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International Coffee Break
On September 17th, the well-being group and the department invited our international staff for a casual coffee break for the start of the new semester.
While enjoying the snacks and coffee, we greeted several new employees and discussed several points with the administrative team (Päivi, Ellen, and Tiina), as well as the head of department Professor Esko Ukkonen. The discussions focus on the international staff, including the language issue of TKTL staff meetings, housing, possible service improvements for arriving staff members, the University welcoming event, Finnish language courses, and the well-being activities. Most of the information highlighted in our discussions can be found at the CS Guide wiki page (https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/csguide/Home) which is maintained by the TKTL well-being group (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/en/bewell). The coffee break ended with a short tour through the Exactum building, showing the most important facilities such as the showers and the occupational health care unit.
Our thanks go to Päivi for organizing this event, Esko and the administrative team for taking the time to join us, and especially to all the international staff members who came and made this event nice and successful.
Here are some more photos of the international coffee break :)
Photos are contributed by Aaron Yi Ding
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