Past events

Social events 2023

BBQ and celebration of 10th anniversary

We have met in Kuopio at the Rauhalahti beach on 30.9. We celebrated the 10th anniversary since our association was established with a homemade cake, great food, and a relaxing sauna. Raindrops did not spoil the mood.

ItäVä organizational events

Additional General Meeting May 2023

ItäVä ry has organised an additional general meeting (online) on 21 May 2023, where the association members had the opportunity to join the association’s executive committee (board) for the current term.

Agenda:

1. Opening the meeting

2. Election of the secretary, two examiners of the minutes and their deputies, and two or three counters of votes for the meeting.

3. Confirmation of the legitimacy (the meeting was announced to all our members at least 7 days prior to its celebration) and quorum (at least 1 voting member of the association is present).

4. Approving the agenda for the meeting

5. General presentation of the association

6. Electing new additional members of the executive committee (board).

7. Any other business

8. Closing of the meeting

In the meetings of the association, each full member has one (1) vote. Other members have the right to be present and to speak at the meetings of the association.

Annual General Meeting

The annual general meeting of UEF DSA was held on Friday 31 March 2023 (online)

At the meeting, we discussed and decided on the following issues:
- Approving changes to the bylaws
- The financial statement and annual report of the previous year
- Results of the audit for the last year
- Confirming the action plan and budget for the next year
- Proposed changes to the association bylaws
- Re-introduction of the annual membership fee
- Electing the chairperson and other members of the executive committee (aka UEF DSA board)

Personal & skill development events

Hello Helsinki! Let’s meet, greet & get some work done!

This first-time event for doctoral researchers living in (or just passing by) the Capital Region aim was to gather people interested in getting to know other fellow PhD students in the region while getting some work done. It was a small but surely nice event to network and share experiences! More similar events are yet to come!

Public Speaking Club 2022

Public speaking is an essential skill for your academic career, but it is also a big fear for many. We organised Public Speaking Club meetings to practice not just presentation skills, but also listening and evaluation skills.

The meetings were hybrid and held both in Joensuu and Kuopio. They were organised for doctoral researchers, UEF employees and Master’s students.

PISH Toolkit Test

The PISH project (Problem-based learning, Intercultural Communication and STEM in Higher Education) is an Erasmus+ partnership which aim is to collect educational methods for a better group work experience. The UEF DSA supported the organisation of the project test open for all.

It was an opportunity to get new ideas for engaging students or team members. We tried work exercises and brainstormed about their potential for online use (while applying elements of design thinking).

Should I stay or should I go… But where? 2021

Every month we focused on one faculty of UEF. In the seminar, we met with a representative from either the academic or industry field, who gave a talk about their career path.

Faculty of Sciences and Forestry: September, January
Philosophical Faculty: October
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies: November
Faculty of Health Sciences: December

Doctoral Studies Ambassador 2021

Doctoral studies ambassadors aimed to guide individuals interested in applying for doctoral studies at the University of Eastern Finland!

Doctoral studies ambassadors were students of the Doctoral Students Association at the University of Eastern.

Social events

2022

Pikkujoulut 2022

Joensuu Bowling 2022

Kuopio Bowling 2022

Summer BBQ 2022 (Joensuu)

This traditional event, organised since 2014, is held to gather people from both campuses to socialise, chat and have some delicious snacks. In 2022, Joensuu was the lucky place. We met on Saturday, 24 September 2022 at Koivuniemen Huvila.