INTERNATIONAL FRESHMEN CAPTAINS Hi and welcome to your new life on the shores of Saimaa! We are glad you chose Lappeenranta as your study destination and guarantee you won’t regret it. We are Antti and Ari, the freshmen captains for all English-language degree students. You’ll recognize us in person from the multicolored helmets we’ll be wearing throughout the year. The two of us will be working with you mostly during the orientation weeks, introducing the teekkari culture and Skinnarila spirit to you. We would love to elaborate on what those two strange words mean, but you’ll get to experience it firsthand on your arrival. The first two weeks of orientation in August will familiarize you with the school faculty, the systems and online infrastructure of your studies (such as registering for your courses), the campus and its navigation. In addition to these there are several traditional events and excursions in the evenings organized on behalf of the school guilds (you’re reading the brochure of one of them!) and clubs, such as Erasmus student network (ESN) Lappeenranta. More info on these activities will be available closer to your arrival date as school and provincial covid regulations unfold. We’re sure most of you will be experiencing a significant change in circumstances and culture as you settle down for your studies. That's where we come in! We’ll be working with your tutors to help integrate you into our student culture. If you need help with anything at all, even outside of school, feel
free to ask us and your tutors, as we’ll gladly lend you a hand with anything you need. We wish you a pleasant stay in Lappeenranta and will see you soon. Best regards Freshmen captains Antti Karhunen and Ari Holahan
Antti wearing the multi-colored freshmen captain’s helmet
