HAPPY TUESDAY!

And happy orientation week! Here are a few picks for this week:

• UEF Info Market is tomorrow 4 September from 1pm to 4pm in Carelia lobby, it's a great way to get to know different organisations and active operators within the university (such as ISYY and our international club JEIS). 
• Student Blast - Academic Year Kick-Off Event is on Thursday 5 September between 2pm and 5pm and after that you can explore the city with your peers in City Orienteering. Sign-up for City Orienteering is open now, read more about the events in this newsletter. 

You are reading Weekly Feed, 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. 

Have a nice week!

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

City Orienteering - registration opens soon!

Right after the Student Blast starts ISYY’s City Orienteering which is organised especially for the new students. Teams will go around the campus city and complete fun tasks at the orienteering points. The students will get to know each other as well as the campus city. You will meet e.g. student associations and ISYY Clubs at the orienteering points!

Join Language Café activities!

Do you want to learn new languages, brush up your old skills and meet new people or teach your native language? We have the perfect opportunity for you! 

In a Language Café, your peers and friends are your teachers and at the same time, they can be your students. When participating in Language Café activities, you can also earn ECTS credits by attending (1 ECTS) and/or organising a Language Café (2 ECTS) and by submitting a few small assignments to Moodle.

Join the Language Café info on Wednesday 18 September from 8:30 am to 9 am on Google Meet to find out more!

Are you interested in teaching your own Language Café? Leader training is right after the info session on Wednesday 18 September from 9:15 am to 10:15 am on Google Meet so see you there! All Language Café leaders have to attend the leader training, so you can just attend the training and decide after that whether you want to become a leader or not.

Sober Bingo & Disco ticket sale starts tomorrow!

Sober Bingo & Disco will gather higher education students in Joensuu to Kerubi’s Kellari on Wednesday 18 September to play bingo, dance, and relax after the busiest freshman weeks. Bingo prizes include treats and Kerubi’s concert tickets!

Ticket types:
Bingo and Disco 5 € (+ Kide.app service fee)
Only Disco 3 € (+ Kide.app service fee)

Ticket sale starts on Kide.app on Wednesday 4 September at 10 am. Ticket includes the event's exclusive Sober Disco vol. 3 overall patch! Please note that the cloakroom fee is not included in the ticket price.

Tour de Itä-Suomi cycling event comes to Joensuu on 22 September

Cycling event Tour de Itä-Suomi will kick-start the autumn season on Saturday 21 in Kuopio and Sunday 22 September in Joensuu. Offering two cycling routes of different lengths in both Joensuu and Kuopio, the event is not a competition — you can pedal at your own pace. You will need your own bike and a cycling helmet.

The start and finish of both the longer and shorter routes are located in both cities on the university campus near the ISYY office. 

Registration starts tomorrow Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 9 am! The participation fee for the cycling event is 5 € for ISYY members and 15 € for others. To register for the event, please register in advance on Kide.app.

ISYY's Student Benefit Coffee Break 16.9.

Welcome to the Student Benefit and Advocacy Coffee Break on both campuses 16.9. at 3.30 pm!

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 sessions will be held simultaneously on both campuses on Monday 16 September at 3.30 pm in Joensuu in seminar room N106.

Meet ISYY's international club - Joensuu's Exchange and International Students (JEIS)!

JEIS is the international club of ISYY that organises  lots of events, trips and activities both on and off campus for all! 

JEIS introduces Finnish culture and lifestyle to international students and give Finnish students an opportunity to gain international experiences by arranging diverse events and activities. 

All ISYY members are automatically members of JEIS and very welcome to our events! You can prove your JEIS and ISYY membership with a student card (Frank App). 

All upcoming events are published on JEIS social media and in the Upcoming Events- section of this newsletter. 

Follow JEIS on instagram: @jeis_isyy

P.S. Check out all ISYY clubs on Joensuu campus on ISYY's website.

Returning Tikkarinne key fobs

If you still have a key fob for the Tikkarinne Gym, please return it to ISYY's office by Friday 6 September at the latest.

If your key fob is missing, please let us know so we can close it.  We will not refund the deposit for lost or repatriated key fobs after 6 September.

Portti54 - gym open days

We will organise open days at the Portti54 gym on Friday 6 September and 13 September from 10 am to 6 pm. SYKETTÄ employees on site between 11 am and 3 pm giving training tips and guiding the use of equipment and devices. There is also a small snack available.

Care Dogs Visiting

Care Dogs arrive to delight students in front of the Carelia building September 4 at 12-14.

Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2024–2025 will be held on 5 September

The Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2024–2025 will be held on Kuopio campus on Thursday, 5 September 2024, at 1.15 p.m. in the Great Lecture Hall, Snellmania building. Welcome!

Opening Ceremony starting at 1.15 p.m. can be followed online HERE.

See the Opening Ceremony timetable from the link below: 

The Student and Learning Services' customer service opening hours are extended until13 September 2024

19 August – 13 September 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk and phone service opening hours are extended. During this time both the customer service desk and phone service are open Mon–Fri from 10 am to 3 pm.

From 16 September 2024 onward the Student and Learning Services’ customer service will return to the regular opening hours.

Library opening hours in the autumn term

Library offices will move to the opening hours of the autumn term on Monday, September 2, 2024.

Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Library facilities are open between 8–18 on weekdays and 10–14 on Saturdays. The first hours of weekday mornings are self-service hours. From Monday to Saturday customer service starts at 10 a.m.

24/7 Self-study facilities are open normally for the rest of the year, also during holidays.

You can find information about the opening hour exceptions for the autumn term on our website.

Apply to become a course assistant in September!

Is French, German or Spanish your mother tongue?

Course assistants are international students at the University of Eastern Finland who assist in language courses of their mother tongue. Read more on Language Centre Study community.

Info session:
Tuesday 10.09.2024 from 16:15 – 17:45
Joensuu AU112

How to apply?
The application instructions and the application form can be found on Language Centre Study Community. The deadline for applying is on Sunday 15.09.2024.

Contact person:
Noora Kaukola noora.kaukola@uef.fi

JEIS General Meeting (17.9)

ISYY's international club Joensuu's Exchange and International Students (JEIS in short) is looking for new board members and active members for the autumn semester 2024! So if you would like to apply, help by voting to elect the new board and also know a bit more about our beloved international club (while eating snacks), you are more than welcome to join us in the General Meeting on Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 5pm in room AG100 (Agora building on campus). We will also vote for the 2025 action plan and budget in this General Meeting.

JEIS is made up of the board, the active members and the regular members. If you would like to help out with planning and creating the events, you can either sign up as an active member and help out whenever you can, or become a board member to have a little more responsibility.

Open board positions for autumn semester:

• President is the glue keeping our lovely club going - they are responsible for example calling all meetings, preparing agendas and making sure everything runs smoothly. As a President of an ISYY club, ISYY membership is required to apply for this position.
• Vice President acts as the left hand of the President. Vice President can for example run meetings if a President is not able to attend. ISYY membership is required to apply for this position.
• Treasurer & Trip Coordinator & Secretary handles all monetary issues and keeps contact with Timetravels
• 1-2 Communication Managers are responsible for all marketing and communication, especially in social media
• 1-2 Event Managers coordinate, plan and execute all events
• Photographer and Graphic Designer take photos and design the visuals for marketing events

How can I apply?

The elected board will be active for the autumn semester 2024. We will train all of our new board members, so there's no need to worry if you don't know everything!

If you would like to apply for one or more positions in the board, please prepare a ONE MINUTE SPEECH telling about yourself and why you should be chosen for the role. If you are not able to participate and would still like to run for the position, you can send a one minute long video to us where you tell us why you should be elected at jeis@isyy.fi.

Psst..! If board member duties are not for you but you'd like to help with organising events, you can also join JEIS as an active member in the General Meeting.

Remember to take your Frank student card or JEIS membership card with you if you want to vote or apply to become a board member of JEIS!

Flea Market (9.9.)

Did you find unused treasures while cleaning? You can sell them in the first interdisciplinary flea market of the academic year!

On Monday 9.9. at 6-8 pm for all university and college students in Educa, lecture hall E200.

Anything can be sold in the flea market, from clothes to dishes and other objects. Handicrafts are also welcome!

A stall can be booked for 5€, for Opossumi ry members the price is 3€.

Free entry! Come and give useful items a new home.