Blurry but precious memories

Hi guys,

I know it's been a while since our gulissitz, but life is busy and the pictures from the evening have been stuck on my camera until now. While I'm at it, I suppose I should apologize both for the delay and for the blurry quality of the pictures - but at least the latter means no one was captured with a particularly visible crazy facial expression. ;)

A huge THANK YOU to all the participants of the sitz! :) Hope you had as much fun as we did, and hope you'll return for our other sitzes this autumn - oh yes, TWO more are being planned as we speak! The next one is coming up in just a couple of weeks - but more about that in the next post!

x

Felicia

The Britannica board's vice president and paparazzi

Busy busy busy

Hiya folks,

The board would like to thank you all for a great week! Wednesday and Thursday were busy days but we also had great fun, first at gulisakademin at Kåren where we got to chat to lots of nice people and then at the gulisintagning where the new students spoiled us with (more or less) beautiful singing and lots of other great stuff (massages and drinks and personalized cups, just to name a few!). We had a great time, hope everyone who was there did too!

Britannica's table at gulisakademin

The board + other lovely people at the gulisintagning

The busy times aren't over yet, though; as you should know, we have two other events coming up next week! On Tuesday at 7pm we're meeting up at Hunter's Inn for our gulis-gamyl-kväll and on Thursday at 7pm it's time for the first Britannica sitz for this academic year! Remember to sign up for the sitz before midnight on Tuesday - for the gulis-gamyl-kväll, you just have to show up! And gulisar: remember to bring your gulispass, since you will receive points for both events!

See ya there! x

GULISSITZ!

The academic year has started, and so has "studielivet" - and Britannica's traditional "gulissitz" is back! This is the perfect chance for all the new students at the English department to familiarize themselves with this awesome way of partying, and learn how to sitz the Britannica way! Of course, all older Britannicans are also welcome to participate and show the newbies how it's done. ;)

In short:

DATE: 18.9.2014
TIME: 19:00 (7pm)
PLACE: F
PRICE: 12€/14€ (member/non-member)
DRESSCODE: Come as you are (but wear your overall if you have one)!

GULISAR: Remember to bring your "gulispass", as you will receive points for attending this event! Also, if you aren't already a member of Britannica, you can become a member at the door.
 
You can find the FB-event for the sitz here and the sign-up here. The last day to sign up is Tuesday 16.9.

PS. Exchange students are also most welcome to join us for this party - a lovely mixture of Swedish and English will be spoken!

See y'all at F!

Gulis-gamyl-kväll @ Hunter's Inn 16.9!

Hiya folks!

Britannica is alive and kicking, and we have now set the first date for an event of our own! On Tuesday the 16th of September at 7pm we will have what we call a "gulis-gamyl-kväll", which is basically intended as a simple chill hangout breaking the ice between the gulisar (the new students) and the gamyler (the older students). This takes place at Pub Hunter's Inn, a pub in the city centre (Brahenkatu 3), so you might want to bring a little money so you can have a drink or two. Other than that, you only need to bring yourselves, preferrably in your most social mood, of course :)

The Facebook event can be found here, in case you want to let us know you're coming, or just want to check who else is joining in. We hope to see lots of you there!

In the meantime, don't forget next week's fabulous events:

- Gulisakademin @ Kåren, Wednesday 10.9 at 18:00

- Humfen's gulisintagning, starting @ Arken, Thursday 11.9 at 16:30

Have a great first week of teaching, everyone!

x The Board

COMING UP!

To the new students at the English Department: Welcome!
And to all our familiar fellow students: Welcome back!

With just a few days left until the beginning of gulisveckan ("fresher's week", i.e. the orientation week for the new students at ÅA), we thought we'd let you know that Britannica has a lot of programme planned for the coming autumn! The board is still scattered all over the country, which means we haven't decided on that many details yet, but we do know some things that we'd like to share with you. We especially want all the gulisar (first-year students) to take note of the following events, although we'd love to see lots of gamyler (older students) there too!

- GULISAKADEMIN @ Kåren 10.9.2014
The annual "student associations' fair" at Kåren is an event where the boards of all sorts of associations at ÅA come together, presenting their associations and their events to new and old students alike. This is your perfect chance to see what a huge variety of active associations there are at our university, chat to the board of Britannica, and just generally get a glimpse of what studielivet (the life as a student) in Turku has to offer. Also, there are lots of halarmärken (overall patches) to buy and free candy to be had!

The board at the student associations' fair in april 2014

- GULIS-GAMYL-KVÄLL
In order for the new students at the English department to get to know students from previous years, and vice versa, Britannica will organize a "gulis-gamyl-kväll". This evening typically takes place during the first weeks in September at some bar in the city centre, and is intended as a simple chill hangout in good company.

- HUMFEN'S GULISINTAGNING starting @ Arken 11.9.2014
Humanistiska föreningen (the association for all students at the Faculty of Arts) organizes the annual gulisintagning, which might be best explained in English as a very informal, slightly crazy, and hysterically fun initiation ceremony for the new students at the faculty. Britannica will appear among all the other subject associations with some fun task or other for the new students to perform. Older students are most welcome along to watch!

The board of 2013 at the gulisintagning in September 2013

- BRITANNICA'S GULISSITZ
Last but not least of all the "gulis" events: the first sitz (traditional student dinner party) of the academic year! This is the perfect chance for all the new students to experience this awesome form of partying that never gets old, and of course a chance for all us older students to party with the new ones (and, at some point during the evening, realize that we might be getting a bit old).

Britannica's gulissitz 2013

As soon as the board has had its first meeting for this academic year (which will be within two weeks' time, for sure) the dates for these events will be published, so STAY TUNED! In order to keep yourselves updated, you can:

- Keep an eye on this blog, where we will make posts about all upcoming events
- Join Britannica's Facebook group, where events will be shared as soon as they're created
- When you're at the department, check Britannica's notice board
- If you're already a Britannica member, check your e-mail

SEE YOU SOON!

xoxo
Board of Britannica