This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 41/2012

Aava organises Back to the 20th century party at Kaapelitehdas on Tuesday, 16 Oct. Make sure that you get your ticket to the event of the century NOW!

Registration to Teekkarius 140 party has started at https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/140-ilmoittaudu/.

Have an eventful week!

1. This week’s events
2. Application period for AYY exchange scholarships on 1 Oct-31 Oct
3. Aava presents: Back to the 20th century
4. TTE-Fund contest: Pitch a project idea and win a camcorder!
5. Mosaic’s Café Lingua to start again!
6. Registration to Teekkarius 140 party open until 19 Oct
7. AYY’s Development Cooperation Week on 15-18 Oct
8. Make it more sustainable yourself! Sign up for the workshop!
9. Students’ municipal election panel on 16 Oct and 22 Oct
10. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower (Pyöreän Tornin Kilta)
11. AYY & ADS: Debate training of student representatives on 27 Oct 2012
12. Teekkarikamerat organises photography courses
13. Dance Dance Fun Time!
14. News from Aalto Career Services
15. Stratos 2013 call for applications is ongoing
16. PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON AALTO UNIVERSITY’S PREMISES AND WIN A JOPO BICYCLE OR AN IPAD
17. Open Innovation @ Otaniemi demo event
18. Campus 2015 exhibition 1-12 October
19. Registration for the UN days of young people and students has begun

1. This week’s events

• Tue, 9 Oct – Café Lingua
• Tue, 9 Oct – Darkroom course
• Wed, 10 Oct – AEGEE-Helsinki Social Meeting @ Navy Jerry’s
• Wed, 10 Oct – Heikki Hursti – Veikko and Lahja Hursti’s Charitable Association
• Thu, 11 Oct – Dance Dance Fun Time!
• Sat, 13 Oct – Spexet Robin Hood Premiere

2. Application period for AYY exchange scholarships on 1 Oct-31 Oct

AYY distributes scholarships to its members in accordance with the Student Union’s Scholarship Regulation and the regulations of the scholarship funds administered by the Student Union. The purpose of the scholarships is to support the internationalisation of low-income students, support community activities and encourage for successful combination of studies and the student life. In addition, AYY administers certain field-specific scholarship funds.

The distribution of the scholarships and scoring criteria for applications are regulated by Scholarship Regulation and the guideline for the scoring of community activities. The amounts of the scholarships are based on the profits of funds. AYY has three scholarships and the amounts of those in 2012 are as follows: Exchange scholarship max. €800, Community scholarship approx. €500, Study scholarship approx. €500.

In the autumn of 2012, the application period is 8am, 1 Oct 2012– 11.59pm, 31 Oct. Only exchange scholarships are granted in the autumn.

Scholarship application form

Further Information: Board Member Eetu Pursiainen (eetu.pursiainen(at)ayy.fi)

3. Aava presents: Back to the 20th century

Experience the party of the century! It’s time to return to the 20th century! Aava will take you on an unforgettable journey on Tuesday 16 Oct at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki. During the event you can experience the fall of Titanic, the glorious King of Rock n’ Roll, the psychedelic 60’s and much more. Later on DJ’s EAS and MPH guarantee that the night will be unforgettable.

The party starts at 7pm at the year 1900. We should get back to 2012 by 3am. The ticket costs €18 including an open bar for the entire evening and some snacks. A pretty sweet deal 😉

Let’s party like it’s 1999..and 1952..and 1921..and..1980..and …!

In a nutshell:

• What? Back to the 20th century
• Where? Puristamo, Kaapelitehdas (Tallberginkatu 1)
• When? Tuesday 16 Oct, 7pm – 3am
• How much? €18, Open Bar

The event is organised by Aava. Age limit 18 years.

You can sign up online at https://lomake.ayy.fi/aava/vuosisadan_bileet/

Payment info will be sent to you upon registration.

4. TTE-Fund contest: Pitch a project idea and win a camcorder!

Do you have a great project idea in your pocket? Explain your idea to a video clip with the maximum of 90 seconds, download it to the new facebook site of TTE-Fund and tell your friends about it. The idea which receives most likes will win an HD camcorder. Also those who like the ideas will be rewarded! The contest is open between 1-14 Oct. Check out the detailed instructions on participation on facebook.

Did you know that you can also apply for financial assistance for the implementation of your project: the grants with the maximum of EUR 1000 may be applied continuously. Larger grants may be applied during the application rounds – the next application period ends on 3 Feb 2013!

5. Mosaic’s Café Linguas start again!

Café Lingua is an open language exchange event where people interested in a certain language will gather around the same table to talk in that language with native speakers. When you arrive to the café, find the table of your interest or start a new one.

Café Lingua is an informal gathering, and the point is to practice languages in small groups, meet people, learn about cultures and enjoy a cup of coffee or other refreshment! The event is free of charge, but please purchase something at the counter.

All languages and skill levels are welcome!

Be there and we guarantee your touch to the cultures around you will get deeper! More info from Mosaic’s facebook page.

Café Linguas of the autumn:

• Tuesday, 9 Oct 2012, 5pm Keltsu (Cantina), Otaniemi
• Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012, 5pm Keltsu (Cantina), Otaniemi
• Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012, 4pm ADD Café, Sähkömiehentie 4G, Otaniemi
• Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012, 5pm Keltsu (Cantina), Otaniemi
• Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012, 5pm ADD Café, Sähkömiehentie 4G, Otaniemi

6. Registration to Teekkarius 140 party open until 19 Oct

Teekkarius 140 party will be celebrated in Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki on 10 Oct 2012!

Registration to the greatest teekkari party will be open until 19 Oct 2012 at https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/140-ilmoittaudu/.

Further information on the anniversary year and the party is available at www.teekkarius140.fi. The event is also on facebook.

7. AYY’s Development Cooperation Week on 15-18 Oct

AYY-Kehy participates in the national development cooperation week on 15-18 Oct with the topic ‘food as a human right’. The week includes coffee breaks, sustainable development workshop, excursion to KEPA, movie night and a seminar where Pekka Haavisto (Greens), chef Sasu Laukkonen and panel discussants consider the various aspects of fair and free trade. Welcome!

Developement cooperation week on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kehyviikko2012AYY

See also the programme of HYY’s development cooperation week (8-14 Oct).

8. Make it more sustainable yourself! Sign up for the workshop!

In Make it more sustainable yourself! workshop, you are the inventor and coached by specialists in eco-innovations. In the workshop, you consider how the ecologically sustainable practices could be introduced in the business world and how to critically review the current practices. The eco-innovation workshop will be organised on Wednesday, 10 Oct, 4pm–6pm in HELTHINKI facilities of Think Corner (Aleksanterinkatu 7).

The event is hosted by Lauri Pulkka and the coaches include Tieteestä toimintaa (‘academic action’) group of Demos Helsinki and the University of Helsinki as well as the co-operative Torstai. Binding registration (firstname, major subject, telephone number) to the address: kehyviikko2012@hotmail.fi (by 12 Sept, please note “fi” ending of the address). There is a limited number of seats.

The workshop is part of the Human Rights Journey theme week and its other super interesting events are available on facebook.

9. Students’ municipal election panels on 16 Oct and 22 Oct

Are you interested in the municipal elections? You can check out the candidates in panels organised in Helsinki and Espoo. The panels discuss topics raised by the students, such as housing, transport and student health care.

In Helsinki, the student unions will organise the municipal election panel in the Old Student House (Mannerheimintie 3) on Monday, 22 Oct, 6pm-8pm.

In Espoo, student unions METKA and LAUREAMKO will organise the municipal election panel in the lobby of Metropolia office in Leppävaara (Vanha maantie 6) on Tuesday, 16 Oct, 3.30pm-4.30pm.

10. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower (Pyöreän Tornin Kilta)

The Guild of the Round Tower is an honorary and senior organisation operating in the vicinity of Aalto University. Annually 15-20 people are invited as honorary members in recognition of active involvement in the community of engineering students and Aalto University’s student community. Every autumn, PTK’s conclave appoints new honorary members based on the nominations of the communities of engineering students and Aalto University.

This year’s nominations may be submitted until 10.11am on 10 Oct 2012. 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 send nominations to ehdota-arwoisia@list.ayy.fi.

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.

The nomination can be made by an individual, guild or association, or by several people, guilds or associations together.

Further information on PTK and its honorary members: www.ptk.ayy.fi.

11. AYY & ADS: Debate training of student representatives on 27 Oct 2012

Aalto University Student Union AYY and Aalto Debating Society ADS organise a debate training for student representatives in Aalto administration at Design Factory on Saturday, 27 Oct 2012. The training is intended for all student administration representatives and those who want to become student representatives in the future. The schedule starts at 10am and ends at 4pm. In the training, we practise debating skills and learn to become better argumentators. Better rhetorical skills are useful when arguing in administrative working groups as well as in real life. The training content is provided by ADS and catering is organised by AYY. In order to arrange catering, please sign up here.

The training is organised both in Finnish and in English.

12. Teekkarikamerat organises photography courses

Do you own a pocket or a system camera but you have not had the time to learn how to use it? Or are you interested in darkroom work? Teekkarikamerat photography club will organise the following courses in the autumn, where you can improve your skills:

• Beginner’s photography course on 2 Oct or 15 Oct
• Darkroom course 9 Oct + (16 Oct, 17 Oct, 18 Oct or 19 Oct)
• Sharpening and noise reduction course 30 Oct
• Pet photography course on 27 Nov

Each course costs 20 euro (+ the membership fee of the club EUR 8). In addition to courses, the programme of the autumn includes darkroom nights, photowalks and sauna events. Further information is available on the website of Teekkarikamerat or the board of the club: kamerat-hal@list.ayy.fi .

13. Dance Dance Fun Time!

The wildest jive/boogiewoogie/rave/chickendance/shuffling/etc. party of the year is here!

The International Committee of AYY welcomes all the internationally minded students of Aalto to an evening full of rhythm and groove! Otakaari 20 will be transformed into a disco for all kinds of dances and dance-like-movements!

Bring out your inner John Travolta or Michael Jackson and come light the dance floor up! Think you can’t dance too well? Bad excuse! There will be dancing instruction videos going on a screen

all night long so you will easily learn to do the gangnam style dance or shuffle like a pro in no time!

Get your grooviest and funkiest clothes on for competition since the best dancers and dressers of the night will be rewarded! You can also challenge your friends in different competitions and games during the night, for example In the groove- dancing game will be on so all you arcade-game masters can top the records through the roof.

So get your most slippery moonwalk-shoes on and see you all at the dance floor!

• WHAT: Dance Dance Fun Time! party
• WHEN: Thursday, 11 October, starting at 7 pm
• WHERE: Otakaari 20

14. News from Aalto Career Services

Education:

24 Oct, Succeed in Job Hunting round table

In this round table workshop, you will hear general guidelines and tips on how to prepare yourself for job hunting. This event is aimed at international students in the technical field, looking for a job in Finland and abroad and for Finnish students who are looking for employment abroad.

Further information and registration in Aalto CareerWeb.

15. Stratos 2013 call for applications is ongoing

Are you interested in global economics, business contacts and a free study trip abroad? Are you nearing the end of your studies and study economics as a major or minor subject at Aalto University? If you answered yes to the previously-mentioned questions, get to know the more detailed programme at www.remburssi.org and send your application.

The programme will be organised for the 23rd time in the spring of 2013. Stratos includes a training of 3-6 credits for a company, corporate visits and a one-week study trip to a remote business location. In previous years, destinations have included Tokyo, Taipei ad Vienna, for example.

Send your application, CV and study transcript no later than 21 Oct 2012 to the address 2013stratos@gmail.com

16. PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON AALTO UNIVERSITY’S PREMISES AND WIN A JOPO BICYCLE OR AN IPAD

I hope you will take a moment to provide feedback on Aalto University’s premises.

All respondents are eligible to participate in a draw for a Jopo bicycle (value EUR 399) and an iPad (value EUR 598). Date of draw is 17 October.

The survey can be found at the address: www.tutkimus.net/aalto2012

Please fill in the survey by 16 October 2012.

The study is being carried out by Qualitems Oy and the responses will go directly to them. The results will be processed confidentially and the respondents’ contact information will not be connected to the replies at any stage. For further information about the survey, please contact: hanna.lehtisalo(AT)qualitems.fi

17. Open Innovation @ Otaniemi demo event

This year, the joint demo event of Aalto University, Nokia, EIT-ICT Lab and VTT will be organised

on Tuesday, 9 October, 11.30am-4pm at the Open Innovation House, Otaniementie 19. The annual event aims to bring togehter the Otaniemi community to explore innovations and to network. In addition, Nokia Research Center will move to Open Innovation House in Otaniemi. EIT-ICT Lab and several other parties also operate in the building.

Everyone who is interested is welcome to the event, particularly those who work or study in Otaniemi.

Programme:

• 11:30am-12noon Keynotes by Tuula Teeri, President of Aalto University; Henry Tirri, EVP Chief Technology Officer, Nokia; Tatu Koljonen, VP Strategic Research, VTT; Hannu Kauppinen, VP Head of Nokia Research Center
• 12:00noon-12:30pm AppCampus, Global Mobile Accelerator for next generation Apps, Pekka Sivonen, Head of AppsCampus
• 12:30pm-1pm EIT ICT Labs – Bringing ICT Innovations to Life, Willem Jonker, CEO EIT ICT Labs and Marko Turpeinen, Director EIT ICT Labs Helsinki
• 1pm-4pm Cutting edge innovations on future technologies

More info here.

18. Campus 2015 exhibition 1-12 October

The competition period for Stage 1 has ended. The entries can be seen in an open exhibition at Futuro Business Park, 3rd floor, Tekniikantie 4, 02150 Espoo. 1-12 October, from Monday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm.

The objective is to find new concepts and create a lively and interactive environment for research and learning activities wherein work, studies, leisure, and living are interwoven in a natural way and create the foundation for a university city of the future.

The entries can be seen and comment on the campus2015.aalto.fi during October.

Campus development

Campus 2015 – open international architectural design competition

19. Registration for the UN days of young people and students has begun

The UN days of young people and students is a two-day event for young people and students aged 18 to 29 years. The Finnish UN Association has organised the event in cooperation with SYKLI, the UN association of young people and students as well as local associations since 2008. The event is held every year in different locations In 2012, the UN days of young people and students are organised in Helsinki on 9-10 Nov. The event includes information on internship and career opportunities in the UN as well as lectures by experts and operational workshops related to the theme “The young, peace and security”.

You can sign up for the event through the registration link below by 21 Oct. The first 100 persons to register may participate in the event. The entry fee is EUR 10 and includes lunch and coffee included in the schedule. In addition, accommodation is organised for those who come from outside the metropolitan area (Fri-Sat night) in a 4-bed room in Omena Hotel, and their travel expenses are compensated according to the cheapest public transport price for the share which exceeds the excess amount (5 euro).

Registration for the event here.

Direct link to the event advertisement.