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ISYY's newsletter: Weekly Feed Kuopio Week 22/2024

Tue May 28 11:56:59 2024

ISYY's newsletter: Weekly Feed Kuopio Week 22/2024

28.5. - 3.6.2024

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HAPPY TUESDAY!

The last newsletter of the spring is here! The first newsletter of autumn semester will be published on Tuesday 13 August – see you then! If you want to send us material for the first newsletters, please do that by Tuesday 6 August.

Have you ever heard of the Finnish outdoor game Mölkky? This is something you want to cross off your "only in Finland"-list! The game is very simple and you can play it with as many friends as you want. The goal is to collect exactly 50 points by throwing a wooden skittle and knocking over wooden pins that have numbers from 1 to 12. ISYY members can loan the game at the ISYY office for free!

Have a relaxing summer!

Kind regards,
Elina
kv.kuopio(at)isyy.fi

ISYY Office opening hours during summer

It is already the last week that ISYY offices are open normally before the summer holiday. From Monday 3 June to Wednesday 12 June we are open only by a prior appointment, that can be done by sending an email or calling to the ISYY office.

toimisto.kuopio(at)isyy.fi
tel. +358 44 576 8419

ISYY offices' summer holiday will take place on 13.6.-2.8.2024 and we will be back at your service on Monday 5 August.

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Kuopio Pride will be held 5.-8.6.2024!

During Kuopio Pride Week, there will be a variety of fantastic events, culminating in the Pride parade and party on Saturday 8 June!

Equality and transparency are important values for ISYY. ISYY encourages all its members to take part in the Pride parade and park festival, as well as to wear student overalls to form a rainbow.

The parade starts moving at 3 pm from Keilakuja 2 and ends at 4.30 pm at Snellman park, which features a picnic, speeches and, of course, great company. ISYY has its own area in the Snellman park that brings together all students. The first 150 students at the ISYY’s picnic-area will be given ISYY's Pride-Hemmo overall patch as a memory.

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Save the date: autumn events

Summer is soon here and now is a good time to save some event dates to your calendar for autumn 2024. Below you can find a list of ISYY events that we already know at the moment. The best way to keep up with our events is to follow our newsletters and our event calendar on our website.

Autumn dates for Kuopio:

SYKETTÄ Kuopio Appro and free sports trial 2.-8.9.
Academic Year Kick-off 5.9.
- UEF Opening Ceremony in Kuopio
- Student Parade from Savilahti to Kuopio market square at the city centre
- Academic Year Kick-off event at the Kuopio City Market Square
- City Orienteering and After Party
Tour de Itä-Suomi Cycling Event in Kuopio 21.9.
Wellbeing Week 30.9.-4.10.
Sports Afternoon 2.10.
Sober Bingo & Disco 2.10.
Association Days 8.-9.10. (Tue-Wed in Joensuu, Wed in Kuopio)
Independence Day Torch Parade 6.12.

Academic Year Kick-off 5.9. – the event will be revamped!

The beginning of a new academic year has been celebrated in UEF for over ten years with the Campus Happening and City Orienteering, and of course with the UEF Opening Ceremony on the same day. This year the Campus Happening will be replaced with a new Kick-off event at the Kuopio Market Place. The event will be open for all Savilahti area’s students and staff (UEF, Savonia UAS, Savo Vocational College). Before the event at the Market Place, there will be a student parade from Savilahti to the Market Place. The UEF Opening Ceremony and ISYY’s City Orienteering are staying the same, no worries! The City Orienteering will begin right after the Kick-off event from the Kuopio Market Place.

Academic Year Kick-off, Thursday 5 September:

UEF Academic Year Opening Ceremony (in Kuopio)
Student Parade from Savilahti (UEF Snellmania) to the Kuopio Market Place
Academic Year Kick-off event at the Market Place
City Orienteering

Follow ISYY’s communication channels to be the first one’s to hear more about the event!

Registration for the next Academic Year begins 1.6.

Heyy continuing student! Registration for the UEF Academic Year 2024–2025 will begin this week on 1 June. Registration periods for the next academic year are:

Registration for the year 2024–2025 begins on 1 June and ends on 15 September 2024.
Registration ONLY for the spring semester 2025 is 1.11.2024–15.1.2025.

When you register as a present student and you pay the ISYY membership fee at the same time, you’ll get all of our member services also for the next academic year. ISYY membership will help you during your studies, e.g. with our interest advocacy services. Get to know all of our member services by going through our website, and you’ll make to most of your membership!

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Blog: The European Parliament elections are student elections!

Under the Advance Voting Period of the European Elections, ISYY Board Members Jasmin and Ruska wrote a blog about why these elections are important from the students’ point of view. The advance voting begins tomorrow and you can vote also on campus, in Kuopio at Studentia (ISYY Office). There are a limited amount of ISYY’s EU Election overall patches handed out at the campus' polling stations.

– The upcoming European Parliament elections will decide the future direction of the entire union, such as whether the future parliament will invest in education, learning, and the union's collective security, writes Jasmin and Ruska.

Read the blog from ISYY website.

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Welcome to summer group classes!

The SYKETTÄ summer season classes will be held from May 20th to June 14th, and the second part from August 19th to August 31st. Classes will take place both in the Studentia sports hall and outdoors, enjoying the summer weather.

Reserve your spot as usual via the SYKETTÄ group exercise calendar. You can join the classes with both the academic year 2023–2024 and spring 2024 group fitness and ball sports stickers.

Read here (Summer 2024 timetable) more about the group classes, ball sports and gyms.

Do you cycle? Join the SYKETTÄ Kuopio team! SYKETTÄ Kuopio team is participating in the Kilometrikisa. Kilometrikisa is a light-hearted cycling competition for workplaces, departments, associations, clubs or any other teams.

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More tips and information

Instagram: @syketta_kpo
Facebook: SYKETTÄ – Kuopion korkeakoululiikunta
TikTok: syketta_kuopio
Website: SYKETTÄ

Pivo will be closed down on Sep 4th 2024

Pivo and Pivo’s student card will be closed down on Sep 4th, 2024. You can use Pivo’s student card normally until then. Make sure to activate another student card, e.g. Frank App, for the academic year 2024–2025.

You can see your information in Pivo until 3.9.2024. Do the payments, accept the payment orders and open open expenses no later than 3.9.2024. Pivo also recommends you to take out the information of possible open payment orders and open expenses in groups, so that you won't lose the information. If you don't have open expenses or student card in Pivo, you don't need to do anything.

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FSHS will serve students in higher education institutions throughout the summer

FSHS’s digital and remote services will operate on all weekdays and there are several service units in service areas that are open throughout the summer.

If necessary, student will be directed from the assessment of the need for treatment to either a remote appointment or to a local appointment to another open service unit.

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European Election Panel of Finnish higher education students, Helsingin Sanomat and Sitra on Wed 29.5. - follow via live stream!

Who decides where the EU is going? What could Europe look like in 2040? A joint panel discussion by Helsingin Sanomat, Sitra, SAMOK and SYL takes a look at the future of the EU from the perspective of young people and students. The panel discussion, which will take place on Wednesday 29 May at 17.00-18.30 at the Sanomatalo Mediatori, can be attended on the spot or watched live on HS.fi.

The panellists are:

Eva Biaudet, Swedish People's Party of Finland
Eero Heinäluoma, Social Democratic Party of Finland
Petri Honkonen, Centre Party
Iina Ilmarinen, Movement Now
Perttu Jussila, The Greens
Lauri Lindén, Left Alliance
Ari Mönttinen, The Christian Democrats
Aura Salla, National Coalition Party
Sebastian Tynkkynen, Finns Party

European Elections take place in June!

The European elections take place in Finland on 9 June 2024. The advance voting period is from 29 May to 4 June 2024 in Finland and from 29 May to 1 June 2024 abroad.

You can find all the information on how to vote either in your home country or in Finland from the following websites:

	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.

Oppari opening hours during summer 2024 in Kuopio

1.6.-19.6.2024

Monday-Friday 8-14

Midsummer

Thursday 20.6.2024 10-13
Friday 21.6.2024 closed

24.6.-2.8.2024

Monday-Friday 10-14

5.8.-23.8.2024

Monday-Friday 8-15

Starting 26.8.2024 normal opening hours

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Library services during the summer

Kuopio and Joensuu Campus Libraries' opening hours 1.6.–31.8.

Monday–Tuesday 8–16 (Customer Service 10–16)
Wednesday 8–18 (Customer Service 10–18)
Thursday–Friday 8–16 (Customer Service 10–16)
Saturday–Sunday closed

The Library 24/7 self-study facilities are open normally.

KUH Medical Library opening hours 1.–30.6. and 1.–31.8.

Monday–Thursday 10–15
Friday–Sunday closed

Exceptions in the library services:

Midsummer

Thursday 20.6. customer service is open 10–13 (Kuopio and Joensuu: the doors will open at 8), chat is open 10–13
Friday 21.6. customer service and chat are closed

KUH Medical Library is closed 1.7.–1.8.

Interlibrary services are closed 1.7.–26.7.

In Kuopio, due to transformer maintenance, campus library's self-study facilities are closed from Mon 8.7. 4 pm to Tue 9.7. 10 am. Tue 9.7. library facilities and customer service will not open until 10 a.m.

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On Monday 3.6.2024, Kuopio's public transport will switch to summer timetables

Summer timetables are valid from 3.6.2024 to 7.8.2024. You can check the summer timetables on the Vilku website.

Printed line-specific timetable brochures will be available at the customer service desk in the City Council House/Valtuustotalo, the main city library, in the Travel Center/Matkakeskus and in local libraries. The timetables at bus stops will be changed the week before the changeover to summer timetables.

A new bus line 25 will start operating between the centre of Kuopio, Matkus and Hiltulanlahti, with the final stop in the new residential area of Hiltulanlahti. The bus will run at 30-min intervals during the day. In addition, services 25A and 25X will serve the Postal Centre and the North Savo College on weekdays.

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Nyyti's Chat

Nyyti’s Chat is a place for sharing thoughts, feelings and experiences. Chats will cover subjects surrounding issues that affect student’s daily lives. This group chat is meant for all students over the age of 18. Chat is also anonymous and free of charge. There will always be Nyyti’s volunteers or employees at the chat with you

Chats in English on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 pm:

Tue 28.5. Can I find my position in working life?
Tue 11.6. From dystopias to utopias

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Summer bucket list

Are you spending summer in Finland? After the long winter and a few winter comebacks (Finns use the word ‘takatalvi’, see description here) summer is finally approaching fast so in honour of this last Weekly Feed, we collected a list of (Finnish) things for you to do in your campus city this summer!

TLDR; Summer in Finland is beautiful yet painfully short, so you’d better enjoy it - here is how:

	Swim in a lake to throw away your winter coat (heittää talviturkki in Finnish, means to swim in a lake for the first time after winter). You can find a list of beaches in Kuopio here Pick some forest berries (such as bilberries, raspberries, bog /northern bilberries) and make a pie of the mixed berries you found. Check out also here and here everyman’s rights (jokamiehenoikeudet in Finnish) which tells you what you can do in Finnish nature Visit a strawberry farm nearby and pick your own strawberries Have a picnic Have a water gun fight Visit Koli if you haven’t already Read a book on the beach or balcony Eat ice cream from a kiosk Make a garland/flower crown out of wild flowers Visit the cafes and restaurants in the city centre and harbour (some of them are open only during summer) Visit nature trails. You can find a list of places near Kuopio here Grill sausages on a campfire. Campfire places in Kuopio can be found here Have a Finnish midsummer - watch midsummer’s bonfire and try traditional midsummer’s night spells. You can find some here Try SUP boarding Play mölkky (you can loan the game from ISYY) Try frisbeegolf (you can loan frisbees from ISYY). You can find tracks in Kuopio here Craft a käpylehmä (pinecone cow) Relax!

Guided nature walks

Regional environmental protection services, welfare promotion services and the Kuopio Museum of Natural History organise guided nature excursions and volunteer events during the summer and autumn. Join us to discover the local forest and its animals, flying squirrels, birds and bats. You will also learn to identify wild herbs, plants, lichens and mushrooms. This summer, you can also try coloring wool yarns with combed lupine and play a forest mystery game.

The excursions are open to all and free of charge, with no need to book in advance (except for a few boat and bus trips). For the full programme of excursions until September, please visit the website via the link below.

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Event calendar

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

Sun 2.6. at 13-15 UEF Student Bilble Club
Wed 5.6. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)
Sun 9.6. at 13-15 UEF Student Bilble Club
Mon 10.6. starting at 17:00 Lautapelikerho Kärmes (board game club)

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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.

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