Tamko Topics is a weekly newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
English Summary
1. Tamko Council Elections 2019
2. Tamko office pop ups at Mediapolis and Proakatemia
3. Tamko’s evening 18 September
4. Blood donation at TAMK 2 October
5. Tamko’s autumn campaign- win a 100€ S-group gift card!
6. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 17 September
7. Snäkkiappro 2 October
8. Sports fair 25 – 26 September and Tampere Academic Might
9. Join AIESEC Tampere!
1. Tamko Council Elections 2019
Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ Council Elections are held on 23 October – 6 November 2019. 21 members are elected to the council. All students who have paid Tamko membership payment and registered themselves as an attending (present) to TAMK are eligible to vote in council elections. Electronic voting starts on 23rd of October and ends 6th November. Ballot box voting is held on 6th November.
All who are eligible to vote can also stand as a candidate. (Please notice that all council meetings are held in Finnish). One can stand as a candidate on 18th September – 9th October 2019. In order to become a candidate, you need to fill out an electronic candidate notification via Tamko’s website or a paper form at Tamko’s office. You’ll also need to sign up for a candidate list provided by your student association or some other list provider.
Council elections are held as a proportional open list voting where a voter is also voting for a candidate’s list. The Council’s assembly is determined by popularity of lists. If you cannot find a suitable list, you can also establish your own!
The Council (edustajisto in Finnish), also known as edari, is like Tamko’s parliament. It holds the highest decision making power and has the final say about matters that concern The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences. The Council also decides for example about Tamko’s budget, financial statements, political guidelines and chooses students to Tamko’s Board and TAMK’s organs. Whether you are interested in influencing or improving students’ study experience, the Council might be your thing.
2. Tamko office pop ups at Mediapolis and Proakatemia
Tamko organizes Tamko office pop ups at Mediapolis on 17 September, 22 October and 19 November and Proakatemia on 24 September, 29 October, 26 November. Pop up is open from 9AM – 1PM.
We’ll bring with us the study year stickers, overall patches and event tickets. If you want that we bring your student card to the pop up, please inform us about the matter well before (at least 2 days before!) via email: office(at)tamko.fi. Welcome to chat, have some coffee or tea and of course to rest on Solu’s sofas!
3. Tamko’s evening 18 September
Welcome to play board games, sew overall patches’ and meet new people! You can bring some games, activities etc. with you. Tamko offers some light snacks and drinks.
You will get a stamp on your Tursaspassi from this event to Overall patches’ sewing evening or Board games evening. Please note that the happening is non-alcoholic. Welcome to the Solu!
4. Blood donation at TAMK 2 October
Once again it’s the time to give up some blood when FRC Blood Service comes to TAMK. On Wednesday, 2 October between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, come to the main campus (building B next to the dining area) and reach your helping hand! This event is accessible, so you can get to the place with the elevator.
If you’re unsure about your eligibility to donate, you can take an online test here (choose “In English” in the top left corner) and the momentarily blood need you can check here. Bring your ID card with you, because a student card isn’t enough. You’ll also need a Finnish social security number so that you can donate!
You can also get a stamp on your Tursaspassi from the event!
5. Tamko’s autumn campaign- win a 100€ S-group gift card!
Tamko has launched its traditional autumn campaign. This year we’re raffling off 5 pcs of 100€ S-group gift cards among Tamko members.
Two gift cards are raffled among new Tamko members who have applied with an electronic application form and paid for multi year membership and the other three gift cards among all members of Tamko whose membership is valid on 1st of October 2019. So now is a great time to become a Tamko member or get your membership payment done for this autumn!
6. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 17 September
Tolu organizes a 2-hour drop-in sports shift every Tuesday from 5PM – 7PM at TAMK’s sports hall. We’ll play a different sport each week and on next time it’s going to be basketball!
All TAMK students and staff are welcome to join, and there is no skill requirements. We just want to get you moving. We provide all the gear except for your sports attire and indoor playing shoes. You don’t need a SportUni membership in order to attend, just say to customer service desk that you’re coming to Tolu’s sport shift.
7. Snäkkiappro 2 October
Snäkkiappro is here again and it´s bigger than ever! It is time to go try small student-priced meals along the center of Tampere on 2nd of October starting at 4PM. So buy a ticket, pull-up your overalls, get your hungry friends and go to try the foods with SnäkkiAppro Pass. If you already have prep chef badge in your overalls, it is time to rise up to the next level and achieve junior chef badge! SnäkkiAppro is also a great opportunity for new students to get to know the Tampere restaurants.
The tickets (5,50€) will be sold at kide.app, sales start at 17th of September from 12am. Stand sales will be announced at later date. This one event you do not really want to miss!
8. Sports fair 25 – 26 September and Tampere Academic Might
This fall, for the first time ever, there will be sports activities for every Tampere University student in October! We at the board of Mahti have been working hard over the summer to announce the first-ever Sports Week at amazingly low student prices! There are ten sports, each of where you can train together with friends.
On Facebook, you will now find the Sports Weeks event, which has a list of sports and schedules that will give you an overview of each sport from its own event. Registration for events opens on Sunday 15th September. at 8pm in the Mahti online store, on our website akateeminenmahti.fi!
In addition as a lift: At the end of September, 25 – 26.9 a two-day Sports Fair will be held in Hervanta and Atalpa, where Mahti and Turvoke will present their respective sports departments. At the fair, you can find an interest for an old or new sport, or just come and do a body composition test at a bargain price of 5 €. More info in the FB event.
9. Join AIESEC Tampere!
Are you interested about developing your practical skills through multicultural teamwork? Do you think international networking is important? AIESEC is a global youth-led organisation striving to achieve peace and fulfillment of humankind’s potential by activating leadership qualities in young people. We activate leadership qualities by learning from practical experiences in challenging environments.
If you got interested, AIESEC is just the place for you! In AIESEC you get a chance to participate national and international conferences, our projects and internships abroad where you will get an opportunity to wide your network with our global partners. Our partners are for example United Nations, Accenture, Apple, Nokia, PWC, DHL, Electrolux and Plan International. Check for more information from here.
AIESEC Tampere is educating new members to join our local activities! We have positions open for Marketing, Team Leaders/Project managers, Business to Customers and Business to Business sections. You don’t need to be student from these fields, or to have previous experience. It is enough that you have genuine interest to develop your skills!
To become a member, fill the form in here,
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