HAPPY TUESDAY!

This week's top tips:

• ESN Joensuu goes sledging today 22 February at 3 pm in Ruusupuisto, so dress well and join the winter fun! 
• ISYY's Interest Advocacy Coffee Break is also today at 3 pm 

• ISYY's first working life event of 2022 is tomorrow! Lectures in English start at 1.15 pm.  You can see the schedule below or on ISYY's website. You can follow the lectures on ISYY's YouTube channel.

• You can now enroll to Sports Afternoon activities! Take a look and pick your favourite activity for next Tuesday. 
• You can also sign up to next week's BRIDGES movie night (Lion King in English). 

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

Exceptions in ISYY office opening hours 

There will be some exceptions in office opening hours in March: 

• Due to the Sports afternoon 1.3.2022 ISYY Offices are open from 10 am until 12 pm. 
• ISYY Offices are closed for the winter holidays 7.-11.3.2022.

Come and listen about working in Finland at ISYY’s working life event!

Welcome to ISYY’s first working life themed day of 2022 on 23 February starting from 10.15 am!

The theme of the English lectures is how to get started if you wish to work in Finland while you study or after you have graduated. We also have a lecture on how to write a cover letter for your job application. The event is held online and you can follow the programme on ISYY’s Youtube channel. Questions can be asked also via YouTube’s comment section. You can see the day’s programme via the link below: 

Timetable

• 10:15 -11:45 (90 min) Osaamisen sanoittaminen -luento - Merli Juustila (in Finnish)
• 13:15 - (45 min) Working in Finland - Aleksandra Nenakhova, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (in English) 
• 14:15 - (30 min) Luotsi Joensuu - Antti Räty (in English)
• 14:45 - (30 min) Talent Hub North Savo - Jarkko Surakka (in English)
• 15:15 - (45 min) Cover letter - Luotsi Joensuu (in English)

Join ISYY's Interest Advocacy Coffee Break (22.2 at 3pm)

• Are you interested in different topics related to student interest advocacy?
• Do you have something in mind to ask about advocacy?
• Join ISYY’s interest advocacy coffee breaks!

The interest advocacy coffee breaks are spaces for open discussion, where you can hear about news related to interest advocacy and share your own. Present are also the executive board members responsible for educational and social politics as well as ISYY’s own interest advocacy experts. Spring 2022 we start through Discord due to the ongoing pandemic.

The next coffee break takes place 22.2. at 15-17 on ISYY Discord!

Join the interest advocacy coffee break on ISYY’s Discord channel!

In the future coffee breaks will be held always third monday of the month!

Lunta Ilosaaressa concert at the Joensuu Areena (4.3) 

The Lunta Ilosaaressa festival will return on the Joensuu Areena on 4.3.2022 and brings along the brightest stars of Finnish pop music!

Timetable:
18:00 Doors open
18:45 Etta
20:15 Behm
22:00 VIIVI
23:30 Antti Tuisku

Tickets are 49e and they can be bought from Tiketti and Lippupiste

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. 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

Movie nights in March!

Joensuu's movie night will be held in the restaurant Kerubi on Thursday 3rd of March 18-21. The Lion King (2019) will be seen in English with Finnish subtitles. During the evening, it is also possible to enjoy Kerubi's refreshments and delicious burgers. Registration to event is open from 17th to 28th February.

The movie night in Kuopio will be organized in cooperation with the Hyvät Kuvat film club in Kino Kukko. The Finnish comedy Peruna (2021) will be shown during the night. A precise event date will be announced soon.

The movie nights are open to all UEF students and participation is free. Participants will receive the project's own overall badge as a memory of the event!

UEF Language Centre: Would you like to get a taste of Chinese culture?

Chinese Culture and Social Customs course begins on 22 March and ends on 5 May. The focus is on the introduction of different aspects of Chinese culture and on how to behave correctly and politely in different kinds of real life situations. The course requires no previous knowledge of Chinese language or culture and it will be held on Joensuu campus. The language of tuition is English.

Registration is open in Peppi until 28 Feb
(8014205 Chinese Culture and Social Customs).

Welcome to the course!

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 22.2. How to manage? 
• Tue 22.3. Time management in studies 

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.

City of Joensuu on Instagram & Facebook

Follow the city of Joensuu on social media to find out about current news, events and other information about the city.

See what's happening around the city!
Instagram: @joensuu_idassa
Facebook: Joensuu - kaupunki idässä

Try the Joensuu app!

Joensuu services are now in a useful app! You can upload your library card to the app, check bus routes and timetables, see upcoming events and locate the nearest waste sorting stations in the city. App users also get local offers dirrefent stores and restaurants in Joensuu. The app with update with new features in the future!

The Joensuu app can be found from App Store and Google Play Store.

Tr3 Gamers Ry is organizing the Academic League of Legends IV (ALL) once again for its fifth time as we go back to the swiss tournament system. Gather your team for atleast 5 people also consisting at least three academic playing members to sign-in and take part in the most amazing completely online played League of Legends tournament consisting teams variating all levels of a skill.  There is a trophy /money /exceptional prizes coming for our leagues superior! 

Games since the first round of the league season will be played from saturdays/sundays unless captains choose to reschedule their matches with other teams to another date. From week to week you will have another enemy team based on your played games and how you managed to play them up to that point. Teams that will find all the way to the tournament final will be fighting for leagues championship online on weekend of November 7.5. This date may differ depending on amount of teams joining the league. 

Team sign-in forms from the teams have already opened so fill in your own HERE until Sunday 27.2. until 11:59 p.m. If you can’t assemble full team from your own friends, you can fill in rest of your team from players at ALL’s discord server #all-lft channel if there are some or look for team that is looking for players if you are solely looking for some.

League-related information, schedules, streams and other things worth mentioning with all the rest of the discussion that can be found on the ALL’s Discord server, remember to verify your discord account by following the instructions in the #aula.

The league rules that players and teams must follow can be found HERE. 

Global Fridays at Joensuun Setlementti

Joensuun Setlmentti ry organises multicultural meetings every Friday from 5pm to 9pm. 

Address. Niskakatu 4, Joensuu

KAVI -movies on Mondays

Movies from the KAVI (National Audiovisual Institute) archives are presented in Tapio movie theater on Mondays at 4:30 pm. Tickets 6e, you can get them from the Savon Kinot website or at Tapio movie theater. 

28.2 North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, USA 1959) 

Student Barometer 2022 is now open!

The survey is aimed at all students in higher education. Take part, and make a difference! → opiskelijabarometri.fi 

Student Barometer is used in work to develop student wellbeing, student activities, the quality of teaching, higher education internships, studies and reports on working life and living, and educational institutions, among other things. Student Barometer is conducted by the Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus.

The survey will open on 9.2.2022, and will be open until 9.3.2022. Responding to the survey takes around 30–45 minutes. Verkkokauppa.com gift cards will be available to win in a prize draw open to all participants.