This is the AYY weekly newsletter 49/2017. You can find news concerning AYY, its associations and sections in this newsletter, in addition to other useful information.
Lighting the dark – AYY has chosen a new Board! Congratulations to Chairperson Noora Vänttinen and Board members Tapio Hautamäki, Suvi Vendelin, Mikael Liimatainen, Emma Savela, Julius Luukkanen, Noora Tanska, Mikhael Koufos, Lauri Seppäläinen and Hilja Korhonen.
Read the full announcement here: /en/blog/2017/11/30/ayy-selected-the-board-for-2018-noora-vanttinen-becomes-the-chairperson/
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The association information can be found in the association newsletter. Read it at: /en/associations/association-newsletter/
Week 49
6.12. Ristin kilta: “Guild members speak” night /blog/events/ristin-kilta-kiltalaiset-puhuvat-ilta-3/
Week 50
13.12. Ristin kilta: Game Night /blog/events/ristin-kilta-peli-ilta-8/
15.12. Porridge Party 2017 /blog/events/puurojuhla-2017/
17.12. Female Choir KYN: Tuikkikaa (”Twinkle”) Christmas concert /blog/events/naiskuoro-kyn-tuikkikaa-joulukonsertti/
- AYY’s volunteer search for 2018
- Apply for Finnair’s internship program!
- Find the summer job of your dreams at Sweco – our summer job search is open!
- Send a card to someone nice!
- Wanna Change the Game? Come and Make the Rules!
- Campus section presents: the coolest wall painting competition!
- Tikelo presents: Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
- Otaniemi Karaoke Singers’ pre-Christmas party and election meeting on the 8th of December
- Chamber choir Dissonanssi’s Christmas concert Fri 8th December 2017
- Open doors at the Dominante club room on the 9th of December between 14:00 and 16:00
- Female Choir KYN: Tuikkikaa (”Twinkle”) Christmas concert
- BEER AND BIBLE at the Gallow’s Bird pub on the 13th of December at 17:30
- Cultural encounters in the Mosaic Encounters group
AYY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. AYY’s volunteer search for 2018
Next year is yet again full of numerous interesting and fun volunteer activities! The selection of volunteer of activities is really diverse, ranging from organizing events to advocacy work. Find out more about the different activities and find the right one for you for next year at www.ayy.fi/stop! Also remember to follow the stories of volunteers and the recruitment process on AYY’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
2. Apply for Finnair’s internship program!
Finnair’s Internship program is gathering together the most motivated and dynamic high-performers to bring fresh and new insights in a highly competitive and challenging aviation industry. Full-time Internship lasts 4-6 months with flexible starting date in winter, spring or fall. First Interns will start working already in the beginning of 2018. See more detailed information on intern roles and submit your application through:
https://company.finnair.com/en/careers/students
How to join our Internship program?
– Apply online, December 19th at latest. After applying you will be directed to our online assessment environment where we ask you to do online assignment.
– Based on the application and the online assessments the most suitable applicants are invited to video interview
– Last phase of the process is final interviews in our headquarters in January 2018.
We offer six different paths to choose from: Finance Interns, People & Culture Interns, Business Analyst Interns, Marketing and Sales Interns, Design, Developer and Digital operations Interns and Aircraft Engineer Interns
Apply here: https://company.finnair.com/en/careers/students
3. Find the summer job of your dreams at Sweco – our summer job search is open!
Attention technology students! Sweco is looking for students who want to develop their expertise in construction and design. You are looking for a summer job related to your studies and dreaming of finding a job that would provide work for you also in the future. Expertise with design programs or previous experience in the field (in construction site or design tasks for example) is considered a plus. However, we value a positive attitude and the motivation to learn new things more than experience. We have summer jobs available at our offices all around Finland.
The application period for our summer jobs is from the 4th of December 2017 to the 11th of February 2018, but the early bird gets the worm, so you should act fast and secure your summer job as soon as possible. The fastest way to do this is to come to our breakfast event held on the 7th of December, where you can find out more about Sweco’s summer job opportunities and superiors. Welcome to the Campus restaurant Aalto Konetekniikka (Otakaari 4) on Thursday, the 7th of December between 8:30 and 11:00. Remember to take your CV and transcript of records with you!
Our summer job search opens on the 4th of December on our website at: www.sweco.fi/tyopaikat
4. Send a card to someone nice!
Did you attend an extraordinarily good lecture? Was the janitor kind enough to help you with your heavy luggage? Did the study planning officer help you out with your complex study plans?
It is nice to get praise on your work but also to praise others. Now it’s time to say thank you to the university staff. The Aalto University Student Union will send a thank you card on your behalf if you tell us on the 9th of December at the latest who has been nice to you at https://lomake.ayy.fi/sosiaalipolitiikka/kortti-kivoille/. Let’s remember to thank each other!
5. Wanna Change the Game? Come and Make the Rules!
The call for applications for student representatives in the administration of the Aalto University for 2018 is open. As a student representative, you can influence e.g. the quality of teaching, Aalto’s regulations, restaurants and equality. If you want to take part in creating a better future for students, visit /en/student-union/student-advocacy/student-representatives/ for more information and apply for the position at https://www.halloped.fi/en.
EVENTS
6. Students’ Independence Day Procession
Students in the Helsinki capital region will celebrate Finnish independence in a traditional manner on the 6th of December by holding a shared Independence Day procession. Everyone is welcome to join the procession. The organizers will provide participants with torches and lights, handed out at the start of the procession. Associations can take part in the procession with their own official flag.
The fastest can get a ride back to Otaniemi starting from 18:15.
Instructions and schedule for the event can be found at https://itsenaisyyspaiva.ayy.fi/juhlakulkue-2017/. The FB page for the event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/124333588235604/.
7. Viikki goes 69 – last pre-Christmas party of the year!
We warmly welcome EVERYONE to the last but definitely not least pre-Christmas party of the year!
This year, we’ll build you a time machine and arrange a retro-themed party. Be sure to wear retro clothes and come with us to have a great time! Take some coins with you so you can buy drinks and our cool overall patches. And of course there will be great people and music – what else could one ask of a pre-Christmas party? The party will be arranged at C-Grundi (Talonpojantie 13 Helsinki) starting at 18 o’clock. Let’s make this the best party of the year together!
Free entrance!
Also check out the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1319047461559311/
Regards, forestry students’ course board K-110
CULTURE
8. Campus section presents: the coolest wall painting competition!
The coolest wall painting competition is here again! The Campus Section wants to encourage AYY members who live in shared or friend apartments to work together for a nicer living environment. Check out the amazing prizes and rules from the Facebook event and participate! The race is on until 10.12.2017! https://www.facebook.com/events/180815985809841
9. Tikelo presents: Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Are you excited to know how the Star Wars saga will continue?
So are we! Tikelo welcomes you to a screening of Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. We have reserved tickets for 20.30 screening in Tennispalatsi movie theater on the 15th of December. Tickets cost only 8 euros a piece.
Ticket sales start on Tuesday 5th of December at 12 online and the link will be posted on the Tikelo Facebook page. Max two tickets per person and only for Aalto students. Last year the tickets were sold out in minutes so be fast!
Before the movie, we’ll host a preparty event at the cabinets at the 3rd floor of KY-building where we’ll offer snacks and beverages and a chance to hang out before the movie. Also, the tickets themselves will be given then and there. You may arrive starting from 19.30. Please pick up your tickets by 20.15.
What? Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Where and when? Ticket reservations starting from 5th of December, preparty at the cabinets of KY-Building starting at 19.30 and the movie itself in Tennispalatsi at 20.30
How much? 8 euros
Why? You know why!
10. Otaniemi Karaoke Singers’ pre-Christmas party and election meeting on the 8th of December
What: Karaoke at a pre-Christmas party! We will have food, drinks and company available at the event. We will hold a quick election meeting at the beginning and then continue with the karaoke evening long into the winter night. New people interested in karaoke are especially welcome!
Where: Otakaari 20, small side
When: Friday 8th December starting from 17:00.
11. Chamber choir Dissonanssi’s Christmas concert Fri 8th December 2017
Welcome to Chamber choir Dissonanssi’s Christmas concert on Friday 8th December at 6 pm in the Otaniemi Chapel. Free admission. Welcome!
What: Chamber Choir Dissonanssi’s Christmas Concert
When: Friday 8th December 2017 at 6 pm
Where: Otaniemi Chapel, Jämeräntaival 8
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/466444023755859/
12. Open doors at the Dominante club room on the 9th of December between 14:00 and 16:00
Welcome to Dominante’s club room Fermaatti, located in Jämeräntaival 5B’s basement.
In 1984, the Polytech Chamber Choir (Polyteknikkojen kamarikuoro, PKK) was given a room in Jämeräntaival 5B’s basement. Since then, the club room built by volunteers has been named Fermaatti, and the choir has changed its name to Dominante, but the room, which is almost in its original condition, sees more use now than ever.
Fermaatti serves as a rehearsal and party venue for Dominante and as a home base that is full of memories, stories and awards from dozens of trips the choir has taken around the world.
JMT is facing a pipeline renovation, which means that we have to give up our beloved home base for a while, but before that, we want to offer you the unique opportunity to see the original club room of Finland’s most successful mixed choir and find out more about its history and traditions by opening the doors to the public on Saturday, the 9th of December between 14:00 and 16:00. There will also be teekkari history present at the club room: Timo Tirkkonen, one of the original builders of Fermaatti.
Fermaatti is located in the basement of JMT5B, and the entrance is behind the building next to the shore.
13. Female Choir KYN: Tuikkikaa (”Twinkle”) Christmas concert
KYN’s Tuikkikaa Christmas concert honors Finland’s 100th anniversary, taking the audience on a trip amidst the Finnish winter and Christmas, a Christmas that is so familiar and dear to all. The story of Christmas, which always feels new and wonderful, is told through the most beloved Christmas songs by Jean Sibelius, Selim Palmgren and Leevi Madetoja, and by the compositions by Jussi Chydenius and Mia Makaroff, creating newer Christmas traditions.
We warmly welcome you on this trip with us amidst the sparkling snow and twinkling stars. KYN will sing the Christmas to you.
Tuikkikaa Christmas concert
KYN
Kaija Viitasalo
Sunday 17th December at 19:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Pyhän Sydämen kappeli (The Chapel of the Holy Heart) (Kirstinkatu 1, Helsinki)
Tuesday 19th December at 19:00 (doors open at 18:15)
Helsinki Old Church (Lönnrotinkatu 6, Helsinki)
Tickets from choir members and at the door 20€/15€, from Tiketti 22.50€/16.50€.
The discounted price is for students, unemployed, pensioners, conscripts, children between 7 and 17 years, and groups of more than 10 persons.
Free admission for children under 7 years of age.
The duration of the concert is about 1 hour.
Get in the mood by listening to one of KYN’s all-time Christmas favorites, Varpunen jouluaamuna as arranged by Anna-Mari Kähärä!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R00fD-ADPgw&feature=youtu.be
OTHERS
14. BEER AND BIBLE at the Gallow’s Bird pub on the 13th of December at 17:30
”When I preach, I preach so that even a 7-year-old child can understand it. But when me and Master Melanchthon drink beer in the cellar and talk about theology, even God up in Heaven is astonished by our learning.”- Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Join the discussion, learn new things and get to know to new people! We are hosting an easily accessible Bible circle for students and young adults at the Gallow’s Bird pub on Wednesday, the 13th of December at 17:30. The Bible teaching is held by priest and doctoral student Heidi Zitting. The pub is located in Niittykumpu, and it is easy to reach. Food and drinks are available at the pub, and dogs and baby strollers are allowed. The masterminds behind the Bible circle are lovers of beer and the Bible from Tapiola, Stina and Ilmar Metsalo. The Aalto chaplains and the Tapiola parish are also involved. For more information, contact Aalto chaplain Marjut Mulari: marjut.mulari@evl.fi / 0503652256.
15. Cultural encounters in the Mosaic Encounters group
Are you interested in exchange studies? Do you want to meet foreign cultures already in advance? Or do you want to find out more about the culture of the country where you are going?
If you answered ”yes”, join our Facebook group Mosaic Encounters, the aim of which is to bring together our current exchange students and people interested in exchange studies. The group allows people to organize meetings independently or in groups in a relaxed atmosphere. We need everyone’s input to create a close-knit and functional community! So join the Mosaic Encounters group and invite all your friends who might be interested.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386726838418015/