This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 18/2016

Association-related issues can be found in the association newsletter. Read the newsletter at /en/associations/association-newsletter/

ATTENTION! AYY service point and housing office, as well as the offices of the YTHS, are closed on Ascension Day, Thursday 5.5. Due to Ascension Day, the weekly newsletter materials for the weekly newsletter of Monday 9.5.16 must be delivered by 10 am on Wednesday, 4.5.

1. This and next week’s events
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2016-2017
3. Teekkari Village cleaning bee on 4.5. from 4 p.m.
4. The anniversary week is coming – sign up for the AaltoVision sitsit, the annual ball afterparty or brunch
5. Flower Day 13.5. – The picnic, message and afterparty
6. The AYY is looking for a summer worker to organise the archive
7. Humans vs. Zombies 4.5.-7.5.
8. Would you like to know what’s cooking in the IT industry?
9. Bicycle maintenance points on the Otaniemi and Töölö campuses
10. Interested in development cooperation? Apply to become a representative of the AYY on KENKKU
11. Tempaus2016 and the SYL’s ‘Finland as a Centre of Learning’ project
12. Hitchball 4000 hitchhiking competition June 10-12
13. The apparition of Maria – a memorable city festival on 7.5.2016, 11 am – 6 pm
14. BEST Viking Cantus 8.5. @ Smökki
15. Be an invigilator in technology field entrance examinations

1.    This and next week’s events

Viikko 18

• Ti 3.5. – Markkinoinnin pääaineinfo /blog/events/markkinoinnin-paaaineinfo/
• ke 4.5. – Ristin kilta: Jouna Nousiainen, Juutalainen Jeesus /blog/events/ristin-kilta-jouna-nousiainen-juutalainen-jeesus/
• pe 6.5. – Cafe Lingua /blog/events/cafe-lingua-5/
• La 7.5. – Aalto Adventure race /blog/events/aalto-adventure-race/
• La 7.5. – Metal Club Mökän AfterWappu /blog/events/metal-club-mokan-afterwappu/

Viikko 19

• AYY’s Annual ball week. Check ot the entire program at vuosijuhlat.fi/viikko
• Ke 11.5. – AaltoVision-sitsit https://www.facebook.com/events/228020670898448/
• to 12.5. – Marketing toolbox /blog/events/marketing-toolbox/
• Pe 13.5. – Flower Day 13.5. – The picnic, message and afterparty
• https://www.facebook.com/events/1706797619607685/
• La 14.5. – AYY 6 years Annual Ball /blog/events/ayyn-6-vuosijuhlat/
• La 14.5. – AYY 6 years Annual Ball after party /blog/events/ayyn-6-vuosijuhlien-jatkot/
• Su 15.5. – AYY 6 years Annual Ball Brunch /blog/events/ayyn-6-vuosijuhlabrunssi/
• Su 15.5. – Photowalk: Hanami-Roihuvuori /blog/events/kuvauskavely-hanami-roihuvuori/
• Su 15.5. – Sauna Quest by Allto Gamers & Piste /blog/events/sauna-quest-by-aalto-gamers-piste/

2.    Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2016-2017

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 Sunday, 29 May 2016. 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 29 May 2016, 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/ayycalendar2016

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

3.    Teekkari Village cleaning bee on 4.5. from 4 p.m.

Let’s make Otaniemi clean and fresh again on Wed 4.5. at 4 PM. Join the work party with your friend and gather the ugly trash from our living surroundings! The Campus Section provides the cleaning equipment, rakes and gloves and whatnot. The cleaning will start on Smökki courtyard’s wooden terrace (Jämeräntaival 4) and nearby trash containers. Sauna will be warm for the participants in Gorsu at 7pm., where also free food and drinks will be served!

4.    The anniversary week is coming – sign up for the AaltoVision sitsit, the annual ball afterparty or brunch

In the anniversary week of the AYY, the whole community is preparing for an Aalto-like Eurovision atmosphere. In this dinner ball, (a.k.a. sitsit), there is unprecedented entertainment and a fitting programme in store, and of course the best company – you don’t want to miss this! So get your own Aalto Eurovision team together and come to make new friends at Smökki on Wednesday, 11.5. at 6 pm. The evening costs €17/person. Sign up at http://lomake.ayy.fi/aava/aaltovision-registration/

AaltoVision on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/228020670898448/

You still have time to get along to the hot and steamy biitsi afterparty too (https://www.facebook.com/events/785744354892369/) and/or to the tasty anniversary brunch (https://www.facebook.com/events/1146047168747191/). Tickets can be bought from: https://holvi.com/shop/AYYshop/.

5.    Flower Day 13.5. – The picnic, message and afterparty

On the Friday of the anniversary week of the AYY, 13.5, from 3 pm to 6 pm the Otaranta park area will burst into its full splendour when the students of the Student Union gather on the seashore lawn to salute the traditional day of celebration of students and the birthday of the Teekkarivillage with a relaxed picnic.

In the afternoon, there is also one of Otaniemi’s more obscure student traditions: a canoe is launched, with which the representatives of the Student Union paddle to take the message of the Flower Day to a person who is important to the students. Come and follow the live stream with commentary and see who the message will be given to this year!

From the Flower Day picnic, it’s good to move to the Rantasauna, where a grand evening party is being held! The sauna will be dressed up as a gorgeous party space, where you can find both a steamy jazz cavern and a lively dancefloor, as well as the hot sauna side. The event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1706797619607685/

6.    The AYY is looking for a summer worker to organise the archive

The AYY is looking to add a summer worker to its ranks for work relating to organising the archive, for a temporary position from May to August.

The worker will take care of bringing the material of the TOKYO archive that is part of the archive collection of the Aalto Student Union into central archive condition. We expect the applicant to have experience in archiving, a knowledge of conference technology and an understanding of document administration. We appreciate experience of working in the archiving field and experience in the museum field. The work requires the ability to speak Finnish.

Apply for the position by 8.5. Further information: /ylioppilaskunta/avoimet-tyopaikat/ayy-hakee-kesatyontekijaa-arkiston-jarjestamiseen/

7.    Humans vs. Zombies 4.5.-7.5.

The signup can be found at: tinyurl.com/hvzilmo

Facebook-event at: tinyurl.com/hvz2016

Disease is spreading!

A mysterious new pandemic is spreading fast. Rumour has it the infected become hell-bent on spreading the disease. Otaniemi has closed it’s railroads and airports to stop the spread of the virus, but will that be enough?

Humans vs. Zombies is a moderated game of tag where zombie players try to spread the infection by tagging human players. Humans can in turn protect themselves by hiding, fleeing or fighting back (using clean socks or foam gun darts to “”stun”” zombies). Exciting missions and quests will be available every day. The game is fun and interactive. Since teamwork is often the best strategy players are guaranteed to meet new people.

So join the fun! Spread the hype! Come help make a great game by being a great player. And the best part: Participation is completely free of charge. The organizers will provide the game scarf and ID-tag for you. All you have to do is sign up, show up and play.

8.    Would you like to know what’s cooking in the IT industry?

Are you interested in IT and would like to know what’s cooking in the IT industry?

In Tieto’s blog you will find many interesting posts related to for example Tieto hackathons, customer experience management, industrial internet, digitalization, and cyber security.

You can also read about the experiences of our Generation-T trainees and get to know Tieto as an employer.

Start following the blog already today!

www.blogs.tieto.com

9.    Bicycle maintenance points on the Otaniemi and Töölö campuses

Aalto University has acquired two fixed BFIX maintenance stands for its campuses from the end of the year. The stands include the equipment required for servicing a bike – a pump, a servicing stand and tools – and also a QR code to a mobile guide. Use of the maintenance points is free for cyclists.

The maintenance stands are in Otaniemi at Otakaari 18 and in Töölö at Runeberginkatu 14-16.

Further information: https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19829918″

10.                  Interested in development cooperation? Apply to become a representative of the AYY on KENKKU

Are you enthused by exerting influence globally and promoting education internationally? Are you a determined communicator or networker, or acquainted with funding? Do you have the passion to give a piece of your know-how to the world? We’re looking for committed and motivated doers who are rich in ideas for the Development Cooperation Advisory Board (KENKKU) of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL). The Development Cooperation Advisory Board acts as the advisor of the Board of SYL in development cooperation issues and administers the development cooperation projects of SYL, together with the development cooperation coordinator. Apply to become a representative of the AYY on KENKKU by sending your application by 5.5.2016 to international@ayy.fi

Further information: /blog/2016/04/20/kiinnostaako-kehitysyhteistyo-hae-ayyn-edustajaksi-kenkkun-ja-paaset-suunnittelemaan-kehya-kaytannossa/

 

11.                  Tempaus2016 and the SYL’s ‘Finland as a Centre of Learning’ project

The SYL is starting to prepare a project that aims to elevate Finland even higher on the world map as a centre of learning. The objective of the project is to make Finland into a place where people come to learn about learning. The first step is to organise the world’s most diverse international learning event in the autumn of 2017. Read the SYL’s press release about the subject at: http://bit.ly/1Tu1mhs.

Do you want to get involved in the project? Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KqZaCYBsJqjSkfhrEuCxrG3A7ZTo8DozEhzB2qZ7RbY/viewform?c=0&w=1

Also remember the education-themed Tempaus2016, which is taking over Finland’s comprehensive schools in October-November. Further information about Tempaus at tempaus.fi and https://www.facebook.com/tempaus2016. Signing up as a Tempaus participant will be open in the autumn.

 

12.                  Hitchball 4000 hitchhiking competition June 10-12

Hitchball 4000 is a weekend-long adventure during which teams of two people hitchhike across Finland and the Baltics and complete fun challenges along the way. A GPS tracking system allows fellow competitors, friends, worried relatives and random drivers to follow the race and the progress of their favorite team in real time.

 

The winner is the team that with a cunning tactic hitchhikes the longest way possible and the farthest possible from Helsinki during the weekend, and gets back in time as well. The winning team will get to decorate their home with the Hitchball 4000 Cup – to which its name will be engraved – for one year. In addition to the main prize, one team will be awarded with the Spirit of Hitchball award, with separate criteria.

Find yourself a team mate of the opposite gender and take a leap of faith to the next level! The most exciting and eye-opening weekend or your summer is gonna be on June 10th-12th and registration is open through http://www.hitchball4000.fi/registration/ . There is room for only 45 teams, so be quick! When registering you have to provide the name of the Tumblr account you will use to send pictures and stories during your journey.

The rules and more information about the race: http://www.hitchball4000.fi/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1665818390348792/

Joining us on the road: our fantastic sponsors Sievo, Enoro, Karttakeskus and Rehashop.

13.                  The apparition of Maria – a memorable city festival on 7.5.2016, 11 am – 6 pm

Building no. 5 of the Maria Hospital, which has been taken out of use, is opening its doors to the people of the city for one day, on Saturday 7.5.2016, from 11 am to 6 pm. The festival challenges its visitors to experience something new and to meet each other in the setting of a diverse programme. The event is organised by Tilapioneerit.

See more information about the event and Tilapioneerit: https://www.facebook.com/events/201341873582130/

http://tilapioneerit.fi/ • https://www.facebook.com/tilapioneerit •

https://twitter.com/tilapioneerit

14.                  BEST Viking Cantus 8.5. @ Smökki

Find your inner viking or a nordic god and come to celebrate the traditional Belgian beer festival! With the admission fee you are permitted to 3 hours of unlimited beer/cider/cola while watching misbehavers getting punished in the most imaginable ways in the middle of the circle.

• What: Cantus
• When: 8.5 at 7:30pm-1am
• Where: In Smökki, afterparty in Rantasauna
• Price: 15 euros
• Tickets: We will sell only 63 tickets!
• Selling day and time: 26.4 and 27.4 at 11-13 in main building lobby.
• Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1724899674419714/

15.                  Be an invigilator in technology field entrance examinations

Will you still be in Otaniemi towards the end of May? Are you interested in some additional earnings? Invigilators are being sought for the DIA common admission entrance examinations. Invigilators will be paid a one-off fee. Those interested in the role are asked to fill in the adjoining webropol form, which is still open today, 2.5. until 11:59 pm at: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/02CFEEFB3684B1B2.par

Only those who take part in the training on 4.5., from 12 noon to 1 pm, can become entrance examination invigilators.