What is your committee?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Which of these would you like to experience during your studies?

  • A.
    Communality
  • B.
    Advocacy work & visible results
  • C.
    Constant growth
  • D.
    Concrete and meaningful action
  • E.
    Organising training events and developing activities
  • F.
    Defending student rights and building a better university
  • G.
    Amazing events across campus boundaries
  • H.
    Societal influencing
• 2.
  Which of these events would you most like to participate in?

  • A.
    Pride march
  • B.
    Harvest party
  • C.
    Science march
  • D.
     Habitare fair
  • E.
    Crayfish party
  • F.
    The World Village Festival
  • G.
    Flea market appro
  • H.
    Impossible to decide – I want to participate in all!
• 3.
  What skills would you like to develop?

  • A.
    Language skills, of course
  • B.
    3D printing administrative structures
  • C.
    Motivation and getting people to participate
  • D.
    Crafting biodegradable bags
  • E.
    Cooking, cleaning and having meetings
  • F.
    Cooperation skills
  • G.
    Organisation skills and understanding large issues
  • H.
    Communality
• 4.
  Which of the following statements is something you might say?

  • A.
    ‘Is this food vegan?’
  • B.
    ‘The rodeo bull was the best idea ever!’
  • C.
    ‘Organisational activities are fun.’
  • D.
     ”Ett dåligt huvud hade han, men hjärtat, det var gott.”
  • E.
    ‘The world is not complete.’
  • F.
    ‘Who made this decision?’
  • G.
    ‘One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes – four…’
  • H.
    ‘Change is the only constant.’
• 5.
  Which of these would be your superpower?

  • A.
    Photosynthesis all year round
  • B.
    Vitamine bomb
  • C.
    Telekinetic powers that would make moving things and people around easy
  • D.
    Creating credits out of thin air
  • E.
    The ability to telepathically communicate empathy to all
  • F.
    The ability to speak all the languages in the world
  • G.
    Transformation
  • H.
    Good fairy who makes wishes come true
• 6.
  Which of these would you most like to solve?

  • A.
    Climate impact of food production
  • B.
    Global inequality
  • C.
    Decline of education and science
  • D.
    Disappearance of small languages
  • E.
    Where is the afterparty
  • F.
    Ecological crisis
  • G.
    Insufficient leisure-time facilities
  • H.
    Feeling of isolation
• 7.
  Where do you end up at the end of a party?

  • A.
    First to the sauna and then to the trash route
  • B.
    Under a bush
  • C.
    The next party
  • D.
    Dumpster diving for a night-time snack behind a grill
  • E.
    Singing singalongs in an afterparty
  • F.
    At the statue of Runeberg
  • G.
    Wondering about the effects the cuts to facilities have on general party wellbeing
  • H.
    Having a deep discussion with strangers in a night bus
• 8.
  What movie would you be?

  • A.
    The Party
  • B.
    The Empire Strikes Back
  • C.
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
  • D.
    Chasing Coral
  • E.
    Night at the Museum
  • F.
    The Secret Garden
  • G.
    We on Seacrow Island
  • H.
    Zootopia
• 9.
  Which of these would you most like to during your leisure time?

  • A.
    Save the world
  • B.
    Go cycling
  • C.
    Shove my hands deep into the earth
  • D.
    Organise the party of the century
  • E.
    Throw paper planes at the Ministry of Education
  • F.
    Spend time with friends
  • G.
    Sing sitsi songs on the roof of the New Student House
  • H.
    Read the entire works of Jörn Donner

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Student Organisations Committee

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  The Student Organisations Committee participates in supporting the organisations that operate under us and developing their activities. During the year, it organises many training events for organisational actors as well as allocates Alina Hall reservations in the autumn and spring. Every autumn, the Student Organisations Committee also rewards distinguished organisation heroes and names the overall badge of the year among other contests included in its organisation contests that are open to everyone.
• 2.
  Bilingualism Committee

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  Do you want to promote the Swedish language at the University, in the Student Union or in the FSHS, for instance? In the Bilingualism Committee, you will get to both conduct advocacy work and create events. The most important event of the committee’s year is the Finnish Swedish Heritage Day in November.
• 3.
  Campus Farming Committee

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  Tomatoes on the City Centre campus or pumpkins in Kumpula? The Campus Farming Committee coordinates urban farming on different campuses and organises events for everyone interested in its activities. Farming connects students and the University’s staff members on the summery campuses.
• 4.
  Development Cooperation Committee

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  Do you want to make the world a better place? Are global responsibility and equality important to you? Join the Development Cooperation Committee! The committee is in charge of HYY’s development cooperation projects and organises global education events. The Mozambique project this year focuses on the equality of young people.
• 5.
  Studies Committee

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  The Studies Committee brings together members of the Student Union to work on our common educational policy, societal influencing and students’ advocacy work. The regular duties of the Studies Committee include promoting advocacy work, participating in educational policy campaigns and supporting the Student Union’s educational policy sector. In our activities, you will get to learn the secrets of higher education advocacy work both within the University and outside it. Come help us form the educational policy of the largest student union in Finland!
• 6.
  Events Committee

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  Add some sparkles to student life! The Events Committee is the perfect place for members of the Student Union who are interested in event organisation. You will get to take part in brainstorming and realising the Student Union’s events and creating the committee’s own activities according to your own preferences. We work together with the Student Union’s producer and the member of the Board in charge of cultural affairs in the Board – on a low threshold, of course.
• 7.
  Community Development Committee

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  Do you want to be part of making our Student Union more equal, inclusive and open? Have you noticed defects that you wish you could work on? Let’s make HYY an even better community and student union than before – for all of us! Join the Community Development Committee, or Code for short, to promote participation, communality, equality and equal opportunities to participate and influence matters.
• 8.
  Environmental Committee

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  Are environmental issues close to your heart? Join the club! In the Environmental Committee, we learn about, discuss and, above all, get inspiration from themes related to the environment. Besides various nature trips and documentary nights, our activities also include larger campaigns ranging from events for exchanging clothes to dinners made using surplus food – and all this in good company. Are you interested? More information about our activities is available on the Environmental Committee’s Facebook page and blog.