This is AYY's Newsletter 21/2010. Newsletters are published weekly during the academic terms. You can order it to your e-mail here.

Aalto opening ceremony is celebrated on Wednesday – join the party!

1. This week's events
2. Participate in organising the opening day of Aalto!
3. Aalto First Year Experience
4. Apply for AYY's symbols working group
5. Additional application period for student representatives in administration open until 8 Sept
6. Help desk for Aalto accounts for students of School of Economics 6-10 Sept
7. Sign up to ballgame leagues

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. This week's events

- Ecumenical Ceremony of Aalto University´s academic year, 1 September, at 12noon at Temppeliaukio church (Lutherinkatu 3) http://www.ayy.fi/node/958

- Opening of the Academic Year of Aalto University 2010–2011 on 1 September http://avajaiset.ayy.fi/

- Aalto Party, the after party of the opening ceremony, 1 September, from 3.30pm onwards on the premises of the Design Factory and Aalto Venture Garage http://avajaiset.ayy.fi/

- Aalto First Experience offers you a glimpse about the opportunities that studying at Aalto University can open up for you. 3 September. http://www.fye.aalto.fi

2. Participate in organising the opening day of Aalto!

Do you want to peek behind the scenes? This is a unique opportunity to participate in organising the great opening day of Aalto!
Send your contact information to the address anne.liiri@gmail.com on Monday, 30 Aug, and you can get to organise the opening day of all times!

3. Aalto First Year Experience | 3.9.2010 | @ Arabia, Otaniemi, Töölö

A new university and new tricks. Aalto First Experience is an event where we aim to the new students about everything that Aalto university includes, how its different parts are intertwined and what opportunities the university can offer you. Of course, we cannot present the entire university to you in great detail in one go. Instead we will offer you little thought-provoking tasters. We will not organise an examination about the event.

Every freshman who visits the two other campuses (that’s Otaniemi and Töölö if you study at Arabia etc.) gets a 10 euro gift card to Suomalainen Kirjakauppa (bookstore).

You can get the latest information by visiting the website:http://www.fye.aalto.fi

4. Apply for AYY's symbols working group

Heraldry, flag, student union colours, official symbol, gold, dollar green, technology red, traditions, reform, heroes.
Are you interested? Come and work on these themes and apply for the Student Union's symbol working group. We are looking for 4-6 interested Student Union members. The application period is open until 5 Sept 2010. Free-form applications can be sent to mika.tarhala(a)ayy.fi.

5. Additional application period for student representatives in administration open until 8 Sept

The organs with available positions include the Academic Committee of School of Economics (Kauppatieteen akateeminen komitea), the Faculty Council of Electronics, Communications and Automation, and the management group of the Language Centre.

The Board of Aalto University Student Union decided in its meeting on 20 Aug 2010 to open the call for applications for student representatives in Aalto University administration for the remaining term of 2010. Aalto University students may apply as student representatives in administration.

The application period opened on 20 Aug 2010 and it will end on 8 Sept 2010 at 4pm by which applications must be submitted. The applications are submitted electronically. Electronic application forms and instructions for applicants are available on the website of Aalto University Student Union on www.ayy.fi/node/313. The election of student representatives in administration will be confirmed in the board meeting of Aalto University Student Union.

Further information: www.ayy.fi/node/313 (in Finnish)

6. Help desk for Aalto accounts for students of School of Economics 6-10 Sept

New Aalto accounts and emails will be taken into use in the School of Economics.

Need help in creating your Aalto account? IT help desk will personally guide you through the account creation process and help you to copy your old mailbox into your new Aalto mailbox.

Please bring with you your Finnish online bank identifiers (if you have them), a Finnish ID card (if you have one), or a normal ID card.

The help desk is open
Mon-Fri, 6-10 Sept, 10am-4pm
in the main building of the School of Economics (Runeberginkatu 14-16)

You can also activate your Aalto account at home. Further instructions can be found in the email message sent to you earlier in Piazza and in Inside.

7. Sign up to ballgame leagues

You can sign up to futsal and floorball leagues, organised by Aalto University Sports Club, until 20 Sept.

The league games are played in Otahalli in Otaniemi. Futsal is played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, 9pm-11pm and floorball games on Wednesday mornings between 9am and 12noon. The best two teams in the leagues A and B in futsal and floorball will compete in the metropolitan finals in early spring 2011. The winning teams of the league A, both in floorball and futsal, will automatically represent Aalto University in the Students' Finnish Championships in the spring of 2011.

Sign up to the leagues on the address http://aaltous.fi/index.php/fi/sarjoihin-ilmoittautuminen (in Finnish)

--
Link of the week:
While waiting for the autumn productions of the OUBS, you can enjoy the musical atmosphere of Aalto on Tracks from the last spring: http://www.oubs.fi/suomi/ohjelma/11034//AOT%3A+Music+on+Tracks