This is AYY’s weekly newsletter 49/2016

The weekly newsletter of AYY will still come out twice this year: 12.12. and 19.12. The first weekly bulletin of 2017 will be published on Monday, 9.1. and the deadline for its material is as normal, on the Thursday of the week before, 5.1. at 10 am. Good luck to everyone for December and have a peaceful Independence Day!

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

1. This and next week’s events
2. New Student magazine AINO now on campus
3. Applications for the sections of AYY end tomorrow, 6.12.
4. Elisa is looking for new Elisa Trainees for 2017 (www.elisa.fi/trainee)!
5. Apply to get involved in creating the AYY brand
6. AYY’s lost property practices are changing
7. My Career in Finland 7.12.
8. Independence Day Torchlight Procession
9. Get yourself into the Christmas spirit with atmospheric Christmas concerts
10. Current news from FSHS

1.    This and next week’s events

Week 49

• 6.12. The Students’ Torch Parade https://www.facebook.com/events/288312304898261/
• 7.12. MyCareer In Finland https://www.facebook.com/events/1803644839877931/
• 7.12. The Guild of the Cross: Missionary Evening /blog/events/ristin-kilta-lahetysilta/
• 7.12. The pre-Christmas party of OUBS /blog/events/oubs-pikkujoulut/
• 8.12. AYY’s association training /blog/events/yhdistyskoulutus2016/
• 10.12. The sauna evening of Nippoli  /blog/events/nippolin-saunailta-%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AA%E4%BA%A4%E6%B5%81%E4%BC%9A%EF%BC%86%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3-2/
• 11.12. The Academic Female Choir KYN: the ’Kun se loistavi’ Christmas concert /blog/events/naiskuoro-kyn-kun-se-loistavi-joulukonsertti/

Week 50

• 12.12. Premises bookings for special status associations /blog/events/tilakahmyt-eay/
• 14.12. The Guild of the Cross: Games Evening /blog/events/ristin-kilta-peli-ilta-3/
• 16.12. The pre-Christmas party of Metal Club Mökä /blog/events/metal-club-mokan-pikkujoulut/
• 16.12. KUJ Puurojuhla (The Porridge Party of the Cultural Section) 2016 /blog/events/puurojuhla-2016/
• 18.12. The Academic Female Choir KYN: the ’Kun se loistavi’ Christmas concert /blog/events/naiskuoro-kyn-kun-se-loistavi-joulukonsertti-2/

2.    New Student magazine AINO now on campus

Student magazine AINO’s last issue of 2016 is now available on campus! Go grab yours and read the English article about quirky little things that have surprised foreigners when settling in Finland. You’ll probably enjoy the special cover of the magazine, too!

You can now also find AINO’s older English articles online at www.ainolehti.fi. You can also leave feedback and news tips on the website.AINO is Aalto University’s quarterly magazine that writes about Aalto, AYY and the world of students in general.

3.    Applications for the sections of AYY end tomorrow, 6.12.

More than 150 volunteers work every year at AYY, doing invaluable work for our community. There are different kinds of volunteering roles, including ones in event production, campus development, international affairs, student advocacy and corporate relations. Applications for the sections of AYY end tomorrow, 6.12. Apply, get new friends, create something new and experience on of the best years of your life!

Read more about volunteering roles at /stop/. The application forms can be found at https://lomake.ayy.fi/rekry/stop/. Don’t hesitate any more, we want you!

4.    Elisa is looking for new Elisa Trainees for 2017 (www.elisa.fi/trainee)!

Join us on the 12th December at Elisa HQ in Pasila to learn more about what it means to be an Elisa Trainee and to meet about your potential future colleagues and bosses. In this event you can learn more about what kind of company Elisa is and how we have successfully renewed our operations in today’s competitive market.

Agenda

• 17:00 – Arrivals & drinks
• 17:15 – Elisa Trainee 2017 in brief (Juho Toivola)
• 17:30 KEYNOTE #1: “Elisa Future Leaders – creating global innovation network of researchers & startups”” (Kimmo Pentikäinen)
• 18:00 KEYNOTE #2: ”How an established telco company became a modern software house” (Joonas Peltola)
• 18:30 Food and networking (possibility to meet hiring managers and current trainees)
• 19:30 Closing – departures

Where? When? 12th December 5pm-8pm, Elisa HQ in Pasila, Helsinki.

More information for registered attendees.

Register

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elisa-trainee-info-evening-for-potential-applicants-tickets-29604628240

Looking forward to meeting you all!

– Elisa Trainee 2017 Team

5.    Apply to get involved in creating the AYY brand

Do you want to be involved in influencing what your Student Union looks and sounds like? Are you interested in brand work? Join in the revision and updating of the AYY brand.

The brand work will be begun right at the beginning of 2017. The aim is that the accomplishments and ideas of the working group will already be taken into use in the autumn of 2017, when new students arrive at Aalto. The working group will work intensively in the spring of 2017. An estimated few meetings per month will be arranged, in the way agreed on by the working group itself. During the spring and summer, meetings will be held when necessary, for example to do with the monitoring of the realisation of the project and its implementation.

We want enthusiastic and motivated students to join us with a vision, or a desire to forma vision. Of how our shared Student Union should look in the future. No previous experience of brand work is required, but it might be of benefit. Taking part in the working group entails a commitment to meetings and a readiness to familiarise oneself with materials, also independently outside the meetings.

The brand working group will consist of two student representatives selected through an open application process and Board members and workers of AYY. The open application process for the working group is open until 12 noon on 7.12.2016. The working group will be appointed at the meeting of the Council on 15.12.2016. Apply at https://lomake.ayy.fi/viestinta/haku-ayyn-brandityoryhmaan/ .

The progress of the brand work will be communicated actively on the communications channels of the Student Union. All those who are interested in the brand work can also join the ayy-brand e-mail list (https://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/ayy-brand ), through which it’s possible to get information about the work of the working group and comment on the different stages of the brand work.

You can ask for further information from the Information Officer of AYY, Henna Palonen (henna.palonen@ayy.fi or 0505209440)

6.    AYY’s lost property practices are changing

Up till now, it has been possible to bring objects from clothes and bags to items of value to AYY, found in the one-off rental premises of AYY or the campus area. Due to a lack of resources, the lost property service will end at the end of this year and such items will no longer be accepted at the office of AYY.

This means that from there on, passing on clothes or bags found in the premises of AYY or the campus to lost property offices or their owners is at the responsibility of the event organisers. It will only be possible to bring phones, wallets, keys and spectacles to the service point of AYY. Travel cards found are to be returned to the service points of HSL or given to bus drivers, who will pass them on to HSL.

So, the period of November and December is the last time that you can come to look for your lost property. At the end of December, all existing lost property will be taken from the storerooms of AYY for recycling or waste collection.

7.    My Career in Finland 7.12.

How does the Finnish job market function? What is the role of the trade unions? What is essential for finding a job in Finland? What do you need to take into account when starting your own business in Finland? How have international Aalto alumni found their ways into Finnish work life and what is the Finnish working culture like through their eyes?

Come to Aalto University Student Union’s career evening for international students “”My Career in Finland”” 7.12.2016 17-21 in Startup Sauna & Design Factory to hear the essentials of working in Finland and to meet and mingle with potential employers.

• WHAT: My Career in Finland – career evening
• WHEN: 7.12.2016 17-21
• WHERE: Startup Sauna and Design Factory (Betonimiehenkuja 3 D, 02150 Espoo)

Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1803644839877931/

8.    Independence Day Torchlight Procession

On 6.12. the students of the capital city area are commemorating Finland’s Independence Day with a joint torch procession. Everyone is welcome to join in the parade. Torches will be handed out for the event at the start of the parade. Associations can take part in the parade with their own flag.

Instructions and timetables for the event can be found at: http://itsenaisyyspaiva.ayy.fi/fi/

9.    Get yourself into the Christmas spirit with atmospheric Christmas concerts

Dominante – Joulun tähden

• On Monday, 19.12.2016 at 7 pm in Tapiola Church
• On Tuesday, 20.12.2016 at 7 pm in St. Paul’s Church
• On Wednesday, 21.12.2016 at 7 pm in Helsinki Cathedral

Tickets €25/€15

Further information: http://www.dominante.fi/

The Academic Female Choir KYN – Kun se loistavi

• Sunday, 11.12.2016 at 7 pm, Old Church, Lönnrotinkatu 6, 00120 Helsinki
• Sunday, 18.12.2016 at 7 pm, Temppeliaukio Church, Lutherinkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki

Tickets €18/€12 from choir members and at the door, from Tiketti €20/€13.50

The events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/339623206390762/

Further information: www.kyn.fi and fb.com/KYNchoir

The Polytech Choir

• Saturday, 10.12. at 4 pm, Tapiola Church (€20/€10)
• Thursday, 15.12. at 6 pm and 8 pm, St John’s Church (€28/€20/€13)

Further information: http://www.polyteknikkojenkuoro.fi/

The Polytech Orchestra – Soi Jouluyö

• 7.12. at 7 pm

Tickets €15/€8 from orchestra members, online (http://www.polyteknikkojenorkesteri.fi/konsertit/) and at the door before the concert.

The event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1090465971052358/

10.                  Current news from FSHS

The electronic health questionnaires sent to first-year students will come this time at the beginning of 2017.  Thus, health appointments will also be done after the turn of the year. An invitation to a health appointment is sent to those students who have the most need for it on the basis of the health questionnaire. An information system overhaul is currently under way at FSHS, which also includes updating the electronic health survey. The new system will make the health survey process considerably easier.

The name of the MyFSHS service is changing. In the online service, you can check and cancel your own appointment times. If you have received an appointment booking authorisation that entitles you to book an appointment, you can also book a time and move times you have already booked with the aid of the service. From here on, MyFSHS will be known as Self. The name is changing because according to the feedback from students and staff, the names My FSHS and MyKanta were too similar and difficult to distinguish from each other. The Self name will gradually be taken into use during the end of the year. For example, updates to the yths.fi site will be begun soon.

The branches of FSHS will be closed on Independence Day, 6.12. The doors of the Otaniemi branch of FSHS will be closed exceptionally on Monday, 12.12.2016 from 12 noon to 1.30 pm.

The staff of the Otaniemi branch of FSHS wish all students a peaceful and relaxing beginning to December and good luck for the efforts of the end of the year!