Tamko Topics 44 / 2019

Tamko Topics is a weekly newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

English Summary
1. Wellness week 28 October – 1 November
2. Vote in Council elections!
3. Enroll now for international and degree tutoring!
4. Council elections questionnaire
5. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 29 October
6. PISTOT party: Scary Movies 31 October
7. Tolu bowling night 28 October
8. Overall party – Fiesta de los Muertos 7 November

 

1. Wellness week 28 October – 1 November

Welcome to Tamko and TREY’s Wellness week on 28 October – 1 November! Wellness week offers a wide range of well-being events on TAMK and Tampere University campuses’. Check out the events list from Facebook event.

Wellness week events at TAMK campuses:

  • Monday 28 October, Pumpkin Party at Tamko’s office sauna facilities at 9am – 4pm 
  • Monday 28, October Student association Tarina’s Nap Room at Mediapolis campus at 9am – 3pm
  • Monday 28 October, Saarioinen tasting its over night oats in Campusravita restaurant

 

  • Tuesday 29 October, Wellness fair at TAMK main campus
  • Tuesday 29 October, Kaslink give samples of their products in Campusravita restaurant

 

  • Wednesday 30 October, Student association SOPU goes to sauna and swimming at 5pm
  • Wednesday 30 October, Formula team’s puzzle at 10am – 2pm
  • Wednesday 30 October, Student association Tarina’s Football evening at 5pm
  • Wednesday 30 October, Campusravita will offer Hartwall Booster Lemon Energy Drink (for the first 700 who buy a lunch)

 

  • Friday 1 November, Student association Tarina’s snack day at Mediapolis campus

2. Vote in Council elections!

Tamko Council elections’ electronic voting will be carried out 23rd of October, starting at 10am and ending on 6th of November at 3pm. Council elections’ ballot box voting will be carried out on 6th of November at 9am – 3pm. All Tamko members who have paid the membership payment and registered as an attending student for the study year, are eligible to vote in the Council elections.

Voting ID and the link for the electronic voting system will be send to members’ formal TUNI email addresses and in some exceptions to some other email address which the member has informed to Tamko member register. Members who have joined to Tamko during the electronic voting period will receive the voting ID and link right away to their email.

A total of 67 candidates are standing as a candidate in the Council elections on 7 different lists: Insinööri, Yhden tähden, SoTen Valitut Palat, Palvelun ammattilaiset, Kokoomus, Soittomediapolista and Tradenomit. More information about the Council elections, lists and the candidates can be found from Tamko’s website.

Council elections will be held as an proportional representation of a list. The voter thus votes not only the candidate but also the list. The composition of the selected Council depends on the popularity of the lists.

3. Enroll now for international and degree tutoring!

Enrollment for international and degree tutoring is now on! You can enroll for international tutoring by 3 November and for Degree tutoring by 17 November.

International tutors are helping out new exchange students of TAMK. International tutoring is a great way to network and get new friends from around the world. You’ll get an extra point from international tutoring if you’re going to study abroad as an exchange student yourself. International tutor trainings will be held on 20 November and 28 November at 5pm at auditorium G00-10. Coffee and sandwiches will be served in the trainings!

Degree tutors are helping out new degree students of TAMK. They are playing an important part in integrating new students to Tampere and Finland. Degree tutors will gain new friendships and study credits: sounds like a great deal, huh? The training aims to train foreign students to work as degree tutors with their Finnish peer tutor colleagues.

Enroll here for international tutoring.

Enroll here for degree tutoring.

4. Council elections questionnaire

A group of TAMK business students is conducting a questionnaire about Tamko’s Council elections. The aim of the questionnaire is to research students’ level of knowledge about Council elections. It takes about two minutes to answer, so please help out your fellow students! We’re raflling a prize among those who have answered. The questionnaire is open till 6th November and you can answer it by clickin this link. Thank you for your time!

5. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 29 October

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 futsal!

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.

6. PISTOT party: Scary Movies 31 October

It’s the time of the year again when the ghosts and the monsters come out to play. So come and join them on the 31st of October in Social Club starting at 9.30. At PISTOT Scary Movies you might run into Chuky, Pennyvise or the good old Hannibal Lecter but don’t worry, the drinks at the party will make even these fellows have a jolly time.

Pre-sale tickets are available at Tamko’s office, Kuntokatu 3 stands on 23 – 24 October and Kide.app. Tickets from the door are 5€. PISTOT is organized by TAMK’s student associations TTO ry, TIRO ry and PIRATE ry. More info in Facebook event.

7. Tolu bowling night 28 October

Tolu’s monthly bowling night is here again! The TAMK students sporting association Tolu is organizing their next bowling night on the 28th of October from 18:00 to 19:00 at Space Bowling and billiards. For 5€ (including shoe rental), you can come bowl for one hour, so get your friends together join us for some leisurely fun. Tickets can be purchased at Tolu’s web-store Holvi. Please arrive by 17:50 so that we can start right at 18:00.

8. Overall party – Fiesta de los Muertos 7 November

In November we travel to Mexico, where The Day of the Dead, otherwise known as Día de los Muertos, is celebrated in a joyful and colourful way! Come and join the party on 7th November at 9pm in the most sparkling and glamorous night club of the city, Viihdemaailma Ilona! (Verkatehtaankatu 3).  

Pre-sale tickets available in Kide.app (3,30€), tickets from the door 5€. Pre-sale tickets include passage past the regular queue until 11pm.

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