Hi up there,
The beginning of the winter seemed to be snowless and frostless, but recently it seems that Mother Nature takes its power back. It started to be around -20-30 C already last weekend and such kind of weather will still continue during this week. Today the students of University of Eastern Finland organized a crazy outdoor even is such bloody cold weather which is called “Räkäposkella”, even more crazy thing is last for 12 hours starting at 7 a.m. in the morning. So, you probably can imagine starting in the dark and finishing in the dark. There couple of rules in this skiing relay, the winner is a team with maximum number of laps counted by judges. Maximum number of team members is 12, however if you are really “sisu” you can even do 12 hours one-man-relay.
I just found out an interesting information which might be useful for some of you. A call for CBU Master’s Programme in Forestry and Environmental Engineering (FEE) is open. The call for applications for CBU FEE at the University of Eastern Finland will be still open until 16th March 2012. There will be CBU scholarships (500 EUR/month) available for the five best applicants in the application round 2012-2014. These scholarships are for the students who do not have any other scholarships of funding for their studies. Applicants do not need to apply for these scholarships separately. Please hurry up with your applications!
First forestry students were accepted to this programme in 2007 and this year the students will be chosen already 5th time. Surprisingly the CBU FEE will offer students a scholarship first time starting from this year. Previously CBU provided only partial support for students, but this time the incredible opportunity is offered to the students.
Please distribute this information further to the potential applicants who can be interested. More details can be found on http://www.uef.fi/cbu-fee/news
