules on the student nation website at http://www.hamalais-osakunta.fi/kerhot/hot

You do not need to register in advance or have your own partner. You only need comfortable clothes and shoes suitable for indoors (optional). Courses are organised at Hämäläisten talo at the address Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6, inner courtyard, 4^th floor, Punainen Mylly. For further information, see the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/7538262156/

12. Respond to the survey on good academic teachership

University teaching in Finland has undergone many changes, and new changes are ongoing and upcoming. Aalto University’s course ”Teacher as a developer” (Opettaja kehittäjänä) examines what good academic teachership means from different perspectives and needs and what this means for the development of teaching. Results are used to develop teaching, which means that you can now influence our university teaching.

The survey is two pages long and it takes approximately 10-15 minutes to respond. You can justify your answers or give feedback at the end of the survey. Responses are needed from students, university teachers, other university staff, members of working life and society, so you can forward the link to your summer job supervisor, for example. You can participate in the survey online:

https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/A8C5681F51F7A0F0.par

Thank you for your time and effort!

13. EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge welcomes applications 1-30 Sept

The contest

EIT ICT Labs calls students and early stage startups with the drive to found a business to submit ideas that address the topics Smart Energy Systems, Internet of Things, Cyber Security & Privacy, or Urban Life & Mobility. The best teams will be invited to London, Trento, Berlin or Stockholm (depending on the topic) and receive the chance to pitch their ideas in front of an expert jury.

Please apply before 30 Sept

Applications can be submitted through www.ideachallenge.eitictlabs.eu before the end of September 2014.

 

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 36/2014

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

The academic year is traditionally opened tomorrow on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Further information on the opening ceremony is available at avajaiset.ayy.fi.

Please also remember to register for attendance through Oodi by Friday, 12 Sept and collect a new year tag from AYY’s Service Point. More detailed instructions for the payment of membership fee are available at /jasenille/jasenyys-ja-jasenmaksu/maksuohjeet/-

Have a nice September!

1.      This and next week’s events

2.      Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?

3.      AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students

4.      Become a student represenative in university administration! 

5.    Office package free of charge for Aalto students

6.      Nominate Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept 

7.      Silence retreat for students on 10–12 Oct 2014

8.       Registration for improvisation and dance courses of Teekkarispex to begin on 10 Sept

9.      Study psychologists’ mindfulness workshops 

10.   Rugby beginner’s course for women

11.   Welcome to dance courses of the dance club HOT-Dance of Hämäläis-Osakunta student nation!

12.   Respond to the survey on good academic teachership 

13.  EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge welcomes applications on 1-30 Sept

 

 

 

1. This and next week’s events

 

Week 36

Tue, 2 Sept – Opening ceremony of the academic year and Aalto Party /blog/events/aalto-party-2/
Wed, 3 Sept – Otasuunnistus orienteering (ELEC+SCI+ARTS+TF)
Thu, 4 Sept – Otasuunnistus orienteering (ENG+CHEM)

Fri, 5 Sept – Embrace Aalto with CSSA-Espoo ayy.fi/blog/events/31557-2/

Sat, 6 Sept – Open RPG days /blog/events/avoimet-roolipelipaivat-open-rpg-days-2/

 

Week 37

Mon, 8 Sept – First rehearsals of Polytech Orchestra in the autumn season 2014  /blog/events/polyteknikkojen-orkesterin-syyskauden-2014-ensimmaiset-treenit/

Tue, 9 Sept – Stadisuunnistus orienteering

Wed, 10 Sept – Opening night /blog/events/avajaisilta-2/

Wed, 10 Sept – Registration for impro and dance courses of Teekkarispex /blog/events/teekkarispeksin-impro-ja-tanssikurssien-ilmoittautuminen/

Fri, 12 Sept – Hang-out night /blog/events/hengailuilta-10/

Fri, 12 Sept – ESN Aalto’s welcome sauna /blog/events/esn-aaltos-welcome-sauna/

Fri, 12 Sept – Shotokai-karate’s beginner’s course starts /blog/events/shotokai-karaten-peruskurssi-alkaa-3/

2. Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?

 

Autumn is here again and you need to update your year tag and travel card. Please register for attendance and pay AYY’s membership through Oodi by 12 Sept.

 

Year tags are distributed at AYY’s service points. Otaniemi Service Point is open on weekdays between 9am-4pm. In addition, there is a temporary year tag service point located in the library lobby in Otaniemi. The temporary service point is open at 10am-6pm on weekdays until 19 Sept. We recommend that those who only need the year tag use the temporary year tag service point.

 

Töölö Service Point is open at 10.30-2.30pm on Mon-Thu.

Arabianranta Service Point is open on Mon&Fri, 12noon-2pm and Tue-Thu, 12noon-3pm

Also remember to get AYY’s new calendar!

 

HSL has opened a temporary service point for updating travel cards in the lobby of Otaniemi library next to AYY’s year tag service point. The service point is open at 9am-4pm until 5 Sept. In Helsinki, you can update your travel card at the railway station or the main building of the University of Helsinki (Fabianinkatu 33), for example.

 

Instructions:

Membership fee payment: /jasenille/jasenyys-ja-jasenmaksu/maksuohjeet/

AYY’s service points: /yhteystiedot/palvelupisteet/

 

3. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students

Emergency housing coordinator is in charge of emergency housing for AYY students who urgently need a short-term accommodation. You can also contact emergency housing coordinator for general guidance on how to look for accommodation (short and long-term) in Helsinki Capital area. More info about finding an apartment in the capital area here. /en/housing/apartment-seekers/how-to-find-housing/ . The emergency accommodation coordinator is hired in cooperation with Aalto University. 

 

Visiting address: AYY Housing Office – Otakaari 11, Espoo

Office hours: Monday-Friday

·         25 Aug – 12 Sept,  12.00noon-4pm

·         15 Sept – 30 Sept, 12.00noon-2pm

·         Other times by appointment

Emergency Housing Coordinator – Otto Palonen, e-mail address: emergencyhousing@ayy.fi,

Telephone number: +358 50 520 9413

 

 

4. Become a student representative in university administration! 

Participate in the improvement of Aalto! Student representatives in administration, hallopeds, are regular students who take the students’ greetings to the staff and do important work to improve education and the university. More student representatives are needed for education councils, student financial aid committee, degree committee, restaurant committee and Aalto University’s committee for academic affairs. The call for applications is open between Fri, 22 Aug–Sun, 7 Sept.

All available positions and electronic application forms can be found at https://www.halloped.fi/fi/aalto

The call for applications and further information is available on AYY’s website: /en/blog/2014/08/22/31397/

 

5. Office package free of charge for Aalto students

Aalto students can download the Microsoft Office package (e.g. Word, Excel and PowerPoint) for free to own devices via the “Student Advantage” program as part of Office 365 service.

You can download the software from the web with your Aalto user account. The service is available early September, the exact time will be announced on Into.

More information as well as instructions for registration and use will be found on Inside after the service is launched.

 

6. Nominate for Aalto Athlete 2014 by 12 Sept  

Aalto Athlete 2014 will be awarded in connection with Aalto Kymppi event on Sunday, 21 Sept 2014. You can submit your nomination for Aalto Athlete to AYY.

The criteria are as follows:

·         successful in ones’ sport on a national or international level or particularly this year 

·         successful study progress

·         fair and upright member of community 

Nominations with reasons for Aalto Athlete 2014 can be submitted to laura.keski-hakuni@ayy.fi by Friday, 12 Sept.

7. Silence retreat for students on 10–12 Oct 2014

Come and take a break in the middle of busy autumn. The silence retreat is a good way to recharge your batteries, relax and take time to your own thoughts. At the retreat, you have the opportunity to rest, spend time outdoors and read. We provide good food, beautiful environment and praying together in a chapel. You can discuss with the instructor at agreed times.

The student retreat of Espoo parishes is organised at Heponiemi Retreat Centre in Karjalohja. University Pastors Margit Peltovirta and Jenny Vainio are the retreat instructors. Please register by 12 Sept 2014 to yst.toimisto.espoo(ät)evl.fi. Please include your name, school, contact details and special diets. You will receive a confirmation after the end of registration. The entry fee is €30, including transfer and full board.

 

Priority is given to students over 18 years of age who live or study in Espoo. 

Get in touch and get more information! Margit 040 513 0852 and Jenny 050 365 2256 (firstname.surname@evl.fi).

8. Registration for improvisation and dance courses of Teekkarispex to begin on 10 Sept 

Registration for beginner’s improvisation course and dance courses of Teekkarispex begin at 12noon on Wednesday, 10 Sept in the lobby of the former TKK main building (current Kanditalo). You can sign up for advanced improvisation courses at 6pm on Wednesday, 10 Sept, in the lobby of JMT1. Further information on courses is available at http://teekkarispeksi.fi/speksi/tapahtumat/impro-tanssikurssien-ilmoittautuminen-alkaa

Improvisation courses are organised in Otaniemi in weeks 39-46. Eight three-hour sessions are organised for all groups. Improvisation courses cost EUR 45 for members of Teekkarispex and EUR 50 for others. 

Dance courses are held in Otaniemi starting in week 38. Classes are held on Wednesdays during 12 weeks. Dance courses for the autumn term cost EUR 35 for members of Teekkarispex and EUR 40 for others. 

9. Study psychologists’ mindfulness workshop

In the autumn term, four mindfulness workshops are organised for Aalto students. Mindfulness means approving presence, a deliberate choice to know how to stop and focus on this moment – our thoughts wander easily either to the future or the past. Mindfulness skills help you to be aware of the present moment and live in it.

Workshops meet five times, excpt the group IV meets six times (2hours/meeting). Workshop schedule:

·         Group I Fridays, 19 Sept–17 Oct, 9.30am-11.30am

·         Group II Fridays, 19 Sept-17 Oct, 1pm-3pm

·         Group III Fridays, 31 Oct-28 Nov, 9.30am-11.30am (in English)

·         Group IV Fridays, 31 Oct-5 Dec, 1pm-3pm, focuses on anxiety theme 

Workshops are held at the address Otakaari 1, Classoom Majakka (M140).

Registrations and further information: opintopsykologi(at)aalto.fi, https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6300082 (in Finnish), https://into.aalto.fi/display/enopintopsykologi/Mindfulness+workshop (in English).

 

10. Rugby beginner’s course for women

 

Warriors ladies organise a free rugby beginner’s course for women on Tue, 9 Sept and Thu, 11 Sept at 7:30pm-9pm.

 

The venue is Tali Sports Park (Purotie 8, 00380 Helsinki), the southern grass field. The nearest street address is Ulvilantie 21.

 

Previous experience is not required! In order to participate, you will need outdoor training gear, training shoes (football boots are the best) and a water bottle.

 

You are welcome to join our team!

 

More information: http: //warriorsrugbyclub.org, facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1533518776860311/

or Lilli Tikkanen, lilli.tikkanen@gmail.com

 

11. Welcome to dance courses of HOT-Dance, the dance club of Hämäläis-Osakunta Student Nation!

HOT-Dance is the students’ dance club of Hämäläis-Osakunta Student Nation. The courses in the autumn of 2014 will begin on Wednesday, 10 Sept. In the beginner’s course, you learn traditional dances, which is a good foundation for other partner dances. See the more specific course programme, prices and schedules on the student nation website at http://www.hamalais-osakunta.fi/kerhot/hot

You do not need to register in advance or have your own partner. You only need comfortable clothes and shoes suitable for indoors (optional). Courses are organised at Hämäläisten talo at the address Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6, inner courtyard, 4^th floor, Punainen Mylly. For further information, see the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/7538262156/

 

12. Respond to the survey on good academic teachership

University teaching in Finland has undergone many changes, and new changes are ongoing and upcoming. Aalto University’s course ”Teacher as a developer” (Opettaja kehittäjänä) examines what good academic teachership means from different perspectives and needs and what this means for the development of teaching. Results are used to develop teaching, which means that you can now influence our university teaching.

The survey is two pages long and it takes approximately 10-15 minutes to respond. You can justify your answers or give feedback at the end of the survey. Responses are needed from students, university teachers, other university staff, members of working life and society, so you can forward the link to your summer job supervisor, for example. You can participate in the survey online:

https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/A8C5681F51F7A0F0.par

Thank you for your time and effort!

 

13. EIT ICT Labs Idea Challenge welcomes applications 1-30 Sept

The contest

EIT ICT Labs calls students and early stage startups with the drive to found a business to submit ideas that address the topics Smart Energy Systems, Internet of Things, Cyber Security & Privacy, or Urban Life & Mobility. The best teams will be invited to London, Trento, Berlin or Stockholm (depending on the topic) and receive the chance to pitch their ideas in front of an expert jury. 

Please apply before 30 Sept 

Applications can be submitted through www.ideachallenge.eitictlabs.eu before the end of September 2014.

 

 

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 35/2014

Association-related issues can be found in the association newsletter. The newsletter is available at /en/associations/association-newsletter/.

Hot summer is beginning to turn into autumn and AYY’s weekly newsletter is returning from the summer break. Please remember to register for attendance through Oodi by Friday, 12 Sept. The academic year is traditionally opened on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Further information on the opening ceremony is available at avajaiset.ayy.fi. Have a great autumn everyone!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?
3. Opening ceremony of the academic year and Aalto Party 2 Sept
4. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students
5. Become a student represenative in university administration!
6. Offer a sofa to a person in need of accommodation through Aalto Sofa Service
7. Apply for Marmon’s driver training by 1 Sept
8. Join the organising team of development cooperation week!
9. Otasuunnistus and Stadisuunnistus events in the first weeks of September
10. Otatarha Race is here again on 30 Sept
11. Work at Lakinlaskijaiset party 2014!

1. This and next week’s events

Week 35

• Fri, 29 Aug – Hang out night
• Fri, 29 Aug – Metal Club Mökä’s season opening

Week 36

• Tue, 2 Sept – Opening ceremony of the academic year and Aalto Party
• Sat, 6 Sept – Open role-playing days / Open RPG days 

2. Year tags and the updating of travel card – what, where, when?

Autumn is here again and you need to update your year tag and travel card. Please register for attendance and pay AYY’s membership through Oodi by 12 Sept.

Year tags are distributed at AYY’s service points. Otaniemi Service Point is open on weekdays between 9am-4pm. In addition, there is a temporary year tag service point located in the library lobby in Otaniemi. The temporary service point is open at 10am-4pm on weekdays in AUGUST and at 10am-6pm in SEPTEMBER until 19 Sept. We recommend that those who only need the year tag use the temporary year tag service point.

Töölö Service Point is open at 10.30-2.30pm on Mon-Thu. In August, the after work service point is open for those who need year tags in Töölö. The service point is open at 4pm-6pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Also remember to get AYY’s new calendar!

HSL has opened a temporary service point for updating travel cards in the lobby of Otaniemi library next to AYY’s year tag service point. The service point is open at 9am-4pm until 5 Sept. In Helsinki, you can update your travel card at the railway station or the main building of the University of Helsinki (Fabianinkatu 33), for example.

Instructions:

• Membership fee payment: /jasenille/jasenyys-ja-jasenmaksu/maksuohjeet/
• AYY’s service points: /yhteystiedot/palvelupisteet/

3. Opening ceremony of the academic year and Aalto Party 2 Sept

The academic year is traditionally opened on Tuesday on 2 Sept 2014. This year, the opening ceremony is held at 1pm on Arabia Campus, where the celebration begins with the traditional professor procession and continues until approximately 2.30pm.

Aalto Party will begin at 4pm. The party is located at Aino Square in Otaniemi (green area and parking area between Otaniementie 11 and Konemiehentie 2). Please note that the parking area is not in use between 1-2 Sept.

There is a bus transport to Aalto Party from Töölö and Arabia campuses in front of the main buildings as follows: Arabia: 3pm, 2 buses / Töölö: from 15.30onwards until 4.30pm. The buses leave when there are enough travellers.

Student registration for the day-time event, https://eage.aalto.fi/?fs/Students_2014 DL 29 Aug
Registration for Aalto Party: https://eage.aalto.fi/?f/en/2014_Aalto_Party DL 2 Sept

Further information: /blog/2014/08/21/lukuvuoden-2014-2015-avajaiset/ and avajaiset.ayy.fi

4. AYY’s emergency accommodation coordinator helps homeless students

Emergency housing coordinator is in charge of emergency housing for AYY students who urgently need a short-term accommodation. You can also contact emergency housing coordinator for general guidance on how to look for accommodation (short and long-term) in Helsinki Capital area. More info about finding an apartment in the capital area here. /en/housing/apartment-seekers/how-to-find-housing/

Visiting address: AYY Housing Office – Otakaari 11, Espoo

Office hours: Monday-Friday

• 25 Aug – 12 Sept,  12.00noon-4pm
• 15 Sept– 30 Sept, 12.00noon-2pm
• Other times by appointment

Emergency Housing Coordinator – Otto Palonen, e-mail address: emergencyhousing@ayy.fi,

Telephone number: +358 50 520 9413

The Emergency Housing Coordinator is hired in co-operation with the Aalto University.

5. Become a student representative in university administration! 

Participate in the improvement of Aalto! Student representatives in administration, hallopeds, are regular students who take the students’ greetings to the staff and do important work to improve education and the university. More student representatives are needed for education councils, student financial aid committee, degree committee, restaurant committee and Aalto University’s committee for academic affairs. The call for applications is open between Fri, 22 Aug– Sun, 7 Sept.

All available positions and electronic application forms can be found at https://www.halloped.fi/fi/aalto

The call for applications and further information is available on AYY’s website: /en/blog/2014/08/22/31397/

6. Offer your sofa for a person in need of accommodation through Aalto Sofa Service

More Sofas needed for Aalto Sofa Service! Have you already tried couchsurfing? Do you have a little space on your sofa/in your apartment for a couple of nights for a new international student? Many new international students arrive in Finland a few days before they get their rental apartment and would like to get to know locals instead of hostels. AYY’s Internationality Section Mosaic organises a Sofa Service, please sign up via the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ncEaJcfqC2lo3E2E5ATZ7eIHa9Te9YP4uwRetfhNPR4/viewform

7. Apply for Marmon’s driver training by 1 Sept

Are you interested in old cars, maintenance and driving? Engineering students have owned Marmon (1927) already for 55 years and now they are looking for new enthusiastic people for its maintenance team. Experience from engines, old cards and tuning is a plus but no means an absolute requirement. 3-4 people are elected as Marmon journeymen. We will train them as skilled drivers and a handy maintenance team. Are you interested? GOOD! An informal application sent by midnight on 1 Sept 2014 to the address arkisto@ayy.fi is a step towards great experiences, thrill of maintenance and speed! From the elected journeymen we require enthusiasm, willingness to commit themselves and participate in ten hours of voluntary work during the academic year. We offer them thorough training, the opportunity to become a driver, as well as unique experiences for even decades to come. The archives provide more information, pictures are available on Technical Students’ Museum’s FB site.

8. Join the organising team of AYY’s development cooperation week!

AYY will organise a development cooperation week on 13-18 Oct 2014. Join the organising team if you are into global issues!

The development cooperation week is funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This year’s central theme is development and education. Joining the organising team is a great chance to network with other students and professionals in the development co-operation field. Come and organise interesting, multi-cultural and thought-provoking events with us!

As a volunteer you can:

• Use the experience in your CV or professional career profile as participating and organising a project funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
• improve your project management and communications skills.
• get a free lunch during the development cooperation week every day when you organise something.
• get a credit point for your activity (depends on your study programme). Ask for a possibility to get a credit point from your study coordinator!
• The next meeting of the development cooperation week is organised on Thursday 11 Sept .2014 from 6pm to 8pm in KY Building’s Marski Cabinet at Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 B. See you there! You can also contact Coordinators Briana Romero (brianaromero8@gmail.com) or Lap Duong (duonglap1989@live.com) for more information.

9. Otasuunnistus and Stadisuunnistus events in the first weeks of September

In Otasuunnistus event, freshmen tour Otaniemi and get to know the activities of AYY’s sub-associations and other organisations operating among students. The event begins at 5pm at Otakaari Amphi and freshmen go through checkpoints in the groups of 6-8 people. Checkpoints are open between 5pm-10pm. The afterparty begins at Smökki at 9.30pm and the best orienteering teams get to participate in the spectacular finale at Smökki during the afterparty.

Freshmen events are organised as follows:

• Wed, 3 Sept ELEC+SCI+ARTS+TF
• Thu, 4 Sept ENG+CHEM

Check out the event on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/884473431580960/

Next Tuesday, 9 Sept, engineering students will take over the Eastern harbour city and entertain their fellow residents by performing the most peculiar tasks in the our capital. Stadisuunnistus orienteering will start from the Senate Square at 6pm and checkpoints are located in Helsinki city centre.

Checkpoints are open between 6pm-9pm and the afterparty will be held at Tivoli at the address

Fredrikinkatu 51 from 9pm onwards. Tivoli offers student-friendly prices throughout the night! Afterparty admission costs €2 (not including cloakroom).

Check out the event on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/700023973398058/

10. Otatarha Race is here again on 30 Sept 

On 30 September at the Alvari Square will be held a carnival-like race amongst self-made cars. Design and build your own vehicle and participate in the race! Check the rules at the end of the description. Even if you do not build your own car, you are more than welcome to follow the races.

Registration for the event will open soon!

RULES

• 1 The vehicle must run by human power (such as pedals, pushing or pulling) – no motors allowed
• 2 Teams will compete in the race at their own risk. Teams must attend to their safety.
• 3 The number of team members or drivers is not limited.
• 4 Intentionally bumping into other racers and wrecking other’s cars is prohibited.
• 5 Racers must drive on track.
• 6 Teams will be judged on speed, the appearance of the vehicle and  the spirit of the team.

11. Work at Lakinlaskijaiset Party 2014!

Autumn is approaching and student caps have to be laid down again. Lakinlaskijaiset 2014 will be organised at Dipoli on 30 Sept and there will be renowned performers, amazing DJs and plenty of other great entertainment! This party needs plenty of people to perform various tasks, such as ticket sales, carrying equipment, decoration, cooking, security officers and van drivers! You can sign up for work at https://lomake.ayy.fi/jtmk/toihin-lakinlaskijaisiin-2014/

As a reward, workers get a free admission to the party, an overall badge and access to an afterparty for workers! In addition, workers get one achievement required for a desired pink ribbon. In order to get this ribbon, you need to work twice in one of the three major parties (Gravitaatio, May Day, Lakinlaskijaiset). There are also workstations for freshmen!

Any questions may be submitted to jtmk@list.ayy.fi

 

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 21/2014

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

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

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

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

1. This and next week’s events

Week 21

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

Week 22

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

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

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

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

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

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

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

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

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

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

4. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!

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

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

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

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

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

Good luck and Godspeed!

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

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

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

Further information:_moa.aalto.fi.

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

6. Join the open lectures of EuroEnviro2014

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

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

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

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

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

7. CVs & Interviewing Workshop: Tuesday, 27 May

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Join AIESEC Aalto

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

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

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

9. Join the youth team of WWF

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

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

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

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

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

11. Participate in brain research in Otaniemi!

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

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

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

12. Summer Course on House by Polijazz!

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

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

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

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

13. Create an experiential drink department

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

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

 

 

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 20/2014

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

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

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

1. This and next week’s events

Week 20

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

Week 21

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

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

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

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

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

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

3. Come to explore Otaniemi, our common campus!

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

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

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

Come and explore our common campus!

4. ASP – an extremely useful concept   

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

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

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

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

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

6. Hitchball 4000 – Let the adventure begin!

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

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

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

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

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

Good luck and Godspeed!

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

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

8. Helsinki Open Grand Finals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Green Campus hackathon

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

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

Find out more:

Website http://greencampus.greenhackathon.com

12. OtaKoppi season opening on 14 May 2014

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

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

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

13. Sailing demonstrations of Teekkaripurjehtijat in the spring of 2014

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

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

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