The new students have arrived, a warm welcome to all of you!

Today was the introduction day, and so the start of the novisch period we have all been waiting for. Hundreds of nervous novisches got to meet their new classmates, as well as their mentors. This year’s theme of the period is “The Treasure Quest”, and info about the period can be found either in the novisch booklet or on the Facebook page. We suggest that you like the Facebook page, as it will be updated during the period.

During this two and a half week period, the four teams (BÖÖL, GLuFS, LEMUR and SNYS) will compete for a giant treasure chest in various competitions, so good luck to all of you! Also, if you were not able to attend today’s events, you are more than welcome to show up on the other activities. The schedule can be found in the links above.

A warm welcome to all of you new students at the Faculty of science. Congratulations for being accepted to Lund university.

This is LUNA, the science student union. We are here to help you with whatever you may need during your time here in Lund. As a student union we monitor your education, voice your opinions towards the university, and arrange social activities throughout the year.

Here on our webpage www.lundsnaturvetarkar.se you find lots of useful information. You can reach us on Facebook as “Lunds Naturvetarkår – LUNA” or e-mail luna@luna.lu.se. Follow us on Instagram @naturvetarkaren. Our office is located in the Astronomy Building.

Remember to accept you offer to study on www.antagning.se no later than July 29^th.

If you are looking for housing we recommend you register to AF Bostäder at www.afbostader.se straightaway for student accommodation hosted by the Academic society or at www.bopoolen.nu for second hand housing.

Another useful thing to obtain is a membership in Studentlund. This will allow you to become a member of the union and join a nation, more information on that is found at www.studentlund.se.

Of course we want our students to be introduced to the university in the best way possible, therefore we arrange a novisch period for you as first time student. This will be a time filled with fun activities, opportunities to make new friends, and to learn about your upcoming university studies. Be sure to like “Treasure Quest LUNA Novisch 2016” on Facebook and check the webpage under the “Novisch – new in Lund” tag for more information.

Do not hesitate to contact us or stop by for a cup of coffee.

At the faculty’s graduation ceremony in the university building on June 5th the Science Student Union awarded Åke Lindström with the pedagogical prize and Ricardo Guillén with the honorary prize. See the motivations below. Congratulations!

Åke Lindström, Professor in Biodiversity, Dept. of Biology

For being an extraordinary and inspiring lecturer as well as the course coordinator for the Nature Conservation course at the department of Biology, the Pedagogical prize of 2016 is awarded to professor Åke Lindström. The Nature Conservation course is said to be one of the most beloved courses at the Department of Biology, and much of it can be attributed to Åke who with great passion and enthusiasm coordinates the course. Åke has been a great source of inspiration to many students throughout their education by encouraging them to get interested and aware of the surrounding environment.

Åke also sees the value in discussions and the effects it haves on the student’s learning. He always have an interesting question in his back pocket, ready to start reflections and promote a student based learning climate. All students should be able to take part of the pedagogical qualities that Åke personify, and therefore he is well worthy the Pedagogical prize.

Ricardo Guillén, IT technician at the Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Ricardo consistently provides IT support to all students and staff. He usually responds to emails and personally comes to assist you within an hour. Many students have not noticed that he actually works only three days a week at the department because his responses are so timely.

Ricardo has been particularly supportive of the work of SNG (Studierådet för naturgeografer och geologer). For example he has assisted with the development of the department student guide and its distribution over the webpages. Furthermore he helped promote the SNG alumni pages and the development of a mailing list of work and phd opportunities for students. Through his work he has contributed to reducing the gap between studying and industry placement. Ricardo is always friendly and very approachable. Staff depends on him to advertise news in the department on the webpage and department facebook page. The facebook page is especially important for increasing student awareness of department activities. Moreover, Ricardo has helped and promoted SNG by giving SNG its own computer account with free printing for posters and other documents.

Ricardo is essential for the smooth running of the department of Physical Geography and ecosystem analysis.

It is time to nominate to the pedagogical and honorary prize!

The pedagogical prize is given to an outstanding lecturer. The lecturer should understand that different students learn differently, be there for their students, make the students enthusiastic to the subject and take into account the students opinions about the course. The LUNA Pedagogical Prize is one of many ways to respect the pedagogical power, and it is now time to nominate teachers to the award of 2016. A teacher can only win the prize once, see the previous winners here: https://goo.gl/RlrydS.

The honorary prize is awarded to an employee or a group of employees at the Faculty of Science that has made the studies easier for students or works to strengthen the student voice.

The nominations will be decided upon by the union board, and your nomination is important! Read more and nominate through this link: http://goo.gl/forms/chyLDVRnm4. The last day to nominate is May 6th! Your nomination can be either in English or Swedish!

If you have any questions please send them to ordf@luna.lu.se.

Best regards,

The union presidium

Dear members of the science student union,

Here you find the documents to the elective parliament meeting (val-RK) (2016-04-27).

If you have any questions send them to the president Julia Weber on ordf@luna.lu.se.

Agenda_RK4.pdf

Att_1_Minutes RK3.pdf

Att_2a_Nominations_nomination_committee.pdf

Att_2b_Nominations_mentor_committee.pdf

Att_2c_Vacant_posts.pdf

Att_2d_Counter_candidatures.pdf

Best regards,

The union presidium

Download (PDF, 372KB)

LUNA’s Environment, Health and Safety Committee would like to investigate the psychosocial health of the science students. The survey takes only 5 minutes and it is really appreciated if as many science students as possible fill it out. All answers are anonymous. By filling out the survey you help us to help you to get a better student working environment. Just use the link below to get to the survey. The survey is available until May 1st.

https://lundsnaturvetarkar.typeform.com/to/Ullrqp

Dear union members,

The nomination committee have now decided upon the nominations to the elective parliament meeting for the academic year of 16/17 according to the minutes published below. The elective parliament meeting is on April 27^th at 17:00.

Nomination committee minutes 160413.pdf

The adjusted minutes can be seen at the union office.

There are many vacant posts!

If you would like to counter candidate to a post either nominated as vacant or where there is a nominated candidate please send your candidature to valb-ordf@luna.lu.se no later then April 20th at 23:59.

Read more about the posts that are vacant and all post descriptions here: 

Posts in the Science Student Union 16:17.pdf

On the 3rd of October 2016 the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Committee (JoL) will host a theme day together with Medicinska Föreningen and Teknologkåren. The main act in the late afternoon (currently being planned) will be avaliable for the three unions’ members, but in the committee we want to plan a special day for LUNA members exclusively. The theme is anything related to gender equality and equal treatment, and it will be a day of activities directed towards students.
The committee is now looking for students who want to be a part of the planning and execution of this day, a day that will be completely awesome if you choose to participate! It will require some extra work approximately 4-5 meetings this spring and a little more intense September, and additional research outside of the meeting. We strongly believe this will be the coolest and most inspiring thing this year that JoL will arrange, and it would be fantastic if you would join us!
To join – and for more information – contact the Union JoL Chairpersons Hanna Thosteman or Johan K. Jensen to be added into the Facebook group (jol@luna.lu.se).