This is AYY’s association newsletter 5/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

Only 13 days left to the beginning of the application period of the operating grant. You can already refresh your association’s memory and read through ayy.fi website Grants for Associations. The updated scoring model for the application of the operating grant will be published shortly and announced in future association newsletters.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Gravitation is here again!
3. Have you already signed up for SELL Games 2012?

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

As in the previous years, AYY’s operating grants can be applied for the year 2012 in the spring. You should mark down in your calendar the following dates; Thursday, 1 March, when the application system will open and Sunday, 1 April, when it will close. You can already read AYY.fi section Grants for Associations, so that you are aware of the obligations that the association has in order to receive the operating grant. There may be changes made to the scoring model of the grants on the website in early February. The English and Swedish translations of the scoring model will be available at the end of February.

2. GRAVITATION IS HERE AGAIN!

Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb. Gravitation is the largest cross-disciplinary party of the beginning of the year and this party will be amazing! Gravitation is arranged at The Circus and it is the official party of the Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill. Performers include the fantastic Jare & VilleGalle, Haloo Helsinki! and naturally a DJ that will keep the dance floor full. So come and warm yourself up after all the sledding!

Further information: /en/blog/events/gravitation-2012/

3. HAVE YOU ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR SELL GAMES 2012?

Have you noticed that SELL Games 2012 will be organised in Otaniemi? The main organisers are Aalto University Student Union (AYY) and Aalto University Sports Club.

Since these games are hosted by us, we try to collect the largest possible team to represent our own university. We need more participants from the School of Economics and the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, in particular.

Send this message forward to the members, so we can arrange an amazing event!

If SELL Games are not familiar to you, please read this brief information on SELL website http://sell2012.fi/organization/.

After the financial assistance of Unisport, three day participation including meals and HSL ticket will cost €40 for Aalto University students. You can gather your own team from your sports club or participate as an individual to compete and enjoy the sporty atmosphere! You can sign up for the games directly at https://lomake.ayy.fi/liikunta/registration_sell2012/. The deadline for registration at the price of €40 is 20 March and the registration is binding. You can also sign up after 20 March but at a higher price.

For more information on participation and Aalto University’s own team, please contact Sports Specialist Heidi Heiskanen, heidi.heiskanen@ayy.fi.

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 4/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

Only 20 days left to the beginning of the application period of the operating grant. You can already refresh your association’s memory and read through ayy.fi website Grants for Associations. The updated scoring model for the application of the operating grant will be published shortly and announced in future association newsletters.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Gravitation is here again!
3. Have you already signed up for SELL Games 2012?
4. Training day for slippery driving by Teekkari Car Club on 12 Feb
5. Leisure and coastal skipper courses of teekkari sailors
6. Assistance for summer job search in technology fields

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

As in the previous years, AYY’s operating grants can be applied for the year 2012 in the spring. You should mark down in your calendar the following dates; Thursday, 1 March, when the application system will open and Sunday, 1 April, when it will close. You can already read AYY.fi section Grants for Associations, so that you are aware of the obligations that the association has in order to receive the operating grant. There may be changes made to the scoring model of the grants on the website in early February. The English and Swedish translations of the scoring model will be available at the end of February.

2. GRAVITATION IS HERE AGAIN!

Gravitation is here again on Shrove Tuesday, 21 Feb. Gravitation is the largest cross-disciplinary party of the beginning of the year and this party will be amazing! Gravitation is arranged at The Circus and it is the official party of the Shrovetide celebrations at Ullanlinnanmäki Hill. Performers include the fantastic Jare & VilleGalle, Haloo Helsinki! and naturally a DJ that will keep the dance floor full. So come and warm yourself up after all the sledding!

Further information: /en/blog/events/gravitation-2012/

3. HAVE YOU ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR SELL GAMES 2012?

Have you noticed that SELL Games 2012 will be organised in Otaniemi? The main organisers are Aalto University Student Union (AYY) and Aalto University Sports Club.

Since these games are hosted by us, we try to collect the largest possible team to represent our own university. We need more participants from the School of Economics and the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, in particular.

Send this message forward to the members, so we can arrange an amazing event!

If SELL Games are not familiar to you, please read this brief information on SELL website http://sell2012.fi/organization/.

After the financial assistance of Unisport, three day participation including meals and HSL ticket will cost €40 for Aalto University students. You can gather your own team from your sports club or participate as an individual to compete and enjoy the sporty atmosphere! You can sign up for the games directly at https://lomake.ayy.fi/liikunta/registration_sell2012/. The deadline for registration at the price of €40 is 20 March and the registration is binding. You can also sign up after 20 March but at a higher price.

For more information on participation and Aalto University’s own team, please contact Sports Specialist Heidi Heiskanen, heidi.heiskanen@ayy.fi.

4. TEEKKARI CAR CLUB ARRANGES A TRAINING DAY FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING ON 12 FEB

Do not be a deer in the headlights! Teekkari Car Club (TAK) will arrange the ice track day for slippery driving training in Hyvinkään Vauhtipuisto Park on Sunday, 12 Feb 2012, 3pm–6pm. Please do not hesitate to participate. If you don’t have the skills, we will help you. You can participate with your own/dad’s/friend’s/some one else’s car. The car club is not responsible for damage that might occur. We will, however, take our own van and car trailer to the event in case it will be needed. The fee for the car club members is €5 and the fee for non-members is €20. The membership of the car club costs €15.

The car club builds and repairs its members’ cars, makes excursions, goes to the sauna at different locations, organises events and attends parties. On every first Friday of every summer month, we cruise around the city and a couple of times a year we drive at Ahvenisto motor-racing track. Join the action! Further information (in Finnish) is available at: http://tak.tky.fi/tak/index.php.

5. LEISURE AND COASTAL SKIPPER COURSES OF TEEKKARI SAILORS

Again this spring, TRIP (technology students sailing club) will arrange the leisure and coastal skipper courses of the Finnish Navigation Union (Suomen navigaatioliitto). Registration for courses is now open.

The leisure skipper course is the beginner’s course for navigation and water traffic regulations, among other things. You will learn to find your way between the right signs, read directions on a map and identify other ships based on their lights.

The course will start from the basics so you do not need any preliminary information. The course includes 7 lectures. The lectures will be arranged from 21 Feb onwards on Tuesdays, 5.30pm-8pm. The exam will be arranged on Friday, 20 Apr, 6pm-10pm. The exact dates can be found via the link for additional information.

The coastal skipper course is a continuation for the leisure skipper course and provides further information on tides, weather and the use of radar. The course includes 6 lectures which are arranged from 23 Feb onwards on Thursdays, 5.30pm-approx. 8pm. The exam will be arranged on Friday, 20 Apr, 6pm-10pm. The exact dates can be found via the link for additional information.

The requirement for the coastal skipper course is a completed leisure skipper course degree but it is possible to complete both degrees at the same time in TRIP’s courses.

Further information and online registration: http://trip.tky.fi/modx/index.php?id=70.

6. ASSISTANCE FOR SUMMER JOB SEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDS 

Already 150 companies in technology fields offer summer jobs and internships for students for the next summer. In order to ease the summer job search, summer jobs in technology fields are collected to a single web service: www.opiskelijaboxi.fi/kesatyo (in Finnish). The summer job site of Opiskelijaboxi has direct links to summer job applications and instructions on how to prepare a job application and CV and how to prepare for a job interview.

It is advisable to follow the summer job site of Opiskelijaboxi on a regular basis as more companies and jobs are collected on the summer job list constantly during the spring. Information on new summer jobs can be easily and quickly seen by following our Facebook site www.facebook.com/Kesatyo2012.

In addition, on the website www.opiskelijaboxi.fi/kesatyo you can download banners telling about this service, which can be used freely on your own possible websites.

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).

This is AYY’s Association Newsletter 3/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at: http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset.

Only 27 days left to the beginning of the application period of the operating grant. You can already refresh your association’s memory and read through ayy.fi website /en/associations/grants-for-associations/.

1. Important reminder for everyone about the reservation of premises
2. AYY’s operating grants 2012
3. Teekkari Car Club arranges a training day for slippery driving

1. IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR EVERYONE ABOUT THE RESERVATION OF PREMISES

AYY rents sauna, sitsi, party and meeting premises for associations for one day at a time. You can find information about all the premises on ayy.fi at /en/students/space-rental/. You should read the website before making reservations for the premises. We would like to remind all associations that the reservation of premises must always be cancelled in writing 14 days prior to the reservation or the association has to pay the rent for the premises.

2. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

As in the previous years, AYY’s operating grants can be applied for the year 2012 in the spring. You should mark down in your calendar the following dates; Thursday, 1 March, when the application system will open and Sunday, 1 April, when it will close.

You can already read AYY.fi section “Grants for Associations” (/en/associations/grants-for-associations/), so that you are aware of the obligations that the association has in order to receive the operating grant. There may be changes made to the scoring model of the grants on the website in early February. The English and Swedish translations of the scoring model will be available at the end of February.

3. TEEKKARI CAR CLUB ARRANGES A TRAINING DAY FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING

Do not be a deer in the headlights! Teekkari Car Club (TAK) will arrange the ice track day for slippery driving training in Hyvinkään Vauhtipuisto Park on Sunday, 12 Feb 2012, 3pm–6pm. Please do not hesitate to participate. If you don’t have the skills, we will help you. You can participate with your own/dad’s/friend’s/some one else’s car. The car club is not responsible for damage that might occur. We will, however, take our own van and car trailer to the event in case it will be needed. The fee for the car club members is €5 and the fee for non-members is €20. The membership of the car club costs €15.

The car club builds and repairs its members’ cars, makes excursions, goes to the sauna at different locations, organises events and attends parties. On every first Friday of every summer month, we cruise around the city and a couple of times a year we drive at Ahvenisto motor-racing track. Join the action! Further information (in Finnish) is available at: http://tak.tky.fi/tak/index.php (in Finnish).

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 2/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

Still 34 days left to the launch of the application period of the operating grants. You can already refresh your memory and read through the ayy.fi website /en/associations/grants-for-associations/.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. DL of the first application round of TTE-Fund on this Sunday, 29 Jan
3. Come to Polijazz course ”Interpretation of Music and Improvisation in Partner Dances”

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

As in the previous years, AYY’s operating grant is applied for the year 2012 in the spring. We recommend that you mark down in your calendar the dates Thursday, 1 March, when the application system will open and Sunday, 1 April, when it will close.

You can already read AYY.fi section ”Grants for Associations” (/en/associations/grants-for-associations/), so that you are aware of the obligations that the association has in order to receive the operating grant. There may be changes made to the scoring model of the grants on the website in early February. The English and Swedish translations of the scoring model will be available at the end of February.

2. DL OF THE FIRST APPLICATION ROUND OF TTE-FUND ON THIS SUNDAY, 29 JAN

New year, new tricks? Now you can apply for the grant from TTE-Fund! The fund may grant applications to all AYY members and communities operating within the Student Union. TTE-Fund supports activities that reach for the stars, make people excited, and activities that can be seen and heard.

The first round of applications is ongoing. The deadline for applications is Sunday, 29 Jan 2012, 11.59pm. Instructions on making the application and its attachments are available on the website of the fund at http://tter.ayy.fi/ (in Finnish). You can apply for the grant with the online form which is available at: http://tter.ayy.fi/hae-avustusta/ (in Finnish).

It is also worth remembering that the streamlined application process of TTE-Fund for smaller and quickly implemented projects is continuously open until the end of May! Through the streamlined application process, you can apply for the maximum of 300 euro grant by sending a brief e-mail application. More detailed information is available at TTE-Fund website at  http://tter.ayy.fi/. For further information, please contact tter@list.ayy.fi.

3. COME TO POLIJAZZ COURSE ”INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC AND IMPROVISATION IN PARTNER DANCES”

In February, Dance Association Polijazz will arrange a unique concise course with the theme ”Interpretation of Music and Improvisation in Parter Dances. This partner dance course will focus on improvisation, the interpretation of music and the contact between the partners. These themes are practised with two common partner dances that differ from each other: the one is soft and slow waltz and the other is rhythmic disco dance, bugg. The aim is to learn how to ”colour” dance within the setting provided by a certain dance type or style. In the course, participants vary steps, dance positions, patterns and body use.  The aim is to develop the creativity to transfer the mood of the music into a movement.

INTERPRETATION OF MUSIC AND IMPROVISATION IN PARTNER DANCES

• Sat, 4 Feb, 12noon-1.30pm Aalto Hall at Otahalli (http://www.otahalli.fi/index.php?k=9391)
• Mon, 6 Feb, 4.30pm-6pm, Jämeräntaival 3a, multipurpose facilities (http://polijazz.ayy.fi/map_jmt3a.php)
• Sat, 11 Feb, 12noon-1.30pm, Aalto Hall at Otahalli
• Mon, 13 Feb, 4.30pm-6pm, Jämeräntaival 3a, multipurpose facilities

You do not need your own partner! Course teachers are Lotta Lehvävirta and Heru Reksoprodjo. Teaching is arranged in Finnish and English.

REGISTRATION

We hope that participants have previous dance experience, either from partner or solo dance, as well as the courage to put their own creativity and skills in the game. Previous experience from bugg or slow waltz is not necessary.

The course fee is €25 and it is paid to Polijazz account 130930-59683, Nordea Otaniemi, with the reference number 26 before the beginning of the course. You can sign up for the course by email at   emma.partanen(a)aalto.fi. Polijazz classes are intended primarily for students. If there is space in the class, also other than students are welcome.

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in Finnish. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 1/2012. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

This is the beginning of another new year! AYY will soon again introduce the application period for the operating grants, so please refresh your memory and read through this ayy.fi website: /en/associations/grants-for-associations/.

1. Main administrator notice of Otax must be made by 29 March
2. The first round of applications of TTE-Fund is ongoing, DL: Sunday, 29 Jan
3. Upper secondary school trainings of the spring term are waiting for you
4. Welcome to the beginner’s scuba diving course and the scuba diving experiment 2012 of PSK Kupla
5. Polytech Aviation Club organises the glider pilot training (GPL)

1.MAIN ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE OF OTAX MUST BE MADE BY 29 MARCH

The accounts for which the notices are not made, the user names will be locked on Sunday, 1 April. After one month from this date, the website of the account will also be closed.

So please leave your notice on time and complete it carefully. You can fill out the notice at http://yhdistykset.ayy.fi/yllapitajailmoitus/english.html.

Otax is a web hotel service for AYY’s associations, further information is available at ayy.fi page /en/associations/it-services/website-services-on-otax/.

2. THE FIRST APPLICATION ROUND OF TTE-FUND IS ONGOING, DL ON SUNDAY, 29 JAN

New year, new tricks? Now you can apply for the grant from TTE-Fund! The fund may grant applications to all AYY members and communities operating within the Student Union. TTE-Fund supports activities that reach for the stars, make people excited, and activities that can be seen and heard.

The first round of applications is ongoing. The deadline for applications is Sunday, 29 Jan 2012, 11.59pm. Instructions on making the application and its attachments are available on the website of the fund at http://tter.ayy.fi/ (in Finnish). You can apply for the grant with the online form which is available at: http://tter.ayy.fi/hae-avustusta/ (in Finnish).

It is also worth remembering that the streamlined application process of TTE-Fund for smaller and quickly implemented projects is continuously open until the end of May! Through the streamlined application process, you can apply for the maximum of 300 euro grant by sending a brief e-mail application.

More detailed information is available at TTE-Fund website at http://tter.ayy.fi/ (in Finnish). For further information, please contact tter@list.ayy.fi.

3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TRAININGS OF THE SPRING TERM ARE WAITING FOR YOU

How would it sound to you to visit your former upper secondary school and say hello to your old friends, tell about your new studies and also make a little bit of pocket money?
– Well it sounds good!

Every academic year, Aalto University students tour upper secondary schools, fairs and garrisons to tell about university studies to potential future freshmen and for this purpose we need plenty of energetic informers. The upper secondary school informer trainings will be arranged in Otaniemi on Fri, 10 Feb, 8am-12noon and 12noon-4pm (one of the four-hour trainings is enough!).

The training will cover Aalto’s admission procedures, application periods and a few special cases of student admission, as well as performance. Please note that only those who complete the training can receive salary + travel expenses for the info sessions.

Please sign up by 6 Feb at https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/4083682A6191C535.par (in Finnish).

For further information, please contact Hilla Pohjalainen at Aalto University Admission Services, firstname.lastname@aalto.fi.

4. WELCOME TO THE BEGINNER’S SCUBA DIVING COURSE AND SCUBA DIVING EXPERIMENT 2012 OF PKS KUPLA

The info lecture of the spring course will be arranged at 5pm on Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012 at Civil and Environmental Engineering Building at the address Rakentajanaukio 4 A. The info lecture will last approximately two hours. The lecture will cover the course content, schedule and the conditions for participation in the course and you can also sign up for the course. In addition, you will also get information on Kupla activities.

The lectures and pool exercises will be mainly arranged on Tuesday evenings in the spring and the course will end in the open water camp in May. The price of the course in 2012 is €390. The reduced student price of €360 is offered for students with a valid university student card.

We will also arrange a scuba diving experiment in connection with the course on Tue, 7 Feb. The event provides basic information about the diving hobby and you can try out scuba diving in the pool led by an experienced trainer. After the experiment, you still have the opportunity to sign up for the spring course.

Participation in the scuba diving experiment does not require you to participate in the course. You must register in advance for the scuba diving experiment as there is a limited number of participants. If you want to participate in the scuba diving beginner’s course but not for the intro diving, you do not have to sign up – just come to the introduction class.

The course website is open at: http://kupla.kyla.fi/tiki-index.php?page=LSPK+2012 (in Finnish).

Further information on the scuba diving experiment and registrations at: http://kupla.kyla.fi/tiki-index.php?page=INTRO+2012 (in Finnish). Please note that the course and the scuba diving experiment will be held only in Finnish.

5. POLYTECH AVIATION CLUB ORGANISES GLIDER PILOT TRAINING (GPL)

Have you ever dreamed of flying? If you have, now you have the perfect opportunity to start a gliding hobby as PIK organises the Glider Pilot Licence course again this spring!

The course introduction and the theoretical part of the course will begin at 6pm on 30 Jan 2012 in Otaniemi and the flight part of the course will be arranged in Räyskälä later this spring. The theory course costs  €150 including teaching (43 lessons) and the course material.

The course participation requires membership of the club and you can join the club in the monthly meeting which will take place for the next time at Ossinlinna at 6pm on 25 Jan 2012.

Further information and course registrations: purjelento@pik.fi and www.pik.fi (in Finnish).

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in Finnish. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 19/2011. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset. Instructions on using the association newsletter can be found at the end of this newsletter.

Only 6 days to AYY’s association training! Now is the final chance to sign up at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/yhdistyskoulutus-8-12-2011/

IN THIS WEEK’S ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

1. AYY’s association training at Design Factory on 8 Dec, 4.30pm
2. Advance booking of one-time rental facilities
3. Torchlight procession of Independence Day
4. AYY’s international section offers one more event in 2011!
   

1. AYY’S ASSOCIATION TRAINING AT DESIGN FACTORY ON 8 DEC, 4.3OPM

Already 60 associations have signed up for AYY’s association training arranged on 8 December. If you have not signed up yet, do it now at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/yhdistyskoulutus-8-12-2011/. Registration will end on Independence Day, Tuesday, 6 Dec, 4pm.

Schedule and programme of the association training

Common programme, 4.30pm–6.30pm

• 4.30pm: Opening words, Henna Mattila, organisational affairs
• 4.35pm: Duties and responsibilities of the association board
• 5.20pm: Coffee break
• 5.30pm: Operational grants, Organisation Specialist Otto Palonen
• 5.45pm: TTER grants
• 6.00pm: Association services, Henna Mattila, organisational affairs
• 6.20pm: Coffee break and a division into groups

Group-specific programme, 6.30pm–7.30pm

Group 1 (chairs, vice chairs and secretaries)

• 6.30pm: Association rules and responsibilities, Organisation Specialist Otto Palonen
• 6.50pm: Meeting technique and documents, Specialist Jarmo Mäkelä
• 7.10pm: Archiving, Archivist Tiina Metso

Group 2 (communications officers, persons in charge of communications)

• 6.30pm: Association communications and event communications, Communications Specialist Joonas Jylhä
• 7.00pm: Internationality and trilingualism in associations, Henna Mattila

Group 3 (treasurers)

• 6.30pm: Financial management of the association, Specialist Teemu Salo, Helsingin tili ja tase

2. ADVANCE BOOKING OF RENTAL FACILITIES IS APPROACHING

AYY’s one-time rental facilities and the van can soon be booked in advance for the period between 23 Jan 2012 and 19 Aug 2012. AYY provides one-time rental sauna and meeting facilities which the associations can book in advance. More information on the facilities is available /jasenille/tilojen-vuokraaminen/.

Please do not book the facilities that are rented by AYY, you can see the reservations at  /wp-content/uploads/tilakahmyt_k12_v1.2_AYY.xls. On Monday, 5 Dec, you can also check the facilities booked in advance by special status assocations, please try to avoid booking the same facilities.

More information on the advance booking is available at /kertavuokrattavien-tilojen-ennakkovaraus-lahestyy/

3. TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

The torchlight procession of university students in the metropolitan area was first arranged in 1951, the year when Marshal C. G.E. Mannerheim died. The procession still follows the route of Marshal’s funeral procession in the opposite direction starting fromt he Hietaniemi Cemetary and ending at Senate Square.

Today, the torchlight procession is arragned by four student unions: Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY), Sibelius Academy Student Union (SAY), Svenska handelhögskolans studentkår (SHS) and Aalto University Student Union (AYY). The student unions also work in close cooperation with the Cadet Union of National Defence University. The representatives of the Cadet Union carry the main flag of the procession.

In 2011, the brigade of the Finnish flags consists of the engineering student community Luolamiehet from Otaniemi. In 2010, the flag brigade consisted of Forestry students from the University of Helsinki, in 2009 from the students of School of Economics, in 2008 from Otaniemi female engineering students and in 2007 from the members of Kadettitoverikunta.

University students are welcome to participate in the event at Heroes’ Cross and the torchlight procession itself. The meeting places of the largest organisations are marked along the birch alley leading to the cemetery. Other students may join the procession in the instructed location after the flags.

Further information is available at  http://itsenaisyyspaiva.ayy.fi/fi/

4. AYY’S INTERNATIONAL SECTION OFFERS ONE MORE EVENT IN 2011!

Many new friends will leave Finland at the end of the academic term. Exams are approaching but there is still time for one more party. So come to Smökki tl say goodbye, enjoy traditional pre-Christmas atmosphere and simply have fun in the international company.

Admission fee to the party is 3 euro. The price includes a mug of mulled wine and lots of fun activities. More mulled wine and traditional cuisine is served at an affordable price. By bringing a gift worth of 2-3 euro, you will also get a gift from Santa during the evening.

• What? AYY’s international farewell party
• When? 9 Dec, 7pm-0.30am
• Where? Smökki, Jämeräntaival 4
• Optional dress code? Christmassy 🙂

Further information on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291656260874244

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in Finnish. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).