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EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR
THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR, HYY ORGANISES BOTH LARGE AND SMALL EVENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI! IN HYY’S EVENTS, YOU WILL GET TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AS WELL AS MEET ORGANISATIONS AND STUDENTS FROM ALL CAMPUSES ACROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES. BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS, WE LIVE IN VERY EXCEPTIONAL TIMES IN 2020. THIS MAY RESULT IN CHANGES TO THE EVENT CALENDAR AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES. HOWEVER, WE WILL COMMUNICATE ABOUT ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS THROUGH HYYS’ CHANNELS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
FRESHER WEEK ON 21–25 SEPTEMBER 2020
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On Fresher Week, you will get to learn about organisational activities, your Student Union and the University’s operators safely and easily – and having fun will not be forgotten either! The Fresher Week is a brand-new event, organised entirely remotely. During the week, you will get to complete fun tasks from the comfort of your own home either alone or as part of a team! The Fresher Week’s detailed programme will be published at hyy.fi/fuksiviikko.
HYY POP UP CAMPUS TOUR IN AUTUMN 2020
HYY’s campus tour visits all the University’s campuses! The Pop Ups feature theme stands related to subsistence, wellbeing, study affairs, committees and organisations. In addition to this, there will be brand-new HYY overall badges, HYY products and prizes available at the event!
HYY’S 152ND ANNIVERSARY ON 21 NOVEMBER 2020 Location: Old Student House
At HYY’s grand academic dinner party, we will raise a toast to the 152-year-old Student Union.
STUDENTS’ INDEPENDENCE DAY TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION ON 6 DECEMBER 2020 Location: Hietaniemi cemetery (start), Senate Square
The Independence Day procession of all students of the Capital Region will illuminate the streets of Helsinki from the Hietaniemi cemetery all the way to the Senate Square. Come and enjoy the communality and traditions together with other students!
MAY DAY 30 APRIL–1 MAY 2021 Location: Havis Amanda, Ullanlinnanmäki
The most important celebration for students is, of course, May Day! Students often start celebrating May Day well in advance, but at the latest, the bubbly drinks are popped open at the crowning of the Havis Amanda statue, or Manta, at 6 pm on 30 April. Student unions take turns crowning the statue, and the Student Union of Hanken School of Economics has their turn in 2021. HYY’s next turn will come around in 2022! We recommend continuing the celebrations with the reception of May Day at Ullanlinnanmäki on 1 May. Afterwards, the festive mood continues to rise during the legendary May Day picnic, with numerous student organisations and residents of the city celebrating together.
FLORA 2021
May is the time for parties: Flora’s Day comes up soon after May Day. Flora’s Day is the joint springtime celebration of HYY and the University of Helsinki, held on a different campus each year. In 2021, we will celebrate Flora’s Day on the Kumpula campus!
TUTOR ADVENTURE 2021
Before the academic year ends, HYY and the University of Helsinki will welcome our new tutors for 2021 in the Tutor Adventure. All students of the University accepted as tutors can join the adventure. The application period for tutors will open at the turn of the year!
DID YOU KNOW?
As a fresher starting in 2020, you will get to experience the Grand Sitsit with over 2,000 students at the Senate Square (in 2021) and HYY’s turn to crown Manta (in 2022) during your studies!
ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITIES – LIFE OUTSIDE THE LECTURE HALLS
THERE ARE AROUND 250 DIFFERENT STUDENT ORGANISATIONS OPERATING UNDER THE STUDENT UNION. THEIR MEMBERS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR OWN SUBJECT AND STUDENT LIFE, HOME REGION, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, HOBBY OR SPORTS – AND ABOVE ALL, THE STUDENTS WHO THEY SHARE THEIR ENTHUSIASM WITH.
STUDENT LIFE BLOOMS IN ORGANISATIONS
They consist of academic dinner parties, trips and travel, shared nights, debates, sweating and tinkering – whatever the members happen to come up with. The best memories of your study years are likely to be created outside lecture halls, with likeminded friends. There are new friends waiting for you in student organisations, along with skills that you would not get anywhere else: from organising parties for hundreds of people to laying out magazines and from argumentation skills to project management.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF ORGANISATIONS
Subject and faculty organisations are formed around a specific subject or faculty. Student nations are open to all students and are divided based on geographic regions. In hobby organisations, you will get to focus on something together – sports, crafts, games or food, for example.
ASK YOUR TUTORS AND FRIENDS WHICH ORGANISATIONS THEY RECOMMEND
Both the student calendar and HYY’s website feature a list of all organisations. We suggest that you do not hesitate to participate in organisational activities – getting involved in them can easily lead to you finding great new friends across disciplinary boundaries! If you are feeling shy, ask your friends to join you or your tutor to organise a visit to some organisation’s event for your entire fresher group.
