You can find the advance polling stations in Finland from the page of Finnish Ministry of Justice: Advance Polling Stations.

During the advance voting, you can vote in Kuopio campus, at the ISYY Office (Studentia, C-Door), 29.-31.5. and 3.-4.6. from 10 am to 4 pm.

Are you a citizen of another EU country, living in Finland and want to vote in the EU elections in Finland? Citizens of other EU countries who wish to vote in Finland should have registered in the Finnish electoral register by 21 March 2024 before 16:00. If you have not done the registration by 21 March, you must vote in your home country. You can read more from the site of Finnish DVV: DVV - European Elections.

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• TikTok: syketta_kuopio
• Website: SYKETTÄ

Telephone consultation from study psychologists in May 2024

It is possible to consult the study psychologists still during this semester. Send a contact request via text message, and the study psychologist will call you during the consultation hours. Include your whole name and your student number in the text message. You can also directly call the study psychologists during the following consultation hours:

• Tuesday 21st May 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Study Psychologist Emilia Ranta, tel. +358 50 3386415

Campus farming in summer 2024

UEF offers its students and staff opportunities for campus farming during the summer.

Both campuses have places, cultivation boxes and planting soil available. At Kuopio there is cultivation boxes in the courtyard of Melania and Mediteknia buildings and in the courtyard of Borealis and on the roof of the Metria building in Joensuu. You can cultivate together with your co-workers and also the students can participate. There is 1 to 2 boxes reserved for each group of campus farmers.

Those interested in campus farming, please contact Senja Hytinkoski or Saila Vaittinen, who are the contact persons of university’s Sustainability and Responsibility Group.

You don’t need any official contract for campus farming, but there is some basic rules for all. Every farmer is responsible for purchasing their own seeds and seedlings for farming, taking care and watering of them and looking after possible wastes to the garbage can. Water is available at cultivation places, but you need to bring your own equipments for farming.

Please remember, that the cultivated plants are for their farmers, they are not in common use for all, thank you. This way all who are farming there can enjoy their own harvest.

 Welcome to the farming group!

 Silent Forest art exhibition, 14.5.-9.6. at Puijon Maja's cover path 

The art exhibition by Johanna Järventaus and Laura Leskinen, photography students at Ingmanedu Cultural Vocational College, consists of photographic works, poems and thoughts on forest themes. The exhibition opens along the accessible 200 m long nature trail at Puijo. It is open 24/7 until 9.6. and free.

Seminar: Equity and inclusion in academic careers at Finnish universities

To create a more equitable future that fosters inclusivity and diversity in academic careers, research, and teaching, it is essential to understand how inequalities arise in academia. This seminar will approach equality/inequality in higher education from the perspective of academic careers. In order to have more diversity in academic careers, it is necessary to understand what prevents academics in the intersections of ethnic and social backgrounds, sexualities and genders, and people with disabilities from advancing in Finnish academia.

• When: Thursday 6.6.2024
• Where: Tieteiden talo, Helsinki (Kirkkokatu 6), and in Zoom (link will be sent later to those who are registered)
• Time: 10-18
• Cost: Free-of-charge
• Registration: Please register here (tentative registration deadline: May 30, 2024)

Event calendar

ISYY Clubs' meetings at Lukema (Studentia, C door)

• Thu 16.5. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)
• Sun 19.5. at 13-15 UEF Student Bilble Club
• Mon 20.5. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)
• Mon 27.5. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)

Advertise your event in ISYY's newsletter Weekly Feed

If you would like to have something featured in the Weekly Feed, please send a short (max. 500 characters including spaces), informative description of the event/activity in English to either kv.kuopio@isyy.fi (Kuopio events) or kv.joensuu@isyy.fi (Joensuu events).

Please include at least the following information: date, time, place, admission fee and the event website/link for more information. If you want to include pictures, the optimal size is 270 x 270 px.

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 Kuopio 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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