Mid-Week Mail, week 14

WHAT IS MID-WEEK MAIL?

Mid-Week Mail is a bi-monthly news and events e-mail for the international students of the University of Turku. Aside from being an important up-to-date news source concerning Student Union, university and student issues, Mid-Week Mail also gives you current information on different events and activities organised by TYY (the Student Union of the University of Turku), the TYY Committees and other TYY affiliates.

In this mail:

• MEXICO WEEK 8.-16.4.
• SOHON TORWET SPRING CONCERT 17 APRIL AT SIGYN HALL
• AEGEE’S SUMMER UNIVERSITIES
• ÅAS AND TYY OFFER BUS TRANSPORTATION TO A DEMONSTRATION FOR FREE EDUCATION
• TYY COMMITTEE MEETINGS

MEXICO WEEK 8.-16.4.

TYY Committee on Development Co-operation organizes the Mexico Week on 8.-16.4! Welcome to participate in the program:

Thursday, 8 April and Friday 9, April
“Developmemt Lunch” in all Unica restaurants:
You can support the development project of TYY in Mexico by eating a vegetarian lunch in any Unica restaurant!

Tuesday 13, April
Movie night in Educarium 1 at 6 pm, free entry!
“Perfume de Violetas” is a story about two girls living in Mexico City, their friendship and indifference of adults. The movie is in Spanish, and without subtitles.

Wednesday 15, April
Fiesta Latina in Klubi! The party is organized by Mañana, starting 9 pm ->

12.-16, April in Educarium
Photography exhibition about the development project of TYY in The Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico.
Members of the “Mexico group” will be telling about the project in the exhibition 13.-16 April at 11 am – 2 pm.

SOHON TORWET SPRING CONCERT 17 APRIL AT SIGYN HALL

It’s time for the annual spring concert of Sohon Torwet, the only, and, according to many, even the best wind orchestra within the University of Turku. This year Sohon Torwet delights the audience with songs from Finland and classical masterpieces from Russia.

The first half of the concert includes for example pieces from Russian composers, Procession of the Nobles by Aleksei Rimski-Korsakov and Russian Sailors Dance by Reinhold Glière. During the first half Torwet also plays beautiful songs by the Finnish composer Oskar Merikanto. The second half of the concert consists of older and newer Finnish(ish) songs, many of them sung by the fantastic singers of the orchestra. And it wouldn’t be a Sohon Torwet -style concert without some surprises included…

The concert will be held on Saturday, the April 17th at Sigyn Hall (Turku Conservatory, Linnankatu 60) at 16.04 sharp.

Tickets: students 6 euro, adults 10 euro

Tickets can be bought in advance from the TYY Office (Yo-talo A) and Sohon Torwet.

For more information:
Salla Koskialho
+358 40 702 0227
info@sohontorwet.com

http://www.sohontorwet.com

AEGEE'S SUMMER UNIVERSITIES

If you are wondering what a summer university is: it´s a around two weeks long summer course organized somewhere in Europe with a theme. Participants will come from different countries and it´s organized by local university students. Theme for the event can be from extreme sports in Poland to a language course in Italy.

Here is the link to announced list of Summer Universities in 2010:
http://www.projects.aegee.org/suct/su2010/listing.php?page=listing&order...

The deadline for applying is 30.4.2010 (NB! In order to apply you need to be an official member of AEGEE-Turku/Åbo, but this is easy (http://org.utu.fi/muuopisk/aegee/   --> contact & joining)

To learn more about the Summer Universities contact AEGEE Turku: aegee-turku@utu.fi.

ÅAS AND TYY OFFER BUS TRANSPORTATION TO A DEMONSTRATION FOR FREE EDUCATION

The National Union of Finnish University Students (SYL) and the Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (SAMOK) will be holding a demonstration together for free education in Helsinki 21 April starting at 12.00.

Students from all around Finland will take part in this demonstration. TYY and the Student Union of Åbo Academi University want to help ensure free education and also give students in Turku the opportunity to participate in the demonstration held in Helsinki. TYY and ÅAS will provide their members with bus service to Helsinki.

The buses will leave for Helsinki on Wednesday morning at 09.00 from Cathedral Square and return  after the demonstration on the same buses.

RSVP on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=101604316542722&ref=nf

OR

Sign up by e-mail at: tyy-kopo@utu.fi

Please note! Sign up either by Facebook RSVP or by e-mail, NOT both.

TYY COMMITTEE MEETINGS

• TYY Committee on International Affairs, Thursday, 15 April at 14.00, Turku-sali.
• Forum on free education, Thursday, 22 April at 16.15, Lecture hall IX, University main building.