Weekly Newsletter 11/2012

This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 11/2012

SELL 2012 games are approaching. You can register for the games at a cheaper price until 20 March. Now is the high time to put together a team and ensure your place in the best student sporting event of the year. Further information.

This week’s events
SELL 2012 games are approaching
AYY and Costo to cooperate?
Café Lingua
Ticket sale for well-being week events will begin on 13 March
SLEEP GROUP – in search of a good sleep
Is the university student’s PISA test possible? Check your email.
News from Aalto Career Services
Accenture Workshop Event – apply by 14 March
Intensive course on an extremely popular couple dance, ZOUK
Startup Life
StartSmart! Steps4Success
AEGEE-Helsinki Regional Training Course 2012

1. This week’s events

Tue, 13 March Registration for Ristin Kilta sauna night ends
Wed, 14 March Sweet & Delicious – dessert wine tasting
Wed, 14 March Ari Korolainen – perspectives on time management
Thu, 15 March Bad Taste sitsit
Thu, 15 March Teekkarispex 2012: Once upon a time premiere

2. SELL 2012 games are approaching

Traditional SELL Games are arranged in Otaniemi on 17-20 May 2012. There are 14 sports available. There are no age or level requirements so everyone can participate.

During the games, two fantastic parties will be arranged. Come to experience when Otaniemi turns into an international game village. The entry fee for Aalto University students is only €40/participant when you sign up no later than 20 March. The fee includes the whole event with meals and HSL bus tickets. The registration is binding. KY Foundation supports the participation of KY members.

3. AYY and Costo to cooperate?

AYY and Costo are planning cooperation which aims to strengthen the students’ interdisciplinary communality through the University and/or Student Union-wide coherent product/collection. For this purpose, we want to survey our members to get feedback on whether such cooperation is interesting – and, above all, what kind of products Aalto students are interested in!

It takes approximately 2-3 minutes to complete the survey which is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yrityssuhteet/ayy-costo-partnership/

Please fill out the survey and tell your friends about it!

4. Café Lingua

In Café Lingua, people interested in a certain language will gather around the same table to talk in that language with native speakers. For example, native Spanish speakers and students interested in Spanish can gather together. When you arrive to the café, find the table of your interest or start a new one by writing the name of the language you want to practice or help with on a paper you’ll receive from the international section representative present there.

May you be a student of a language or a native speaker of it wishing to meet people interested in your culture, come to Café Lingua and you’ll find new friends. Perhaps you’ll even find a “tandem partner”, a person who is interested in your language and whose language you are interested in. You can make an agreement to keep on meeting and helping each other to learn.

Any language can be presented in Café Lingua. If it would happen that some table wouldn’t form, you can always join a bigger group, like that of English.

Tue, 20 March 2012 5pm Keltsu (Cantina), Otaniemi
Tue, 27 March 2012 5pm Restaurant Nolla (KY building), Helsinki
Tue 3 April 2012 4pm Restaurant Kipsari, Arabia, Helsinki

Be there and we guarantee your touch to the cultures around you will get deeper!

5. Ticket sale for well-being week events will begin on 13 March

Are you looking for a refreshing change in the middle of the school stress? Are you fed up with your old gym practice or jogging in slush? Or do you just want to have new sport experiences in a good company? If your answer is yes, the well-being week is the event that you do not want to miss!

So shed the winter sleep from your eyes and participate in the well-being week on 26-30 March to get energy for everyday life. Again this year, KY and AYY offer you a unique opportunity to try out new sports at a student-friendly price. A variety of sports are arranged for every day for a week, so there is certainly something for everyone.

Ticket sale on campuses:

Töölö, main building, Tue 13 March, Thu 15 March, Mon 19 March, Wed 21 March, breaks at 12noon and 2pm
Otaniemi, main building, Tue 13 March, Thu 15 March, Tue 20 March, Thu 22 March, 10am-2pm
Arabia, Kipsari hallway, Tue 13 March, Thu 15 March, Wed 21 March, 12noon-1pm + TOKYO’s office during the opening hours

See the sports info and prices on Facebook.

6. SLEEP GROUP – in search of a good sleep

Welcome to hear and discuss good sleep and the conditions for it! Meetings at FSHS Töölö Health Centre on Wednesdays, 4 Apr, 11 Apr and 18 Apr 2012 1.30pm-3.30pm

The Finnish discussion is led by public health nurses Tiina Karppinen and Kirsi Helosuo. Relaxation exercise is led by physiotherapist Leena Serkamo. The price of the group is 3x 4,50 euro

Registrations and inquiries by email by 20 March at tiina.karppinen@yths.fi

7. Is the university student’s PISA test possible? Check your email.

Approximately 200 Aalto University students of engineering have been randomly picked to participate in AHELO (Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes) of OECD in April. AHELO evaluates whether it is possible to internationally measure higher education students’ knowledge and skills. 17 countries will participate in the research and Aalto University is one of the thirteen schools that have been selected to this project in Finland. The aim is to develop the measurement method for skills, which would take into account the diversity of higher education systems with their language and cultural differences, and which would be technically and financially reasonable to implement.

Tests are carried out at Aalto University in groups of about 20 people in the morning and afternoon on 16-19 April and those invited to the test may choose the most suitable time for themselves. Those who are chosen for the test will receive a notification e-mail in the near future.

Further information on AHELO

http://ktl.jyu.fi/ktl/ahelo
OECD’s webpages

8. News from Aalto Career Services

Trainings

Feasibility assessments in job search training. Thu, 15 March, 9am-11am, School of Economics, Main Building, Hall C-350, for the students of economics.

Welcome to listen why feasibility assessments are often used in the recruitment process, what usually takes place in feasibility assessments and what kind of tests and other methods are used in assessments. In addition, you will hear tips on preparing and succeeding in assessments.

The training will be held in Finnish and is organised by the career and recruitment services of the School of Economics. Trainers are Deloitte’s experts. Read more & sign up at CareerWeb.

Also remember EY’s recruitment day in the ground floor lobby of the School of Economics main building on Wednesday, 14 March, 10am-3pm.

9. Accenture Workshop Event – apply by 14 March

Are you interested to work in a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company? Perhaps a career at Accenture is THE thing for you?

Accenture is having a workshop organised in Helsinki on 23.3.2012 from 10.00 am to 16.00. Workshop is organised with AIESEC in Finland. This workshop enables you to show your team work and problem solving skills.

If you are interested in a career at Accenture, please send your CV, a copy of your latest study records and a short description of why you should be selected to the event by e-mail to irene.eriksson@aiesec.net by 14.3.2012. Based on the applications, around 20 most suitable candidates are selected to participate this event. More information about the profile you can ask from irene.eriksson@aiesec.net. Accenture is mainly looking for people with Finnish skills.

Event on Facebook.

10. Intensive course on an extremely popular couple dance, ZOUK

Zouk is a fun couple dance of Brazilian origin and can be danced to many kinds of music, including latest hits on clubs. You don´t need to bring your own partner when joining the course! The teacher of the course, Soile Vedenpää, is a zouk pioneer in Finland and a very popular dance instructor and choreographer.

Zouk has developed since the end of 1980´s to an interesting and versatile dance style and is now conquering the world, including Finland. Special traits of zouk are flowing movement, versatile music and sensuality. Check out these videos to get an idea on what zouk performed by professionals can be:

Polijazz organises a basic course on a fantastic couple dance, ZOUK!

SCHEDULE: Sat 24.3. at 12.30-14.00 Otahallin Aalto-Sali Sat 31.3. at 12.30-14.00 Otahalli Aalto Hall Mon 2.4. at 19.30-21.00 Jämeräntaival 3a multipurpose premises Mon 9.4. at 19.00-21.00 (Social dance practice: here you´ll get to know also many other zouk enthusiasts!) Jämeräntaival 3a multipurpose premises

REGISTRATION: The course is primarily intended for students. The course fee is 20 euros. You don´t need to bring your own partner. To join the course, please send an email to Poljazz secretary niina.raisanen(a)hotmail.com right away before the course is booked up!

This event is also on facebook.

11. Startup Life

Startup Life is a 3-12 month internship program that gathers the most talented students and researchers and sends them to intern at the most interesting startups in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Berlin and Moscow. This spring’s first application period for students to apply passed 29.2 and we received 647 applications from all over the world. Thank you everyone who applied and we look forward to matching you with that special startup. For those who missed the first period, we have good news.

Even late birds can catch the worm!

We’re extending the application period, ending March 15th at midnight. There are some last minute additions to the startup lineup, including Project, Sociocast, and Rovio. Apply now at http://startuplife.in/apply/

12. StartSmart! Steps4Success

@ Tavastia Club (Urho Kekkosen katu 6, Helsinki) Wed 21 March at 10 am – 8pm Are you ready to take the next Steps 4 Success?

StartSmart! Steps4Success brings together current and future entrepreneurs to learn from each other. It will be a cool event together with friends, entrepreneurs, investors and international guests!

Agenda

10.00 – 10.30 Registration and Coffee
10.30 – 11.30 William Wolfram, DealDash
11.30 – 12.30 Mikko Kaipainen, Ovelin
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Ajay Garg, Hakema
15.00 – 17.00 Practical workshops
17.00 – 20.00 Networking, Idea Pitching

Sign up now, choose from the most interesting practical workshops the best fit for you and Come to spend a day that makes difference!

For more information and registration.

13. AEGEE-Helsinki Regional Training Course 2012

The European student association AEGEE-Helsinki organizes a Regional Training Course between 23 and 25 March. The course will offer you a great chance to get more knowledge on human resources, event management and have some great time in an international atmosphere! To top that, the following activities will take place:

Helsinki City Tour
A weekend in a cottage by a frozen lake!
Good ol’ sauna!!
A big hot bathing tub outside!!!

You can sign up for the event here.

For more info check the event website in Facebook or e-mail us at rtc2012@aegee-helsinki.org.

https://www.facebook.com/events/171384902979346/