YFK - Yliopiston farmasiakunta
Helsinki Pharmacy Students’ Association, YFK for short, represents the local pharmacy students. Our aim is to provide the students many kinds of activities and we warmly welcome foreign students to join!
The purpose of YFK is to
To actualize its purpose the association
The actions of YFK are carried through the executive board, each member having a specific area of expertise. You can find the list of the board members on the next section.
Clubroom
YFK has a clubroom in Viikki campus. It’s located in the first floor of Biocenter 2 (Viikinkaari 5). From the club room you can buy tea, coffee and some snacks. There is also the library cabinet where you can buy books, overall patches and other useful things.
YFK Library
Here our librarian (Eetu Korpela) sells overall patches and other YFK merch.
The library is open on Tuesdays at 11 am to 12 am.
Käärmeenpesä
Käärmeenpesä (Snakes’ nest in english) is YFK’s own apartment where we can organize our events, meetings and hang-outs. At the apartment we have a hall, lounge, well-equipped kitchen, bar and of course a big sauna. Käärmeenpesä is located in Sörnäinen part of Helsinki: Sörnäisten rantatie 33 C (4th floor) 00580 Helsinki.
Address
YFK
Biokeskus 2
PL 56 (Viikinkaari 5)
0014 Helsingin yliopisto
Helsinki Pharmacy Students’ Association, YFK for short, represents the local pharmacy students. Our aim is to provide the students many kinds of activities and we warmly welcome foreign students to join!
The purpose of YFK is to
- connect those who study pharmacy at the University of Helsinki
- work for the benefit of our members
- develop the teaching in pharmacy
- keep track of research
- maintain and promote the awareness and pastime of our members on professional and general aspects
To actualize its purpose the association
- makes propositions and initiatives
- arranges presentations and discussions, excursions, cultural and sports events and gatherings
- practices publishing
- provides scholastic handouts
- stays in contact with other associations in Finland and abroad
The actions of YFK are carried through the executive board, each member having a specific area of expertise. You can find the list of the board members on the next section.
Clubroom
YFK has a clubroom in Viikki campus. It’s located in the first floor of Biocenter 2 (Viikinkaari 5). From the club room you can buy tea, coffee and some snacks. There is also the library cabinet where you can buy books, overall patches and other useful things.
YFK Library
Here our librarian (Eetu Korpela) sells overall patches and other YFK merch.
The library is open on Tuesdays at 11 am to 12 am.
- One patch 3 € (5 patches 12€)
- YFK totebag 5 €
- YFK socks 15 €
- Kelirikko (the song book) 6 €
Käärmeenpesä
Käärmeenpesä (Snakes’ nest in english) is YFK’s own apartment where we can organize our events, meetings and hang-outs. At the apartment we have a hall, lounge, well-equipped kitchen, bar and of course a big sauna. Käärmeenpesä is located in Sörnäinen part of Helsinki: Sörnäisten rantatie 33 C (4th floor) 00580 Helsinki.
Address
YFK
Biokeskus 2
PL 56 (Viikinkaari 5)
0014 Helsingin yliopisto
The Executive Board of YFK
Board members of YFK 2024:
The emails are in the form firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi, unless told otherwise.
To address the whole board, email yfk-virkailijat@helsinki.fi .
Chair of the Board
Ronja Ryyti
Chair of the Board presides the board meetings, monitors and guides the board and its members. In concert with the board members, Chair of the Board's mission is to see that the organization of the association works. Also they act as a representative of YFK.
Secretary
Leo Huttunen
Secretary is responsible for writing the records of board meetings and dealing with paperwork.
Treasurer
Rasmus Huotari (talous@yfk.fi)
Treasurer pays the bills, does the invoicing and supervises the financial interests of YFK. Treasurer also follows the realization of budgets and financial decisions.
Chair of the Business Relations Committee
Eetu Myöhänen
Chair of the Business Relations Committee is responsible for the cooperation and advertisement agreements and is the advertisement manager of MDS.
Chair of the International Affairs Committee
Kerttu Airavaara
Chair of the International Affairs Committee maintains YFK’s connections to international pharmacy student associations and coordinates international projects with the international committee. They also arrange some events for exchange students, and are a link between exchange students and YFK.
Publicist
Virpi Saarinen (yfk-tiedottaja@helsinki.fi)
Publicist is responsible for informing the members of YFK. Publicist also maintains YFK’s membership register and email lists.
Chief Editor of MDS
Tessa Backman (mds@yfk.fi)
Chief Editor of YFK’s magazine, MDS, runs the editorial staff and defines the general layout of the magazine. Chief Editor is responsible for the content and regular publication of MDS. Chief Editor is also involved in the lay out and planning the look of the magazine.
Chair of the Internal Affairs and Events
Jenni Silfverberg
Chair of the Internal Affairs and Events Committee is responsible for excursions and events in cooperation with different student associations and trade organizations. They also represent YFK in the meetings of FSHS and FiPSA.
Chair of the Educational Affairs Committee
Salla Kotila
The mission of Chair of the Educational Affairs Committee is to oversee that the education in the faculty of pharmacy is high-quality. They develop education together with student representatives of administration and with education committee. If you have any opinions or suggestions related to our education, you can contact chair of the Educational Affairs Committee.
Leasing Coordinator
Juulia Laihorinne (vuokraus@kaarmeenpesa.fi)
Leasing Coordinator coordinates and takes care of leasing of Käärmeenpesä. This includes answering emails about the leasing, agreeing about the lease, passing the key to the lessee and introducing Käärmeenpesä to new users.
Chair of the Party Committee
Hilla Toivanen
Chair of the Party Committee plans, coordinates and realizes parties, sitsit and events with party committee. They also collaborate with other student associations and organizes parties with them.
Property and Environmental Manager
Joni Sallantaus
Property and Environmental Affairs Coordinator takes care of the state and upkeep of YFK’s properties and appliances and the acknowledgement of environmental issues in YFK’s actions.
Host
Amanda Jantamut
Host coordinates co-hosts and is often involved in planning and realization of parties.
Hostess
Lotta Hänninen
Hostess takes care of food serving in different events and is involved in planning and realization of parties. Hostess also arranges the serving of buns during Shrove Tuesday, Sipis’ name day and when the new students arrive.
Freshmen and Alumni Coordinator
Noora Kuusisto
With freshmen committee, Freshmen and Alumni Coordinator is in charge of all the activities for freshmen’s first year. Freshmen Coordinator takes also part in the tutor training and is a link between the freshmen and the board.
Chair of the Kiosk Committee
Eetu Korpela
Chair of the Kiosk Committee organizes the library service in YFK clubroom in Viikki on Tuesdays at 11.00-12.00. From the library cabinet you can buy for example books, overall badges and copy cards. They also take care of the joint book orders and the YFK table at the Pharmacy Fair.
Clubhouse Marketing Manager
Frida Kulmuni
Responsible for Käärmeenpesä's displays and their organization for the tenant and the management of the media image and website maintenance.
Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee
Mette Lepistö
The Health and Wellbeing Committee's responsibilities include promoting the social benefits, welfare and health of YFK's members. The Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee responsible for YFK’s medicine cabinet and organizes campaigns and events related to healthcare issues with healthcare and internal affairs committee.
Culture Excursion Manager
Miro Luusua
Culture Excursion Manager is responsible for offering YFK members different cultural experiences. The excursions are meant to encourage and activate the spontaneous culture interest of the members.
Theme Night Coordinator
Helmi Venna
Theme Night Coordinator is responsible for organizing partner events (so-called theme nights) with different pharmaceutical companies.
Clubs and Sports Coordinator
Eliana Nardo
Clubs and Sports Coordinator organizes different sports events and coordinates club activity.
Student’s Union Manager
Elli-Anna Suntioinen
Student's Union Manager's task is primarily to keep in touch with HYY, SYL and the representative council group HELP, and to take care of the flow of information between them and the education policy committee.
The emails are in the form firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi, unless told otherwise.
To address the whole board, email yfk-virkailijat@helsinki.fi .
Chair of the Board
Ronja Ryyti
Chair of the Board presides the board meetings, monitors and guides the board and its members. In concert with the board members, Chair of the Board's mission is to see that the organization of the association works. Also they act as a representative of YFK.
Secretary
Leo Huttunen
Secretary is responsible for writing the records of board meetings and dealing with paperwork.
Treasurer
Rasmus Huotari (talous@yfk.fi)
Treasurer pays the bills, does the invoicing and supervises the financial interests of YFK. Treasurer also follows the realization of budgets and financial decisions.
Chair of the Business Relations Committee
Eetu Myöhänen
Chair of the Business Relations Committee is responsible for the cooperation and advertisement agreements and is the advertisement manager of MDS.
Chair of the International Affairs Committee
Kerttu Airavaara
Chair of the International Affairs Committee maintains YFK’s connections to international pharmacy student associations and coordinates international projects with the international committee. They also arrange some events for exchange students, and are a link between exchange students and YFK.
Publicist
Virpi Saarinen (yfk-tiedottaja@helsinki.fi)
Publicist is responsible for informing the members of YFK. Publicist also maintains YFK’s membership register and email lists.
Chief Editor of MDS
Tessa Backman (mds@yfk.fi)
Chief Editor of YFK’s magazine, MDS, runs the editorial staff and defines the general layout of the magazine. Chief Editor is responsible for the content and regular publication of MDS. Chief Editor is also involved in the lay out and planning the look of the magazine.
Chair of the Internal Affairs and Events
Jenni Silfverberg
Chair of the Internal Affairs and Events Committee is responsible for excursions and events in cooperation with different student associations and trade organizations. They also represent YFK in the meetings of FSHS and FiPSA.
Chair of the Educational Affairs Committee
Salla Kotila
The mission of Chair of the Educational Affairs Committee is to oversee that the education in the faculty of pharmacy is high-quality. They develop education together with student representatives of administration and with education committee. If you have any opinions or suggestions related to our education, you can contact chair of the Educational Affairs Committee.
Leasing Coordinator
Juulia Laihorinne (vuokraus@kaarmeenpesa.fi)
Leasing Coordinator coordinates and takes care of leasing of Käärmeenpesä. This includes answering emails about the leasing, agreeing about the lease, passing the key to the lessee and introducing Käärmeenpesä to new users.
Chair of the Party Committee
Hilla Toivanen
Chair of the Party Committee plans, coordinates and realizes parties, sitsit and events with party committee. They also collaborate with other student associations and organizes parties with them.
Property and Environmental Manager
Joni Sallantaus
Property and Environmental Affairs Coordinator takes care of the state and upkeep of YFK’s properties and appliances and the acknowledgement of environmental issues in YFK’s actions.
Host
Amanda Jantamut
Host coordinates co-hosts and is often involved in planning and realization of parties.
Hostess
Lotta Hänninen
Hostess takes care of food serving in different events and is involved in planning and realization of parties. Hostess also arranges the serving of buns during Shrove Tuesday, Sipis’ name day and when the new students arrive.
Freshmen and Alumni Coordinator
Noora Kuusisto
With freshmen committee, Freshmen and Alumni Coordinator is in charge of all the activities for freshmen’s first year. Freshmen Coordinator takes also part in the tutor training and is a link between the freshmen and the board.
Chair of the Kiosk Committee
Eetu Korpela
Chair of the Kiosk Committee organizes the library service in YFK clubroom in Viikki on Tuesdays at 11.00-12.00. From the library cabinet you can buy for example books, overall badges and copy cards. They also take care of the joint book orders and the YFK table at the Pharmacy Fair.
Clubhouse Marketing Manager
Frida Kulmuni
Responsible for Käärmeenpesä's displays and their organization for the tenant and the management of the media image and website maintenance.
Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee
Mette Lepistö
The Health and Wellbeing Committee's responsibilities include promoting the social benefits, welfare and health of YFK's members. The Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Committee responsible for YFK’s medicine cabinet and organizes campaigns and events related to healthcare issues with healthcare and internal affairs committee.
Culture Excursion Manager
Miro Luusua
Culture Excursion Manager is responsible for offering YFK members different cultural experiences. The excursions are meant to encourage and activate the spontaneous culture interest of the members.
Theme Night Coordinator
Helmi Venna
Theme Night Coordinator is responsible for organizing partner events (so-called theme nights) with different pharmaceutical companies.
Clubs and Sports Coordinator
Eliana Nardo
Clubs and Sports Coordinator organizes different sports events and coordinates club activity.
Student’s Union Manager
Elli-Anna Suntioinen
Student's Union Manager's task is primarily to keep in touch with HYY, SYL and the representative council group HELP, and to take care of the flow of information between them and the education policy committee.
Yearly events
Spring
February
April/May
Autumn
September
September-October
Company theme nights
In company theme nights different pharmaceutical companies come to introduce themselves to us and/or present different products. The night usually consists of a presentation of the company (usually in Finnish unfortunately) and in the end the company in question serves some food and sometimes you also get a gift bag of the company’s products.
The presentations are in Finnish, but I'm sure that the presentatives of the company will be glad to give you some info in English also after the actual presentation.
Sitz
Sitz is an academic table party that is traditional in Finland and Sweden. It consists of a three-course dinner, drinking and singing. Different organizations have their own traditions and the dress code varies from different themes to formal and casual. Sitz is a very unique thing which you should definitely experience before leaving Finland!
International nights
At least once in the autumn and once in the spring we throw a party with other student associations in Viikki for all our exchange students. There we have good music, nice people, some snacks and games, so bring yourself and friends with you to enjoy the night!
Board game nights
About once a month YFK organizes a board game night at Käärmeenpesä. We have lot of different games there, so join us for some nice board gaming!
General meeting of YFK
Once in a while we have general meeting to let our members know what’s going on in YFK and what decisions the executive board has made. There’s coffee and some small snack offered, and you can come to meet members of the board and ask if you have some questions on your mind.
In addition we also have different kinds of excursions (theatre, exhibitions), movie nights etc. to offer to our members!
The Black List
The black list has been implemented to make sure that everybody comes to the events they have registered. If they don’t, they are banned for a month from all the events that require registration (for example theme nights and sitz). You can still participate on events that don't need registration. The black list is maintained by the executive board of YFK.
February
- Shrove Tuesday (Laskiainen)
- Sipi’s name day 15.2.
- Anniversary Gala (Vuosijuhla)
April/May
- Day before 1st of May
- May day/Walpurgis night/Labor day (Vappu) 1.5.
Autumn
- Freshmen orientation week
- Welcome fair
September
- Opening ceremony and festivities in the city campus
- Host’s pub crawl (Isännän suunnistus)
September-October
- Freshmen-sitsit (Tappisitsit)
- Smoke Gala (Savujuhla)
- FiPSA's Cruise (FiPSAn risteily)
- Pre-Christmas party (Pikkujoulut)
- Independence Day of Finland 6.12.
Company theme nights
In company theme nights different pharmaceutical companies come to introduce themselves to us and/or present different products. The night usually consists of a presentation of the company (usually in Finnish unfortunately) and in the end the company in question serves some food and sometimes you also get a gift bag of the company’s products.
The presentations are in Finnish, but I'm sure that the presentatives of the company will be glad to give you some info in English also after the actual presentation.
Sitz
Sitz is an academic table party that is traditional in Finland and Sweden. It consists of a three-course dinner, drinking and singing. Different organizations have their own traditions and the dress code varies from different themes to formal and casual. Sitz is a very unique thing which you should definitely experience before leaving Finland!
International nights
At least once in the autumn and once in the spring we throw a party with other student associations in Viikki for all our exchange students. There we have good music, nice people, some snacks and games, so bring yourself and friends with you to enjoy the night!
Board game nights
About once a month YFK organizes a board game night at Käärmeenpesä. We have lot of different games there, so join us for some nice board gaming!
General meeting of YFK
Once in a while we have general meeting to let our members know what’s going on in YFK and what decisions the executive board has made. There’s coffee and some small snack offered, and you can come to meet members of the board and ask if you have some questions on your mind.
In addition we also have different kinds of excursions (theatre, exhibitions), movie nights etc. to offer to our members!
The Black List
The black list has been implemented to make sure that everybody comes to the events they have registered. If they don’t, they are banned for a month from all the events that require registration (for example theme nights and sitz). You can still participate on events that don't need registration. The black list is maintained by the executive board of YFK.
- To avoid getting to the black list, you have to cancel your registration BEFORE the registration time ends OR get a replacement for yourself. In all of the cases you have to inform the person organizing the event.
- If you're put on the black list, the organizer of the event will inform you of the matter, why it's happened and how long the ban will last.
To join YFK
Coming to Helsinki for exchange or considering it? Helsinki Pharmacy Students’ Association, YFK for short, represents the local pharmacy students. Our aim is to provide the students many kinds of activities and we warmly welcome foreign students to join!
We organize lots of things from parties and balls to excursions, trips and board game nights. To complete your Finland-experience as an exchange student, we highly recommend you to join in the fun!
To join YFK, you must be studying pharmacy in Helsinki and be admitted by the board. Usually all exchange students coming to Helsinki are admitted as soon as we get their consent.
We organize lots of things from parties and balls to excursions, trips and board game nights. To complete your Finland-experience as an exchange student, we highly recommend you to join in the fun!
To join YFK, you must be studying pharmacy in Helsinki and be admitted by the board. Usually all exchange students coming to Helsinki are admitted as soon as we get their consent.
Exchange students
Coming to Helsinki for exchange or considering it? Helsinki Pharmacy Students’ Association, YFK for short, represents the local pharmacy students. Our aim is to provide the students many kinds of activities and we warmly welcome foreign students to join!
We organize lots of things from parties and balls to excursions, trips and board game nights. To complete your Finland-experience as an exchange student, we highly recommend you to join in the fun!
To join YFK, you must be studying pharmacy in Helsinki and be admitted by the board. Usually all exchange students coming to Helsinki are admitted as soon as we get their consent.
We have our member register on kide.app. The Exchange Student's memberships is also found there, so you need to create an account to kide.app. The Vice Precident of International Affairs (Kerttu Airavaara) will help you with that.
When you’ve left back to your home country and don’t want any more emails from YFK you can unsubscribe from our email list by sending an email to yfk-tiedottaja@helsinki.fi. Remember to include which email-list you want to unsubscribe.
If you have any questions, you can contact our Vice President of International Affairs. Also if you have any questions about studying pharmacy in Helsinki or if you’re interested to know more about the organization of YFK, contact:
Kerttu Airavaara (kerttu.airavaara@helsinki.fi)
We organize lots of things from parties and balls to excursions, trips and board game nights. To complete your Finland-experience as an exchange student, we highly recommend you to join in the fun!
To join YFK, you must be studying pharmacy in Helsinki and be admitted by the board. Usually all exchange students coming to Helsinki are admitted as soon as we get their consent.
We have our member register on kide.app. The Exchange Student's memberships is also found there, so you need to create an account to kide.app. The Vice Precident of International Affairs (Kerttu Airavaara) will help you with that.
When you’ve left back to your home country and don’t want any more emails from YFK you can unsubscribe from our email list by sending an email to yfk-tiedottaja@helsinki.fi. Remember to include which email-list you want to unsubscribe.
If you have any questions, you can contact our Vice President of International Affairs. Also if you have any questions about studying pharmacy in Helsinki or if you’re interested to know more about the organization of YFK, contact:
Kerttu Airavaara (kerttu.airavaara@helsinki.fi)
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