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ISAV - International Students' Association of Vaasa 1. We are a non-profit organization mainly focussing on all students studying at one of the 5 HEI in Vaasa. 2. Our name is International students association of Vaasa, so you might think that we are only interested in the international students here but since our idea is to create more interactions between the finnish student and the business community and the international student community I would say Finnish students play a main role in our association. 3. The reason why we started this is because there is a gap between the finnish students and the international student community. We all can feel it. When I came here as a Masters student in 2011, I used to notice events inside the campus and only Finnish students are taking part in it so I felt the difference. Although the international students are very much welcomed to those events there is still a gap in commnication and this is what we are trying to bridge. 4. Many PhD students who come here only for their doctoral studies won't even have a tutor or someone to help them in their first days. So we are here to express that no there is a community for us and we don't have to feel left alone. 5. Our focus is mainly on culture and careers. which means our events will be based on these two topics mainly. We try to create a regular venue for interaction and discussion . ISAV - International Students' Association of Vaasa Non-profit organization. Started in December, 2014 and registered in May, 2015 To support international degree and PhD students in integration - Focus on culture and career Bring people together - Facilitate interaction at different levels 2

As I said before our mission is to break cultural sterotypes and help people know the other culture at the same time maintain their own cultural traditions. MISSION To create a more inclusive and supportive intercultural community in Vaasa. Encouraging and enhancing intercultural connections between international students and Finnish society Helping the integration of international students into Finnish culture while maintaining and sharing cultural traditions 3

The picture is from our Games day event at the beggining of this semester. We also had wife carrying which is a famous Finnish sport. so this is an example of what we do. EVENTS Platform to encourage interactions and discussions through which cultural stereotypes could be broken To have regular interactions between the business community and the international student community. 4

International Business Cafe Once every 45 days we have an informal networking event between companies and students Cooperation with Merinova We are trying to bring atleast 5 to 6 companies for every event 5

ICE COFFEE InterCultural Exchange Coffee Once every two or three weeks – presentation about a particular country or culture or national festivals The idea is to have a regular venue for students to interact in a non-party way. This is where we encourage more Finnish students to come and interact with internationals. Finland, Canada, USA, Africa and YOUR COUNTRY NEXT!! 6

ISAV HALLOWEEN PARTY -2015

Coffee breaks with ISAV! Every Thursday at 15:00 in room F6P12 in Technobotnia

Free events as much as possible Expansion of the association CURRENT PLANS!! Free events as much as possible Expansion of the association Continue and develop our regular events Gain members 25.08.16 (Thu) at 14:00 we have Games Day in front of Tritonia. Come there to have fun – Eather Dependent On 13.09.16 (Tue) we have the organizational fair in Fabriikki lobby. Come there to become a member. On 16.09.16 (Fri) we have a grill and chill event at Linna, come there with your food and drinks. We will have grills to bbq your food and if possible some live music. 9

FB: ISAV/International Students' Association of Vaasa GET INVOLVED!! Recruiting motivated people for the new board – Project Managers, Webmaster, Marketing Manager. Email: isavaasa@gmail.com www.isav.fi FB: ISAV/International Students' Association of Vaasa Also get in touch with any one of the 3 of us if you are interested 10

MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT AND CONTACT!! Become a member!! only €5 and you get 5% Discount on Student trips. Student Trips is one of our partners and they arrange trips to Lapland, Umeå, St.Petersburg and to the Baltic countries. www.studenttrips.fi We will post a pre-registration link on our FB page. Please register there if interested and then pay the membership fees on 13th of September during the organizational fair 11

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The Board Zoe Coornaert President Anna-Kaisa Suvanto Vice-President Miriam Huovila Treasurer Thileepan Paulraj Former President Mariam Kawambwa Events Coordinator Eric Chow Events Coordinator 13

Events planned for Fall 2015  ICE Coffee: once every 2 weeks. First ICE Coffe on 17th September: Tervetuloa Suomeen! International Business Café Still in preparation Exceptional Events: Music Session, Games Day, etc. 14

And about finance? No membership fee Free events as much as possible Partnership & Sponsorship Funding 15

In the future… Expansion of the association Continue and develop our regular events Recruit motivated people for the new board Keep working to find new partners, sponsors, funding Improve our communication to reach a large target Maintain the satisfaction 16