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Information for New Students at the Faculty of Science Spring 2016 Table of contents Dear novisch 3 Schedule 4 Greetings from the presidents of the Science Student Union 6 The Mentor Committee 7 The Faculty of Science – Teaching close to research 8 About LUNA 9 The Student Councils 10 Studentlund 11 How to find Housing 12 A vocabulary for the novisch 13 Map 16 To-do list 17 The astronomy building at Sölvegatan 27 in Lund, headquarters of the union. dul DEAR NOVISCH Welcome novisches! Firstly, congratulations on making the decision of studying in Sweden’s best student city! Secondly, congratulations in choosing to study the natural sciences, the most noble of all educations! No but seriously, it´s great that you chose to study here in Lund at our fine faculty. You may have grown up in Lund or you are from New Zeeland and have never been to Sweden before, in both cases you are very welcome to the novisch period at the science union at Lund university (LUNA)! The novisch period exists to, in a super fun way, welcome all science students to Lund and show you what Lund and the university has to offer. We organize fun activities, parties, inform you about all sorts of things, and teach you all the tricks and perks of Lund’s student life. We want EVERYBODY to be a part of this, so there will be activities both with and without alcohol and we will never force you to do anything that you do not want to do. An introduction will be held on the 16th of January where you will get information from the faculty and LUNA. Register beforehand (http://goo.gl/forms/VfGjSlbloK) for a free lunch! If you miss this meeting you can still come to all our other activities and ask about anything that you may have missed, it's never too late to catch on. However the last activity, the Novisch-sittning requires that you have registered and payed no later then Monday the 18th at the union office. We are here for you, literally 24/7 for the whole novisch period, so if you have any problems just contact us. You can either call the emergency phone (0767 89 88 68) or email us at [email protected]. Also check out our Facebook page; Luna novish period spring 2016. Here you will find information about all the activities. As well as the Mentor committees own page, Fadderutskottet. Just search for these and you should be able to find them. We two mentor generals, along with the rest of the Mentor committee and the other mentors will lead you into Lund’s student life and hopefully prove to you that you have made the right choice to choose to be a part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Lund. So again, welcome and we´ll see you the 16th! Best regards from your mentor generals Arvid and Hasse SCHEDULE All novisches are welcome to all our activities! We will arrange one “sittning” (seated meal or dinner party), the “Novisch-sittning” (23/1). If you want to participate in this sittning you have pay 150SEK in cash at LUNA’s office no later then the 18th. The registration to this sittning is not complete until LUNA has received the payment. You also need to be a member of Studentlund in order to attend! Check out studentlund.se to learn how to register and if you have any questions/issues, contact the Vice President at [email protected]. In the registration link to the introduction day (see belov) the 16th, which you need to fill in in order to get free lunch, we will ask if you are interested in going to the sittning. Note that this is not a registration and you still need to go to the unions office (Sölvegatan 27, Lund) in order to get a seat! We ask this only to get an estimate on how many that want to go to the sittning. 16/1 Saturday - Introduction day (registration required for free food) The first day of the novischperiod! You are introduced to the university, the science faculty and LUNA. At this event you will meet your fellow students and the mentors for the first time. There will be lots of really useful information and afterwards we will play some games together. If you register beforehand by using the link below you will also receive free lunch! LINK: http://goo.gl/forms/VfGjSlbloK Time: 11.00-14.00 Location: Lundmarksalen, the astronomy building, Sölvegatan 27. 16/1 Saturday - Introparty Later on the 16th there will also be a introduction party to celebrate your first day in Lund! Get to know your fellow novisches and your mentors and just enjoy yourselves. We will not provide any alcohol so you will have to bring your own booze (BYOB, good term to know). Alcohol is not mandatory, of course. Bring whatever you prefer to drink and be prepared for a good time and possibly a few surprises. Time: 19:00(..) Location: Hallands nation (Thomanders väg 1), fourth floor (lgh 1303). Mentors will be stationed outside and show you the way in. 17/1 Sunday - BYOB (bring your own BRUNCH) Everyone is probably going to be tired after the party so on the day after we will just meet up to eat some brunch together and chill. Bring whatever you crave. Get to know everyone in a more relaxed way. Maybe we will play some boardgames (bring some if you have any) or watch a movie, whatever bruh. Time: Drop in after 11.00 Location: Rydbergs pub at Fysicum, Sölvegatan 14 18/1 Monday - Courses Start Don´t forget to show up to your course start, so you don´t lose your spot. If you for some reason can´t make it, make sure to contact the person in charge of the course so they know that you still wish to attend. Time: Check your schedules! Location: Check your schedules! Don´t know where that location is? Ask your mentors, they have probably been there before! 18/1 Monday - Kind of amazing race It´s time to get to know Lund a bit better. Travel around the inner city and campus while solving riddles and tasks in order to figure out where you´re going next. Time: 18.00 Location: Clemenstorget (close to the train station). 20/1 Wednesday - QUIZ LUNA´s very own quizmaster Sebastian will arrange a wonderful night of riddles and intellectual challenges. Time: 18:00 Location: Lundmarksalen, the astronomy building, Sölvegatan 27. 22/1 Friday - Master chef - student edition A big part of the student life is knowing how to cook fast and cheap food and still make it tasty. Compete against each other to see who is the best student chef! We provide the ingredients, you provide the cooking. Time: 18.00 Location: Delphi (Magistratsvägen 55C), C building, third floor (lgh 1208). Mentors will be stationed outside and show you the way in. 23/1 Saturday - The Novisch-sittning (Payment and registration at LUNA office as well as Studentlund membership required, 18+) The final activity of the novischperiod! It will be an evening where we celebrate the fact that you are now true students of Lund. This activity is a sittning which will be located at Sydskånska nationen. This is your first true sittning, with a three-course dinner and the dress code is business formal (dark suit). If you happen to not have the required clothing, don´t fret, just come in whatever you have available. There also will be a pre-party with drop in from 17.00 at Rydbergs pub at Fysicum (Sölvegatan 14), for you who want to start early and get in the mood. MUST PAY IN ADVANCE AT LUNA OFFICE (Sölvegatan 27) Time: 19.00 (..) Location: Sydskånska nationen, Tornavägen 5 GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENTS OF THE SCIENCE STUDENT UNION Welcome to Lund University, the Faculty of Science and above all, the science student union, LUNA. Our names are Fredrik, Julia and Madeleine and we are the vice president, president and head of corporate relations at LUNA for the fiscal year 15/16. Arriving to the university town of Lund is a new start for many, and speaking from experience we can with certainty say that your time in this implausible town will give you experience, knowledge and a whole lot of wonderful memories. The union’s primary task is to supervise and influence the education at the faculty of science by means of student representation at the faculty level as well as the institutional level. The influence is based on the list of rights for students at Lund University. We as the presidium represent the members of the union towards faculty and the university. Outside of the supervision of studies LUNA organizes a number of activities for our members, the largest one being the novisch period, which is meant to introduce new students to Lund and to help them make new friends. We also arrange sittnings, inspirational lectures, a labour market fair and much more. Aside from the studies there is a multitude of things to participate in Lund, spex, student orchestras and of course the union are just some examples. Lund has one of the best student-life situations in Sweden and the most important thing during your time as a student is to have fun, which is worth thinking about when you are studying! Lastly we want to wish you a really pleasant start of your time in Lund, if you feel confused or if there is a problem you can always turn to us at the union.