Events

Welcome to join the Student Council’s meeting October 21st at 5PM!

The Student Council will make decisisions regarding to matters such as

• Approval of the SHS Strategi
• Approval of changes to SHS documents, including the working order of the Student Council

As a member of the Student Union, you are entitled the right of presence to the Student Council’s meetings. Please email the Secretary General (gensek@shs.fi) how you wish to partake (virtually or physically).

The Student Council will convene its second fall meeting, Wednesday October 21st starting at 5pm!

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, SHS closely follows the recommendations mandated by the government to reduce the spread of virus. Therefore this Student Council meeting will be held in a hybrid model, by participating virtually through the Microsoft Teams platform, or physically at the Auditorium Maxen at Hanken in Helsinki and V106 in Vaasa. These spaces have been chosen to ensure proper safety distances and access to proper hand hygiene.

SHS Student Council ElectionsThe time has come to vote in the SHS (The Student Union’s) Student Council Elections. The election that has an impact on both your and in particular your student unions’s future. If you are an exchange student, consider this an investment in the future of other exchange students.

SHS Student Council Elections take place on the 22.10 at 0.00 until 23.10 at 16.00, with pre-voting 17.10 at 00.00 – 21.10 at 23.59.All voting is done electronically through an individual link which each member of SHS (i.e. all bachelor& masters’ -students at Hanken) will receive.What does the Student Council do?

The Student Council is the highest decision-making body of SHS consisting of 20 members. Among other things, the Council draws strategic guidelines, validates financial statements, and elects the Executive Board and other important union representatives (including the president of the Exchange Committee and Masters’ Committee).You can find the pamphlet here:
https://issuu.com/cvn2018/docs/valpamflett_2020_draft_1

Find your candidate – SHS Candidate matcher:
https://survey.zef.fi/jdqbh7rj/index.html

Why vote?
If you do not feel the urge to run for the council, you can always indirectly make your voice heard through voting in the elections for a candidate with similar opinions to yourself.Press “going” and invite your fellow Hanken students,
Central Election Committee (CVN)

Looking to relax and get some fresh air after the first exam week? How does walking in the nature and warming up by the fire with friends sound? How about some crisp sea air and sausages grilled over an open fire?

Join MC for a walk around the beautiful Uutela nature trail. After some urban hiking we will stop at an outdoor cooking shelter to eat some snacks and grill sausages.

Uutela is a recreational area by the sea in Eastern Helsinki, just a quick 10-minute walk away from Vuosaari metro station. To make it even easier, we will meet at the metro station at 14:00 and walk together to Uutela.

We will bring the barbeque equipment, utensils, ketchup and mustard but remember to bring your own sausages, veges or what ever you feel like eating.

WHAT: An afternoon of urban hiking and barbequing
WHERE: Uutela in Eastern Helsinki. You can meet us at Vuosaari metro station or join us later in Uutela
WHEN: We meet at Vuosaari metro station at 14:00. If you want to join us later in Uutela, send a message to Rita to get the coordinates
FOR WHOM: For all Hanken students
WHAT TO BRING: Warm, preferably waterproof clothes, good shoes for walking, something to sit on and something to barbeque

Because the event is held outdoors, there is no strict participant limit, but we still ask you to sign up by filling out the following form:

https://forms.gle/48QLfxB4tNG9uQmr9

If you have any questions, feel free to email Rita at rita.merisalo@shs.fi.

Hope to see you there!

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• All participants attend the event at their own risk and you as a participant must consider whether you are comfortable attending a social event. Every participant also carries their own responsibility in minimizing the spread of COVID-19 
• Following safety precautions will be taken during this event:
  • The event is held outdoors
  • Hand sanitizer will be available for the participants
  • Each participant will handle and prepare their own food
• If you feel any symptoms, are ill or have been around someone that has tested positive for COVID-19 you may not attend the event. In addition, if you have been abroad within 14 days before the event you should not attend either. 
• If you become ill with COVID-19 within 14 days of the event, do the symptoms test at omaolo.fi and follow the instructions given by authorities

Check out shs.fi for more information on events at SHS.