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Welcome to Freshers’ Fair on 26 October 2021!
Freshers´ Fair is a event where all students are welcome to get acquainted with the associations. During the fair, various associations will be on site and you can for instance buy overall patches, become a member of an associations and do various activities. It is free to participate in the fair, but it may be worthwhile to bring a coin if you want to buy things from the associations.
Vasa
The Fair in Vasa is held on Tuesday 26 October between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Academill, Strandgatan 2 Vasa!
The Fair is an excellent opportunity to kickstart your ÅAU experience and to find other students that share your passions and interests.
Want more information? Send an email to board member Julia Liewendahl (julia@studentkaren.fi).
Åbo
The Fair in Åbo is held on Tuesday 26 October between 17 a.m. and 19 p.m. in Kårens ballroom (Tavastgatan 22).
The Fair is an excellent opportunity to kickstart your ÅAU experience and to find other students that share your passions and interests.
Want more info? Send an email to board member Lukas Akantu (lukas@studentkaren.fi).
The same information can be found in the Facebook events: Vasa and Åbo
[The Student Unions of ÅAU reserves the right to change the date or inhibit the event depending on the pandemic situation]
Otus, the research foundation for studies and education, is conducting a student livelihood survey in October.
Feel free to fill in the questionnaire to give society a better understanding of the students’ financial situation.
One of Student Union of ÅAU’s members who answers the survey will win a S-Group gift card worth 150 euros. The survey takes approx. 15 minutes to answer.
Note! After you have answered the survey, the website will ask you again to choose language. After your language choice you will be redirected and can send in your E-mail address to take part in the gift card lottery.
Updated opening hours for the service point at Kåren in Åbo, Tavastgatan 22.
The Student Union service point in Kåren, Åbo, will from now on be open on regular basis on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 3 p.m.
You can also contact the service point by e-mail: kansli@studentkaren.fi
Welcome!
Here are the cantidates!
There are 76 candidates running for six election associations In the Student Union Council elections.
A list of all the candidates can be found here.
Having trouble finding your candidate? The election compass will be published on 15 October and can help you find a candidate with similar opinions to yours. The compass is realized in collaboration with the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL).
Voting is done entirely electronically. Voting days: 2 November – 3 November 2021 and advance voting days 26 October 2021 – 29 October 2021. To be able to vote the voter must, apart from being eligible to vote (be on the electoral register), have an ÅAU-username and password. Those who do not possess an ÅAU-username and password are kindly requested to contact the election committee chair Tobias Ahlbäck no later than 12.10.2021 at 15.00, by email karval@studentkaren.fi.
The Student Union service point in Åbo, Tavastgatan 22, will be open:
Week 39:
Wednesday and Thursday, from noon to 3 p.m.
Week 40:
Tuesday and Thursday, from noon to 3 p.m.
Starting from week 41 the service point will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from noon to 3 p.m.
Welcome!
20.9 was the deadline for forming election associations for the Student Union Council elections. Here are the election associations that have been formed and their ombud:
- De Rättvisa DRV – Matias Martelin
- FNT-Listan – Fredric Andergård (ig: @fntlistan)
- Gemensamma Vasa – Oliver Back (@gemensammavasa)
- Liberala Studerande LSK – Anna Oksanen (@utskottetlsk)
- MK-Listan – Emelie Berglund
- Åbo Gröna Vänster – Emma Andersson (@abogronavanster)
- Åbo-Vasa Socialdemokratiska Studerande ÅVSS – Jonatan Wikström (@socialdemokratiskastuderande)
If you want to run as a candidate in the elections, it’s for one of these that you can run. Contact the association’s ombud for more information.
Visit here for more information about the Student Union Council elections.
Every year, the Student Union of Åbo Akademi University is celebrating its annual ball on the weekend closest to February 18th, which is the birthday of the university’s founder Per Brahe. The annual ball of 2022 will be celebrated on 19 February in Åbo, as long as the restrictions allow it.
The coordinator for the annual ball leads the work of the committee which is started in the fall of 2021. The coordinator works closely with the office of the Student Union to coordinate the preparations for the annual ball.
The Board of the Student Union has announced the position of coordinator as vacant. Furthermore, the Board has determined a remuneration of 500 euros for the elected coordinator. The coordinator will be elected by the Board on 29 September.
If you became interested, please send your application to board Member Lukas Akantu, lukas@studentkaren.fi.
The deadline for applications is 26 September at 23.59.
Due to the recruitment of a new Service Expert in Åbo, both Student Union service points will have altered opening hours 20–24 September.
The Student Union service point in Åbo will be closed at least 20–22 September while the service point in Vasa will be closed Thursday 23 September. You can always find information about the opening hours at the Student Union’s web page.
Our Service Expert in Vasa, Amanda Ehn, will be answering questions all week on both Student Union office email addresses: kansli@studentkaren.fi and havtornen@studentkaren.fi
The Student Union of ÅAU arranges a voluntary park clean-up event in Vårdberget (Åbo) on Wednesday morning, 15 September, between 8 and 10 a.m.
The studies, freshers’ celebrations, and parties have begun, and the traces are now clearly visible in the parks in Åbo. The Student Union of ÅAU organises a voluntary clean-up event in Vårdberget’s park in Åbo. Everyone can come and help to clean the park and your help will be appreciated! The Student Union has ordered cleaning supplies which will be delivered by Åbo city for all our volunteers. You don’t have to register for the event, and you can come anywhere between 8 and 10 a.m.
It has been amazing to get to know new people and even meet up with old friends during the first weeks of the academic year, but we should also remember to take care of our common outdoor environments and take our trash to the trash bin.
Remember that the parks are ”outside living rooms” for us all, and everyone should be able to enjoy their time in clean parks!
There is accommodation available in Åbo. Some are available for new residents immediately, some starting from October.
You can also contact our Service Expert at kansli@studentkaren.fi.