LUNA – a visionary future

Universum was filled with active LUNA with big dreams for the union, and their ideas were many. The board hosted a Vision Workshop for all LUNA members, with the aim to gather ideas for future union work and to see what the members find important. The interest for this was great. Members of most student councils were present and everyone took their chance to express their thoughts about how the union should be and not be.

During the evening, discussions was held about what the long term goal of LUNA should be and how the union could gather more members. Passionate ideas about having more social events for active members, and  a future education where you can choose to have all courses whenever you want, and the possibility to have them all in English. Furthermore some more concrete ideas were brought up, such as creating a committee with the task to host smaller social events for all LUNA members and to work for removal of grades on group work all over the faculty.

The discussions lasted until late that night, and there were lots of thoughts brought back home. The operational year has almost come to an end, but the union work has definitely not done that. There is a lot left to work on to make sure that the students at the faculty of science have the best university time that is possible. And the union has both ideas about what to do and members who want to do it. It will be really interesting to follow LUNA during the upcoming operational year!

You can contact the Information Committee at info@luna.lu.se. If you want to find out more about the union, you are always welcome to stop by the union office or simply browse our webpage. You can contact the union via this form (you can be anonymous) or by e-mail at luna@luna.lu.se.

On May 23rd the Faculty of Science approved the by LUNA proposed faculty-wide decision on anonymous exams for all written exams. The union has worked on this for a long time and it has finally happened. The implementation starts from autumn 2018.

Read more about the work of the Education Committee (UU) here.

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A sporty Skvalborg celebration!

It is Skvalborg 2018, the sun is shining and Borgarparken is filled with LUNA members. They sit down together, they talk to each other and they enjoy the beautiful weather. But even though there is a nice, friendly atmosphere, it is possible to feel the upcoming competition.  It is time for the annual Absurd Student council Olympics, ASO, and this year have the Sports Committee and the Party Committee together planned three events for the teams to compete in; soap games, volleyball and reduction ball.

The teams for the day are the same as during the Novisch Period. LEMUR, SNYS, GLuFS and BÖÖL competes against each other, and even though the size of the teams differ, the hype is real in all of them. Some of the teams have even brought mascots for this special events. But the day is more than just a competition. Between the events  are there time for barbeque, ice cream eating and lots of laughs with good friends. So when the sun suddenly disappears and LEMUR has won the grand prize, the Champinjon, for the second year in a row, everyone can leave the park in a good mood and feel prepared for a wonderful weekend filled with Valborg celebrations.

The Information Committee hopes that you all have had a nice Valborg and are ready for the last month of school before the summer!

You can contact the Information Committee at info@luna.lu.se. If you want to find out more about the union, you are always welcome to stop by the union office or simply browse our webpage. You can contact the union via this form (you can be anonymous) or by e-mail at luna@luna.lu.se.

After two long sessions on Tuesday the 17th and Friday the 19th, the union parliament has elected the everything from the next union presidium and board to all of the many student representatives in both the faculty and in external roles. You can find all of the results on the election page.

Among the many positions we find the union presidium. During the tuesday elections, parliament decided to elect Hanna Sjö and Eric Moberg to President and Vice President respectively. Congratulations!

The new presidium term of office begins July 1st.

What should I choose?

The spring has come, and with that is it also time to decide which courses you should take during the upcoming fall. The 16th of April is the last day to apply, and since there are lots of courses to choose from, it might not be the easiest thing to do. The decision is extra hard for those who shall decide which master program they want to start in September. The student council for environmental scientists, MYS, wanted to help out and arranged an evening with information about the different masters programs given at their institution.

It was a mixed group of students from all three grades at the bachelor program who showed up in the Ecology building when the evening was about to start, all interested to hear which possibilities the institution could offer for their future and to be able to ask questions. The evening began with a short presentation of the programs are given at the institution, which in total is four different programs whereof one of them has four different specializations. After the introduction, teachers that are involved in the respectively programs held further presentation of the different courses that are included in the master programs. The attendees of the night was also able to ask whatever questions that might come up regarding the programs and a future as master student.

After thorough presentation of all the master programs and discussions of questions like; “How hard is it to get accepted to the different programs?” and “Which courses should i choose if I want them to combine with my bachelor in a good way?” was it finally time for some well deserved fika. Meanwhile chewing on a cake or a sandwich was it also possible to continue the questioning, both to the previous speakers as well as to current master students who attended the evening just to answer questions. All of this summed up to a little bit less confused environmental scientists that left the Ecology building that night, even though they still had a big decision in front of them. A decision which they have to take before the 16th of April. The information committee wishes you good luck with your own choices of courses; do not forget to apply before the 16th of April!

You can contact the Information Committee at info@luna.lu.se. If you want to find out more about the union, you are always welcome to stop by the union office or simply browse our webpage. You can contact the union via this form (you can be anonymous) or by e-mail at luna@luna.lu.se.

The Nomination Committee has announced their nominations for positions within the union for the working year of 2018/19. Nominations and detailed information on everything regarding the election is found here.

The deadline for counter candidatures is Thursday, April 12th at 17.00. If the parliament opens up for free nominations, one can candidate directly at the meetings. More information on counter candidatures can be found here.

The elections will take place Tuesday, April 17th and Thursday, April 19th. Both meetings start at 17.15 in Universum in the Astronomy Building.

• The first meeting will elect presidium, Head of Corporate Relations, and the union board.
• The second meeting will elect the remaining positions.

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A public hearing of presidium candidates will take place Friday, April 13th at 15.00 in Lundmarksalen in the Astronomy Building. You can follow the election process on Facebook.

We are very sad to have to announce that the ATLAS Career Fair 2018 will be canceled despite the hard work that has been done by the Corporate Relations Committee (CRC) during the year. ATLAS is a long term project for the union and will return for 2019. During the spring semester, the Corporate Relations Committee will be working on smaller events for the individual student councils instead. Details regarding the cancellation and its consequences for the union can found in the parliament minutes from the third parliament meeting of 2018 once they are made available publicly.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through our email or by visiting us during office hours.

Finally it was time, time to enter AF-borgen for a glorious ball. The hype before was real; the tickets sold  out in just a few minutes and the ball committee kept up their admirable work for months to prepare everything. And suddenly, the big day had come, the day at UTOPIA.

Snow fell from the sky when the attendees entered the building, and there were no sight of a scanish spring. However, the welcoming atmosphere inside AF-borgen kept all thoughts about the cold weather away and replaced them with joy and laughter. Well dressed people in tailcoats and wonderful gowns talked to each other and took photos in different constellations in front of a glittery photo wall, before it was time to get seated.

Inside the dining hall, five tables were beautiful decorated with flowers and candles. The attendees were soon seated and the dinner started of with a piece of pie for starter, accompanied with some sort of table gift for most guest. That means a little present you give to the person sitting next to you, so there is something to play with if the dinner gets boring. So meanwhile the hunger grew when waiting for the main course, people where playing games, painted portraits of each other with colourful pens in songbooks, and ate the delicious chocolate that were found inside their presents. And of course, they were singing songs. Because, even though it is not allowed to burst out in spontaneous singing during a ball, you are more than welcome to sing along when the ballmasters says it is time to do so.

When the dinner was finished, after delicious food and lovely speeches, it was time again. Time for the traditional walz to live music. Time to dance all night long to the tunes of fission ships. Time to have a wonderful evening together with fantastic LUNA friends at UTOPIA.