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Association newsletter week 41/2018

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This is the AYY association newsletter for week 41/2018

One last reminder about answering the community survey (item 1). It is important to get a collective answer from each association for the development work. See also the reminder about AYY’s social media channels (item 2), of which Instagram can be taken over by your association to showcase your activities (item 3). Also, check out the schedules for AYY’s volunteer applications (item 5).

Upcoming events and important dates for associations
6 Oct: Otaniemi Night of Arts (http://otanieminightofarts.fi/)
7 Oct: Answering time of community survey ends (item 1)
1 Oct–25 Oct/7 Nov: Application to AYY Board is open (item 5, /stop/en/)
18 Oct: Representative Council meeting 9/2018 (follow at /en/student-union/live/)
21 Oct: Nomination for honorary members of PTK ends (https://lomake.ayy.fi/ptk/ehdota-uusia-arwoisia/, form in Finnish)
27 Oct: TOKYO Maskerad (/blogi/2018/10/01/maskerad-is-turned-into-art-by-the-party-crowd/?lang=en)
1 Nov–23 Nov/3 Dec: Application to AYY Sections is open (item 5, /stop/en/)
1 Nov–31 Dec: Application to AYY Committees is open (item 5, /stop/en/)
9 Nov: Teekkari Tradition Party (item 4, https://teekkarius146.ayy.fi [in Finnish])
27 Nov: Save the date: association training in Finnish
28 Nov: Save the date: association training in Finnish
29 Nov: Save the date: association training in English

Contents of the newsletter
1. AYY’s survey for associations – answering time extended until Sunday 7 Oct at 11.59 pm!
2. Follow AYY on social media!
3. Take over AYY’s Instagram Story for a day
4. Sign-up for Teekkari Tradition Party is open!
5. Apply to next year’s AYY Board or Chairs of the Representative Council!
6. Aalto Wellbeing Week – digital wellbeing service HeiaHeia free for Aalto people
7. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower


1. AYY’s survey for associations – answering time extended until Sunday 7 Oct at 11.59 pm!
On Friday 21 Sept, a survey was sent to the email address your association has provided in TAHLO regarding the development project of community and organisational structures. The goal of the project is to discover via surveys, interviews and discussions how the structures of the Aalto community and the cooperation of the Student Union and the associations within it could be developed in a way that would make the roles of different parties clearer than before. The goal of the project is a more unified student community in which the students of the different schools will be taken into account as equals better than before.

The survey is meant to help chart the associations’ views on what the relationships between parties operating within AYY are based upon now, and how the different associations and student cultures can be taken into account more equally in the operations.

The survey is answered by way of one representative of the association filling in the association’s views on the survey form based on the discussion that was had in the association’s Board meeting or other get-together. It would be very important for you to find the time to answer the survey from your association’s point of view as the results of this survey will have great impact on the project’s progress. The answering time has been extended to Sunday 7 Oct at 11.59 pm. Thank you!

You can access the survey for the first and second list associations here: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/3F3A25652AFBB880.par
You can access the survey for the Special Status Associations here: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/E8CA249F117624D0.par

More information and questions regarding the project:
Elina Nieminen
Project Coordinator
elina.nieminen(a)ayy.fi
tel. 0406819612


2. Follow AYY on social media!
Do you want to be among the first to know what your Student Union is doing and what is going on in the Aalto Community? Follow AYY’s social media accounts to instantly find out what is going on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ylioppilaskunta/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ayy_fi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AYY_FI
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aalto-university-student-union

Also keep in mind the Facebook groups AYY Events, Aalto International and AYY Study Events and AYY: Advocacy, as well as the Telegram groups AYY: Advocacy and Aalto International!

 

3. Take over AYY’s Instagram Story for a day
Do you want to talk about your operations, showcase your association or maybe show how an event is organised your way? Your association has the opportunity to tell AYY’s 1900 Instagram followers what it is that you do and how you do it. Via the Stories, the followers get to see what a versatile and multifaceted organisation field AYY has, and your association will reach new people at the same time.

Are you interested in taking over AYY’s Instagram Story? Send a note to AYY Information Officer Henna Palonen (henna.palonen(a)ayy.fi) and agree on your day.

 

4. Sign-up for Teekkari Tradition Party is open!
It’s the Teekkari concept’s 146th birthday, in honour of which you are invited to celebrate the Teekkariperinnejuhla (Teekkari Tradition Party) on Friday 9 Nov 2018 at Dipoli! Throughout the Teekkari Tradition Week, we will be venturing in the world of cinema, and for this reason, you will get to enjoy the characteristic atmosphere and glamour of Hollywood at the Teekkari Tradition Party.

The sign-up period for invitees runs from 12 noon on 26 Sept to 10 Oct and for others from 12 noon on 3 Oct to 26 Oct or until the sign-up list is full.

More information and sign-up: https://teekkarius146.ayy.fi (in Finnish)

Dress code for the Teekkari Tradition Party: White tie with academic honours
Price of dinner and party: Students 85€ / Graduates 110€ + Sillis 20€

 

5. Apply to next year’s AYY Board or Chairs of the Representative Council!
This autumn’s recruitment for AYY volunteers has begun! The recruitment schedule has been slightly altered from previous years so that only the applications for the Student Union’s Board and the Chairs of the Representative Council are opened in the beginning of October. Applications for all other posts will be opened on 1 November.

Learn more about the amazing and versatile posts at AYY at ayy.fi/stop/en/!

Below is the schedule for the volunteer recruitment:
Mon 1 Oct: Application to put together the Board, to Board members and to Chairs of the Representative Council opens
Thu 25 Oct: Application to put together the Board and to Representative Council Chair ends
Thu 1 Nov: Application to Sections and Committees opens / the person to put together the Board appointed at the Representative Council
meeting
Wed 7 Nov: Application to the Board and to Representative Council Vice Chairs ends
Thu 22 Nov: Board appointed at the Representative Council meeting
Fri 23 Nov: Application to Section Chairs ends
Fri 30 Nov: Section Chairs appointed and published
Mon 3 Dec: Application to Sections ends
By Wed 21 Dec: Section selections published
Mon 31 Dec: Application to Committees ends

Be brave and start considering what kinds of interesting things you want to do next year! For more information about the volunteer posts, you can ask the current operators or the Board member in charge of volunteers, hilja.korhonen(a)ayy.fi, 040 551 6530.

 

6. Aalto Wellbeing Week – digital wellbeing service HeiaHeia free for Aalto people
Aalto Wellbeing Week 2018 offers Aalto University staff and students free use of the digital wellbeing service HeiaHeia for six months!

HeiaHeia is an engaging and sociable wellbeing service created by the leading wellbeing experts at Hintsa Performance with the aim of helping you find the healthy habits that will bring you joy and energy!

HeiaHeia guides you to set meaningful wellbeing goals and helps you achieve them. Exercise, steps, sleep, nutrition: whatever your goals are, you can achieve them by doing small, repetitive things that accumulate into remarkable long-term benefits.

HeiaHeia is a sociable service based on support from your likeminded friends and colleagues. Sharing accomplishments big and small and cheering for your friends makes wellbeing fun and sociable. It also brings a positive sense of accountability into sticking to your goals.

Starting from October, you will have the opportunity to make your own wellbeing a fun and collective project for six months with other Aalto people. Join us!

You can easily download the HeiaHeia mobile app by yourself. You can find the app for iOS (iPhone, iPad), Android and Windows Phone. Log in with Aalto’s own code ‘aaltowellbeing2018’ at https://www.heiaheia.com/account.

Best regards,
Lauri Jurvanen
Social Affairs Specialist, AYY

 

7. Nominate new honorary members for the Guild of the Round Tower
The Guild of the Round Tower is an honorary and senior organisation operating in the vicinity of Aalto University. Persons who are in the final stages of their studies or have recently graduated and have shown continuous interest in the culture of engineering students (Teekkarit) or other student activity with a similar mindset at Aalto University and have promoted its development in the Student Union or its associations may be nominated for the position of an honorary member. Nominations can be made until 11.59 pm on 21 Oct 2018 at https://lomake.ayy.fi/ptk/ehdota-uusia-arwoisia/ (form in Finnish).

Nominations can be made by an individual person, guild or association or by several people, guilds or associations collectively.

More information on the Guild is available at http://ptk.ayy.fi/ (in Finnish).

 

 

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Send us your short text by 10 am on Wednesday to tiedotteet (a) ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you only have to use one language.

The information in the newsletter is edited by the AYY Association and Communications Specialist, Essi Puustinen (essi.puustinen (a) ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).

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Association newsletter for week 40/2018

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This is the AYY association newsletter for week 40/2018

Next week is going to be a busy one! On Monday, there is the Otatarha race and Lakinlaskijaiset, and on Saturday, Otaniemi Night of Arts. Before that, there is still time to answer AYY’s survey for associations (item 1), apply for a volunteer position at Otaniemi Night of Arts (item 2) and apply for some money from TTE Fund (item 3).

Upcoming events and important dates for associations
30 Sept: Third application round of TTE Fund ends (item 3)
1 Oct: Answering time of the AYY service questionnaire ends (item 4 and a direct link to questionnaire)
1 Oct: Otatarha race, Alvari Square (https://www.facebook.com/events/305980596620391/)
1 Oct: Lakinlaskijaiset, Dipoli (https://www.facebook.com/events/1967740786850974/)
3 Oct: Answering time of community survey ends (item 1)
6 Oct: Otaniemi Night of Arts (item2 and http://otanieminightofarts.fi/)
21 Oct: Nomination for honorary members of PTK ends (https://lomake.ayy.fi/ptk/ehdota-uusia-arwoisia/, form in Finnish)
27 Nov: Save the date: association training in Finnish
28 Nov: Save the date: association training in Finnish
29 Nov: Save the date: association training in English

 

Contents of the newsletter
1. Answer AYY’s survey for associations by 3 Oct at the latest!
2. Volunteer at Otaniemi Night of Arts on 6 Oct
3. Third application round of TTE Fund for 2018 ends on Sunday!
4. AYY service questionnaire 2018 to be passed on to all members
5. Member lists of Special Status Associations available from AYY
6. Follow AYY on social media!
7. Take over AYY’s Instagram Story for a day

 

1. Answer AYY’s survey for associations by Wed 3 Oct at the latest!
On Friday 21 Sept, a survey was sent to the email address your association has provided in TAHLO regarding the development project of community and organisational structures. The goal of the project is to discover via surveys, interviews and discussions how the structures of the Aalto community and the cooperation of the Student Union and the associations within it could be developed in a way that would make the roles of different parties clearer than before. The goal of the project is a more unified student community in which the students of the different schools will be taken into account as equals better than before.

The survey is meant to help chart the associations’ views on what the relationships between parties operating within AYY are based upon now, and how the different associations and student cultures can be taken into account more equally in the operations.

The survey is answered by way of one representative of the association filling in the association’s views on the survey form based on the discussion that was had in the association’s Board meeting or other get-together. So, reserve some time from your meetings next week to answer the survey. The survey can be answered until Wednesday 3 Oct at 11.59 pm. Thank you!

You can access the survey for the first and second list associations here: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/3F3A25652AFBB880.par
You can access the survey for the Special Status Associations here: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/E8CA249F117624D0.par

More information and questions regarding the project:
Elina Nieminen
Project Coordinator
elina.nieminen(a)ayy.fi
tel. 0406819612

 

2. Volunteer at Otaniemi Night of Arts on 6 Oct
We are looking for volunteers for Otaniemi Night of Arts on Saturday 6 Oct. The event is an interartistic festival featuring different kinds of events e.g. at Väre, Dipoli and all around the campus. The volunteers’ shifts take place between 1 pm and 9 pm and last for 3–5 hours. Volunteers will be directing festival-goers to the right locations, handing out the programme booklets and answering the audience’s questions. Volunteers are also needed to photograph, to take care of the backstage area and for other assisting tasks. There will be a short volunteer info on Tues 2 Oct at 4.30 pm at the Central Office of Aalto University Student Union (Otakaari 11).

In return for their shift, the volunteers will get food, a cinema ticket for the screening of their choosing at the Elossa festival (29 Oct–3 Nov) and an invitation to the Otaniemi Night of Arts afterparty organised later.

Sign up by filling in the form at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=0377

Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/2220457434854832/
Website at https://otaniemenyo.fi/

More information from volunteer coordinator: julius.luukkanen(a)ayy.fi.

 

3. Third application round of TTE Fund for 2018 ends on Sunday!
The third application round of TTE Fund for 2018 is open! The Fund can grant financial aid for all AYY members and the associations within it. TTE Fund supports activities that reach for the stars, get other people excited and can be seen and heard.

You can apply for grants from TTE Fund in two ways: through the application rounds arranged approximately three times a year, or via the continuous application process which is open during semesters. Via the continuous application process, the maximum amount of a grant is 2000€, whereas the amount of project funding in the actual application rounds is not limited.

Application time for the third round of 2018 ends on Sunday 30 Sept 2018 at 11.59 pm. Instructions for the application and its attachments can be found on the Fund’s website at https://tter.ayy.fi/hae-avustusta/briefly-in-english/. To apply for a grant, fill in the online form found at https://lomake.ayy.fi/tter/hakulomake/.

The times of the application rounds for autumn 2018 and other information is available on the TTE Fund website at https://tter.ayy.fi/hae-avustusta/briefly-in-english/. Also, check out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tterahasto (in Finnish).

 

4. AYY service questionnaire 2018 to be passed on to all members
Welcome to answering the AYY service questionnaire! The Student Union produces many different services for its members, such as community, housing and sports services. This questionnaire will help us find out our members’ opinions and experiences of their necessity and quality and the related communication. The questionnaire will produce useful information to support the operational development of both the Student Union and the University.

You can access the questionnaire here: https://my.surveypal.com/AYY-n-palvelukysely-2018-AYY

The research is conducted by the Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus. For more information on the research, please contact Otus researcher Rasmus Reinikainen (rasmus.reinikainen(at)otus.fi).

Filling in the questionnaire will take about 20 minutes and can be done until Monday 1 Oct. Lots will be drawn from among all respondents for the lucky winners of ten cinema tickets and one free rental space use (excluding Servin mökki or Rantasauna). The winners will be notified personally. The contact details you leave for the raffle will not be connected to your answers.

With autumnal greetings on behalf of the whole AYY,
Noora Vänttinen, AYY Chair of the Board


5. Member lists of Special Status Associations available from AYY
All Special Status Associations whose membership fee has been payable via Oodi in connection with the AYY membership fee can request their member lists from AYY.

The member list includes the members’ names, home municipalities and email addresses. More information about data disclosure can be found in AYY’s member register’s data protection statement at http://rekisterit.ayy.fi/tietosuojaselosteet/jasenrekisteri.pdf (in Finnish). The data will not be disclosed by email but must be collected either in printed form or loaded onto a personal memory drive. Agree on a pick-up time by contacting either AYY’s IT Support (tietotekniikka (a) ayy.fi) or Administrative and HR Manager (johanna.pietilainen (a) ayy.fi)!

Receiving the membership fees from AYY:
The first part of Special Status Associations’ membership fees paid in connection with the annual enrolment were paid out towards the end of August, and the remaining membership fees for this autumn will be paid out during October at the latest.

 

6. Follow AYY on social media!
Do you want to be among the first to know what your Student Union is doing and what is going on in the Aalto Community? Follow AYY’s social media accounts to instantly find out what is going on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ylioppilaskunta/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ayy_fi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AYY_FI
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aalto-university-student-union

Also keep in mind the Facebook groups AYY Events, Aalto International and AYY Study Events and AYY: Advocacy, as well as the Telegram groups AYY: Advocacy and Aalto International!

 

7. Take over AYY’s Instagram Story for a day
Do you want to talk about your operations, showcase your association or maybe show how an event is organised your way? Your association has the opportunity to tell AYY’s 1900 Instagram followers what it is that you do and how you do it. Via the Stories, the followers get to see what a versatile and multifaceted organisation field AYY has, and your association will reach new people at the same time.

Are you interested in taking over AYY’s Instagram Story? Send a note to AYY Information Officer Henna Palonen (henna.palonen(a)ayy.fi) and agree on your day.

 

WANT YOUR NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Send us your short text by 10 am on Wednesday to tiedotteet (a) ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you only have to use one language.

The information in the newsletter is edited by the AYY Association and Communications Specialist, Essi Puustinen (essi.puustinen (a) ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).

Want to unsubscribe from the association newsletter mailing list? Click on the link and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page: https://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/ayy-info-fi

Apply for SYL’s Advisory Board for Development Cooperation

Are you inspired by global influencing and promoting education on an international level? Are you a persistent communicator, good at building networks, or a fundraising pro? Do you want to share some of your expertise with the world?

We are looking for imaginative people, who are committed and motivated, to join the National Union of University Students in Finland SYL’s Advisory Board for Development Cooperation (KENKKU). SYL is Finland’s largest lobbying and service organisation for students, representing 15 member organisations and 130,000 university students. The Advisory Board for Development Cooperation advises SYL’s board on matters relating to development cooperation.

We expect KENKKU members to be committed and motivated, but the main aim of the KENKKU membership is to improve one’s skillset.

KENKKU is made up of three themed groups: the Communications Team, the Influencing Team and the Networking/Corporate Relations Team.

Each team has five members, and one of them acts as chairperson of the team. All KENKKU members meet three times a year: in September, in December/January and in May. KENKKU members are expected to participate in the joint meetings. In addition, the chairpersons of the teams also meet approximately once a month at SYL’s office to plan and develop KENKKU’s activities.

In between the chairperson and member meetings, the team work independently using the collaboration tool Slack. Each team also has two meetings of its own at SYL’s office. We hope that all KENKKU members will promote SYL’s development cooperation activities to the representatives, board and/or subcommittee for Development Cooperation of their student union.

KENKKU’s first joint meeting will be held on Friday 14 September 2018 from 10:00 to 16:00.

Apart from the meetings, members should reserve approximately 20 hours per term for KENKKU’s activities – slightly more for chairpersons. Lunch will be served at the meetings held at SYL’s office, and the travel expenses of the participants will be reimbursed.

The teams and their tasks:

  1. The Communications Team

The Communications Team is in charge of our development cooperation activities’ visibility on social media, creates content and comes up with ideas to improve our communications.

As a team member you get to write blog posts, coordinate student union visits and their content, and act as a link between KENKKU and the communications sectors of the student unions.

  1. The Influencing Team

The parliamentary elections will be held in the spring of 2019. As a member of the Influencing Team you get to develop content for SYL’s election lobbying in relation to development policy. As the European Parliament election is also drawing near, you also get to acquaint yourself with EU development policy.

The team’s tasks include research and creating background material and arguments for the lobbying work.

  1. The Networking/Corporate Relations Team

The Networking/Corporate Relations Team does the fundraising for the development cooperation work. You get to research and contact potential corporate partners and find support for SYL’s development cooperation activities.

We want to find team members with lots of ideas and a vision for marketing and fundraising.

In its work, SYL emphasises diversity and equal opportunities, so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and genders.

Please send us an application, including a CV and a cover letter where you explain your views and experience in relation to our activities. You should also tell us which team you would like to become a member of and whether you might be interested in chairing a team. Please also include details on any circumstances which may lead to you not being able to take part fully in the activities for a prolonged period of time (e.g. plans for studies abroad).

Send in your application via email by 23 May 2018 to international@ayy.fi.

Suggest recipients for AYY’s acknowledgements by March 18th

Do you know a pioneer, unconventional bridge-builder or a cross-disciplinary hard worker in the Aalto community who deserves recognition?

Suggest a recipient for the Aalto University Student Union acknowledgement reward for 2018.

You can make suggestions until March 18th. After the suggestion period is over, the acknowledgement working group will propose the final recipients of acknowledgements to AYY’s Board. The acknowledgements can be given to the student union’s current or former members and employees.

Read more about the acknowledgements and suggest a recipient via this link: https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/bling/

If you’d like to take part in deciding who get the rewards, you can alsoapply for the acknowledgement working group.

The acknowledgment working group receives the proposals for the acknowledgment recipients, discusses the proposals and proposes a resolution on the final recipients to AYY’s Board.

The group is looking for motivated students with different backgrounds. Apply here (in Finnish, translation coming soon): https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/hakemuslomake-huomionosoitustyoryhmaan/

#LuovutusAalto vol. 2!

Every day, Finnish volunteers save lives – be one of them!

Nearly a thousand voluntary blood donors are needed every weekday to make sure that about 50,000 seriously ill patients receive the treatment they need every year. That is why the Aalto University Student Union is once again challenging all associations active within AYY to donate blood for the common good!

In the spring, #LuovutusAalto collected a total of 34 donations, meaning that we helped over 100 patients. The competition was won by a landslide by the bioinformation technology guild Inkubio with 23 donations. Inkubio was rewarded at the AYY Annual Ball with thunderous applause, and they received glory and adoration, a diploma from the Finnish Red Cross, and a free sauna night at one of AYY’s sauna facilities. Inkubio’s diploma can be found on Instagram!

 

The autumn LuovutusAalto challenge starts on the 2nd of October, and you can donate until the 30th of November. Like in the spring, the associations that have donated the most blood, both quantitatively and in percentage terms in relation to their number of members, are awarded the use of one of AYY’s sauna facilities for one night, a diploma from the Finnish Red Cross – and of course glory and adoration! All donors also receive an overall patch from the Finnish Red Cross. In addition, groups that have donated at least 10 times during the year will receive a diploma and their names will be put up on the Blood Service website.

The campaign is part of the Suomi Finland 100 campaign, where the Blood Service challenges donor groups to donate 10 000 bags of blood in 2017! For more information on the campaign, visit the Blood Service campaign website.

 

How to participate in the campaign:

  1. Register a VeriRyhmä group for your association at veripalvelu.fi/ryhmat. Name your group “AYY + name of your association”.
  • If your association took part in the previous campaign, you do not have to establish a new group.

 

  1. Let AYY know that you are taking part in the campaign by filling out the form.
  • Once again, if your association took part in the previous campaign, you do not have to establish a new group.

 

  1. Donate blood as a group or individually at a Blood Service Centre and remember to mention the name of your VeriRyhmä group to the staff at the Blood Service Centre during registration! Also remember to take your official ID with you!
  • AYY will also organize blood donation points in Otaniemi in the autumn, and hopefully on other campuses as well.
  • In the spring, some of the donors mentioned only the fact that they were taking part in the LuovutusAalto campaign, forgetting to mention the name of their association. This led to the disqualification of a few “votes”. Sadness.
  • If you want to donate blood with a larger group, call the Blood Service Centre to arrange a donation time in advance. A good size for a group is 4 –6 persons, and you should reserve at least an hour for the donation.
  • You should test whether you are suitable as a donor at www.sovinkoluovuttajaksi.fi. You can also call the free info phone for blood donors if you have any health-related questions, tel. 0800 0 5801 (weekdays 8–17).

 

  1. Sign up for AYY’s Facebook event! Social media hashtags: #LuovutusAalto and #VeriRyhmä! Challenge your friends!

 

Where can I donate?

 

Contact details

  • Blood Service contact person, nurse Linda Holmström, linda.holmstrom@veripalvelu.fi, tel. 029 300 1030
  • AYY contact person, Information Officer Katarina Vesikko, tiedottaja@ayy.fi, tel. 0505209440

 

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AYY’s sections for 2016 have been nominated!

The board of AYY have nominated the sections for next year in meeting 53/2016:

Aava
Elina Virtanen – Chairperson
Sirius Vuorikoski – Innovator
Maria Agerskov – Monitor
Pinja Hokkanen – Celebrant
Mikko Unkuri – Partyfant
Olli-Pekka Pajala – Person in charge of well-being
Kia Lehti – Person in charge of communications and corporate relations
Jauaries Loyala – Chairperson of the Sports Committee
Jani Saranpää – Leader of sports tutors
Aleksi Lahti – Chairperson of the Humans vs. Zombies Committee

Village Senate/Campus section
Santeri Nuotio – Chairperson
Saana Rossi – Chairperson of the Housing Cooperative (ASY)
Aleksi Aalto
Anssi Matti Helin
Ella Sperling
Emmi Lamppu
Juho Pekkinen
Olli Halminen
Oskar Niemenoja
Viktor Honkanen

Mosaic
Kalyani Kumar – Chairperson
Samuli Koivu
Hein Cao
Chitrak Mitra
Göksu Sarigöl
Aisha Ambreen
Praniesh Ramachandran
Mert Mutlu

Teekkari Section
Tuuli Sarantola – Chairperson
Erno Laakso – Precentor Director
Jan Juvonen – Teekkari Culture Director
Miia Mäkinen – Teekkari Culture Director
Pirita Nykänen – Teekkari Tradition Director
Antti Kaivola – May Day Director
Mikko Mustonen – Lakinlaskijaiset Director
Peppi Seppälä – IE Director
Turkka Helin – Chairperson of the Freshman Committee
Susanna Tamminen – Chairperson of the ISO Committee
Reeta Ojala – International Director
Tuomas Ranta-aho – Freshman Major
Joona Kontula – ISO Director

Corporate Relation Section
Kalle Pirinen – Chairperson
Linnea Anttila
Saara Kolari
Aino Ruohola
Eemeli Paksuniemi
Heidi-Henrietta Saarikko
Markus Numminen

The sections form the heart of the student union’s volunteering as they work as directly on the different sectors. The sections enliven the union’s communications, produce most of AYY’s cultural and sports events and take part in sales and event producing on the corporate relations sector. Congrats to those nominated and an awesome, inspiring and dazzling year 2016 for everyone!

– Rosa