HAPPY TUESDAY!

ISYY's Association Day event is held in Kuopio on Wednesday, 17 April. During the event, ISYY clubs, student associations, campus associations and other local associations showcase their activities. It is a great opportunity to look for a new hobby, find something new to do in your spare time or to make new friends. The associations also sell overall patches at the event. So go to Snellmania's lobby on Wednesday between 10 am and 2 pm!

Have a nice week!

Kind regards,
Salla
kv.joensuu(at)isyy.fi

Check out Student Vappu Events in Kuopio

Student Vappu events have already begun amongst our student associations and clubs and there are only two weeks left for the biggest student celebration of the year!!

We've collected a list of Student Vappu events in Kuopio to help you find interesting Vappu events to go to. The list contains also all ISYY's Vappu traditions to which you are more than welcome to join!

If you'd like to participate in the secret ceremony of the Rite of Scholastic Passage, held on May Day’s Eve on the 30th of April at 2 pm in SN100, remember to fill in this form. The rite is counted among the most long-standing traditions in the academic history of Kuopio as well as among the most unique May Day celebrations in the entire nation. Afterwards, the initiated are granted an authentic KYY ribbon for their graduation caps as recognition of their achievement in pursuing higher knowledge.

Get the ISYY lyre for your Student Cap!

Did you know that you can purchase a lyre of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) to your Student Cap to symbolise your own university community?

In Finland there is a tradition to wear the Student Cap during the Vappu (May Day) Celebrations, more specific on Vappu Eve and Vappu Day. The standard lyre that can be seen in most of the Finnish Student Caps is a symbol for the Matriculation Examination but also a symbol of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki. There is also own lyres to symbolise, e.g. the Vocational Upper Secondary Qualification or the International Baccalaureate.

Student Unions have their own lyres that symbolise the university community. A university student can purchase the lyre for their Student Cap to replace the old lyre.

There is still enough time to get yourself the ISYY lyre before Vappu Celebrations! A lyre costs 17€ and they are sold from ISYY offices, welcome!

Welcome to ISYY's Association Days!

ISYY organises the Association Days this week on Tuesday and Wednesday 16.-17.4.2024 at Joensuu campus and on Wednesday 17.4.2024 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.

ISYY's Student Benefit Coffee Break 17.4.

Welcome to the Student Benefit and Advocacy Coffee Break on both campuses on 17.4. at 3.15 pm!

The ISYY Interest Advocacy Coffee break operates now with a new name: Student Benefits Coffee Break. As the name suggests, all ISYY members are welcome to have a low-threshold discussion about current issues related to student interests and advocacy with the actors of ISYY's advocacy sector.

We hope to see people in charge of the interests advocacy of the Student Associations in particular, so that we can discuss as diversely as possible worries and sorrows of students from different fields, as well as development ideas.

Coffee sessions will be held simultaneously on both campuses on Wednesday 17 April at 3:15-4:15 pm in Kuopio at the Studentia Chapel and in Joensuu in classroom AU204.

Give feedback during ISYY's Smiles and Complaints Week

This spring's Smiles and Complaints Week is held 22.–28.4.2024. During the Smiles and Complaints Week, you can give feedback via the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) to ISYY, the University, FSHS (Finnish Student Health Service), Compass Group, or any other party involved in students’ life.

What deserves a smile? What’s wrong? What gives you grey hair? Tell us, and we’ll take your feedback forward! The feedback is given anonymously. You can give us feedback starting on Monday 22 April by filling in the electronic form or by stopping at our Smile's and Complaints Week's stand on campus.

Coffee & Friends

The café meets on Tuesdays at 3-5 pm at Lukema (ISYY office) in Kuopio.

Programme and themes in spring 2024:

• 16.4. Board games and non-alcoholic beer pong
• 23.4. Crafts and sewing overall badges
• 7.5. Bingo

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.

Hey you, our graduating student!

What stands out the most from your time as a student? Let's capture our shared moments and remember them at Publiikki, graduation ceremony, on May 17th, 2024.

Write down your memorable moment on a card and leave it for others to see at the campus. You can find cards in Joensuu at Carelia and in Kuopio at Snellmania. Alternatively, participate on Viva Engage. You can also participate with a photo. By submitting a picture of a meaningful moment by April 23rd, 2024, you'll enter a draw. We'll compile a presentation of our shared memories for Publiikki. More information on Viva Engage.

Library's language cafés

Neulamäki Local Library (Juontotie 6)

• 30 April, 17.00-18.30
• 28 May, 17.00-18.30

Puijonlaakso local library (Mailatie 2)

• 16 May, 17.00-18.30

Welcome to meet new people and practice your Finnish language skills!