Inauguration of New Professors - Seminarium

Parking on JYU campuses
The University of Jyväskylä uses the eParking app. To make parking in the University area easier, be sure you have the eParking app in use. If you are a JYU student or staff member, log in to the app with your Haka credentials. Visitor parking follows the street parking prices in the area.

A parking session must be marked as started every time a car is parked, regardless of whether it concerns paid or free parking.

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Event venue
The venue for the inauguration of new professors is the Seminarium assembly hall (building S, room S212). You can view the venue on the campus map.

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The dress code for the audience is casual
Casual (also known as "smart casual") is the most casual of the dress codes.

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The inauguration of new professors is part of the academic traditions at the University of Jyväskylä 
The lectures involve academic procedures of which the audience should be aware:

• Doors to the old assembly hall open to the public at 11:30 a.m.
• The audience is expected to be seated at 12:00 noon. According to an old academic tradition, the lectures will start at 12:15 p.m.
• At the beginning of the event, the audience will stand up as the Vice Rector and the new professors enter the room.
• The audience can be seated after the Vice Rector and the new professors have been seated.
• At the end of the event, the audience stands up as the Vice Rector and the new professors leave the room.
• The audience waits in their places until the Vice Rector and the new professors have left the room.
• The audience will then proceed to greet the Vice Rector and the new professors before a coffee service.

The audience can bring gifts to the new professors. The gifts will be given to the professors during the greeting before the coffee service. Gifts can be brought to the assembly hall.

Parking for people with disabilities
Parking for people with disabilities is free of charge in all parking areas on JYU campuses provided that the vehicle has a parking card for people with reduced mobility. There is no need to use the eParking app for parking provided that the vehicle has the parking card in a visible place. Please use primarily parking spaces marked with the wheelchair symbol. These spaces are usually close to the building’s main entrance.

Entrance to the event facility
Guests using wheelchairs and other assistive devices can access the Seminarium assembly hall by elevator, which is located on the 1st floor of Seminarium, near the Science Museum cloakrooms. For entrance, there is a ramp behind the building, at the side of Building A. The door’s threshold is about 50 mm high and the door is 690 mm wide. When necessary, it is also possible to open the adjacent door. If needed, ask the event staff for assistance to enter the assembly hall. There is no reserved places in the old assembly hall.

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Accessibility of the event
An induction loop is available in the Seminarium assembly hall upon request: please inform the event organiser of your need in advance. Sign language interpretation is also available by ordering the service in advance. An accessible restroom is located on the first floor. From the elevator door, go to right through the hallway (about 8 metres) and the restroom is on the left at the end of the corridor.

A smoke-free and fragrance-free campus
Our University is a smoke-free and fragrance-free study and workplace. Refraining from using scented products and complying with the smoke-free policy shows that we all care for our work and study community, and it is also better for our respiratory health. Please arrive at the event fragrance-free.

Other accessibility-related considerations and questions can be submitted to the event organiser by email or phone. Contact information can be found at the bottom of this page.

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It was here, in 1863, that Finnish­-language teacher education began. Since then, the dialogue between research, education and society has been our driving force.

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