- Information about events in early 2021 – Updated 8.2.
- PT Info Channel on Telegram
- SISU-coffee with study advisors
- PT’s Remote Event Survey 2021
- Champagne-yoga 26.4. at 16.00
- Exel Composites & PT Wappu Corporate Event 20.4. at 9.00
- PTxIK Wappu Kombat
- Coffee breaks
- PT’s LinkedIn group
- Board meetings in 2021
- Koronavilkku-app
- WappuApu-fundraise to fight loneliness among young people
- Tour de Walpuri
- Urheiluruutu
- JTMK is searching bands
- Research assistant
- Information on the effects of coronavirus on activities at Aalto University
UPCOMING EVENTS
Exam week is behind and Wappu is ahead! Below are the events of both PT and the rest of Otaniemi with their dates. Note that the list is updated when more events are published.
1.-23.4. IKxPT Wappu Kombat
19.4.-25.4. The Star of Otaniemi Checkpoint crawl
19.4.-30.4. RadioDiodi
19.4. PTH’21 at RadioDiodi
20.4. Exel Composites Wappu corporate event 09:00
21.4. SIK x AS x PT Wappu-Ceissinen 😀 18:00
22.-30.4. One Week Wappustudio, AYY & OUBS
22.4. Jäynä Final 16:30 & ÄpyGaala 19:00
23.4. PT x IK WappuKombat Final
23.4. Urheiluruutu
24.4. Ota Mikki
26.4. PT Champagne yoga 16:00
26.4. Home Brewing contest, Chemistry Guild 18:00
27.4. PT Minute Beer
27.4. Sitsi Competition 2021 18:00
28.4. PT’s Wappu overalls patches sewing evening 18:00
28.4. Who wants to be a Wappunääri? 18:30
28.4. Funny Otavideos 20:00
29.4. Fuksispeksis 15:00
29.4. Tour de Walpuri 19:00
30.4. Declaration of Wappu Madness
30.4. Havis Amanda 2021, The crowning of Manta at 17:00
30.4. Dipolin Wappu 2021 at 21:00
1.5. Assosiation’s Wappu champagne 12:00
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1. Information about events in early 2021 – Updated 8.2.
The board decided on 8.2. that PT will follow the guidelines of the Regional State Administrative Agency about corona. For now, the association will not organize events that require gathering. This decision will be reviewed if needed.
2. PT Info Channel on Telegram
PT now has a separate Telegram channel for official announcements and news about the association – PT Info Channel! All the most important announcements and news about the association will be posted in the channel from now on, for example about events and the summary of the weekly newsletter sent by email. The #PT-chat will remain as a chat for discussions between PT members. You can join the PT Info Channel here: https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFAZzeI4birVAcfBZg.
3. SISU-coffee with study advisors
Welcome to our virtual “Sisu-coffee with the study advisors”- session!
The virtual “Sisu-coffee with the study advisors”- session will be organized on Tuesday 21.4. from 10 am to 1 pm. During the session you can ask the study advisors anything related to Sisu and possible problems with your Sisu study plan. You can also come and talk about other study-related issues.
Here is the link to the Zoom session: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67769486051
4. PT’s Remote Event Survey 2021
AYY’s rental facilities are currently not in use. The association still wants to organise remote events and take the members’ wishes into account, so we encourage you to answer this survey and tell us your wishes! You can answer the survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD-Mhn7NN2WyS7WGITfzIZpSJCHUNl_tjl64Sw5RzwB3KtIw/viewform.
5. Champagne-yoga 26.4. at 16.00
If you haven’t already, now is the time to dive into skumppa-yoga!
This distance yoga is a perfect opportunity to relax and quench your thirst. Make sure to have on hand something sparkling or any other drink of your choice for the duration of the event.
See you on Wappu week!
6. Exel Composites & PT Wappu Corporate Event 20.4. at 9.00
Did you know that carbon fiber composite rods are improving the way power utilities deliver energy (especially renewable energy)? Or that fiberglass with foam and honeycomb cores will help us connect better than ever on 5G networks?
We invite you to meet Exel Composites, where we are using resin chemistry, reinforcement fiber technology, and modern manufacturing technologies to solve challenges with composites. Meet two R&D engineers who will each present a real-world customer case!
The registration opens at 12.4 10am and the event will be held only in English! http://www.prosessiteekkarit.fi/ilmo/event/85
7. PTxIK Wappu Kombat
Wow!
Next up is the greatest brawl of the millenia, when PT and IK square up in Wappu Kombat! You don’t want to miss this!
You will be collecting points by completing weekly tasks during differently themed weeks.There are two series in this brawl, Singles and Teams. In Singles, you compete against all the other participants, and in teams you represent your dear own association. Top 5 singles will be rewarded with great prizes! In Teams the stakes are high, because the losing teams IE will be providing the cocktail-sparklings at next sitsit!
Battle starts on thursday 1.4. and lasts until the end of final wappu-run 23.4. Link for the tg-chat!
Let’s get ready to rumble!!!
WHAT: IKxPT Wappu Kombat
WHERE: Everywhere
WHEN: 1.4.-23.4.
WHY: Because competing is fun and proper
WHAT COSTS: Nothing!
8. Coffee breaks
Coffee breaks are held on Mondays at 17.00 via Zoom. A Zoom link for coffee breaks can be found on the PT Info Channel. The next coffee breaks: 5.–19.4. on Mondays.
Welcome!
9. PT’s LinkedIn group
Applications for summer jobs have begun so a quick reminder that PT has their own LinkedIn site and group! LinkedIn is a great way to get contacts and network with your student colleagues. Open summer jobs from our field will be informed about in the group as well!
Link to join the group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13559286/
Link to the PT LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosessiteekkarit-ry/
10. Board meetings in 2021
The board meetings are on Mondays at 8:10 and you are all welcome to follow! You can check scheduled meetings in the association’s event calendar.
Board meetings are held in Zoom and meetings are held in Finnish. You can join meetings here.
11. Koronavilkku-app
The PT board recommends everyone to download the Finnish corona tracking application Koronavilkku!
You can download and install Koronavilkku here:
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12. Chemistry Guild’s Home Brewing Competition 2021
How makes the best homebrewed Wappu drink and what will be the most bizarre combination of tastes?
Chemistry guilds traditional Home Brewing Competition is held on Monday 26.4. at 18:00 onwards remotely in Zoom (link below). In stream jury is tasting the competitors drinks and the bet ones are ranked in various categories. If you haven’t started preparations yet, do not worry, there is still plenty of time! There are no limitations on the quality, style or composition of your product as long as you are willing to drink it yourself and have done something for it (minimum: addition of one (1) raisin). It is also possible to participate with multiple different products.
A competitor can deliver a drink for jury by messaging @joonapekkanen in Telegram. Alternatively, a competitor can provide a verbal review on its drink in stream. Stream is held in Finnish.
The registration for competitors begins on Monday 12.4. at 12:00. The event is open for all CHEM students, and registration is only needed from the competitors.
Join Zoom
https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66431600732
See you in the competition!
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What: Chemistry Guild’s Home Brewing Competition
When: 26.4.2021 at 18:00 onwards
Where: @Zoom, https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66431600732
Why: Quality content with quality drinks
13. Greetings from CHEM repco group
Representative council meeting 2/2021 of Aalto University Student Union (AYY) was held on Thursday 19th of March remotely via Zoom. There were 41 members of repco present and the meeting lasted about three hours. You can watch the meeting recording from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI32Yc8S0sE and the meeting documents are available in AYY Inside: https://inside.ayy.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=68092004
The next representative council is organized on the 21st of April at 17:15. Topics include decision on the project agreement of the Student Center Project, and first approval of changes to the Student Union rules. Links to the live streams of the meeting can always be found from AYY website: ayy.fi/live!
If you happen to have questions regarding representative council meetings or the work of the CHEM repco group in general, you can always send a message to the group chair Jani Anttila (@jampade) or vice chair Airi Antikainen (@airikatriina)!
Best regards,
CHEM representative group
Latest news from the student union office
For now, AYY doesn’t recommend organizing any private events that involve close contacts. Neither does AYY organize any public events itself. During spring 2021 AYY will not hold any larger public events and strives to organize remote events and small group events according to possibilities imposed by the current situation. For example the AYY annual ball that was to be held on 15th of May will be moved to the end of the year. All rentable AYY spaces are closed until 4th of April and the matter will be handled again on week 13 the latest, according to updates to the capital region corona restrictions. The service office remains temporarily closed and is only open on moving days to those moving. It is however possible to receive service office services via phone and email.
There have been personnel changes at the office. Johanna Mikkonen, who has previously been an English translator, has been chosen to be a project worker in the renewal of association categorization. Eetu Manninen, completing civil service, has started as IT support person and graphic designer Iina Sillfors has left AYY. Karmen Hellenum has started as Sillfors’ replacement.
AYY has publicly commented on student wellbeing and Finnish government action regarding handling of corona. You can find the blog post by board member Tiina Pajukari here. In addition the Ministry of Education and Culture has granted the student union extra aid. A review of uses is under way, and the membership has also been consulted.
During the start of the year there have been nine new association applications to operate within AYY. The application period for operations grants is open until the end of June. RemoteWappu 2021 planning is underway and new teekkari caps have been ordered from Wahlman.
Negotiations on door opening services with Securitas have progressed well, and an inexpensive agreement has been reached and will be communicated to tenants soon.
Preliminary debates
A preliminary debate on changes to the AYY rules was done at the meeting. The discussion and comments will be used to prepare final drafts for the next representative council meetings. The proposals include changes to election eligibility, representative council meetings, remote meetings, membership fees, the museum, and the position of trust of representative council members. CHEM repco group also had its own comments on the changes, mostly regarding the proposed change to temporarily suspend representative council members from meetings for poor or damaging behaviour.
Other things
The National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) send their greetings to the repco meeting. The SYL representative was Konstantin Kouzmitchev, our student union’s contact person, who told us about news regarding the corona situation and the SYL centennial. In addition the meeting included a financial review of association activities from last year and latest developments of the student center project.
14. Feedpack
We would like to remind you about the importance of study feedback! The issues will be reacted to when the feedback reaches us.
You can contact Sara @sarasiivola
(opintovastaava@prosessiteekkarit.fi) or use the anonymous feedback form in PT’s website if you have any bachelor level related study feedback.
If you have any masters or major studies related study feedback you can inform the guilds’ heads of study affairs:
KK: @Joakim9 or feedback form
PJK: @reettamaria or feedback form
VK: @olgapartanen or feedback form
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15. WappuApu-fundraise to fight loneliness among young people
Aalto University Student Union’s Fuksi Committee launches a fundraise, WappuApu, on 31.3. WappuApu supports HelsinkiMission’s work in decreasing the loneliness among young people and students, to whose mental health the ongoing pandemic has affected greatly.
Many young people are involuntarily left outside social networks. People of all ages can experience loneliness, but especially among young people, this is a problem. Every fifth young person experiences loneliness and anxiety about not having someone to share their thoughts with, someone you trust or simply someone to talk to and spend time with.
The Fuksi Committee wants to raise awareness and provoke discussion about the important topic, and reminding everyone to ask their friends, course buddies, family, ands, most importantly, oneself, how it is going.
On the launch day, a Wappublanket installation is hung up on the wall of Väre. Fuksis of different guilds and associations have painted their own letter to the big installation, which says “Valoisaa Wappua!”, bright Wappu, to everyone passing by.
“By creating something together that spreads joy and shows that we care about each other, we can bring each other closer though Wappu cannot be celebrated together physically,” says Fuksi Major Rudolf Nikander.
Participate in the fundraise: wappu.fi/apu. The money is directed to HelsinkiMissio’s work in reducing loneliness among the youth. The fundraise is open until 10.5.2021.
16. Tour de Walpuri
Teekkari Section’s Teekkari Culture Committee proudly presents: Tour de Walpuri Monopoly Edition! The tour will be organized remotely on 29.4. at approximately 7 pm on Discord. Participation in English is possible, but some parts of the event are held only in Finnish.
Will this night result in forever broken friendships like during those times in your childhood? Or is Tour de Walpuri as rigged as our capitalist market economy? Answers to these questions and many more might be revealed during the event!
So gather up a group of 4-10 people and do not pass go but go directly to Discord after the Fuksispexes. During the tour the groups compete for the most awesome and enthusiastic performance, and the winner has great prizes in store for them!
You now have a chance to come and make remote checkpoints for soon to be teekkaris and older academic people. Details concerning the checkpoints will be sent to the checkpoint organizers at a later time. So register your checkpoint using this form and come and spread Wappu spirit to the community! The checkpoints also compete; the best checkpoint will be chosen and the winners will get a prize. Please register on 26.4. at the latest.
https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/walpurin-kierros-2021-rastit-tour-de-walpuri-2021-checkpoints/
WHAT: Tour de Walpuri
WHERE: On Discord
WHEN: 29.4. at 7 pm after the Fuksispexes
WHY: Because of Wappu!
17. Urheiluruutu
Urheiluruutu gives you the highlights of the latest sports news live from Otaniemi and challenges all of you to join!
We challenge you and your friends to show your skills in the playful wappu challenges hosted by the LTMK and share them to the Aalto community! :sunglasses: In the last broadcast, we will crown the wappu champions with sporty prizes.
Urheiluruutu kicks off in/at the week before wappu as a part of the Wappustudio hosted by AYY.
More information can be found on facebook:
https://fb.me/e/iDpXIzgnJ
18. JTMK is searching bands
“JTMK is looking for bands or artists to perform in the Wappustudio on 30.4. somewhere between 9pm and 12pm. Apply with the attached form on 21.4. or earlier and come with us to make the best remote Wappu!
https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/esiintyjaksi-dipolin-wappu21-slottiin/“
19. Research assistant
The Bioproduct Chemistry research group is looking for a full-time research assistant in the laboratory for the period 1.6-31.8.2021. The work tasks are focused on preparing colloidal lignin particles (CLPs) and the job is for a Bachelor’s or Master’s student. More specifically, the job is to prepare large batches of these CLPs, to identify bottlenecks in the process, and to help out with other tasks as assigned and agreed upon. Although this mainly is a summer job, it is possible to start part-time earlier during spring, so please enquire about an earlier start date if this fits with your study schedule.
A good candidate:
has previous experience in the chemistry lab, and passing the lab safety course is a must (CHEM-E0140, https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=27984),
- can work independently in the lab once instructed,
- works analytically and tries to solve or improve tricky parts of the process,
- has experience with the rotavapor, centrifuge, or DLS preferably, but this is not a must.
What we offer you:
- experience doing research work in a highly motivated group,
- a chance to improve your lab working skills on current research projects.
The Bioproduct Chemistry group is led by Prof. Monika Österberg. The group works on the development of renewable, high added-value materials based on lignocellulosics. Our research is especially focused on understanding interfacial properties using atomic force microscopy (AFM, imaging and force measurements), quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D), and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), among other techniques. So if you are interested in joining our team, we encourage you to apply.
Please submit your application form including CV and ECTS transcript by 15.4.2021. Questions about the application form? Please contact Coordinator Heidi Henrickson.
20. Information on the effects of coronavirus on activities at Aalto University
You can find information on the effects of the coronavirus on the activities of the university at https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university/information-on-coronavirus.
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21. Kesäkuntoon 2020
Are you feeling stressed? Thinking that meditation would improve your focus and wellbeing? But you’re just not motivated to start? Well in the Kesäkuntoon 2021 event you will be rewarded for meditation! Nothing complicated, just take 10 minutes to yourself a few days a week and you will reel in points for your group. It’s a Win-win scenario!
Last year for Kesäkuntoon 2020 we managed to arrange a bunch of sports try-outs to help everyone try new things. This time, that might be harder. We’ll see what we can do, but we encourage everyone to explore activities safely, keeping corona-related restrictions in mind! Some suggestions are: jumping rope, weighted hula hooping, HIIT videos on youtube, jogging, dancing or interval training!
If you haven’t already, this is a good time to join the official telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/aZwQhDqSIskxMGY8, and go to the @kesakuntoon_bot to set up your team! And we do suggest making a team of 3-4 people. You can do things together and share things with each other. Points can only be added every Sunday, so having a team to help remind yourselves is a great idea! And the bot will not give any reminders about meditation. If you’re struggling to find a group, feel free to message one of us!
PT: @jennillusion @annitoivoneen
TiK: @TheNipanen
Get ready to have fun and join the free, friendly lifestyle-improvement competition 15.3 – 25.4.
22. EnferBio summer trainee
eniferBio is a biotechstartup company established in 2020. We are operating in single cell protein business and our product is targeted as a sustainable protein ingredient for aquaculture use. We work in a close collaboration with biorefining and aqua feed companies. eniferBio is looking for a talented and motivated summer trainee to work at our laboratory in Espoo in summer 2021.What we offer:
●Laboratory work(3 –4 months) focusing on fungal strain development(classical strain engineering strategies). Continuation of the work later in the autumn during weekends/holiday seasons may be possible.
●Interesting and challenging work for improving aquaculture sustainability
●Flexible working times
Requirements:
●Biotechnology studentin Master’s degreephase
●Experience from a laboratory and strain engineering work. Bioprocessing experienc e is a plus
●Proactive and flexible working attitude.
If you are interested, please send your application and CV to anssi.rantasalo@eniferbio.fiorsimo.ellila@eniferbio.fi Theposition will be filled once a suitable person is found. You can call Simo (040 5675786) or Anssi (040 5898354) for additional information.
23. Secretary’s Regards
Exam week is over, and my summer job starts after the Wappu so now I have a little vacation. I’m looking forward to all events before and during Wappu
Animal video of the week: small bird
News from the board
In todays meeting the board went over some of the incoming Wappu events for fuksis. We also discussed that we would have a coffee break with the professors during the spring or a little bit later.
Pyry Vartia
Spokesperson-secretary 2021 | Prosessiteekkarit ry
+358445953800 | tiedottajasihteeri@prosessiteekkarit.fi
School of Chemical Engineering | Aalto University
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