Tamko Topics is a weekly newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences
ENGLISH SUMMARY
1. Degree tutors, application period open ’till 14 November
2. Tamko’s open board meeting 15.11.
3. Council election results
4. Post-election celebrations 15.11.
5. Studying health and welfare? Time to protect yourself against influenza!
6. Tolu’s paintball excursion Nov 11th – couple of tickets still available!
7. Feedback weeks in TAMK
8. Join ‘Energy for studying’ small group activity!
9. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 9th of November (volleyball) plus a birthday cake!
10. Tolu ry mandated Fall assembly
11. Bloom Tech Forum with Lunch – Free for all to join
1. Degree tutors, application period open ’till 14 November
Degree tutors are helping out new degree students of TAMK. They are playing an important part in integrating new students to Tampere and TAMK. Degree tutors will gain new friendships and study credits: sounds like a great deal, huh? Degree tutors work with their Finnish peer tutor colleagues and meet the new students once a month during their first academic year 2022-2023. Enroll here.
2. Tamko’s open board meeting 15.11.
Interested in applying for Tamko’s board or just curious what happens behind closed doors? Now is your chance to get a peak of Tamko’s board meeting! Meeting will take place on Monday 15th of November in Solu’s downstairs at 4.30 pm. All Tamko members are welcome to join, note that the board’s working language is Finnish. After the meeting you have the chance to learn more about Tamko’s daily operation from the board members. Check out the Facebook-event.
3. Council election results
Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ council election voting ended on Wednesday, November 3rd at 3 p.m. Total of 1317 votes were given, and the polling percentage was 17,47. The following persons were elected to the Council for the 2022 term:
- Hulkko Jukka
- Nevanperä Jarno
- Eräpuro Jukka
- Kirjavainen Sanni
- Hämäläinen Olli
- Henttonen Rosa
- Kauppinen Kia
- Oiva Jussi
- Granroth Emilia
- Pitkänen Riku
- Lainpelto Emmi
- Tuomisto Kati
- Heinonen Tuomas
- Barati Nagaib
- Ristikartano Mona
- Leutola Kerttu
- Kuosa Jutta-Noora
- Nieminen Elise
- Wrightson Mikko
- Tuomisto Katriina
- Väkiparta Tuomas
Emilia Granroth from Soittomediapolis list received the most personal votes (106 total) and Jukka Hulkko from SoTen Valitut Palat list got the maximum reference figure (456). Congratulations for all who were elected!
4. Post-election celebrations 15.11.
Council election has come to an end so it’s time to celebrate and thank old and new council, all applicants, and voters!
Monday afternoon in the 15th of November starts with a Tamko’s board meeting at 4.30 pm in Solu’s downstairs area and continues with post-election celebrations at 7 pm. All Tamko members are welcome at both, but note that board’s working language is Finnish.
Some snacks and warm sauna available, bring your own towel and bottle if needed. See you at Solu! Check out the Facebook-event.
5. Studying health and welfare? Time to protect yourself against influenza!
Influenza vaccinations are about to begin. Medical students and health and welfare students in higher education, as well as students belonging to a risk group can receive their influenza vaccinations from the FSHS free of charge.
Students of Tampere University of Applied Sciences can receive their vaccination without an appointment on the 4th of November, 11th of November 18th of November and the 25th of November between 9am and 3pm. Are these days unsuitable? You can also book an appointment to the FSHS Tampere service unit at Kalevantie.
You belong to a risk group if influenza poses a significant health risk to you or if you’re repeatedly in close contact with people at risk of serious influenza. Students belonging to a risk group include for instance pregnant women and students with diabetes or chronic cardiac or pulmonary disease. Students belonging to a risk group: book an appointment to the FSHS Tampere service unit at Kalevantie.
6. Tolu’s paintball excursion Nov 11th – couple of tickets still available!
Tolu arranges a paintball excursion to Lempäälä on Thursday Nov 11th at 17:00. Tickets are sold on Kide.app and there are couple of tickets still available. Grab yours and come have fun with Tolu!
7. Feedback weeks in TAMK
Please help us to find out what it’s like to study at TAMK nowadays, after these prolonged, quite exceptional times! How have we succeeded during this autumn or last year? Is your study ability and well-being okay? We need feedback from students to develop our operations and education. Feedback is utilized, for example, in reforming the curriculum and in the development of degree programs and services. In addition to course feedback, we collect the following feedback every autumn:
- Feedback survey for new students who started their studies in the autumn
- Annual feedback survey for second- or third-year students
- Feedback survey for masters’ degree students who started their studies in spring 2021
If you belong to the above-mentioned target groups, you will receive a survey by e-mail during this week from studentfeedback.tamk(at)tuni.fi. If you can’t find the mail, check your spam folder as well.
The answers are dealt with in absolute confidence. The results are reported statistically in such a way that individual respondents cannot be identified. Your feedback is important! Please answer the survey and participate in the feedback session for your degree program next spring.
8. Join ‘Energy for studying’ small group activity!
Join us to cook, play games and explore nature together. For example we are planning to bake, go to a trampolin park, miniature golf and some culture. More information and link to sign up: Join ‘Energy for studying’ small group activity! (tuni.fi)
9. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 9th of November (volleyball) plus a birthday cake!
Tolu’s drop-in sports shift again at 9th of November from 17:00 to 19:00. We’re playing volleyball, but with a twist – Tolu is also celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary with a cake. Welcome! You don’t need SportUni membership in order to attend, just say you’re coming to Tolu’s weekly sport shift at the customer service desk. All TAMK students and faculty are welcome.
10. Tolu ry mandated Fall assembly
Tolu ry will have the mandated fall assembly 29th of November at 17:00. The assembly location on the campus will be informed later. All TAMK students are welcome to participate. A new board will be chosen for the 2022-2023 term in the fall assembly.
11. Bloom Tech Forum with Lunch – Free for all to join
In collaboration with US Embassy Finland and Modulight, Bloom Tech Forum aims at bringing tech minds from the US and Finland together on 27 Nov, 2021 from 10am to 6 pm EEST. This year’s theme is “How Technology Strengthens the International Community”. The event is free to all but requires a registration. Fill in a form to receive registration notification by email to secure your seat. There are only 50 spots for in-person participation. Feel free to share and take a friend with you to this insightful event.
What is included?
1. Exclusive tour of Modulight premises
2. Gourmet Lunch
3. Expert Sessions
– Christina Stathopoulos, Data Specialist at IE Business School & Google NYC
– Caritta Seppä, Co-founder of Tespack & Forbes 30 under 30 recipient
– Saku Tihveräinen, Lead Recruiting Consultant at Marbles/Building Bridges
– Final speaker TBA
4. Networking reception
5. After-event networking