What to do in the summer?
Tomas Pulkkinen Spring is making its arrival at a rapid pace, and it is clearly noticeable here at sea as the sun warms up more and more and storms and hard waves decrease. The [...]
Wirtual May Day
So, what is Vappu? it is the Finnish version of May Day. Traditionally, this spring festival is celebrated especially by students all around Finland. As we know, this year it is not possible to [...]
Friendship through communities
Iida Pilli-Sihvola People have an innate need to belong to something, to be a part of a community and to feel good about it. There is a lot of theoretical information on the subject, but let’s look at it through my experience. I have always been a very social person and I´ve had the need to get to be on display, as well as influence matters around me. I remember rebelling against systems in elementary school and even in high school until I found communities where my social needs were met. The first place where I immediately found my place in the community and enjoyed my studies was high school. [...]
Friendship in words
Johanna Mäkinen Friends are simply pure love and acceptance. We accept each other with all of our mistakes and demonstrate appreciation for each other. Best of all, in friendship, love has no limits. You [...]
Regular Spring meeting of the Representative Council
Welcome to Student Union Kaakko's Representative Council's regular Spring meeting, which is held 8th of May from 14.00 to 16.00. Due to exceptional circumstances, the meeting will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform, [...]
How does it feel to be an international student in Xamk UAS?
First of all, I should say that although I share quite similar experience and opinion about being an international student in Xamk with my group friends, this essay is still quite subjective. The first [...]
Contact Forum 2020
Contact Forum recruitment event will be organised on Jan 23rd, 2020 at Helsinki Messukeskus: over 100 employers looking for young talents! Meet your future employer and start your summer job search with a rumble [...]
The new board of Student Union of South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences has organized
The new board of Student Union of South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences has organized in their first meeting on Saturday 14.12.2019 Iida Pilli-Sihvola, president of the board Rico Martikainen, 1. vice president of [...]
People from Xamk in a traffic accident
December 13, 2009, four people from Xamk have been involved in a traffic accident on Taavetti Road in Savitaipale. At the time of the accident, there were three students and one student union employee, [...]
Membership fees will rise on 2.1.2020
The membership fees of the student union Kaakko will increase on 2.1.2020 The new card ordering fees are: card + membership semester, 0,5 year (autumn or spring) 32 € card + membership academic year 44 [...]