HAPPY TUESDAY!

Hopefully you've all settled into Joensuu and to the university life by now. The weather is perfect for outdoor activities, take a look at Joensuu's ski tracks and ice-skating rinks. If you'd like to explore some of Joensuu's nature trails, you can find information of them on International Joensuu-Isyy Facebook page (under pictures) and on Visit Karelia website.

Want to know how to meet with new people studying the same subject as you? Or why Finnish students wear overalls to student gatherings? Check out the In the News -section to know more! 

If you are a new student and unsure about how to join ISYY, order your student card or anything else related to your life and studies in Finland, please contact the ISYY team. We are here to help!

Hope you have a wonderful semester!

Kind regards,

Salla / kv.joensuu@isyy.fi

ISYY's Language Cafés are starting! 

You can see this spring semester's Language Café selection on ISYY's website on Monday 31.1.2022. You can also find the slides of the Language Café info session there if you missed that. Take a look and start learning a new language in a fun way! 

• If you want to become a Language Café teacher and you missed the Leader Training, send an email to kv.joensuu@isyy.fi. 
• If you would like to participate in a Language Café but you do not have a Facebook account, send an email to kv.joensuu@isyy.fi to get in contact with your teacher. 

ESN Joensuu - ISYY's international club

ESN Joensuu is a local section of ESN International, also known as the International Club of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). ESN Joensuu is for anyone and everyone who lives in Joensuu and likes to hang out with people from around the world - both Finnish and international students are very welcome to join us! If you are a member of ISYY, you are automatically also a member of ESN Joensuu. 

The most important task of the ESN Joensuu is to introduce Finnish culture and lifestyle to international students and to give Finnish students an opportunity to gain international experiences in Joensuu by arranging diverse events and activities. In addition, ESN Joensuu is active in promoting intercultural understanding on campus and in Joensuu. We believe in fun, friendship and unity in diversity! Anyone can become active in ESN Joensuu and we really hope you do by either coming along to our events or by joining one of the open meetings.

Follow ESN Joensuu on Instagram:
@esnjoensuu
And on Facebook: 
ESN Joensuu

Get your ESN Joensuu overalls from the ISYY office!

Show your dedication to Finnish student traditions and your love for ESN Joensuu by sporting our cool blue overalls!

These weird party pants are a very traditional part of higher education students' life in Finland - overalls are the official student party outfit in Finland! They represent you and your fellow students as a collective, as every student organisation has their own overall colour. You can learn to spot people and know what they're studying at every major student event! The colours of each student organisations' overalls are listed in your ISYY student calendar. You can read more and find your own student organisation from this newsletter's In the News -section. 

Overalls should also be decorated with badges. You can buy badges from the ISYY office and you can even earn a badge from different student events - the badges tell people what you like, where you've been, which team you support etc.
If you would like to take part in this tradition, come and get your blue ESN Joensuu overalls and your first set of badges from the ISYY office!

Overalls price - 30e

UEF campus development webinar on 1 Feb 2022 at 13–14

Welcome to a webinar focusing on the future development of the university’s campuses, to be held on 1 February 2022, starting at 13.00. The University of Eastern Finland has launched a scenario project on campus development, which will create alternative visions of the operating environment all the way to 2035. The first campus development webinar presents the objectives and schedule of UEF’s campus development, and creates visions from the perspectives of future work, teaching, research, and facility solutions.

The webinar will be hosted by Rector Jukka Mönkkönen, Academic Rector Tapio Määttä, Director of Administration Tuomo Meriläinen and Head of Facilities Management Tarja Harjula. The webinar recording will be published in Yammer after the event.

To join the webinar, please click here 

A Yammer group dedicated to UEF’s campus development (UEF Kampuskehitys/ UEF campus development) will be opened at the end of January. It will serve as a platform for comments during the webinar, and as an interactive channel for internal communication relating to campus development later on.

Degree student: Remember to pay the FSHS healthcare fee to Kela 31.1.2022 at the latest

Students in universities and universities of applied sciences who are entitled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS, Finnish abbreviation YTHS) must pay a healthcare fee to Kela. For the spring semester 2022, the healthcare fee is 35,80 € and the last payment date is 31.1. You must pay the student healthcare fee for each term. Kela will not send you a bill for the fee, so you must make sure to pay it on your own initiative. Read more about the payment and how to pay for it here.

You can use FSHS services once you have registered. FSHS services are available to you, during spring, once you have registered to as present for the spring semester, which starts 1.1.2022.

For the spring term, the deadline for the payment is 31 January provided that you have registered as attending by then.

Degree Student: The health questionnaire has been updated

Hey, you have perhaps already noticed on our website that the health questionnaire for first-year students has been updated. The questionnaire´s new name is the HealthStart. Students can fill in the HealthStart questionnaire on the Self online service and they receive immediate feedback on their state of health. If necessary, students will be referred for health services that promote health provided by the FSHS.

First-year students will be sent a personal invitation to fill the HealthStart questionnaire if they have updated their contact information in Self online service. Those who started their studies in autumn 2021, will get a SMS message in January. Those who started their studies at the beginning of 2022 will be invited in February.

We would be happy if you could share information about the HealthStart through your own publications. More information about the renewed health questionnaire can be found on our website:

Nyyti ry - supporting students’ mental health

Nyyti Group Chat

Nyyti’s group chat is meant for all students. You don’t have to register or sign up to the chat. Conversation will be held via usernames.

• Tue 25.1. at 6pm: How to find relationships at the beginning of studies?
• Tue 22.2. How to manage? 

Mielentekoja - one-on-one chat

Nyyti mielenTEKoja-chat is open and ready to ponder with you about any stumbling block or everyday dilemma in student life.

mielenTEKoja-chat offers university students one-on-ones peer support regarding studies and mental wellbeing. The volunteer on-call counsellors are regular students trained by Nyyti. The chat is anonymous and free of charge. Available in English on Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m.

Bunsen ry (chemistry)
bunsenry(at)gmail.com

Echo ry (English)
echo.uef(at)gmail.com

Epsilon ry (mathematics/physics)
epsilon(at)uef.fi

Fides Ostiensis ry (western theology)

Godis ry (Swedish) 
godis.ry(at)gmail.com

Iskra ry (Russian) 
iskra.uef(at)gmail.com

Joensuun Metsäylioppilaat ry (Forestry)
metsaylioppilaat@jmyo.fi

Joraus ry (subject teacher’s pedagogical studies) 
joraus.maili(at)gmail.com

Judica ry (legal science) 
puheenjohtaja(at)judica.fi

Kassos ry (education and adult education) 
kassosry.uef(at)gmail.com

Kotex ry (teacher students of home economics and handcraft sciences) 
kotexry(a)gmail.com

Legio Ostiensis ry (specialized lawyers)
hallitus.legio(at)uef.fi

Lingwisti ry (foreign languages and translation studies/linguistics)
lingtwisti(at)gmail.com

Mikrovillus ry (biology)
mikrovillus.ry(at)gmail.com

Nefa ry (cultural studies) 
nefajoensuu(at)uef.fi

Oidipus ry (psychology)
oidipusry(at)gmail.com

Opossumi ry (career counselling)
opossumiry(at)gmail.com

Optimi ry (business)
pj(at)optimiry.fi

Pistis ry (orthodox theology)
pistisry(at)gmail.com

Poikkeus ry (special education)
poikkeusry(at)gmail.com

Popsi ry (classroom teacher students)
popsiry(at)gmail.com

Praxis ry (social policy/sociology/philosophy)
praxis(at)uef.fi

Skripti ry (computing)
hallitus(at)skripti.org

Sointi ry (logopedics)
hallitus.sointiry(at)gmail.com

Sulo ry (early childhood education)
sulory(at)live.fi

Tombolo ry (geography/ human geography/environmental policy/environmental law)
tombolo(at)uef.fi

Täky ry (Finnish/literature)
taky(at)taky.fi

Varnitsa ry (history) 
varnitsary(at)gmail.com

Jobs in Finland

Welcome to explore open job opportunities in Finland. On our website, you can find jobs targeted at English speaking professionals. You don't have to be able to speak Finnish or Swedish. You can search by region, job category or use the keyword search.

JobTeaser - Job and Traineeship offers in UEF

The New JobTeaser-service provides:

• Europe-wide job market: with nearly 17 000 job and traineeship offers. The service has opended to Finnish employers 25.11. and positions previously advertised on the Aarresaari.net-platform are now directed to JobTeaser.
• Events: Now mainly online events in Central Europe. In the future, Finnish and UEF events as well.
• Employer profiles: Now mostly international employers. In the future, Finnish organizations, too.
• Guidance and messaging to support job seeking and career planning: Materials to support students, now produced by JobTeaser. In the future, targeted to Finnish labor market as well.

Further information and detailed instructions on how to sign in JobTeaser for the first time Kamu: