This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 21/2015

Association-related issues are available in the association newsletter. Read the association newsletter at ayy.fi/yhdistystiedote

This spring, the weekly newsletter will be published two more times. Have a nice May everyone!

1. This and next week’s events
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2015-2016
3. Send a card to someone nice!
4. AYY transfers to a new housing application system from 19 May onwards
5. Join the volunteering group of AYY Development Cooperation Week 2015!
6. Study grants available for projects
7. Aalto Festival is here soon – come enjoy this spring’s most inspiring festival!
8. Join Impact Iglu and develop world-changing business ideas!
9. Hitchball 4000 hitchhiking contest 12-14 June
10. Acoustician workshop 25 May
11. Become a member of AMCA
12. GoGolf bag tag and application for free
13. PoliSprint 2015 orienteering event

1. This and next week’s events

Week 21

• Mon, 18 May – KYN audition
• Wed, 20 May – Bible evening
• Wed, 20 May – TikeloxAdventures movie adventure
• Thu, 21 May – The 1st volunteering meeting of AYY Dev Co week
• Fri, 22 May – Advance reservation of facilities for associations
• Fri, 22 May – Alumni sitsit of Teekkaritytöt

Week 22

• Tue-Wed, 26-27 May – Sailing demonstrations of Teekkaripurjehtijat
• Wed, 27 May – Ristin kilta game night
• Thu, 28 Aug – AEGEE-Helsinki Shadow Picnic

2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2015-2016

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, 26 May 2015. 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 26 May 2015, 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/ayycalendar2015

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

3. Send a card to someone nice!

Did you attend a good lecture? Did someone smile at you in the corridor? Did a study secretary help you in the moment of despair? Now is the time to thank a nice university employee.

When you send your thank you at https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/kortti-kivoille/, AYY will deliver an old-fashioned postcard to the person with your thank you on it.

4. AYY transfers to a new housing application system from 19 May onwards

AYY transfers to a new housing application system Domo on Tuesday, 19 May. The former Campus system will be run down on the night between Thursday and Friday on 15 May, after which the latest information on users, applications and rental agreements is transferred to Domo system during the weekend.

The former users need to order a new password and update their information when transferring to Domo system. Please note that the Campus system used a social security number as the username whereas Domo uses the e-mail address.

Domo system is available at Domo.ayy.fi

In case of any problems or special situations, please contact Housing Specialist Jaakko Koivula (050 520 9444, firstname.surname@ayy.fi).

5. Join the volunteering group of AYY Development Cooperation Week 2015!

Are you interested in global issues, economic development, or technology cooperation between northern and southern countries? How can education foster development? What is Finland’s role in global development questions? AYY Development Cooperation Week, on last week of October 2015, would be the one for you!

As a volunteer, you will help with event planning, project organizing and networking. No prior experience is required and all that matters is your interest and passion. Sounds interesting? Please send a short description to development.cooperation@ayy.fi by 20 May, including the contents of your name + major + contact number + email address + why are you interested +your expectations. Join our team with your ideas and enthusiasm!

Our first meeting will be on 21 May (Thu.) at 6pm at AYY Office (Otakaari 11), Otaniemi Campus. Snacks & drinks will be provided. Welcome to hear more! If any questions, please contact Junhui.wang@ayy.fi (0451660598)/ briana.romero@ayy.fi (0406471852). If you cannot join the meeting but would like to be involved in the team, don’t hesitate to contact us!

6. Study grants available for projects

Aalto University and its student union allocate in cooperation study grants for incredible projects that promote studies and learning. You can apply for the grant by yourself, together with your friend or association. The application period is continuous and applications are processed on a monthly basis, the idea is that your good idea does not get old and you could implement it straight away.

Act as follows:

1. Get an idea.
2. Get to know the allocation criteria (below).
3. Refine your idea.
4. Apply for funding (application form below).
5. Execute the project.
6. Tell us how it went.
7. Congratulate yourself and count how many likes your project gets on social media.

If you need help in any of the above-mentioned phases or want to discuss your idea before submitting the application, please do not hesitate to contact kopo@ayy.fi!

Read more and apply at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/koulutuspolitiikka/2015/04/15/oppirahaa-kansalle/

We will respond to applications submitted in May before the summer holidays!

7. Aalto Festival is here soon – come enjoy this spring’s most inspiring festival!

Aalto Festival is a collection of over 30 events, exhibitions, and seminars, showcasing the talents of Aalto University students, graduates and faculty. The festival takes place in various locations in Espoo and Helsinki on 18–31 May.

Welcome to the Aalto Festival Opening on 18 May at 14–17 at Bio Rex, Lasipalatsi. The programme includes interesting talks, a selection on Helsinki School’s photographs and refreshments in good company. Please register by 11 May here. The opening day’s celebrations continue at the Afterparty at the Mbar terrace starting at 8pm.

See the full programme at www.aaltofestival.fi and join also the festival’s Facebook event to stay updated. See you at Aalto Festival!

8. Join Impact Iglu and develop world-changing business ideas!

Join Impact Iglu to innovate business ideas that solve societal problems and create impact! Impact Business Competition provides expert mentors and judges to coach your team throughout the weekend 22-24 May in the centre of Helsinki. You can sign up as a team or individual, with or without an idea. Read more and sign up asap: http://impactiglu.org/competition/ 

9. Hitchball 4000 hitchhiking competition June 12-14

Hitchball 4000 is a weekend-long adventure during which teams of two people hitchhike away from Helsinki and back. The winner is the team that with a cunning tactic hitchhikes the longest way possible and the farthest possible from the starting point during the weekend, and gets back in time as well.

Look for a team mate of the opposite gender and take a leap of faith to the next level – you won’t regret it. The third edition of Hitchball 4000 will be held on the 12th to 14th of June 2015 and registration is open through http://www.hitchball4000.fi/registration/ . There is room for only 45 teams, so be quick! When registering you will have to provide the name of the Tumblr account you will use during the race. The participation fee is EUR 10 per person, which includes a jersey.

• The rules and more information about the race: http://www.hitchball4000.fi/
• Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/701873586591518/

10. Acoustician workshop on 25 May

Welcome to the workhop organised by students of acoustics and the Acoustical Society of Finland at OK20 Sauna at Otakaari 20 at 6pm on Monday, 25 May 2015.

Come and listen to speeches by acousticians in the working life, get to know employers in the field, students, the Acoustic Society and Audio Engineering Society. Refreshments, casual discussion and sauna provided.

Speakers:

• Ari Saarinen, Ministry of the Environment
• Ville Veijanen, Ecophon
• Henri Penttinen, Akukon
• Matias Remes, Helimäki
• Tapio Lokki, Aalto University

Please remember to sign up for the acoustician workshop via email: sihteeri@akustinenseura.fi

11. Become a member of AMCA

The spring 2015 application period of Aalto Management Consulting Association is now open! Fill in the form before 24 May in order to apply for AMCA membership: http://goo.gl/nxN8nH. And like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1H3Cyqs

The Aalto Management Consulting Association (AMCA) aims at smoothening the transition of our members from being talented Aalto Students to professional Management Consultants. Through case solving sessions and member-exclusive events with partnering consulting companies, the Aalto Management Consulting Association provides an excellent platform for getting the skills and knowledge you need for working in the field of management consulting.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at amcaemail@gmail.com

12. GoGolf bag tag and application for free

FORE! GoGolf and Aalto University Golf Club KY-Slice begin cooperation in the season 2015. In the honour of cooperation, we offer GoGolf bag tag and application FOR FREE (norm. €15) for Aalto University students. With the application, you receive great benefits in numerous golf courses in Finland and can play golf at a discount price. More information on the application is here: https://www.gogolf.fi/tuote/bagilatka-2015/, order form is here: http://goo.gl/forms/5hmIa9VcO1 and please remember to like our golf club: https://www.facebook.com/KySlice.

13. PoliSprint 2015 orienteering event

Would you like to try out orienteering or refresh your skills? Teekkarisuunnistajat organises PoliSprint orienteering event in Otaniemi on Monday, 25 May. Routes start near the parking lot in Otaranta and go around Otaniemi on an excellent sprint map. We provide routes of different lengths and difficulties that are also suitable for first timers! Maps cost EUR 5/route or EUR 8 /two routes.

Further information on the event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/932389273491377/