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5.5.2014

Weekly Newletter 19/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 19/2014

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

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

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

1. This and next week’s events             

Week 19

Week 20

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

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

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

The panel includes experienced parliamentarians and keen challengers:

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

The discussion will be led by Juhani MykkÀnen.

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

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

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

Further information:

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

3. Report delayed course grading

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

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

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

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

http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2014

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

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

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

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

6. Working bee at Aalto

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

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

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

7. BEST Helsinki autumn courses info evening

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

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

8. Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy

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

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

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

For more information you can find us:

9. Korona Finnish Championship contest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

28.4.2014

Weekly Newsletter 18/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 18/2014

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

May Day 2014 is here! Have a sunny labour day! P.S. Check out the May Day events and schedules at wappu.fi and share your May Day photos in social media with the hashtag #AaltoWappu.

  1. This and next week’s events
  2. Dipoli May Day 2014
  3. Waputin
  4. AYY presents: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe
  5. Office space for rent at Smökki
  6. Last chance: Apply as a mentee by 30 Apr!
  7. Respond to the survey on the cabin of the Architect Guild — win a free reservation!
  8. Highland Games 3 May 2014
  9. Join the Clean Beach working bee!
  10. FC Kissat begins outdoor rehearsals
  11. Explore the world with AIESEC’s “global citizen” programme
  12. Gadget Jam development event in Helsinki calling for participants
  13. Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy

1. This and next week’s events

Week 18

Week 19

2. Dipoli May Day 2014

The long anticipated and missed Dipoli May Day is finally here again!

In May Day Eve, Dipoli will be packed with the May Day spirit and students. This May Day, Retropop and Ukkosmaine will take care of the incredibe party atmosphere! In addition to top performers, there is much else to do in Dipoli. You can show your singing skills at OtaKala’s checkpoint, say hi to Teekkari girls or take a closer look at Radiodiodi’s activities or play dancing game at Polygame’s checkpoint! Performers will entertain the party crowd as follows:

  • 10:30pm Retropop
  • 00:00midnight RWBK
  • 00:30am Ukkosmaine

DJ Hami B will also play party music during the evening!

So come to Dipoli to honour traditions and press your student cap on your head at midnight along RWBK’s tunes! Ticket prices EUR 10/12 in advance/at the entrance or Tiketti. Check out ticket sales at dipolin.wappu.fi All May Day schedules are available at: www.wappu.fi

3.Waputin

Super Mario? Angry birds? Game music! The best way to end May Day is to come to Waputin concert ball to Millennium pavilion at Kansalaistori Square at 5pm on 1 May. In the first half of the concert, the orchestra and soloists play along the tunes from Super Mario, Angry Birds and Battlefield. Later, you can dance along waltzes, tangos and foxtrot, not to mention the showy entrance of RetuperÀn WBK and the salon band Jorma.

The concert includes both classic and quite non-classic music. The oldest May Day magazine Waputin also participates in the event. Tickets: 15 € (humans) / 7 € (students), available at www.polyteknikkojenorkesteri.fi and at the entrance of the concert. http://polyteknikkojenorkesteri.fi/waputin https://www.facebook.com/events/1437968049774604/

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

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

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

The panel includes experienced parliamentarians and keen challengers:

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

The discussion will be led by Juhani MykkÀnen.

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

Event: AYY’s EU debate: The Grand Debate on the Future of Europe
Time: Thursday, 8 May 2014, 5pm–7pm. Come and meet the representatives of political parties at Design Factory before the debate from 4pm onwards. Location: Aalto Design Factory (Betonimiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi Espoo) Social media: #EUdebate

Further information:

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

5. Office space for rent at Smökki

Aalto University Student Union offers for rent office space at the address JÀmerÀntaival 4 in Otaniemi. Office space is located in connection with Servin Mökki.

Facilities are released from current tenants on 31 June.

Further information and the floor plan are available at: /ylioppilaskunta/toimistotilaa-vuokralle/

6. Last chance: Apply as a mentee by 30 Apr!

Are you about to graduate but concerned about the future and the transition to working life? Would you like to develop your working life skills and get new perspectives from more experienced experts in the field? Are you interested in networking in the interdisciplinary group of experts?

Grab this unique opportunity and apply at: http://alumninet.aalto.fi/mentorointi. Application period: 3 March-30 April.

7. Respond to the survey on the cabin of the Architect Guild – win a free reservation!

The Architecture Club’s Cabin Foundation reviews experiences and ideas for the development of the cabin as part of its 10th anniversary strategic work. All responses are very valuable and welcome. It only takes a few minutes to respond to the survey. We will raffle a free reservation (Fri-Sat) for the cabin of the Architect Guild among those who respond to the survey by 5 May 2014. Please respond to the survey at: http://goo.gl/qsVVPY

8. Highland Games 3 May 2014

Whiskyföreningen vid teknologföreningen invites everyone to participate in Highland Games! You can sign up until May Day. Contestants will receive a wristband which they can use to taste our drinks as much as they like and they also have access to the afterparty in TF’s basement where the sauna is warm.

So what will you do on Saturday after May Day? Well, you wear your hat and a kilt or similar, come to the Alvari Square to taste whiskey ( you do not have to) and throw logs, straw bales and two different types of sledgehammers. There will also be gentleman fencing. You can sign up through the link below and there are plenty of pictures and videos in the facebook event.

Last year, the best three teams received prizes worth of hundreds of euros.

FB event

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGlUYmlUeThnYVZCWjJCS05jWm5uZ1E6MA

9. Join the Clean Beach working bee!

Do you know a beach that needs cleaning? Gather your team and let’s clean together the beaches of Espoo! The City of Espoo provides rubbish bags, gloves and picks up full rubbish bags. Associations, clubs, hobby groups, workplaces, companies, students, organisations, families and groups of friends, as well as invidivual residents, may participate in the campaign.

Date of the working bee: 12-25 May 2014. Location: Public beach areas in Espoo (participants are free to choose and report the area).

Further information and registration (no later than 8 May 2014) at: http://www.espoo.fi/fi-FI/Asuminen_ja_ymparisto/Ymparisto_ja_luonto/Ymparistotietoisuus/Suomenlahtivuosi/Suomenlahtivuosi_mukana_Siisti_Biitsi_ta%2846869%29

10. FC Kissat begins outdoor rehearsals

In the honour of the spring, FC Kissat will begin outdoor rehearsals after May Day! Rehearsals are organised in Herttoniemenranta on Mondays, from 5 May onwards, between 7.45pm-9pm. The field is located at the address Paasivaarankatu 9. All female players are welcome!

In addition to new players, FC Kissat is also looking for a new goalie for the summer.

11. Explore the world with AIESEC’s “global citizen” programme

Would you like to embrace exotic culture? Would you like to make international friends? Would you like to explore new sceneries? Would you like to learn a new language?

Then go for AIESEC Global Citizen volunteer programme in Kenya, Philippines, Colombia and many other countries. Projects last from 6-12 weeks, concerning entrepreneurship, education (language, culture, social skills, health care) and environmental issues. Are you ready to have a life-changing experience? Apply at globalcitizen-fi.com . For more information, please contact joao.corsini@aiesec.net

12. Gadget Jam development event in Helsinki calling for participants

What can you do with Kinect? How about Arduino? Do you dream of getting your hands on Oculus Rift? Come join us for this unique event held from 2 May to 4 May in central Helsinki!

Gadget Jam is a 48-hour development event dedicated entirely to all kinds of electronic devices. During the weekend the participants will be divided into teams and they race against the clock to create a working application for a gadget of their own choosing.

We welcome both professionals and hobbyists alike. You don’t need to have a team or a development idea ready before the event, all you need is an interest in gadgets and an open mind!

More information and registration: http://www.gadgetjam.org Gadget Jam 2014 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gadgetjamorg Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GadgetJamOrg

13. Startup Weekend Helsinki: Sustainability & Bioeconomy

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

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

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

For more information you can find us:

22.4.2014

AYY Weekly Newsletter 17/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 17/2014

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

May Day 2014 will truly begin this week when Academic Quarter race is organised at Alvari Square, the best pranks of the year are awarded in Prank Finale, Julkku magazine is published and sitsi contest is organised. In addition, Aalto members’ May Day radio Radiodiodi began its broadcast yesterday (radiodiodi.fi and 105,0 Mhz). Have a great May Day season!
P.S. Check out May Day events at wappu.fi and join the festivities!

  1. This and next week’s events
  2. Share your May Day photos with hashtag #AaltoWappu and win AYY Shop products
  3. Send a card to someone nice!
  4. Office space for rent at Smökki
  5. MP3 Experience surprises again on 24 April!
  6. Dipoli May Day 2014
  7. Get to know software career opportunities at Vaisala
  8. Aalto in Asia is looking for new members
  9. CALL FOR RESTAURANTS on Working Bee Day/ Restaurant Day in Aalto!
  10. Helsinki Open 2014 Debating Tournament
  11. Veritas Forum: Has Science buried God?
  12. Students’ Finnish Championships in American Football in Helsinki, 25-26 Apr

 

1. This and next week’s events

Week 17

Week 18

2. Share your May Day photos with hashtag #AaltoWappu and win AYY Shop products

May Day is here! An enormous number of events will be organised in Aalto community over the coming weeks and AYY wants to see what your May Day looks like. AYY declares open the competition where the purpose is to share May Day photos or updates in social media. Publish your photos or updates with the hashtag #AaltoWappu on facebook, instagram and/or twitter and participate in the competition. The competition period is from 00:01am, Thu, 10 Apr until 11.59pm on 1 May.
Winners will be announced after May Day in week 19 and the winning photos and updates will be shared on AYY’s facebook site. You can also enter the competition by sending your photos by e-mail to tiedottaja@ayy.fi.
AYY rewads the best May Day photos and updates with AYY hoodies and t-shirts. Winners will be notified personally.

3. Send a card to someone nice!

It is nice to get praise on your work but also to praise others. Aalto University Student Union will send a thank you card on your behalf if you tell us who has been nice to you. You can report a nice person at https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/kortti-kivoille/

Let’s remember to thank each other!

4. Office space for rent at Smökki

Aalto University Student Union offers for rent office space at the address JÀmerÀntaival 4 in Otaniemi. Office space is located in connection with Servin Mökki. Facilities are released from current tenants on 31 June.
Further information and the floor plan are available at: /ylioppilaskunta/toimistotilaa-vuokralle/

5. MP3 Experience surprises again on 24 April!

Once again it is time to confuse the pedestrians of Helsinki with the 5th MP3 Experience organised by Mosaic! 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. Previously we have done Harlem Shake on the Senate Square, invaded the main post building and done all the clichés of tourism in Esplanadi park.

What is going to happen this year? 200 people having a group hug on the Market Square? Blocking the escalators of Forum shopping centre? Hitchhiking on Mannerheimintie? There’s only one way to find out!

What: MP3 Experience
When: Thu, 24 Apr, 5pm
Where: Ruttopuisto + Helsinki city centre
How: http://mp3.wappu.fi ja https://www.facebook.com/events/450817321687478/

6. Dipoli May Day 2014

The long anticipated and missed Dipoli May Day is finally here again!

In May Day Eve, Dipoli will be packed with the May Day spirit and students. This May Day, Retropop and Ukkosmaine will take care of the incredibe party atmosphere! In addition to top performers, there is much else to do in Dipoli. You can show your singing skills at OtaKala’s checkpoint, say hi to Teekkari girls or take a closer look at Radiodiodi’s activities or play dancing game at Polygame’s checkpoint!

Performers will entertain the party crowd as follows:
10:30pm Retropop
00:00midnight RWBK
00:30am Ukkosmaine
DJ Hami B will also play party music during the evening!

So come to Dipoli to honour traditions and press your student cap on your head at midnight along RWBK’s tunes!

Ticket prices EUR 10/12 in advance/at the entrance or Tiketti.

Check out ticket sales at dipolin.wappu.fi
All May Day schedules are available at: www.wappu.fi

7. Find out about Antti’s work as a Software Engineer at Vaisala

Hey all future Software Gurus! Are you interested in leaving your professional footprint by developing software in a global company with innovative high-tech products? Did you know that Vaisala employs a team of almost one hundred highly competent software professionals? These professionals are developing software for products targeted, for example, at predicting complex weather phenomena.

If interested in learning more, check out the stories of our Software engineers Antti Sulanto and Riku Kokko. Both of them have originally graduated from Aalto University. Who knows, maybe you might be our future team member delivering cutting edge software to our demanding customers. In our team, innovative spirit, passion in your work, strong technical expertise and team player mindset are well appreciated!

Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Vaisala employs over 1,500 professionals in 15 countries, and serves customers in more than 150 countries each year. Vaisala’s technologies provide information on weather and other environmental phenomena for meteorologists, road authorities, wind farms, and tightly controlled industrial environments, for example.

8. Aalto in Asia is looking for new members

Would you like to spend the coldest and darkest part of the Finnish winter in Asia? Aalto in Asia is organising a trip to the Far East to explore the growing markets, hottest corporations and start-ups.

Apply now! Aalto in Asia is looking for new members for both the fundraising team as well as the media team. The main duties of these teams are to collect sponsors and to promote Aalto in Asia, respectively. In addition, Aalto in Asia is looking for an experienced individual with expertise in organising seminars, with the main responsibility of organising a seminar during the autumn of 2014.

If you are interested, please send your CV and motivation letter to sanni.siipilehto@aalto.fi. Applications will be considered according to first-come-first-serve principle! If you have other talents like blogging, video editing, writing, negotiating, etc. that might be useful, please let us know.

For further information, please visit our homepage:
https://www.facebook.com/aaltoinasia

9. CALL FOR RESTAURANTS on Working Bee Day / Restaurant Day at Aalto!

On Saturday, 17 May, Aalto University invites the staff, students, alumni and rest of the community to take part in the National Working Bee Day. The area of Puumiehenkuja block will undergo some major development in the future and this day will be a nice opportunity to take part in the forthcoming new campus plans.

This day also happens to be the Restaurant Day, so if you feel the master chef inside you or just fancy contributing in some other way and help on Working Bee Day, please contact heikki.sjoman@aalto.fi (050-3849719) who coordinates catering and join your restaurant with other Aalto kitchens that will feed the hungry working bee participants! Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/537249719726974/

What: Found a restaurant for a day!
When: 17 May, 11am-5m (food will be served at least between 12noon-3pm)
Where: Working Bee: Puumiehenkuja 5 area / Kitchens: ADDLAB SÀhkömiehentie 4 G

10. Helsinki Open 2014 Debating Tournament

Aalto Debating Society and Helsinki Debating Society have combined their forces to organise the biggest ever international debating tournament in Helsinki. The tournament takes place on Friday 16 May – Sunday 18 May on the City Centre Campus of the University of Helsinki.

Make the most out of this unique opportunity and either

  1. Debate in the tournament! Jump out of your comfort zone and start debating. See how much you can learn in approximately one month and surprise yourself. We will help you in the process! Come to our weekly debates or contact us at aaltodebatingsociety@gmail.com
  2. Help making the event even better by volunteering! Send us your contact details through http://bit.ly/1hQlhG1
  3. Write down Sunday 18 May to your calendar and come to the grand finals. Unique chance to see world-class debating in Finland! Stay tuned for more information.

For more information about the tournament:
http://helsinkiopen.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/215663125298590″

11. Veritas Forum: Has Science buried God?

This spring, Veritas Forum Finland has organised a series of discussions around world view questions. The tour will end with the visit of John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics from the University of Oxford, who will discuss with Matti Kamppinen, Professor in Comparative Religion from the University of Helsinki on the topic “Has Science Buried God?”.

Has Science Buried God? (in English)
(Discussion is based on Lennox’s book under the same title) Fri, 25 Apr, 2pm-4pm, University of Helsinki, Main Buiding, Hall 1, Fabianinkatu 33

Debaters:

  • John Lennox (Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford)
  • Matti Kamppinen (Professor in Comparative Religion, University of Turku)
  • Moderator: Markus Lammenranta, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/486239151480545/

The event is organised by Veritas Forum Finland http://www.veritasforum.fi/. OPKO Helsinki, Ristin kilta, Atheos and TYT participate in the event.

12. Students’ Finnish Championships in American Football in Helsinki, 25-26 Apr

Students’ Finnish Championships in American football will be organised in Helsinki on 25-26 Apr. Come to follow explosive entertainment! Qualification matches on Friday, finales on Saturday. The event also includes a cheerleader contest and entertainment for children.
Tickets EUR 5, students EUR 3, free admission for children. Tickets include admission to the after party on Saturday: http://osm2014.fi/
The main partner is Qentinel, other partners are Accenture and TEK. Players are accommodated by Omena Hotels. Procter & Gamble also participates in the event. MVP prize is offered by TMS Footballshop.

14.4.2014

Weekly Newsletter 16/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 16/2014

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

AYY’s scholarships are open for applications until 11.59pm on Tuesday, 15 Apr at ayy.fi/stipendit.

The weekly newsletter will be released next week on Tuesday after Easter. Have a relaxing Easter holiday!

  1. This and next week’s events
  2. Apply for Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group!
  3. Office space for rent at Smökki
  4. Apply as a student representative in administration 2014 in the supplementary call for applications
  5. Submit your events for AYY’s student calendar 2014-2015
  6. Students with an Aalto email address to be updated with Aalto address to Oodi starting from 28 April
  7. Apply as an AYY’s representative for KENKKU for the academic year 2014-2015
  8. Apply now for EuroEnviro, a student symposium on environment
  9. Prank finale, 23 Apr, 3pm @ Hall M
  10. KY City Challenge is arranged for the tenth time!
  11. Apply for AEGEE’s summer university by 23 Apr
  12. On the Couch: Business Alleviating Poverty?
  13. Atheos: Debate about intelligent design

1. This and next week’s events

Week 16

Week 17

2. Apply for Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group!

Otaniemi will have major changes and development ahead. As a major operator in the area, the Student Union has the opportunity to influence the final content of Otaniemi land use, as well as the development of entire Otaniemi.

AYY is looking for AYY’s members who are interested in city planning to participate in Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group. The working group members are expected to have basic understanding of land use planning. The knowledge of community planning, land use planning and/or traffic engineering, studies and experience in the field are considered an advantage. We aim at having a diverse working group, where different points of view are represented.

Further information on the working groups and its activities is available on AYY’s website at ayy.fi/blog/2014/04/07/hae-mukaan-otaniemen-aluesuunnittelun-tyoryhmaan/ (in Finnish) or from AYY Board Member Pyry Haahtela (040 480 8627 / pyry.haahtela@ayy.fi)

Please apply no later than 8am on Tue, 22 Apr at https://lomake.ayy.fi/asuminen/hakulomake-otaniemen-aluesuunnittelun-tyoryhmaan/

3. Office space for rent at Smökki

Aalto University Student Union offers office space for rent at the address JÀmerÀntaival 4 in Otaniemi. Office space is located in connection with Servin Mökki.

Facilities will be released from current tenants on 30 June 2014.
Further information and the floor plan can be found at: /ylioppilaskunta/toimistotilaa-vuokralle/

4. Apply as a student representative in administration 2014 in a supplementary call for applications

You still have time to apply as a student representative in administration in a supplementary call for applications! Student representatives in administration, ”hallopeds”, are ordinary students who do important work for better education and a better university. We need more student representatives for the student financial aid committee, degree committee, as well as the education councils of BIZ, SCI and ELEC. Please apply now, as the call for applications will end already at 11.59pm on 15 Apr.

All available positions and electronic applications forms are available at  https://www.halloped.fi/fi/aalto
Call for applications and further information can be found at /blog/2014/04/04/hae-taydennyshaussa-hallinnon-opiskelijaedustajaksi-2014/

5. 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).

6. Students with an Aalto email address to be updated with Aalto address to Oodi starting from 28 April

A reform in the policy regarding the students’ email addresses will take place on 28 April. After the reform, all other students except the students of Open University and doctoral students, will have their @aalto.fi email address updated as their primary email address in Oodi.

After the change on 28 April, the students who have an Aalto email address will not be able to change or update their primary email in WebOodi. For the students of Open University, it is recommended that their email should be updated via AIMO although other email addresses than @aalto.fi can still be updated in WebOodi.

If students wish to forward their email from @aalto.fi address to another email address, this can be done at mail.aalto.fi according to the following guide:

https://inside.aalto.fi/display/ITServices/Forwarding+e-mails+%28students%29 (requires Aalto-login)

After the reform, the students can use the same email address in all services for teaching and studying and the reform increases information security and identifiability at Aalto.

Student Information Systems
Student Services

7. Apply as an AYY’s representative for KENKKU for the academic year 2014-2015

The Development Cooperation Advisory Board KENKKU is the adviser of SYL Board in development cooperation matters. KENKKU is responsible for the administration of SYL’s development cooperation projects together with the development cooperation coordinator. The work in KENKKU includes assisting in project management, reporting, overseeing project budgets and monitoring on-going projects.

Please send an informal application to milla.ovaska@ayy.fi by 5 May 2014.

Further information on KENKKU, its duties and the application process can be found at: /blog/2014/04/10/hae-ayyn-edustajaksi-syln-kehitysyhteistyoasian-neuvottelukunta-kenkkuun-lukuvuodelle-2014-2015/ (in Finnish)

8. Apply now for EuroEnviro, a student symposium on environment

EuroEnviro is an annual European student symposium on the environment. It is held every year in a changing European country, by students for fellow students. In 2014, the EuroEnviro will be hosted in Helsinki (May 17th to 25th) with the theme Transforming societies – towards an environmentally sustainable future.

We will accept 55 participants from all over Europe to participate in the symposium. Out of these, 15 places are reserved for students of the University of Helsinki and Aalto university (both degree and exchange students). Now is your chance to apply!

We will accept all eligible applicants on the first come first served basis, so be fast to secure your place! To apply and for more information on the admission criteria, see:
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/euroenviro2014/applicationhelsinki
Application related questions to: euroenviro2014.application@gmail.com

9. Prank finale, 23 Apr, 3pm @ Hall M

Now is a good time to start May Day!

Come and check out this year’s finest and most hilarious pranks in Hall M in Kanditalo building at 3pm on Wednesday, 23 Apr! The event has been greatly popular so please arrive on time to ensure your seat.

Also remember the public voting which opens immediately after the prank finale at www.jÀynÀ.fi!

The winner and the public’s favourite of the 27th prank contest in Otaniemi will be published on the roof of Smökki in connection with the May Day declaration on 30 Apr.

10. KY City Challenge is here already for the tenth time!

Now is again the time to strecth your muscles and head to the rougher side of the Ring Road III. The highly popular KY City Challenge will transform the Helsinki region into an urban adventure field, which the competitors will conquer by running, cycling and paddling against time. Gather a group of three persons and get ready to challenge yourself at adventure checkpoints along the way! The competition requires courage, perseverance and team work skills. Do you have what it takes?

Challenge accepted? Please sign up for the most unforgettable adventure by 18 Apr at: www.kycitychallenge.fi/ilmoittautuminen

Link to fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/672903019420138/?fref=ts

11. Apply for AEGEE’s summer university by 23 Apr

“Summer University” courses are not academic courses. The fee for a Summer University course is only 90€ per week at max.
The price covers:

  • Accommodation
  • Breakfast and a warm meal every day
  • Programme for two weeks and related journeys (NB! Flight costs are not included.)

For more information check: www.aegee.org/su and www.aegee-helsinki.org or send your questions here: board@aegee-helsinki.org

  • Check the Summer Universities for next summer here: http://www.projects.aegee.org/suct/su2014/
  • How to apply? Check this page: http://www.aegee-helsinki.org/activities/aegee-summer-universities-2014

PLEASE APPLY BEFORE 23 APRIL!

12. On the Couch: Business Alleviating Poverty?

Friday night, pizza, beer, poverty and business – this time On The Couch will be discussing the controversial topic of poverty alleviation through business! What does it mean? How does it work? Are win – win situations possible? The second On The Couch invites Reetta Nevala from the Ekokriha project and Tytti Nahi, a researcher in Aalto University to join the Couch to discuss and answer your critical questions around the topic.
The event will take place on Friday, 25 Apr, 6.30pm in Helsinki City center (tbc). Please sign up by 16 Apr 2014 by sending an email to aaltosbc@gmail.com with the headline “On the couch”.
Further information: /en/blog/events/on-the-couch-business-alleviating-poverty-25-4-2013/

13. Atheos: Debate night about intelligent design

Atheos – atheist engineering students – will organise a debate night about intelligent design in Hall E of the Main Building at 6pm on Thursday, 17 Apr (the event starts at 6pm sharp!). Presentations by Otto Pellinen, Mikko Lehikoinen and Ilmari Hirvonen. Titles of presentations can be found at: /blog/events/tieteellinen-paattely-ja-suunnittelun-tunnistaminen/

7.4.2014

Weekly Newsletter 15/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 15/2014

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

The traditional AYY’s wappu.fi site will tell you again what you should do on May Day! Add your event to the list or collect the best tips into your own calendar. Share your May Day photos or updates in social media by using the hashtag #AaltoWappu and win AYY Shop products!

Have a great May Day season!

  1. This and next week’s events
  2. Apply for Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group!
  3. Share your May Day photos or status with hashtag #AaltoWappu and win AYY Shop products
  4. Come bungee jump and run the Akateeminen Wartti on the 22nd April
  5. Student day at Kiasma, Fri, 25 Apr, 10am-8.30pm
  6. Beer Pong Finnish Championships
  7. Humans vs Zombies in Otaniemi on 9-10 May
  8. Registration for sailing courses is now open!
  9. Opening of Julkku season, Sat, 12 Apr @ Smökki Terrace

1. This and next week’s events

Week 15

Week 16

2. Apply for Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group!

Otaniemi will have major changes and development ahead. As a major operator in the area, the Student Union has the opportunity to influence the final content of Otaniemi land use, as well as the development of entire Otaniemi. The Student Union’s most important objectives are to increase student housing, develop services in Otaniemi and secure good public transport connections. The working group’s task is to produce concrete proposals in order to implement these objectives in urban planning. The Student Union will present the proposals of the working group to the city planning commission and the chief planners of the City Planning Department, among others.

AYY is looking for AYY’s members who are interested in city planning to participate in Otaniemi Regional Planning Working Group. The working group members are expected to have basic understanding of land use planning. The knowledge of community planning, land use planning and/or traffic engineering, studies and experience in the field are considered an advantage. We aim at having a diverse working group, where different points of view are represented.

The working group members are expected to be interested in Otaniemi planning process and commit themselves to the working group. The working group members are expected to participate in meetings (once a month). In addition, the working group members are expected to work slightly more (approx. 2-3 workshops) in May, as there are only 30 weekdays to make comments and submit amendment proposals on the draft plan of Otaniemi Center area from the publication of the plan. The term will last until the end of the year 2014, after which the future of the working group will be decided separately. The working language is Finnish.

You can apply at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/asuminen/hakulomake-otaniemen-aluesuunnittelun-tyoryhmaan/

Further information on the working groups and its activities is available on AYY’s website at ayy.fi/blog/2014/04/07/hae-mukaan-otaniemen-aluesuunnittelun-tyoryhmaan/ (in Finnish) or from AYY Board Member Pyry Haahtela (040 480 8627 / pyry.haahtela@ayy.fi)

3. Share your May Day photos or status with hashtag #AaltoWappu and win AYY Shop products

May Day is approaching fast! An enormous number of events will be organised in Aalto community over the coming weeks and AYY wants to see what your May Day looks like. AYY declares open the competition where the purpose is to share May Day photos or updates in social media. Publish your photos or updates with the hashtag #AaltoWappu on facebook, instagram and/or twitter and participate in the competition. The competition period is from 00:01am, Thu, 10 Apr until 11.59pm on 1 May.

Winners will be announced after May Day in week 19 and the winning photos and updates will be shared on AYY’s facebook site. You can also enter the competition by sending your photos by e-mail to tiedottaja@ayy.fi.

AYY rewads the best May Day photos and updates with AYY hoodies and t-shirts. Winners will be notified personally.

P.S. AYY’s wappu.fi site is open! Add your own event to the calendar and see what you should do on May Day. Have a great May Day season!

4. Come bungee jump and run the Akateeminen Wartti on the 22nd April

Aava 2014 will organize the 64th Academic Quarter at Alvari Square in Otaniemi on 22 Apr 2014.
Academic Quarter is the higher education students’ laid-back and action-packed relay race, where teams will try to proceed as far as possible in 15 minutes.

In the event, you will also get to see a phenomenal dance show, enjoy music and jump a bungee jump! If you are too scared of the 50-metre tower, you can also jump around in a safe and familiar bouncy castle.

ADMISSION FEES FOR RACE CATEGORIES:

  • FUN: EUR 10/team
  • COMPETITIVE: EUR 24/team
  • CIGAR: EUR 60/team
  • BUNGEE FEE: ONLY EUR 35

When we have finished all the running and jumping, it is time to go to Bada Bing of the Chemistry Guild’s PreWappu in Tapiola.

5. Student day at Kiasma, Fri, 25 Apr, 10am-8.30pm

Free admission with a student card.

Kiasma offers students free admission to explore the art of internationally recognised Alfredo Jaar and Kiasma Hits exhibition, as well as LĂ -bas performance biennial at Kiasma Theatre on Friday, 25 Apr. The student day includes, among other things, debate tours in exhibitions and Artist Amal Laala’s Design Your Opinion workshop.

Further information: http://www.kiasma.fi/tapahtumat-ja-luennot/opiskelijapaiva.

6 Beer Pong Finnish Championships

The students’ Beer Pong Championships are here again! Aalto Beer Pong will organise their largest tournament of the year during Easter holidays, on Good Friday, 18 April. Smökki has never seen this many beer pong players at once trying to achieve the title of the Beer Pong Champion!
Sign up for the tournament at http://abp.ayy.fi/tournament-sign-up/ , the registration is binding.
The tournament costs EUR6/team which does not include the game drinks. The event takes place in Otaniemi Smökki, JÀmerÀntaival 4, Espoo

The May Day atmosphere is sponsored by Julkku!
Link to FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1484711858415328/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

7. Humans vs Zombies in Otaniemi on 9-10 May 

Zombies are here again! Aalto’s first-ever Humans vs Zombies game was organised last autumn. The group of two hundred players took over Otaniemi in the zombie revolution. Now is the time for humans to gather their troops and start the resistance.

Physicist Guild and Aalto Community Section Aava will organise Humans vs Zombies game in Otaniemi on the second weekend in May. The event is open and free to all. There will be tough battles, unexpected events and memorable experiences with old and new friends. So do not miss the most interesting adventure of the spring, read more at http://www.fyysikkokilta.fi/zombi/ and sign up.

8. Registration for sailing courses is now open!

Do you want to learn to sail? Participate in the sailor or first mate course of Teekkaripurjehtijat!

In the sailing course, you will learn how to manage the boat, lift, lower and adjust sails, safety issues and convenience factors. You do not need to know anything about sailing in advance. If you already have some sailing experience or have taken the sailor course already, you can continue learning in the first mate course.

The course consists of theory sessions on Tue, 22 Apr and Wed, 23 Apr between 5pm-9pm in Otaniemi and practical training in the boat. Practical training sessions are organised in groups on weekends in May-June.

Further information and registration: http://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/?page_id=231

Course price for Trip members: students €200, graduates €350
Membership: AYY members €20, other students €25, graduates €40

9. Opening of Julkku season, Sat, 12 Apr @ Smökki Terrace

This year, May Day will begin after the exam week in the opening of Julkku season on Saturday, 12 Apr, 1pm-6pm!

Come to the terrace in front of Smökki to enjoy the sun, music, May Day spirit, and bathe and wash your sins away!

At the location, you can make Julkku deals, after which you can wear your brand new sales shirt, put the dazzling Julkku sunglasses on your head, sew ”Julkku seller 2014” overall badge on your overalls and enjoy the organic refreshments of Saimaan Juomatehdas and Julkku’s catering.

31.3.2014

Weekly Newsletter 14/2014

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This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 14/2014

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

AYY’s scholarships are open for applications until 15 Apr 2014 at ayy.fi/stipendit.

  1. This and next week’s events
  2. Elaboration on the practices of weekly and association newsletters
  3. AYY is looking for a summer assistant for the housing office
  4. Aino magazine’s survey on academic sexism
  5. Work for Dipoli May Day 2014
  6. Get a security officer training
  7. President’s Aalto coffee at 9am on 8 Apr
  8. NuDe’s spring exhibitio “Rajamailla” on display at Lasipalatsi during this week
  9. All about Finnish Red Cross course in Tapiola
  10. Become a support person for a child or young person!

1. This and next week’s events

Week 14

Week 15

2. Elaboration on the practices of weekly and association newsletters

AYY publishes weekly and association newsletters every week. The purpose of the newsletters is to distribute information to the community about the activities of AYY and its associations and partners.

About 10 pieces of news are published weekly in the weekly newsletter. News cover topics that are relevant to the student union members. These include, among other things, news concerning the student card, student financial aid and other social affairs, the university’s releases that affect the student’s everyday life (e-mail service breaks, printing services, renovation of essential facilities, etc.) and interesting current events about the community. Information concerns as many AYY members as possible. Sports releases are also published in the weekly newsletter.

The association newsletter includes news that are relevant to associations. The recipients are associations, not individual members. Association news can include, for example, AYY’s training or grant advertisements, recruitment for working bees or the releases of associations to one another (e.g. releases about reserving tickets as an association). From now on, all texts for the association and weekly newsletters should be submitted to tiedotteet@ayy.fi. The communications specialist and communications officer will divide texts to the right newsletter in accordance with the above-mentioned description.

NB! The deadline for the association newsletter is 10am on Wednesday (published on Friday) and the deadline for the weekly newsletter is 10am on Thursday (published on the following Monday). The delay between the deadline and publicaton is due to the fact that all texts are translated into Swedish and English. Please take translating into account in your text: If the event is held in Finnish, please specify it by saying that ”The language of the seminar is Finnish” or ”Participation requires Finnish skills”.

If you have any feedback/comments/development ideas in terms of AYY’s newsletters, you can send them to tiedotteet@ayy.fi. Communications Specialist Kati Penttinen and Communications Officer Henna Lahti are glad to receive any ideas.

3. AYY is looking for a summer assistant for the housing office

AYY is looking for a SUMMER ASSISTANT for the housing office at Otaniemi Service Point for the period 5 May–30 Sept 2014 (or as agreed). The summer assistant works as part of AYYs housing office team. We particularly need the summer assistant for customer service. Duties include, among others, personal customer service, customer service related to e-mails and phone calls, coordination and responding to various housing inquiries. The position is suitable for a student of Aalto University, for example. The applicant should have a systematic approach and a positive attitude to customer service. The ability to use information systems and good basic skills in MS Office systems are necessary. In the customer service position, the applicant should have a good command of  English and Finnish, Swedish skills are an advantage.

The salary is based on the wage group II in the student union’s collective agreement. Weekly working hours are 37.5. Please send a written application and CV no later than Wednesday, 9 Apr 2014 to rekrytointi@ayy.fi. For further information on the position, please contact Housing Specialist Jaakko Koivula, tel. 050 520 9444 and Chief Financial Officer Reija VÀÀtĂ€inen, tel. 040 7095900.

/ylioppilaskunta/avoimet-tyopaikat/ayy-hakee-kesaapulaista-asuntotoimistoon/

4. Aino magazine’s survey on academic sexism

Aalto student magazine Aino will include an article about gender discrimination in the academic community. Please help us to write a better article by responding to the survey here.

It takes approx. 2 minutes to respond to the survey. Thank you!

5. Work for Dipoli May Day 2014!

April and May Day are approaching, and now you have the opportunity to get new ribbons! This year, May Day party will be organised on 30 Apr at Dipoli after a few years break and we need plenty of workers for a successful party! We need workers for different duties, such as ticket sales, security, roadie work, decoration, technology, cooking and driving the van. Registration will begin at 12noon on Tuesday, 1 Apr, through this link.

Workers have free admission through a separate VIP door, overall badge, one of the two achievements required for the pink ribbon, the legendary May Day basket and admission to the afterparty for employees! This year, the fastest workers to sign up will also get a seat for the karaoke bus to Ullis on 1 May!
Questions can be sent by e-mail to jtmk@list.ayy.fi. The form will be closed when we have enough employees. After this, you can still contact us via e-mail if you want to be added to biletmk mailing list. Those on the list will receive information about recruitments before others.

6. Get a security officer training

AYY offers a basic course of a security officer (32 hours) for the fastest 20 persons to register. The course will be held on Fri, 11 Apr-Mon, 14 Apr. Training is available free of charge when you promise to work as a security officer in four (4) AYY’s events by the end of the year 2015. The training will be held in Finnish.

After passing the final exam, you will receive the course certificate. A person who has successfully completed the course must apply for the right to act as a security officer from the local police. The card costs approximately €30 and it is valid for up to five years at a time. You are personally responsible for the payment of the card fee.

See a detailed course schedule and content and sign up at https://lomake.ayy.fi/vapaaehtoiset/kouluttaudu-jarjestyksenvalvojaksi/

7.  President’s Aalto Coffee 8 April at 9.00 am

All faculty, staff and students are warmly welcome to President’s Aalto Coffee on 8 April at 9.00-10.30 am in Otaniemi, Otakaari 1, Hall E.

Ilkka NiemelĂ€ who is the acting president during Tuula Teeri’s sabbatical will tell about current issues at Aalto. We will also have two new staff members presenting themselves: Head of Security and Risk Management Seija Piiponniemi-Lahti and Communications Director Elina ÄmmĂ€lĂ€.

The languages of the presentation are both Finnish and English (if needed). Questions and discussion are welcome in English, Swedish or Finnish.

Please, register no later than 31 March: https://eage.aalto.fi/?fs/en/aalto_kahvit

8. Spring exhibition of NuDe “Rajamailla” on display at Lasipalatsi during this week

“Rajamailla” is the spring exhibition of young designers NuDe. This year, the exhibition theme is moving at the interface of art and design. New works of art are offerd to you by students of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. The exhibition is open for a week between 31 Mar-6 Apr every day at 12noon-10pm. The opening of the spring exhibition will be held on Monday, 31 Mar, 6pm-11pm. Welcome!

Exhibition on facebook.

9. All about Finnish Red Cross course in Tapiola

The Red Cross is the world’s largest humanitarian aid organisation in the world, millions of voluntary people work wherever help is needed most. Would you also like to get involved? Want to find out about different people and at the same time to do something which brings joy for you and others? Do not hesitate, you’re needed!

The course is free of charge, is held in English and is intended for anyone interested in Red Cross activities! The course is organized by Finnish Red Cross Tapiola branch.

  • WHAT? History, ideology and international operations of the Red Cross organisation. Volunteer work at Red Cross. Everyday heroes’ stories.
  • WHEN? Wednesday, 2 April, at 6pm
  • WHERE? In TuulimĂ€en kalliosuoja, ItĂ€tuulenkuja 9, Tapiola.
  • QUESTIONS & HOW TO REGISTER? More information and signing up for the course by 1April to international@spr-tapiola.org

10.  Become a support person for a child or young person!

Are you interested in volunteer work among children and young people? Would you like to give your time, presence and a positive adult relationship to a child or a young person? EHJÄ is looking for volunteer adults to become support persons for children, young people and young persons who are becoming independent from child caring institutions in the metropolitan area. A support person and a child/young person meet about 1-3 times per month and do various nice things together. They can go ice skating, spend a summer day eating ice cream or go to the theatre, for example.

The next training will be organised in the middle of April. The training will be held in Finnish.

Read more through the link http://www.ehja.fi/kuvat/tukihenkiloksi.pdf

Contact details:

  • If you are interested in becoming a support person for children and young people: tukihenkilo@ehja.fi / 045 132 9321
  • If you are interested in becoming a support person for young people who are becoming independent: vilhelmiina.kemppainen@ehja.fi / 045 8439651