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ISYY's newsletter: Weekly Feed Joensuu Week 15/2024

Tue Apr 09 12:57:46 2024

ISYY's newsletter: Weekly Feed Joensuu Week 15/2024

9.4 - 15.4.2024

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HAPPY TUESDAY!

Today, 9 April, is the day of Mikael Agricola (1510-1557) in the Finnish calendar. He was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who is often referred to as "the father of literary Finnish", as his translation of the Bible laid the foundations of standard Finnish. You can read more about Mikael Agricola and his contribution to the Finnish language here and here.

Have a great week!

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

ISYY's Vappu (May Day) Eve programme!

Vappu is the biggest celebration of the year for Finnish students. On Vappu Eve, 30 April, you can attend ISYY's Vappu traditions on both campuses. ISYY gathers all university students to celebrate Vappu together with our old traditions.

Vappu Eve traditions begins with Capping of the Alkukivet statue organised by Täky ry. After that ISYY's Vappu Parade will begin from Carelia all the way to the Ilosaari. During the Parade we will perform the Capping of the Kanavatyttö statue. In Ilosaari we will hear the Vappu Speech of the Student Union, live music and for the first time we'll see the Teekkari dipping in Joensuu.

Additionally, we've composed a list of Student Vappu Events on Joensuu campus, to help you find out what is happening in your campus city during the Vappu celebration, which begins already in early April.

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ISYY's Vappu Olympics 22.4.

ISYY is organising Vappu Olympics in Joensuu to kick off the Vappu week on Monday 22 April, from 4 pm to 6 pm!

The purpose of the event is to promote integration and social connectedness between international and Finnish students. The event includes competitions between mixed teams in various outdoor games that require precision, speed, and problem-solving skills.

In addition to having fun and networking with other students, the best teams will be rewarded! The event is hosted in English.

The event is free for all ISYY members. Registration ends on 18 April at midnight. Be quick, because the spots are limited and you don’t want to miss out on this kick-off to the Vappu week!

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ISYY's Student Benefit Coffee Break 17.4.

Welcome to the Student Benefit and Advocacy Coffee Break on both campuses 17.4. at 3.15 pm!

The ISYY Interest Advocacy Coffee break operates now with a new name: Student Benefits Coffee Break. As the name suggests, all ISYY members are welcome to have a low-threshold discussion about current issues related to student interests and advocacy with the actors of ISYY's advocacy sector.

We hope to see people in charge of the interests advocacy of the Student Associations in particular, so that we can discuss as diversely as possible about the belongings, worries and sorrows of students from different fields, as well as development ideas.

Coffee session will be held on Wednesday 17 April at 3:15-4:15 pm in Joensuu in classroom AU204.

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Design a cover to ISYY's next Student Calendar!

What will the ISYY's Student Calendar for the next Academic Year look like? Now you can make an impact on that!

The Student Calendar of ISYY is carried along daily by many students of UEF. Next autumn your design might be the cover of our popular calendar!

Does your heart beat for graphic design? Want fame and fortune? Now it is your chance to shine! Let loose your creative self and win a 100€ gift card to S-Group. The competition ends 15.5.2024.

Instructions for the competition and details of the design can be found from ISYY website.

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Answer to the ISYY member survey and win a 50€ restaurant gift card!

Answer to the ISYY member survey and win a 50€ restaurant gift card!

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 (4) restaurant gift cards (50€) on each campus.

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ISYY Council’s meeting 2/2024

This week ISYY Council will have its second meeting of the year, 2/2024, on Thursday 11 April, starting at 5 pm. In the meeting, the Representative Council will, among other things, examine ISYY’s financial statement of 2023. The meeting will be held in rooms AU205 (Joensuu) and SN201 (Kuopio). You are warmly welcome to follow the meeting in classrooms or via ISYY’s YouTube channel’s live stream. The meeting notice can be found from ISYY website.

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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.

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Coffee & Friends continue on April 9th!

The café meets on Tuesdays at 4-6pm at Aurora in the AU110 fireplace room in Joensuu.

Programme and themes in spring 2024

9.4. Music themed afternoon
16.4. Board games and non-alcoholic beer pong
23.4. Crafts and sewing overall badges
7.5. Bingo

Coffee & Friends event offers low-threshold hanging out after lectures and the opportunity to meet other students over coffee and a snack. All students of the University of Eastern Finland are welcome to Coffee & Friends. You can come to the café alone or with a friend. In addition, Coffee & Friends has a changing chill program. Participation in the programme is voluntary and you can come for a while or for the whole time. Participation is free of charge and does not require pre-registration.

You can find more information about Coffee & Friends on ISYY's website:

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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.

UEF info session on 8 May 2024 at 10:00–11:00

Welcome to a UEF info session on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, starting at 10:00. The topics of the info session include the financial statements for 2023, the economic outlook, and other current matters. The university’s Rector, Academic Rector, Director of Administration, and Chief Financial Officer will be present at the event.

You can join the info session here.

You can ask questions and provide comments both before and during the event in the UEF info session Viva Engage community.

A recording will be published of the info session after the event in Viva Engage.

THL conducts extensive research on the health and wellbeing of students in higher education

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) will conduct an extensive survey for higher education students in March and April. An invitation to the survey has been sent to 12,000 randomly selected students from universities and universities of applied sciences.

You may have been invited to participate in the study among those 12,000 students from all over Finland. The previous survey was conducted in 2021.

Every answer counts. So please answer if you have received an invitation to the study!

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Research for exchange students on the Finnish winter

Welcome to answer our research. We are four teacher students and we are doing a research in our course. The research is about exchange students' preparation for the Finnish winter and their thoughts about the Finnish winter. The research is anonymous and the link to the research can be found here.

Thank you in advance for the answers!

JEIS Got Talent (12.4.)

Do you have talent?

Welcome to JEIS Got Talent, this Friday 12.4 in Educa 200 (Tulliportinkatu 1)

Got Talent is our bi-annual talent show, where students form ALL programs get to show off in front of an audience.

Last call for performers and audience!

Sign-up to perform by 10.4 using the form below! If you want to attend the event to see everyone's talents, remember to sign up via the audience sign up form!

We hope to see you there!

	JEIS istagram

Wonderland Ball (4.5.)

You are warmly invited to Queen of Heart’s ball!

Day of the Rose, Saturday 4.5.2024 at 13–19, Clubhouse Rupla, Joensuu (Sairaalakatu 27)
Theme of the Dance: Historical dances and Alice in Wonderland-stories years 1860–1890.
Everybody is welcome to come as they are and to dance for the sake of dancing! You can dress according to the theme or otherwise in your best attire.
Organizing partners: Joensuu Academic Dance & Music Society ISYY, Mannun Vartijat ry.

Welcome!

You can read more about the event and register from the link below:

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Huhtimarkkinat - April Markets (12.-13.4.)

Traditional April Markets are celebrated at Joensuu Market Square from Friday to Saturday, 12.-13.4. You can buy local handcrafted products, delicacies and other local goods at the April markets.

The April Markets are open:

Friday: 7.00-18.00
Saturday: 7.00-16.00

English speaking LGBTQIA+ hangout (15.4.)

Open hangout nights organized by local LGBTQIA+ rights NGO North Karelia Seta. Coffee, tea and snacks provided.

Next hangout: Monday 15.4. from 5pm to 7pm in community space Satama (Yläsatamakatu 28)

Free of charge. Bring a friend!

More information: vlad@pohjoiskarjalanseta.fi

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Global Friday (12.4.)

Joensuun Setlementti organises Global Friday, an international meeting place activity. At Global Friday you can get to know new people and cultures, express your own culture in the way you want or just enjoy being together.

Global Friday is an activity open to everyone and free of charge, which takes place every Friday from 5 to 8pm in the Tupa space of Joensuun Setlementti. Our Tupa is located in our premises at Siltakatu 10 A 13, 5th floor (access by stairs and lift).

The activity supervisors plan the activities together with the visitors based on their ideas and needs.

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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:

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Upcoming events in the spring semester:

8.4. - 10.4. Mental Health Week’s Community Art Project
9.4. Coffee & Friends - Music themed afternoon
12.4. JEIS Got Talent
16.4. Coffee & Friends - Board games and non-alcoholic beer pong
16.-17.4. ISYY's Association Days
17.4. ISYY's Student Benefit Coffee Break
22.4. ISYY Vappu Olympics
23.4. Coffee & Friends -Crafts and sewing overall badges
7.5. Coffee & Friends - Bingo

ISYY's Club Meetings

All meetings are held in ISYY's meeting room in Haltia-building, 2nd floor (Yliopistokatu 7)

Mondays MtG Guild meeting 3 pm - 8 pm (15.1. - 25.3. & 8.4. - 13.5.)
Tuesdays Joensuu's Exchange and International Students (JEIS) meeting 4pm - 6pm
Tuesdays Literary arts club LUOMIO! meeting 6 pm - 8 pm (16.1. - 28.5.)
Wednesdays JOOJAKU meeting from 4pm to 8pm (17.1. - 24.4. & 8.5. - 22.5. )
Thursdays Joensuu Board Gamers meeting 3 pm - 8 pm (11.1. - 30.5.)
Fridays ISYY Chess Club meeting 4 pm - 8 pm (19.1. - 22.3. & 5.4. - 31.5.)

Information about Weekly Feed

This is an issue of Weekly Feed at Joensuu campus. Weekly Feed is the English language newsletter of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). You are receiving this letter on your email because you are a member of ISYY and are studying at Joensuu campus or because you have joined the mailing list yourself.

Weekly Feed provides you with current information on matters related to the Student Union, UEF or other organisations close to students, such as FSHS. In addition, the newsletter provides you with information on events taking place at campus or the campus city.

Weekly Feed is published on Tuesdays during the academic year, with the exception of holidays and a few other days. If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, you can unsubscribe the letter via the link (Click here to unsubscribe) located on the bottom of the letter.

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