COMMUNITY

Every KY member is a part of our community, and we all partake in building it. KY’s community sector is the biggest and brightest consisting of culture, new students, student wellbeing and clubs. This sector is also responsible for supporting and thanking our volunteers including clubs, project teams, subcommittees and tutors.

Wellbeing

Uni years are often described as the best years of our lives - and no wonder why! However, alongside all the fun, everyone faces struggles and challenges from time to time. Supporting the wellbeing of our members is a top priority for KY, and one of the main tasks of KY Board member Helmi Nuortimo and Association Coordinator Minni Koivumäki, together with KY’s very own Sports and Wellbeing Committee LiHy.

In addition to LiHy, we also have the BeWell project, which aims to improve our members’ individual wellbeing. Besides feeling good, it is crucial that each of us feels safe and respected in our community. KY wants to provide a safe and equal environment for everyone, and has created a set of rules for the type of behavior we expect in everyday KY life. Be sure to check out our renewed Code of Conduct on ky.fi!

Culture

KY is known for the best student experience in the world for every KY member. Our goal is that everyone feels welcome and appreciated in our community. We aim to create opportunities for every student to find something they’re interested in, and that everyone finds their own place in this huge community. KY is extremely proud of its wide array of volunteers and strong traditions, from our beloved Annual Ball week, Wappu and Autumn Festival and various Kuntis parties. The culture sector consists of the board member responsible for culture, Aleksi Huhtamäki, Culture Producer Onni Syvälahti, our beloved subcommittees Kulttuurijaosto, NESU-KY and KY-SUB, and last but not least, the Cultural Committee KUVA. As said before, our student culture would not be the same without our volunteers. Subcommittees and committees have over a hundred volunteers every year, and they play a huge part in our yearly traditions, and developing the student culture even further. Information about the different volunteer positions at KY is shared throughout the year, so stay tuned for anything that might interest you!

Warmly welcoming the new Bachelor’s, Master’s and Exchange students to KY and Aalto is a crucial part of building the KY community and passing the traditions on to the new generations of KY members. The sector ensures that your student life gets a smooth start by designating a trained tutor for you, organizing orientation week and cooperating with the School of Business. Being a mursu or an exchange student at KY is an experience of a lifetime that can’t be replicated anywhere else. KY takes a lot of pride in its mursu upbringing, upholding some of the oldest traditions in Finnish student culture. The sector is run by Aleksi Huhtamäki, KY Board member responsible for new students, and Meeri Gummerrus, the Tutor coordinator at the School of Business and chair of the Tutor Committee. The sector has the sole goal of ensuring that everyone’s start at the School of Business is as effortless as possible. This is done together with all KY members from KY Office members to association volunteers. Around 60 associations call KY home, and of these associations many are clubs. KY’s association coordinator Minni Koivumäki and the KY Board member responsible for clubs, Helmi Nuortimo, ensure that all clubs get as much support and guidance as they need. KY’s clubs offer almost everything you could imagine, and play a key role in producing KY’s culture. Anything from golf to wine tasting, skiing to debating... if you can come up with it, we most likely have a club for it! However, if you feel like something is missing, or you just have an amazing new idea you want to try out, you are more than welcome to either start a project or found a club of your own. Just contact Minni and she will respond to any questions you might come up with!