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International Week in January!

International Mobility Services is hosting an International Week in January, from Monday to Thursday 23-26 January. During the week, there will be info sessions about student exchange on Zoom and in-person info desks on both campuses. Most of the Zoom info sessions will be in Finnish, but there will also be a session in English, and English-speaking students are also encouraged to join the Finnish sessions if they have questions about student exchange! You can find the week’s preliminary programme on Kamu’s Study Abroad section, on the page study abroad events. The programme will be updated with Zoom links and locations closer to the event. If you have any questions about student exchange, please do not hesitate to contact us at international@uef.fi.

Winter cycling competition Kilometrikisa 1.1.–28.2.2023

SYKETTÄ Joensuu and Kuopio are again taking part in Winter cycling competition Kilometrikisa which will be held between 1st of January and 28th of February 2023. SYKETTÄ Joensuu and Kuopio have their own teams. All UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS students and staff members are welcome to attend teams!

Kilometrikisa is a light-hearted cycling competition for workplaces, departments, associations, clubs or any other teams. The aim is to encourage bicycle commuting and promote everyday cycling. In Kilometrikisa every team member will record their cycling kilometers and the team with the highest number of kilometers will win.

You can find city-specific instructions via the links below:

Joensuu team: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/joensuu/en/kilometrikisa-cycling-competition/

Kuopio team: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/kuopio/en/offerings/kilometrikisa-cycling-competition/

SYKETTÄ spring season starts with free sports trial!

Photo: Saara Huopalainen

SYKETTÄ Spring season starts with free sports trial in Kuopio and Joensuu on 9.–22.1.2023.

During these weeks you get a chance to enroll for classes and try all of our services for free! To participate in classes and turns in sports calendar on sports afternoon, you don’t have to have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker, but you must be registered as a user and enroll on classes and turns.

Also on 9.–22.1. there will be SYKETTÄ Appro in Kuopio in which the aim is to collect markings from SYKETTÄ sports events on your passport. By returning the passport you get your very own badge equivalent and you can take part in a raffle – the prices are amazing!

The sports calendars are now published! City-specific sports calendars and enrollment schedules can be found on the following websites:

www.sykettä.fi/joensuu/en

www.sykettä.fi/kuopio/en

Traditional Christmas Coffee for staff and students 13 December 2022 at 2 pm

The traditional Christmas Coffee for the staff and students on the Joensuu Campus will be served on Tuesday, 13 December, at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Carelia building. 

Programme

Welcoming Words
Rector Jukka Mönkkönen

Christmas carols performed by the University of Eastern Finland Choir Joy, conducted by Matti Makkonen

Leontovich: Carol of the Bells

Sibelius: En etsi valtaa loistoa 

Makaroff: Kaikki maat, te riemuitkaatte

Coffee

Welcome!

Student exchange info session 4 Oct!

Int’l Mobility Services is hosting a general info session about student exchange on Tuesday 4 October from 3 PM to 4 PM. The event is hosted on both campuses as a hybrid event, so you can participate on campus or online. The event will be in Finnish, but we also welcome questions in English.

The event locations:

  • Joensuu: Agora, AG109
  • Kuopio: Canthia, CA301

You can find the Zoom link to the event on Kamu’s study abroad events page.

Welcome!

Autumn 2022 Sports afternoon on 5 October – programme available now!

SYKETTÄ Sports Afternoon will be held on Wednesday 5th of October 2022 on Joensuu and Kuopio Campuses, in collaboration with the UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS. The sports afternoon begins at 12:15 pm, and there is no teaching in the afternoon.

SYKETTÄ Sports Services organizes the sports afternoon programme, but no SYKETTÄ sticker is required to participate. On sports afternoon, a wide variety of different exercise options are available both indoors and outdoors, and arranged by external partners. Some of them are free of charge, while others include a separate fee.

The sports afternoon program also includes all the classes on the SYKETTÄ sports calendar that day! To participate in classes and turns in sports calendar on sports afternoon, you don’t have to have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker, but you must be registered as a user and enroll on classes and turns.

The sports afternoon programme is now published! City-specific sports afternoon programs and enrollment schedules can be found on the following websites:

Programme site Joensuu

Programme site Kuopio

UEF Students, get to know your campus!

Do you know where to find the ISYY office or the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk? Are you feeling lost strolling around the campus?

Now you have the opportunity to familiarise yourself with your campus in advance! With the help of the Campus Orienteering mobile game, you get to navigate around the campus using an informative map. You can find the campus’ buildings, services, restaurants and many other places of interest marked on the map as checkpoints. By visiting a checkpoint, you can access a brief introduction and info test about the location on the map. In addition to this, some of the checkpoints have small, voluntary tasks related to the location in question. You can play the Campus Orienteering game by yourself or as a group with your friends. The game is available to play until 30 September.

So grab your phone, head over to your campus and get to know more about your surroundings through playing the Campus Orienteering game! You can find the game and its instructions in Moodle by using the following link: https://moodle.uef.fi/course/view.php?id=37047

Enjoy the Campus Orienteering!

Sports calendar of SYKETTÄ Joensuu for autumn season 2022 is published!

Joensuu SYKETTÄ sport services illustration.

Hi all UEF students on the Joensuu Campus! SYKETTÄ services of autumn season 2022 in Joensuu starts from 1.9.2022. In the autumn sports calendar, you can find old familiar classes and instructors, but also many novelties, new instructors and a few returning classes and turns. Check out the selection of the sports calendar on the SYKETTA website: www.sykettä.fi/joensuu.

Free trial period and SYKETTÄ Appro are held during the first two weeks 1.-14.9.2022. During the free trial period, you can enroll on the classes available on the sports calendar without a valid sports sticker.

The SYKETTÄ team wishes all new and old users a sporty autumn!

Support for studies and well-being during summer

The Finnish Student Health Service operates normally during summertime.

Ohjaamos are one-stop guidance centres that operate in over 70 cities around Finland. You can get support regarding your well-being, studying, employment and housing. Generally, you can walk in without a prior appointment. You can find the contact information of your local Ohjaamo here.

Finnish Employment Services offer free-of-charge career counselling, face-to-face, online and via telephone. You can discuss your career-related thoughts with a psychologist confidentially. Book an appointment here.

Consultation from study psychologist in June

Are you struggling with summer studies? Would you like some support from the study psychologist? During the month of June it is possible to discuss any worries you may have with our study psychologist intern Katja. Send a contact request via SMS to the number +358 50 575 9687.

Click here to read more about UEF’s study psychologists and what issues they can help students with.