Important to know right now
Additional application round for tutoring 12.-20.1.2026
APPLY TO BE A TUTOR NOW! Did you miss the autumn tutor search? Are you just now getting interested in tutoring? Don’t worry! The Student Union is organizing an additional application round for tutors on 12.-20.1.2026. We are looking for tutors especially in the...
Student union membership fee as of January 1, 2026
At its annual meeting on November 27, 2025, the representative council of the student union SAMMAKKO decided to raise the membership fee. The prices that will come into effect on January 1, 2026, are: semester (= 0.5 years) 19 € academic year (= 1 year) 33 € The...
SAMMAKKO trustees for 2026 have been selected
SAMMAKKO trustees for 2026 Chair of the Representative Council: Erika Paju Vice Chair of the Representative Council: Sofia Mikola Chair of the Board: Atte Mannila Vice Chair of the Board: Katja Kalevo SAMMAKKO Board Members: Emmi Jänisoja Iina Vastamäki Ea Joensuu...
Bulletin regarding the schedule of the new ballot box election
The new ballot box election The Central Election Committee has confirmed the date for the new ballot box election at its meeting. The new ballot election will be held as following: – Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm in Pori – Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm in Rauma –...
Bulletin regarding the result of the representative elections
Today, November 5, 2025, the Central Election Committee rejected the results of the representative council election. The number of votes cast in the ballot box did not match the number of votes registered in Valpuri (the electronic voting system), so it was decided at...
Suvi Savola joins SAMOK’s board for 2026
Suvi Savola, newly elected to SAMOK's union board for 2026, with a rose at the federal assembly. SAMOK acts as the national representative of students at universities of applied sciences. SAMOK works to ensure that students' voices are heard by decision-makers and...
Electronic Advance Voting for the Representative Council Elections is Now Open
Election schedule 🗓️ Electronic advance voting: October 13 at 9:00 am – November 2, 2025 at 12:00 pm. 🗓️ Ballot box voting on campuses: 📍 Kuninkainen campus, Huittinen, November 3, 2025, 11 am – 2 pm 📍 Kankaanpää campus, November 3, 2025, 11 am – 2 pm 📍 SAMK campus...
Peer Tutoring Pilot Model Supports Online and Multiform Students
Peer Tutoring Pilot Model Supports Online and Multiform Students Maiju Tyni (39) and Sandra Aalto (28) have served as peer tutor trainers in SAMK’s pilot project, which developed a new model to support online and multiform students. Both have themselves completed...
Tutor search 2025 is now open!
SAMMAKKO tutoring You surely remember your own tutors from your first days at SAMK. Tutors welcome new students during orientation week. In addition, the tutors organize various events, really everything from one-on-one guidance to groupings and theme days to group's...
Representative Council’s Election Nomination Period Extended Until 6.10.
Anyone studying at SAMK in a degree programme can stand as a candidate in these elections! Candidates must be members of student union SAMMAKKO. Membership must be paid no later than noon on the closing date for nominations. The nomination period runs from 1 to 29...
SAMMAKKO Adventure Trips to Lofoten and Saariselkä
SAMMAKKO Adventure Trips to Lofoten and Saariselkä Lofoten trip info: Date: 29.9. - 5.10.2025 Price: starting at 409 € (cheaper for SAMMAKKO members) Where to join? Read more and join us here. Saariselkä trip info: Date: 23. - 29.11.2025 Price: starting at 379 €...
The Board of SAMMAKKO was supplemented at the Representative Council’s meeting
Donna Suominen joins the Board of SAMMAKKO In the Representative Council's meeting on Tuesday last week, the council voted Donna Suominen to complete SAMMAKKO's Board for the rest of the year 2025. Donna is a 25-year-old, second-year mechatronics student. 🔧🎓 "I...
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