Study Association via

Hi all. The new academic year has just started. Super fun to see all the familiar faces again, and get to know new freshmen! Hopefully you are settling back into the studying rhythm well.

But of course studying is not the only way to learn, because of course coordinating a committee, besides being a lot of fun, is also very educational! So if you're sitting around hesitating to take up something new, this is your chance! We have many great committees that are waiting for a new coordinator.

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The volunteer poster list is looking for volunteers! To promote activities, via has a volunteer poster list. This list consists of members who would like to help make posters and slides for promotion of various activities.

Anyone can be on this poster list! If you already have years of experience with Canva, but also if you would like to learn! Be sure to take a look at the different posters of the activities to see what great things can be made. Are you interested? Then send an email to poster@svia.nl to sign up!

Chess is becoming increasingly popular and we have already got many children enjoying playing chess. To introduce even more children to chess, Aan Zet! new teachers.

WHO ARE WE? Aan Zet! organises chess lessons mainly at (primary) schools and BSOs. With some 30 teachers, mostly students, and 100 locations in Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden, we try to get everyone playing chess.

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Would you like to get a better look at the economic world within IT? Improve your professional skills? And of course boost the via coffers a bit? 🫰 Then join the Acquisariat!

The Acquisariat is a committee within via responsible for maintaining and expanding the association's business contacts. We have direct contact with companies, so we can arrange fat things for students, such as organising lectures, setting up activities, and providing goodie(bag)s!

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Are you curious about a board year?

Are you thinking about taking up a board role next year, but not quite sure yet whether it's something for you? Or would you first like to discover exactly what a board year entails and what it can bring you? Either way, we would love to help you!

Send an email to: soco-25@svia.nl

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Think with us about international collaboration

I would like to invite you to join the UvA this week to actively think through ethical and moral aspects of international scientific collaboration, in particular collaboration between the UvA and partners located in war zones or areas where human rights are being violated.

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We are looking for motivated Masters' students that want to assist with labs, participate and grade in the SNE (Security and Network Engineering) Master program. In particular: -The TAs will work approximately 1 or 2 days per week (flexible upon discussion) and they need to be present in lab sessions -They will organize the lab sessions for courses like SSN (Security of Systems and Networks), CIA (Classical Internet Applications), LS (Large Systems) and INR (InterNetworking and Routing) and they will actively assist SNE students in completing them -They will help with grading the lab assignments based on rubrics -Any experience of the TAs with the Master of SNE, Computer Science, VUSec or a related MSc with some exposure in networks, security or distributed systems is encouraged For more information, just contact Kostas Papagiannopoulos: k.papagiannopoulos@uva.nl

The Kelder Committee of via ensures that the Kelder (our association room in room L0.04 in LAB42) is in excellent condition every day and that the stock is kept up. Thus, the Kelder Committee ensures that all members of via can get their cup of coffee, a tasty snack, a delicious beer or a carton of milk in the Kelder every day. It is also up to the Kelder Committee to advise on new products in the Kelder, to repair broken items, and above all to help people with questions get answers. Basically a jack-of-all-trades!

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1st and 2nd year Computer Science students beware! Will you make students enthusiastic about studying Computer Science at the UvA next year? Then become a student information officer. You will talk about your experience in the program at schools and open days.

Flexible working hours, often in the evening. €14.58 per hour. Interested? You can still apply! https://student.uva.nl/artikelen/2024-help-scholieren-de-juiste-studie-kiezen-als-studentvoorlichter

Have you always wanted to take photos at events with a professional camera? Then we are looking for you!

We are seeking enthusiastic photographers who enjoy taking photos at our events. Whether you have experience or not, everyone is welcome. We have no high expectations; the most important thing is that you enjoy photography!

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