[ELSA] #4 – Vivapoly 2025 THIS Thursday 22nd – Surveys + Upcoming + Open Position + Fees

🎉🍻🥤Vivapoly 2025 – THIS THURSDAY 22nd May

The largest celebration of campus for the end of the course session. Drinks, Food, Music, Dance! 

Come meet the volunteers and commitees of ELSA, Polydoc and EPDA.

When: 22.05.2025, 17:00-late (1830 – Free Aperitif offered by EPFL Direction)
Where: ROLEX

Questions: Vivapoly 2025 LINK

Upcoming Events! Stay Tuned!

Q2 Networking Lunch for the Scientific Staff – June 2025 TBA

ELSA-EPDA-Polydoc Summer BBQ – July 2025 TBA

📒💻 Postdoc and PhD Feedback – Have your say!

Postdocs

We know that life as a postdoc comes with its challenges, and we want to make it better for you!

That’s why we’re conducting a 15-20 minutes survey to evaluate your needs.

Your feedback will help us advocate for workshops and improvements that truly matter to you. This is your chance to have your voice heard! 🎤

👉 Take the Postdoc survey here: LINK TO SURVEY

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PhD

PolyDoc, ELSA, and the School Assembly are running a short, anonymous survey to better understand and streamline administrative processes for PhD students.

Share your experience – it only takes a few minutes!

👉 Take the PhD Survey HERE

Open Position – Treasurer 💸

Our current Treasurer will be leaving in the next few months. We are looking for their replacement ad interim. 

Like numbers and finances? Looking to get involved?

What you’ll learn : budget design, cash flow management, use of digital accounting software

Time commitment < 2 hours per month. 

Let us know! Email : Nikita or Kelvin

Past Events

💳📈📉Investment Seminar – April 3 2025

Completely oversubscribed, thanks for all your support! The second edition will already be held for those on the waiting list.

🥪☕️🤝Networking Lunch for the Scientific Staff – April 8th 2025

Thanks for all those that attended, we covered the structure of how EPFL and our associations are structured. Thank you for all your comments. Next edition will be held in June! Stay Tuned

📤📆Chomage for Non-EU/EFTA – May 6th 2025

Our first ever edition covering Chomage related issues for Non-EU/EFTA scientific staff. Due to extended interest we will design a new session with a focus on EU/EFTA scientifc staff. 

Be Heard! – Consultations

EPFL launches Consultations many times per year. Your viewpoints are requested for many changes.

Consultation on the “Target Agreement 2025- 2028” – Our comments have been responded to LINK (scroll bottom for comments from Presidency)

Membership Fees 2025 Due

Our membership fees are for each calendar year.

All members who are on our membership list and have not paid yet for 2025 will receive a reminder shortly for their dues

Future Events

If you want to stay updated on all upcoming events, join our Slack channel (its for free!) and check out elsa.epfl.ch.
See you soon!

Your ELSA Committee