Hi!
Are you going to start your studies at the Faculty of Science this spring? Have you remembered to respond to the admission? Then this is the right place for you, the page for the Science Student Union (sv: Lunds naturvetarkår), LUNA. The Science Student Union works for all science students, making sure that you as a student have a great time in Lund and that your rights are being upheld. As a student at the Faculty of Science and a member of the union you can become active in everything from education monitoring, gender and equality issues and environmental work to career events, parties, sports and game nights.

All new students at the Faculty of Science, both students who start a program or take single courses, are welcome to take part in this year’s novisch period. It will start with an introduction meeting on the 25th of August at 12:00. The novisch period will be adapted to the COVID restrictions, and take place mostly outdoors with fun events almost everyday until September 11th. A few events that are indoors might require a sign-up due to a limited number of tickets.

Studentlund Membership
To be a member of the union and take part in most of the student life in Lund as well as some of the housing options, inkluding AF Bostäder, you must be a member of Studentlund. Studentlund is a collaboration between Unions, Nations and the Academic Society so that one membership can give you access to a wide variety of activities and opportunities. You register for your Studentlund membership at the Studentlund web page. If you have any troubles, contact us in the union and we will help you out.

Finding a Place to Live
It is important to start looking for a place to stay in Lund as soon as possible due to the high demand on student housing here. There is several housing options for student in Lund. You can apply to some of them through the links below:

AF Bostäder, Nations, BoPoolen

LU Accommodation (only international students)

If you have any questions or need help with anything, don’t hesitate to contact the Science Student Union at luna@luna.lu.se. Also, stay tuned for more information about the novisch period and other events here on the website and on our Facebook page.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

The Presidium of the Science Student Union

Tonight, the parliament gathered for its last meeting before summer. During the meeting, the parliament approved upon an operational plan and a budget for the upcoming operational year. Furthermore, the parliament decided to replenish 15 000 SEK and 12 000 SEK respectively to the Special Initiative Fund and the Office Inventory Fund. The parliament did also approve upon seven days vacation for next year’s vice president in July, as well as upon a board decision regarding an election of Hanna Sjö to a working group which will work with visions for basic education at Brunnshög and Sölvegatan. Lastly, the parliament was informed about that the board has finished a handbook for student representatives.

Today, the board convened for its 20th and last board meeting of this operational year. During the meeting, the board approved upon the documents for parliament meeting 6, as well as upon vacation days for the full timers. The board did also decide to buy phones for the full timers, as well as a new camera for the union. Furthermore, the board discussed how to update the board member testament, and how to evaluate our year as the board.

Last but not least, the board decided to change LUNAs covid-19 restrictions. The new restrictions says that it is possible to host meetings and events, as long as they follow the restrictions put up by the government, the public health agency, the region of Scania and Lund university. Currently, this means that we can have smaller outdoor events, but that we can not host indoor events and meetings yet. However, the number of people allowed at both indoor and outdoor events will most likely increase the first of July, meaning that we hopefully can have physical meetings and events during the autumn.

The union office and couch rooms will stay closed over the summer, since Geocentrum II is still a locked building. If you want to get in contact with the presidium, or need to meet up with LUNA for some reason, please send an email to luna@luna.lu.se.

The union board want to thank you all for this year! Hope you get a nice summer, and that we can meet each other again in the autumn!

On Thursday, it is time for the last parliament meeting before summer. All documents for the meeting can be found here. LUNA has not received any candidatures for the by-elections which takes place during the meeting. If you want to counter candidate to a vacant position, please send an email with your counter candidature to valb-ordf@luna.lu.se before 23:59 on Wednesday the 9th of June.

The Science student Union presented the winners of this and last year’s prizes at the weekend’s digital graduation ceremony. The pedagogical and honorary prize is handed out to thank and honor some of those that does great things for the students inside or outside the scheduled hours. 

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LUNA would like to thank all four for their fantastic work for the students! The union board would like to thank all students who sent in great nominations! 

The board has convened for its nineteenth meeting of this operational year. During the meeting, the board discussed the operational plan and budget for the next operational year. There was also discussions about the government’s new covid-19 restrictions, and about the hand over to the next board. Furthermore, the board elected Hanna Sjö to a faculty working group which will work with visions for basic education at Brunnshög. The board did also decide about access for active members at Geocentrum and in the Astronomy building. Furthermore, the board discussed a draft for a student representative handbook, nomination texts to the honorary and pedagogical prize, suggestions for fund provisions and a kick-out activity for the board.

The parliament has convened for another meeting! During the meeting, the following people were elected to positions for the upcoming operational year:

Head of Corporate Relations – Love Olsson

Union Board – Ida Bonnevier Wallstedt

Financial Auditor – Theodor Blom

Education Committee Chairperson – Marwan Mohamed

Information Committee Chairperson – Hanna Sjö

Information Committee Member – Love Olsson

Party Committee Member – Justinas Smertinas

Sports Committee Member – Gaurav Senthil Kumar, Patrik Rocco Uggla, Kanishka Katipearachchi 

Apart from conducting elections, the parliament did also decide upon updates in several regulatory documents. The post descriptions were updated, stating that the position of Head of Corporate Relations from now on is a full time positions. Furthermore, updates in the Directive for the Environmental Committee, the Guideline for Graphical Profile, the Policy for Environmental Work, the Opinion Document, the Guideline for Crisis Management, the Union Regulations and the Policy for Economy and Agreements were approved. The meeting ended with discussions regarding the Operational Plan and Budget for 2021/22, as well as a report from this year’s SFS-FUM.

Parliament meeting 5 will take place on Tuesday the 18th of May. You can find all the documents for the meeting if you follow this link. If you want to counter candidate for any position to the meeting, send an email with your counter candidature to valb-ordf@luna.lu.se before 23:59 on Sunday the 16th of May. To the meeting, the nomination committee has nominated the following persons:

Head of Corporate Relations (1+0): Love Olsson

Education Committee Chairperson (1+0): Marwan Mohamed

Information Committee Chairperson (1+0): Hanna Sjö

Party Committee Member (4+0): Justinas Smertinas

Sports Committee (Sport) Member (4+0): Kanishka Katipearachchi and Patrik Rocco Uggla

LUNA has received the following counter candidacies for the meeting:

Union Board (4+0): Ida Bonnevier Wallstedt

Financial Auditor: (1+1): Theodor Blom

Sports Committee (Sport) Member (4+0): Gaurav Senthil Kumar

The board has met for another board meeting. During this meeting, the operational plan and budget for next year were discussed. The board did also approve upon the documents for parliament meeting five, as well as of three applications to the project fund. The union will buy a party tent, two student hats and a set of LEGO. There are now about 1000 SEK left in the fund. Since the year is going towards its end, the board did also discuss the hand over to next year’s board, as well as a kick-out activity for the current board.

Yesterday, the board convened for another board meeting. During this meeting, the board appointed this year’s winners of the unions honorary and pedagogical prizes, as well as a student speaker to the faculty’s graduation ceremony. The board approved two applications to the union project fund, and decided to order more lab coats. Furthermore, the board discussed the definition of a course representative, as well as the suggested focus matters in next year’s operational plan. There was also discussions regarding updates of the Guideline for Crisis Management. Lastly, the board decided to buy a new fridge/freezer to the union office!