Happy Tuesday!

Are you passionate about learning or teaching languages? Come and hear about ISYY's Language Café activities this Thursday from 9 to 10 am on Google Meet. The idea of the Cafés is that they are informal language classes taught by students for students. You can earn 1 ECTS by being a participant and 2 ECTS for being a leader.

You might have seen students dressed up in different coloured overalls all over campus by now. These students belong to different subject associations and the colour of their overalls represents the association. Find out from the last section of this newsletter to which subject association you could belong to!

Have a nice week!

Kind regards,
Joona Rantala | Coordinator of International Affairs

Join ISYY’s Language Café activities!

Do you want to learn a new language, brush up on your old skills and meet new people or teach your native language? We have the perfect opportunity for you via ISYY’s Language Cafés!

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 session this weeks thursday 10 September at 9am on Google Meet to find out more!

Play ISYY's Freshman Bingo and get a free overall patch!

ISYY's Freshman Bingo kick-starts the academic year for our new students. By completing at least one bingo row, you'll get an ISYY FUKSI overall patch and you can take part in the Freshman Bingo Raffle. There is a limited amount of overall patches on both campuses, so it is a good idea to take this chance quickly!

You can save the bingo sheet to yourself electronically from ISYY website or you can collect a printed bingo sheet from ISYY office. The Freshman Bingo must be completed by 29 October 2026 at 3 pm!

Give us feedback on ISYY’s City Orienteering and participate in a raffle!

Did you participate ISYY's City Orienteering last week? We’d love to hear your feedback on this year’s City Orienteering so we can make it even better in the future!

You can give us feedback anonymously via Google Forms. Form is open until the end of Sunday 13 September.

We will raffle a total of 10 ISYY product bags (5 bags / campus), each worh 30€, among respondents. Bag includes a tote bag, three overall patches, two safety reflectors, keychain and something sweet. Contact information for the raffle is sent via different form after finishing giving feedback.

ISYY's Association Days will be held 22.–23.9.2026

ISYY organises the Association Days on Tuesday and Wednesday 22.–23.9.2026 at Joensuu campus and on Wednesday 23.9.2026 at Kuopio Campus. The event in Joensuu is held in Carelia lobby and in Kuopio in Snellmania lobby. The event takes place on both days from 10 am to 2 pm.

Come and find out what ISYY and associations close to it have to offer. It’s also possible that you’ll find some new activities from Association Days! ISYY Association Days are open for everybody and there’s no entrance fee.

Traditionally associations sells their overall patches at the event, so it is a good idea to take some money with you.

Going to represent your association or club? Click the link below and find the registration links!
 

Upcoming exceptions in ISYY office opening hours

There will be some exceptions in ISYY office opening hours:

• Friday 11 September open 10-12, 13-15
• Wednesday 30 September closed (Sports Afternoon Day)

ISYY is giving out grants for international activities also in autumn!

The grant is for events and projects that promote internationalisation in the 2026 autumn semester and is meant for student associations, campus associations and ISYY clubs.

We are looking for activities that in addition to promoting internationalisation and international affairs in the campus cities, are innovative, are repeatable and reproducible, are sustainable long-term, are environmentally friendly, promote sobriety and take all students into account. Cooperation with other associations and clubs is also considered an advantage.

Four best applications will receive a grant of 225 €. Application period is from August 24 till September 29.

ISYY Clubs in Joensuu

ISYY Clubs are open for all of ISYY members. ISYY's club room is located at our office near the city centre (Suvantokatu 6, 80100 Joensuu).

ISYY Club meetings at the ISYY Club room:

Monday 4 pm - 8 pm: ISYY's Magic the Gathering Guild

Tuesday  6 pm - 8 pm: LUOMIO! Literary arts club

Thursday 4 pm - 9 pm: Joensuu Board Gamers

Friday 4 pm - 8 pm: ISYY Chess Club Joensuu

Other ISYY Club meetings:

Monday 6 pm - 8 pm: Academic & Historical Dance Society (Educa-building, hall E200)

General meeting of Joensuu's Exchange and International Students tomorrow on 9.9.

JEIS is organising General Meeting on 9th of September starting at 5.00pm till 6.30pm. General Meeting is meeting for the election of JEIS Autumn 2026 board and accepting JEIS budget proposal for the following calendar year of 2027.

In the meeting all members of ISYY and JEIS are able to run for board positions and vote for the next JEIS board for Autumn 2026.

For more information about available board positions check JEIS Instagram @jeis_isyy or contact JEIS via email jeis@isyy.fi

General meeting of ISYY's Bible Club on 21.9.

ISYY's Bible Club is having a general meeting on Monday September 21 at 10 in Zoom. In the meeting the club's board will be formed and the club's action plan and budget for 2027 will be accepted. There will be also discussion about club's communication channels. The meeting is open to all ISYY members!

General meeting of Joensuu Board Gamers on 24.9.

The club’s statutory general meeting will be held at the ISYY clubroom (Suvantokatu 6, 80100 Joensuu) on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, in connection with the club’s game night. The event is open to all ISYY members.

Tour de Itä-Suomi will be cycled in the spirit of brevet!

Tour is a cycling event for students organised by ISYY. This autumn Tour has started in Joensuu from yesterday 7th and will be available to complete until 20th September. Choose the best day for you and challenge your friends to ride with you!

Tour is not a competition - no need to rush, just finish the route at your own safe pace! You only need your own bicycle, bicycle helmet and sunny attitude.

Participation for ISYY members is 5€ and for other participants 10€. Enrolling has started in Kide.app!

Sports Buddy service

Autumn and the free trial period are here and you don’t have a friend to move with? No worries, you can find yourself a sports buddy from SYKETTÄ! Fill the Sports Buddy questionnaire and we will find a suitable Sports Buddy for you.

Access rights to gyms

Access rights to gyms are valid according to the validity of the SYKETTÄ membership, i.e. the application form must be filled out again every time you buy a new membership. Please fill out the form as soon as you have bought the new membership!

SYKETTÄ Appro

SYKETTÄ Appro is held between 7.-20.9.2026. The idea of appro is to collect markings on an appro pass by participating in sport events in the sports calendar. Detailed participation instructions on SYKETTÄ website.

Coffee & Friends continues on 15 September!

Coffee & Friends event offers low-threshold hanging out after lectures and the opportunity to meet other students over coffee and a snack. All students of the University of Eastern Finland are welcome to Coffee & Friends. You can come to the café alone or with a friend. In addition, Coffee & Friends has a changing chill program. Participation in the programme is voluntary and you can come for a while or for the whole time. Participation is free of charge and does not require pre-registration. 

Coffee & Friends meets on Tuesdays from 15 September to 24 November at 4-6pm. This autumn’s first Coffee & Friends on 15.9 will be held in AG103 (classroom in the Agora building) and after this the café meets normally in Agora Café. 

Autumn’s programme will be updated on ISYY’s webpage as the planning progresses 

The GLOW project

Are you interested in volunteering, working with local communities or promoting a sense of belonging at the university campus? The GLOW project might be for you!

In the project, students may plan their own community activities on campus or in the local Joensuu area with the guidance of university staff. The purpose of the project is to create meaningful learning experiences of volunteering, community engagement and creating a positive impact in your surroundings. The GLOW team project will take place in autumn semester on the Joensuu campus for a total of 8 weeks. The program will include team-building activities, activity planning and implementation. Students may be eligible to earn ECTS credits, dependent on their major and study program policy. 

You can view the project flyer here for more information

Welcome to the Researchers' Night on campuses on 25 September 2026!

Researchers' Night, a science event for the whole family, invites visitors to make discoveries, experiment and explore fascinating scientific phenomena at the University of Eastern Finland's Joensuu and Kuopio campuses on Friday, 25 September 2026, from 16.00 to 20.00. In Joensuu, the event will be held in Aurora, Educa and Futura buildings.

Free of charge, the event offers a rich programme and inspiring experiences for people of all ages on both campuses, including science workshops, laboratory tours, research presentations and short science sessions. Please note that changes to the programme are possible.

Ask a public health nurse! Info session for international students, Tue 29 Sept 2026 2 pm

In this English online info session, public health nurse Hanna-Mari Smale answers your health-related questions! 

Students can submit questions either before the event or during it. Instructions on how to leave a pre-event question can be found on the event registration page.

• Registration to the event
• Info on the event week

The Great Overalls Badge Hunt of the UEF Library

The Great Overalls Badge Hunt of the UEF Library is back! This year the badges will be hunted at the campus libraries from 7 to 11 September 2026.

We will publish clues about the hides daily on our Instagram stories. Follow us on Instagram @ueflibrary.

JEIS x Timetravels trips Autumn 2026

Timetravels X JEIS trips to Lofoten and Saariselkä are closing in with the autumn semester! Sign up to the trips through the links!

ONLY 4 PLACES LEFT ON THE TRIP TO LOFOTEN!

• JEIS Adventure trip to Lofoten 25.9. – 1.10.
• JEIS Adventure to Northern Lapland, Saariselkä 28.11. – 3.12.

International Music Nights autumn 2026!

Get your dancing shoes on and join JEIS for some awesome nights in Bepop Joensuu!

Joensuu’s Exchange and International Students club is collaborating with Bepop to bring some international music to Joensuu! All of the events start at 11pm!

To make this event truly international, we want you to participate in making the playlist for the events! The song request form can be found here! We hope to see you all there!

International Music Nights on Thursdays semester: 10.9., 24.9., 8.10., 22.10., 12.11., 26.11. & 10.12.

Autumn Market

The traditional Autumn Market will be held at the Joensuu Market Square on Friday and Saturday, September 11–12, 2026.

The market is open on Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Jobs, internships and appointments to UEF career counsellors in JobTeaser

Job and internship offers for students and recent graduates can be found in the JobTeaser web service. Students and staff members log into the JobTeaser UEF platform using their UEF credentials. You can continue using the service after graduation as well. JobTeaser is used in over 700 universities and institutions of higher education in Europe and job and internship offers spread throughout Europe.

• You can book a personal appointment to a UEF career counsellor in JobTeaser. Guidance is available on both campuses and online.
• You will also find a selection of various sorts of events organized by, for example, TE-Live, EURES, different projects and employer organizations. Many of the events are organized online. Thus, you can take part in interesting events elsewhere in Europe. There are also employer profiles and information of job opportunities in, especially, international companies and employers.
• In JobTeaser, you will also find info about the UEF career services and courses on job seeking and career planning.

If you have any questions, please contact Career Services, email: urapalvelut@uef.fi.

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 Joensuu 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 unsubscription link  located on the top of the letter. 

You will find more information on ISYY's newsletters  and data protection on ISYY's website.