The studia generalia lecture series Russia, Russia, Russia! organized by the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Saimaa UAS) continues in February-April. The first lecture out of three is held on Thursday 7 February 2012 at 6 pm by Ph.D. Sanna Turoma from the Aleksanteri Institute. Ms Turoma will give a lecture on the significance of literature and culture in the former Soviet Union and Russia. In the other lectures, Principal Lecturer Ph.D. Olga Shustrova from the Faculty of Arts at Saint-Petersburg State University discusses the meaning of fine arts and art education from the Soviet-era to present-day Russia. Furthermore, Ms Shustrova will present some of the art museums and galleries in St. Petersburg.

The Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences will jointly arrange a race called the Lappeenranta GP in spring 2012. The race is for energy-saving electric vehicles and human-powered vehicles, and it will take place in the surroundings of the Lappeenranta Harbour Marketplace on Saturday 28 April 2012. The event organizers are a project group of marketing students from the Kiintopiste Co-op at Saimia.

The assignments for InnoCity competition are published. You can read them from here:

The assignment of Myllymäki
The assignment of SaiPa

Everyone can follow the competition through Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and the InnoCity webpage www.innocity.fi

Minister of Education and Science Jukka Gustafsson will inaugurate the new Saimia building of the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences at the Skinnarila campus on Tuesday 17 January at 12 o'clock. In addition to the Minister, the speakers at the inauguration include Rector Anneli Pirttilä, Chairman of the Board Tuomas Telkkä and Chairman of the Student Union (SAIKO) Board Mikko Valtonen. At the end of the inauguration, the guests are welcome to take a tour of the Skinnarila campus area, jointly occupied by the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences and the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).

The next joint application period for Bachelor's Degree Programmes starts on Monday 9th January. Saimaa University of Applied Sciences offers three degree programmes in English:

The Saimaa University of Applied Sciences is hosting an Open Day on Thursday 24 November 2011 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Skinnarila campus in Lappeenranta. During the Open Day, the new university building will be open to visitors. Information will be available on activities taking place in the building, and on the university’s educational offering. Six guided tours of the new university building will be arranged, but visitors can also tour the premises on their own.

From January 2012 on the physical training and welfare services of Saimaa UAS and LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology) are going to merge. The merger’s name is SaLUT – Saimaan korkeakoululiikunta (SaLUT – university physical training). The name symbolizes cooperation and local character. The word ‘salut’ is not only a greeting but means ‘health and welfare’ in the Romanic languages.

Timo Nurmi

The executive director of the Lappeenranta Student Housing Foundation (LOAS) will change on 1 April 2012 with the retirement of Seppo Muukkonen, the foundation’s long-time leader. Timo Nurmi, who currently works as LOAS’ development director, has been appointed as the new executive director. Nurmi will assume the executive director’s tasks at the beginning of 2012.

The third InnoCity competition starts on January 2012. Multicultural student teams from LUT and Saimaa UAS are working on company assignments for four weeks. Everyone can follow the competition through Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and the InnoCity webpage www.innocity.fi.

The Saimaa University of Applied Sciences will arrange the opening ceremony of academic year 2011-2012 on September 14 at 1 p.m. The opening ceremony will be held in the City Hall, in the Lappeenranta-auditorium (Street address: Villimiehenkatu 1, Lappeenranta).