THE ESSENTIAL ROOKIEGUIDE 2020 a Survival Guide for You Who Are New in Umeå!
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THE ESSENTIAL ROOKIEGUIDE 2020 a survival guide for you who are new in Umeå! We are so happy that you finally are here and wants to participate in this years inspark, the best time of the year! We give to you, your first school book. This book will help you during your first period here in the city of students. We are so excited that you have come here! This guide is here to give you information about everything that you need to start study in Umeå. You will get information about insparken, the student union HHUS, the university, campus and so much more. We hope that you will find this book helpful and full of great tips! CONTENT 6 THE organisation & COMMITTEES 10 e-pub 11 generalS 2020 14 insparken 2020 15 things to look forward to 17 umeå university & the program 18 lexicon 20 scheDULE AND CONTACTs welcome! Welcome to Umeå! As a new student and maybe the first time actually living away from home and your parents, to make it easier here is a small guide to some ways you can find an apartment or student room while studying at our university. accommodation Bostaden.se Blocket.se At Bostaden you sign up to a queue As everywhere else in Sweden, Blocket system where you collect days and is the place to go when you are looking are able to pick and choose from the for pretty much anything, furniture? rooms and apartments they offer. It is Blocket. A job? Blocket. Or maybe a very easy to get a student room whilst place to live? Blocket. You can either the apartments often require a couple search through the already existing of years in the queue system. If you rooms and apartments that are up sign up to a student room you are able for rent or you may post an ad about to keep your queue spot looking for yourself and what kind of place you other apartments during your time are looking for and let potential here. So go and sign up as soon as landlords find you! possible! It is free of charge. Balticgruppen.se Facebook groups At Balticgruppen you can sign up. As you will or maybe already have However this works in a different way, noticed Facebook is used a lot at our first come first served. When they post university, all the events, and what a new apartment you are able to sign is going on in HHUS you are able to up to the apartment and if you are the find on Facebook. However, you may lucky first five you are asked if you’d also find a place to live by looking up like to rent it, in the order, you signed “Umeå Studentbosstad” or up to the specific apartment. “Lägenheter i Umeå” and many other Balticgruppen offers the Tviste groups, just search for Umeå and any apartments which are very attractive synonym for an apartment or living for university students, so sign up and on Facebook. There are often available keep updating the site to get a place to apartments up already, but if you can’t live. seem to find anything that falls into your needs you can always put up an ad and picture of yourself and let the apartment find you! Here you can find collective accommodations and live with other students. 4 Now that you’ve hopefully settled in, you’ll need to find furniture. There are Facebook groups and Blocket to help you get away cheap with everything from a bed to a table, just look up “KÖP och SÄLJ Umeå” and you’ll find many different groups to get you settled further. If you still can’t seem to find what you are looking for IKEA is always a poor student’s best friend. literature We know that as a new student you might be worried about the expensive course literature you got a list of a while ago, however we are here to aid you with that as well! HHUS Book Swap A Facebook group where students sell them or trade their books from previous courses. Here you can find pretty much all the books you need, and while you can also buy them new at Amazon or Adlibris if you use the HHUS Book Swap you might also be able to get the previous owners notes from the course if you ask nicely. Campusbokhandeln Campus bokhandel, a book shop located in Universum. Here you can find a lot of the course literature second hand. And at last, you always have your wonderful Faddrar, they no longer need their books from the previous courses and therefore often will be glad to sell them to you for a good price, this way you’ll get pretty much all the books you need for the upcoming year! 5 the ORGANISATIon 6 Info about hhus HHUS is the volunteer association for all students at the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics. We are a non- political, non-union, and non-religious association, with the purpose of handling and supporting our members’ interests. We work towards upholding a good relationship between our members, our university and the business sector. HHUS is one of the biggest associations on campus with over 45 students that are engaged each year! By being a part of the management group or the board, you not only gain useful knowledge for your future career but also get the chance to get to know amazing people. Who knows, maybe you will meet friends for life. Briefly explained, the management is divided into different committees (more about them below). The head of each committee together with a presidium consisting of president, vice president and board advisor together form the board of HHUS. This might be a little tricky to understand in the beginning but don’t worry, if you have any questions there are plenty of people to ask. You can find HHUS on the internet or on our social media! traditions HHUS has several traditions that we value incredibly highly. First day, you will get your Rookie package which include one of our most valuable books, the songbook. That’s where you’ll find the economists’ most beloved visors, rhymes and songs. (Hint: check out the digital version of the songbook on the website and find the most traditional songs: VD-låten, Spritbolaget, Strejk på Pripps, Ålidhome). Something you will most likely learn the first few days with your faddrar is the beloved Lambo song. This means that you, as quickly as possible, should drink up what’s in your glass before your friends have finished the song (prepare with many plastic glasses so you can easily pour over your freshly filled drink or have a glass of water on the side of so you can show off your skills). Insparken, HHUS and student life stand for the community, to get to know new and old students to make sure that your time here at Umeå University will be the absolute best. See you during insparken where we will sing all these songs together and teach you ”the HHUS way”... 7 the committees Presidium The Presidium is the strategic organ of the association. It aims to make sure that the association has a long-term view, and that the decisions are sustainable for the future of HHUS. It’s their responsibility to ensure that HHUS continues to be an including, active and flourishing organization – today, tomorrow and for the next generation of members. Economy committee The main goal for the Economy Committee is to be in charge of HHUS’s economy. Their main tasks are accounting, financial statement, annual reports, and tax return and other economic administration. The economy committee also act as advisors to other committees when they need financial advice. In this committee you can also find Finansmästeriet. Their main task is to promote the interest in finance amongst the students within the association and to actively manage a part of HHUS’s capital. marketing committee The marketing committee is responsible for creating HHUS and the E-pubs communication towards members and external partners. They are managing our website HHUS.se, LinkedIn, HHUS’ and the E-pub’s Instagram, HHUS’ and the E-pub’s Snapchat, HHUS’ and the E-pub’s Facebook page, Bonsai campus, our student radio Ekonomlivet and last but not least our student magazine Ekbladet. business committee The Business committee’s work is to create opportunities where businesses and organizations can meet HHUS members. Through activities, we want to create natural encounters for both local and national Swedish businesses which serve as a bridge between student life and future of work. This is done through company presentations, career fairs, case competitions, social events, etc. 8 Social committee The main goal for the Social committee is to ensure that our members time during their studies is enriched by camaraderie, togetherness and a great social era. They work with creating social meeting places where members are able to interact and enjoy the life of a student. The social committee do this through various ways; by arranging traditional ”Sittings”, through sports events, musical activities and much, much more! Pub committee The main goal for the Pub committee is to run our beloved E-pub. HHUS, along with JF-Umeå and fIEzta, run the E-pub as a legit student pub and it is the obvious go-to spot for the members of the association, however, all students over 18 with an Umeå Student union identification are more than welcome. education committee The main goal for the Education Committee is to be in charge of overseeing and improving your education! They work to uphold the quality of our education at Umeå School of Business and Economics.