FestiWell

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FestiWell are some exciting days full of activities for students, employees and the general public. Linnaeus University celebrates FestiWell on Tuesday 3 May. Welcome to participate in our activities on-site in Kalmar, Sweden, or via zoom!

On Tuesday 3 May, you can listen to Joacim Rosenlund, who lectures on how to make recycling more exciting, for students there will be a workshop on student well-being and there will also be a live concert with our music students in building Stella in Kalmar, Sweden. The day concludes with a panel discussion on the theme globally sustainable well-being. Some of the activities take place via zoom, while others take place on-site, and some are offered in both formats. The lectures in the programme that takes place on-site are held in the University Library in building Stella in Kalmar. The same goes for the concert.

In addition, we have activities for students at 11–14 in buidling Radix in Kalmar on 3 May. Here you can get involved in our mood board and spread your positive vibes to other students. Come to our coffee corner and get free coffee. Here, you can learn more about what EUniWell can offer you as a student, such as lectures and exchange opportunities. We also have games where you can win prizes.

To participate in zoom activities, you must register to get the zoom link. You register for the first week's FestiWell (where our activities are included) via the link here.

The programme for Festiwell on Tuesday, 3 May- on-site at the University Library in Kalmar and via zoom 

09:45–10:00 Welcome to FestiWell at Linnaeus University (Zoom only)
Deputy vice-chancellor Ann-Charlotte Larsson (Lnu) 

10:00–10:45 Creating Well-being through the New European Bauhaus (Zoom only) Joint event with University of Florence and Nantes University.

11:00–11:15 Can recycling be fun? (On-site at the University Library, Kalmar, and on Zoom) Joacim Rosenlund, Senior Lecturer, Lnu

11:30–12:15 Planetary health (On-site at the University Library, Kalmar, and on Zoom) Martin Gren, Chiara Lenza and Master’s students, Lnu

11:00–14:00 Campus activities at building Radix and at the University Library, Kalmar

12:30–13:15 Concert with students from the Linnaeus University music programme (On-site at the University Library, Kalmar, and on Zoom)

13:15–14:00 Student well-being and coping mechanisms (Zoom only)
Workshop for students with Soniya Billore and Lali Lindell (Lnu)

14:15–14:45 When art and science meet, exciting things happen! (Zoom only)
Christina Dahlgren, Director Artium, Lnu

15:00–15:45 Co-creating knowledge towards global sustainable well-being (On-site at the University Library, Kalmar, and on Zoom) Panel conversation with Q&A

(Note: You must register to participate via zoom)

 

Activities in Växjö on Wednesday 4 May

On Wednesday 4 May, our music students give a concert live at 12: 30–13: 15 in building K in Växjö, Sweden. Our activities for students are on-site in building K at 11-14. Here you can get involved in our mood board and spread your positive vibes to other students. Come to our coffee corner and get free coffee. Here, you can also get to know more about what EUniWell can offer you as a student, such as lectures and opportunities for exchanges. We also have games where you can win prizes. 

Europe Day 9 May

On Europe Day on 9 May, we have a joint programme under FestiWell. Linnaeus University's Lali Lindell talks about "Inner development goals for sustainable peace and well-being", and we can also listen to "Decolonizing Academia" with Rahab Njeri from the University of Cologne. In addition, we have “Spotlight on Mobility Opportunities” and we do a tour of all our eight campuses. Read more about the programme for Europe Day here. (link)

FestiWell runs across Europe for two weeks

On 2–13 May, FestiWell will take place at the eight universities that make up the European University EUniWell. You are very welcome to participate in the activities from the other universities as well. You can find the entire programme on EUniWell's website. 

If you want to participate in the first week's FestiWell activities, you must register via the link here.

If you want to participate in the activities during the second Festiwell week, you need to register here. 

Learn more about EUniWell

EUniWell (European University for Well-being) consists of eight European universities that have entered into a strategic university-wide collaboration. You can read more about EUniWell here.

The universities included in EUniWell are: Birmingham, Great Britain, Cologne, Germany, Firenze, Italy, Leiden, The Netherlands, Murcia, Spain, Nantes, France, Semmelweis, Hungary, and Linnaeus University, Sweden.