HAPPY TUESDAY!

If you're into board games and hanging out with likeminded people, Joensuu Board Gamers organises Jokicon Board Game Convention on 6-7 April on campus. Read more from the Upcoming events -section of this newsletter! 

If you would like to influence ISYY's services or give us any kind of feedback, you can do so by answering our member survey. Filling up the survey takes approximately 10 minutes and it is anonymous. The survey is open until 15.5.2024 and all those ISYY members living in Joensuu who answered the survey can join a raffle where we hand out four (4) 50 € gift cards to Pizzeria Roihu.

Have a great week!

Salla
Coordinator of International Affairs 
kv.joensuu(at)isyy.fi

To be able to attend the event, Finnish language is not required. The most important thing is that you get to have a great day with your friends and other students, celebrate Finnish Vappu and that you can keep up with the bus schedule during the day. If there are people on the bus, that do not speak Finnish, we'll ask the bus leaders to give all the necessary information about the schedule in English also. 

International Bus

Joensuu's Exchange and International Students (JEIS) organizes a special bus in this year’s Excursion, and it's called the International Bus! The main language spoken on this bus is English. The International Bus is open to all international students and also to local students who are interested in getting to know people from different countries.

Design the cover of ISYY's next student calendar and win a 100 euro gift card!

Does your heart beat for graphic design? Now we have a chance for you to shine! Let loose your creative self and design the cover of the ISYY Student Calendar for the academic year 2024–2025. The winning design will be the cover of our next student calendar, which will be available to collect in approximately mid-August 2024. 

The Student Calendar is one of the best known services of our Student Union. Your design might be the cover of your friends calendar next Autumn and that way it gives joy to their every day student life. 

Your task is to design the cover, so that the calendar will look like our members. Send the final design with your contact info (name, email, phone number) via e-mail to ISYY's Communications Planner no later than 15 May 2024.

The winner will receive a 100 euro gift card to S-Group (can be used in markets like Prisma and S-market, in restaurants, hair salons, hotels etc. that operate under the S-Group).

Answer to the ISYY member survey and take part in a raffle!

How has the service been in the Student Union office? Do you know what you get as you pay the membership fee to ISYY? Are the possibilities to make an impact in our Student Union and University familiar to you? How ISYY could improve its office services or communications? Tell us!

The Student Union of Eastern Finland (ISYY) has launched a member survey, which purpose is to collect information about how familiar our members are with the Student Union and its services, to collect feedback about our services and also ideas how to improve our services and activities. The survey is open until 15.5.2024 and all those who answered can join a raffle where we hand out four prizes on each campus. In Joensuu we are giving out four (4) 50€ gift cards to Pizzeria Roihu and in Kuopio four (4) 50€ gift cards to Sorrento restaurants (Pasteria, Pizzeria, Sfizieria).

You can answer the ISYY member survey here! 

Mental Health Week’s Community Art Project 8.-10.4.

Student’s Mental Health Week coordinated by the Nyyti ry is held on 8.–14. April. During the week on both UEF campuses will be held a three-day community art project -event. The aim is to give students a creative break with art and culture for their study day by creating community art together.

When is it?

In Joensuu at Metria Lobby from Monday to Wednesday 8.–10.4. from 12 pm to 3 pm

The event in Joensuu is organised by ISYY in cooperation with the Student Union POKA. There is a coffee serving at the event.

Students can join creating art freely on any day and for how long they wish. There will be materials covered by the organiser and also student volunteers or ISYY Board Members to help and guide students joining the project.

New ISYY member - grab your free JEIS Welcome Bag from the ISYY office! 

ISYY's international club Joensuu's Exchange and International Students (JEIS) gives out Welcome Bags each semester to new ISYY and JEIS members. The Welcome Bags contain free goodies, such as reflectors and discount coupons. 

There are still some Welcome Bags left at the ISYY office, so be quick! New ISYY members that have arrived this spring get the bag for free, other students can purchase the bag for 2€.

ESN overalls for sale at the ISYY office 

What are these colourful party pants that everyone wears in student parties? Overalls ("haalarit") is a huge tradition in Finland among higher education students. They represent you and your fellow students as a collective, especially since every study field has its own overall color and/or design. If you're in Finland only for one semester and don't have the time to get your own student associations' overalls, you can get blue ESN overalls, also known as the international students' overalls! The ESN overalls are sold at ISYY's office for 35e. Get yours before they run out!

To learn more about the higher education overall tradition in Finland, you can watch this Youtube video. 

JEIS Got Talent - Calling all performers!

Do you have a talent you want to showcase? Do you want to perform something just for fun? 

JEIS Got Talent is back! The stage is yours to showcase your creativity whether it be singing, dancing, comedy, magic tricks, or any other art or talent you want to showcase!  Let’s all celebrate the diverse talents and skills we have!

If you or a group wishes to perform, we have a sign up sheet! Sign up for an act here.

We can’t wait to see what everyone has in store -  let’s make it a time to remember! 

What?  JEIS Got Talent
When?  12 April at 19:00
Where?  Educa 200
How much? Free for all JEIS/ISYY members

KAVI movie screenings in spring 

The National Audiovisual Institute KAVI and Pohjois-Karjalan Elokuvayhdistys offer screenings of classic films in Tapio movie theater Mondays at 4:30pm. Tickets 7€ for each film. You can purchase tickets from the Savon Kinot website or from the movie theater (Kauppakatu 27).

Upcoming films this spring include e.g. Dune, Mo' Better Blues, Terminator, Kill Bill Volume 2, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Things to Come. 

See the full schedule and more information from the Facebook event: