6.4.2011

Newsletter 12/2011

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This is the AYY newsletter 12/2011

Remember to participate in AYY’s great election panel on Wednesday, 6 April!

  1. This week’s events
  2. AYY’s great election panel!
  3. Advance polling stations of the parliamentary elections on Aalto University campuses
  4. AYY’s ribbon on sale at the service points of Otaniemi and the School of Economics
  5. AYY and Red Cross organise a fund raise on Thursday, 7 April
  6. Two week’s holiday at the summer university of AEGEE – the application period is ongoing!
  7. Suggest a Teaching Act of the spring 2011
  8. Respond to the customer survey of University Sports Services

1. This week’s events

2. AYY’s great election panel!

How should careers be lengthened? How many nuclear plant permissions will be provided in the next electoral term? Will education be free in the future? Will Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen be merged with Helsinki? Will Finland join NATO? You can get answers to these and many other questions in the great election panel of the Aalto University Student Union (AYY)! The event will be arranged at Otakaari 1 (TKK’s old main building), Hall A, 2nd floor, 4pm-6pm, on Wednesday, 6 April. The following MP candidates will answer the questions: Raija Vahasalo (kok), Antti Kaikkonen (kesk), Mikael Jungner (SDP), Jussi Saramo (vas), Jyrki Kasvi (vihr), Christina Gestrin (RKP), Arto Lahti (KD) and Simon Elo (ps).

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

3. Advance polling stations of the parliamentary elections on Aalto University campuses

The advance voting of the parliamentary elections will be organised on 6-12 April 2011. You need to have your identity card with you and the notice of your right to vote which you have received by mail. You can vote in advance on Aalto University campuses at the following locations:

In Arabianranta Library in Aralis library centre (Hämeentie 135 A, Helsinki), you can vote on weekdays between 10am-6pm and on Saturday, 9 April and Sunday, 10 April at 10am-3pm.

In Otaniemi campus library (Otaniementie 9, Espoo), you can vote on weekdays at 9am-8pm and on Saturday, 9 April and Sunday, 10 April at 12noon-4pm. The polling station is located in the lecture hall of the library. On Sunday, only the lobby, lecture hall  and toilets are open in the library.

The nearest advance polling station to the School of Economics is the main post office in Helsinki  (Elielinaukio 2 F, Helsinki),where you can vote on weekdays at 8am-8pm and on the weekend at 10am-4pm.

Further information: http://www.vaalit.fi/index.htm

4. AYY’s ribbon on sale at the service points of Otaniemi and the School of Economics

AYY’s members can now buy the student union ribbon from the service points of Otaniemi and the School of Economics. The colours of AYY’s ribbon from top to bottom are purple (PMS 248U) and silver. Colour relations are 5-2. Ribbon width is 3 centimetres. The price of the full-length ribbon (2 metres) is 4 euro. The ribbon can also be used as a rosette, in which case it is used on the right bodice of a dress. You need 1.50 metres of ribbon for the rosette, which costs 3 euro.

All current and former student union members and employees have the right to use the ribbon. The student union ribbon is worn from the right shoulder down to the left hip. Men and women wear the ribbon in a similar manner. The ribbon is worn over clothes and it should not touch bare skin.

5. AYY and Red Cross organise a fund raise on Thursday, 7 April

Japan’s earthquake has again reminded us that disaster can happen anytime and anywhere. Now you can act and help the victims of the disaster: gather a group of friends, a freshman group or take your whole association and join the fund raise with donation cans on Thursday, 7 April. In the fund raise, you can help the victims of various disasters in current and future catastrophes around the world. The funds are directed to Red Cross’s disaster fund. In addition to good conscience, the group which collects the most funds can decide which AYY premises they want to rent for free.

You can sign up at rasmus.rantanen@ayy.fi by 6pm on Monday, 4 April. When you sign up, please mention the name and the size of the group, the contact person and one’s email address and telephone number.

Further information on the disaster fund and the fund raise is available at http://lahjoita.fi/katastrofirahasto and rasmus.rantanen@ayy.fi.

6. Two week’s holiday at the summer university of AEGEE – the application period is ongoing!

Are you interested in getting to know another country’s culture guided by local students or spend some ecstatic time in the bustle of some European city? If you think this sounds too good to be true, don’t worry! This is not a profit-making agency or a scam for students but a super-duper-hyper opportunity to spend a great summer holiday provided by the international student organisation AEGEE! The application deadline is  24 April. Application instructions to the summer universities are available at AEGEE-Helsinki website at www.aegee-helsinki.org.

This is a summer course of approximately two weeks which does not involve any academic studies or credit fishing. Instead, the summer university offers courses with different themes in numerous European destinations. Courses are attended by 20-30 European students with whom you can celebrate, learn and make friends with during two weeks. The themes of the courses may vary from dancing to journalism and from politics to art! The maximum participation fee is only €90 per week. The price includes at least accommodation, breakfast, one hot meal each day as well as trips included in the programme.

You can hear more about all this when you arrive at the info night of the summer university at 6pm on Monday, 11 April 2011, on the main side of KY premises (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21B, 3rd floor).

7. Suggest a Teaching Act of the spring 2011

Is teaching valued enough at Aalto University? Have you experienced great teaching at Aalto this spring?

ADF Teacher Forum has launched the Teaching Act of the Spring 2011 challenge among all the pedagogical actors at Aalto. The winning act – either large or small, done by either a student, teacher or other Aalto member(s) – must have somehow contributed to enhancing a new, student-oriented, problem-based, fun, innovative, motivating, multidisciplinary or otherwise better learning culture at Aalto University.

Suggestions for outstanding teaching acts can be sent to Maria Clavert via email (maria.clavert@aalto.fi) by 8 April 2011. In your suggestion, please describe the teaching act and reveal the name(s) behind the action. The winning act will be voted in Teacher Forum on 18 April. Join the action and suggest your favourite Teaching Act of the spring!

8. Respond to the customer survey of University Sports Services

What kind of sports services do you want? Are you satisfied with the current services of University Sports Services? Please tell us about your hopes and experiences by responding to the customer survey of University Sports Services. You can help the university sports services to develop their services and you can win product prizes or a gift certificate to a massage.

It takes approximately 5-10 minutes to respond to the survey. You can respond to the survey between 30 March-15 April 2011. The draw is carried out after this period. Please respond to the survey at: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/27049/lomake.html.

The link of the week

Teekkari Car Club and OUBS drove across Finland from Kolari to Espoo with the electric cars sponsored by  TA-yhtiöt. Watch the result, Ilman bensaa documentary made by OUBS: http://oubs.fi/suomi/ohjelma/11151//Ilman+bensaa+-+S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6autodokkari

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