This is AYY’s association newsletter 4/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset
Only 20 days left to the beginning of the application period of the operating grant. You can already refresh your association’s memory and read through ayy.fi website Grants for Associations. The updated scoring model for the application of the operating grant will be published shortly and announced in future association newsletters.
- AYY’s operating grants 2012
- Gravitation is here again!
- Have you already signed up for SELL Games 2012?
- Training day for slippery driving by Teekkari Car Club on 12 Feb
- Leisure and coastal skipper courses of teekkari sailors
- Assistance for summer job search in technology fields
1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012
As in the previous years, AYY’s operating grants can be applied for the year 2012 in the spring. You should mark down in your calendar the following dates; Thursday, 1 March, when the application system will open and Sunday, 1 April, when it will close. You can already read AYY.fi section Grants for Associations, so that you are aware of the obligations that the association has in order to receive the operating grant. There may be changes made to the scoring model of the grants on the website in early February. The English and Swedish translations of the scoring model will be available at the end of February.
2. GRAVITATION IS HERE AGAIN!
Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb. Gravitation is the largest cross-disciplinary party of the beginning of the year and this party will be amazing! Gravitation is arranged at The Circus and it is the official party of the Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill. Performers include the fantastic Jare & VilleGalle, Haloo Helsinki! and naturally a DJ that will keep the dance floor full. So come and warm yourself up after all the sledding!
Further information: /en/blog/events/gravitation-2012/
3. HAVE YOU ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR SELL GAMES 2012?
Have you noticed that SELL Games 2012 will be organised in Otaniemi? The main organisers are Aalto University Student Union (AYY) and Aalto University Sports Club.
Since these games are hosted by us, we try to collect the largest possible team to represent our own university. We need more participants from the School of Economics and the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, in particular.
Send this message forward to the members, so we can arrange an amazing event!
If SELL Games are not familiar to you, please read this brief information on SELL website http://sell2012.fi/organization/.
After the financial assistance of Unisport, three day participation including meals and HSL ticket will cost €40 for Aalto University students. You can gather your own team from your sports club or participate as an individual to compete and enjoy the sporty atmosphere! You can sign up for the games directly at https://lomake.ayy.fi/liikunta/registration_sell2012/. The deadline for registration at the price of €40 is 20 March and the registration is binding. You can also sign up after 20 March but at a higher price.
For more information on participation and Aalto University’s own team, please contact Sports Specialist Heidi Heiskanen, heidi.heiskanen@ayy.fi.
4. TEEKKARI CAR CLUB ARRANGES A TRAINING DAY FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING ON 12 FEB
Do not be a deer in the headlights! Teekkari Car Club (TAK) will arrange the ice track day for slippery driving training in Hyvinkään Vauhtipuisto Park on Sunday, 12 Feb 2012, 3pm–6pm. Please do not hesitate to participate. If you don’t have the skills, we will help you. You can participate with your own/dad’s/friend’s/some one else’s car. The car club is not responsible for damage that might occur. We will, however, take our own van and car trailer to the event in case it will be needed. The fee for the car club members is €5 and the fee for non-members is €20. The membership of the car club costs €15.
The car club builds and repairs its members’ cars, makes excursions, goes to the sauna at different locations, organises events and attends parties. On every first Friday of every summer month, we cruise around the city and a couple of times a year we drive at Ahvenisto motor-racing track. Join the action! Further information (in Finnish) is available at: http://tak.tky.fi/tak/index.php.
5. LEISURE AND COASTAL SKIPPER COURSES OF TEEKKARI SAILORS
Again this spring, TRIP (technology students sailing club) will arrange the leisure and coastal skipper courses of the Finnish Navigation Union (Suomen navigaatioliitto). Registration for courses is now open.
The leisure skipper course is the beginner’s course for navigation and water traffic regulations, among other things. You will learn to find your way between the right signs, read directions on a map and identify other ships based on their lights.
The course will start from the basics so you do not need any preliminary information. The course includes 7 lectures. The lectures will be arranged from 21 Feb onwards on Tuesdays, 5.30pm-8pm. The exam will be arranged on Friday, 20 Apr, 6pm-10pm. The exact dates can be found via the link for additional information.
The coastal skipper course is a continuation for the leisure skipper course and provides further information on tides, weather and the use of radar. The course includes 6 lectures which are arranged from 23 Feb onwards on Thursdays, 5.30pm-approx. 8pm. The exam will be arranged on Friday, 20 Apr, 6pm-10pm. The exact dates can be found via the link for additional information.
The requirement for the coastal skipper course is a completed leisure skipper course degree but it is possible to complete both degrees at the same time in TRIP’s courses.
Further information and online registration: http://trip.tky.fi/modx/index.php?id=70.
6. ASSISTANCE FOR SUMMER JOB SEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDS
Already 150 companies in technology fields offer summer jobs and internships for students for the next summer. In order to ease the summer job search, summer jobs in technology fields are collected to a single web service: www.opiskelijaboxi.fi/kesatyo (in Finnish). The summer job site of Opiskelijaboxi has direct links to summer job applications and instructions on how to prepare a job application and CV and how to prepare for a job interview.
It is advisable to follow the summer job site of Opiskelijaboxi on a regular basis as more companies and jobs are collected on the summer job list constantly during the spring. Information on new summer jobs can be easily and quickly seen by following our Facebook site www.facebook.com/Kesatyo2012.
In addition, on the website www.opiskelijaboxi.fi/kesatyo you can download banners telling about this service, which can be used freely on your own possible websites.
DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?
Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).