VYY recruits new project workers every year to organize various student events. As a project worker, you get valuable event organization experience and new contacts.

Boom City Appro

The Boom City Appro is a student festival for all the students in the Vaasa area, where your mission is to collect stamps from official appro bars to your pub crawl passport, appropass. 

You can apply to become an Approcoordinator on your own or with a friend. The coordinator is responsible for planning, marketing and organizing the event. The coordinator will receive support and assistance from the Student Union office, in particular from the General Secretary and the Communication Specialist. In addition, the coordinator will be assisted by an Appro team, that will be recruited by the coordinator at the beginning of the project.

Tutor Project

The University of Vaasa's tutoring  for new students has been the responsibility of VYY for many years. Every year, VYY hires two tutor coordinators for a part-time position. The coordinators organize the application process for tutor instructor and tutor positions. The purpose of tutoring is to introduce new students to the academic world and student life on campus and in Vaasa as seamlessly as possible. Tutoring is a responsible task, but during the project you will learn a lot and make new friends.

Annual Ball

The annual ball is a fancy and traditional academic table party. Traditionally, VYY's annual ball is held in February. The annual ball coordinator is recruited to plan the party and the accompanying events, to find partners and to organise the event. There are many traditions associated with the celebrations, which you can read more about on the Traditions page.

The student union's highest decision-making body is the 30-member Student Council. It is elected every two years. You can become a RepCo member by standing for election. The RepCo meetings are open to all VYY members, and we stream the meetings on the Student Union's Instagram. So if you are interested in the actions of RepCo, you can come along and follow the meetings.

Read more about Representative Council and RepCo elections! 

In addition to the Representative Council, the Student Union elects a Board each year to be responsible for the operational activities of the Student Union. The Board term is a calendar year, and we look for applications annually in October-November.

In accordance with the University Act, students have representation in the university decision-making bodies. The administration student representatives (also referred to as HallOpEds) in the administrations of the University, VOAS and FSHS are elected every other year. We also occasionally have application periods for administration student representative positions mid-term, as student representatives are relieved of their duties for instance due to graduation.

For more information about the Student Union's organization and possibilities, see the organisation section of our website.

The student organisations also offer a wide range of activities and opportunities to get involved. You can find a list of organisations in the Organisations section of our website.

Every year, the Students Union seeks people to join different teams. Teams are an easy way to gain experience in areas such as event organisation and communication.

In recent years, VYY has had teams such as:

• VYY Events Team
• The VYY annual party team
• BoomCityAppro staff

We will inform about recruiting teams on this page and on the Student Union's social media channels.