The Board
The Board of Medicinska Föreningen (MF) is the executive body that manages the daily activities of the student union. The Board is responsible for MF’s finances and administration, prepares the budget, compiles the annual report, hires employees and determines their terms of employment and decides on various daily matters.
The Board consists of 7-13 members that are appointed by the Union Council (FuM) at FuM’s statutory meeting. The Board answers to FuM and prepares matters that are decided by FuM. The previous year’s President, the Inspector, the chairpersons of MF’s committees and the auditors are invited and co-opted to all Board meetings. The Board may also co-opt others who they consider should be present when dealing with a specific issue.
The Presidium 2020
The Presidium consists of the President and the vice President of MF. They are assigned to represent and speak for MF. The Presidium shall also ensure that decisions made by FuM and the Board are executed.
The President and vice President are renumerated full-time for their positions.
Jessica has been active in MF since 2012 when she first became involved in the Programme Committee (PrU). Within PrU, she took on positions as materials manager, internal minister, patches manager and vice chairperson of 2015.
At the beginning of 2017, Jessica was employed as MF’s administrator, shortly thereafter the premises manager quit and she also took over all work with MF’s rental operations. During the year as an employee at MF, the interest in the administration and organization of the student union was awakened and Jessica has since been a member of the Administation Committee, the Sports Cabin Committee and the Communication Committee. Within the Communications Committee, Jessica has been responsible for the website (still is) and the newsletter Thalamus.
During the year as President, Jessica wants to make MF more visible to all students at KI both on the Solna and Flemingsberg campus and create better meeting places for the members, through the project “Framtidens Kårhus” as well as in MF’s new premises in “Kårridoren” on Campus Flemingsberg. Other mattters of the heart are development of communication and information flow within MF as well as a review of documentation and routines.
Jessica is also human resources manager for MF’s employees.
Fun facts: Jessica was born and raised in the small Finnish-Swedish village of Vörå in Finland. She loves to build large awkward cardboard outfits to walk around in, preferably on a boat with lots of students in overalls “ovvar” from all over Sweden.
Puck started her journey at MF when she joined the Programme Committee (PrU) in 2015. After that a number of different positions followed; in 2016 Puck was vice chairperson of the International Committee, member of the Nominating Committee and the Equal Treatment Commission, in 2017 she joined the Communication Committee and in 2019 she was part of the Election Commission and the board of the Biomedical Educational Section. Puck has also been the secretary of MF both in 2016 and 2019.
Puck is most passionate about the integration of students and documentation. Ever since she started at KI she has been working to make it easier for international and national students to socialize and find each other in the student union. Puck wants MF to feel like the obvious place to go when you want to feel at home on campus. She describes herself as super nerdy when it comes to documentation (“I can sit for hours and organize binders, color-coded excites me!”)
Puck is also assisting human rescoures manager for MF’s employees as well as convening of the MF COVID-19 resource group.
Fun facts: Puck loves everything that has to do with Tolkien and Lord of the Rings. She hasn’t yet been to New Zealand, but she has completed the fellowship quest at the Hobbit pub in Southampton!
Check out what the presidium is up to in Presidiebloggen!
Board members 2020
In addition to the Presidium the 2020 Board consists of MF’s secretary as well as eight Board members. The Board works, besides at the Board meetings, in smaller working groups with specific focus areas. Further down on this page you can read more about the working groups and what they work with. Each Board member is also elected to be the contact person for different committees, commissions, sections and societies of MF to improve the communication and community within MF.
Nursing Programme, T3
Working groups
Our Campuses – Flemingsberg (convening)
Organisation
Contact person for
The Occupational Therapy Section
Nursing Section
Stroket
A Scalpella
Biomedical Laboratory Science Programme – Laboratory Medicine, T4
Working groups
Our Campuses – Solna (convening)
Identity
Contact person for
Biomedical Laboratory Science Section
Biomedical Educational Section
Ölbryggan
Other positions within MF
Chairperson of the Programme Committee
Board representative, Framtidens Kårhus project group
Medical Programme, T4
Working groups
Identity (convening)
Organisation
Contact person for
Doctoral Students’ Section
Fokus
Klimatföreningen
Muslimska Studenter KI
Other positions within MF
Chairperson of the Reception Committee
Medical Programme, T5
Working groups
Health
Our Campuses – Solna
Contact person for
Communication Committee
Culture Committee
Queerolinska
Other positions within MF
Master of spirits, Programme Committee
Borad representative, Framtidens Kårhus project group
Speech and Language Pathology Programme, graduate VT20
Working groups
Student influence (convening)
Our Campuses – Flemingsberg
Contact person for
Audiology Section
Optometry Section
Psychology Programme, T8
Wokring groups
Health (convening)
Student influence
Contact person for
Public Health Section
Physiotherapy Section
Speech and Language Pathology Section
Other positions within MF
Member of the Union Council
Medical Programme, T5
Working groups
Our Campuses – Solna
Health
Contact person for
Business Committee
Sports Committee
Blåslaget
Medical Programme, T5
Working groups
Identity
Health
Contact person for
Psychology Section
Medical Students’ Section
Corpus Karrolina
Flix
Other positions within MF
Chairperson of the Communication Committee
Convening of the MF COVID-19 resource group
Medical Programme, T4
Working groups
Organisation (convening)
Identity
Contact person for
International Committee
Equal Treatment Commission
Studenter i Forskning
Women in Science
Working groups of the Board
Student influence
The student influence group works together with the Presidium and the Chairperson of the Education Council (URO) to strengthen the student influence that MF carries on towards Karolinska Institutet. The student influece group plans to organize information events and education for student representatives as well as create and update MF’s instructions and documents concerning student influence.
Student influence group:
Maryan Muse Mohamed (convening), Pinja Ruuhinen
Health
The health group works primarily with the mental health of the students at KI, for example by organizing events and seminars on mental health. A plan is to organize Mental Health Week like last year.
Health group:
Pinja Ruuhinen (convening), Wilma Lindström, Maya Tourkaman, Julia Starck
Identity
The identity group works with community, membership numbers and the internal and external identity of MF. The identity group is working on the project “Kårakademin”, which will facilitate the continuity and information flow within MF over the years and make it easier for new members to learn about the organisation.
Identity group:
Kaj Li (convening), Ann-Elise Hafvenström, Emmanuel Zavalis, Maya Tourkaman
Organisation
The organisation group performs a thorough review of all MF’s steering documents in order to update them. The organisation group also works with external collaborations and alumni activities at MF.
Organisation group:
Emmanuel Zavalis (convening), Evelyn Olander, Kaj Li
Our Campuses – Solna
The focus for the Solna group is the project Framtidens Kårhus. The renovated union house will be the obvious meeting place for students, alumni, researchers and medical staff. The working group is also planning activities in the union house to increase community among the members.
Solna group:
Ann-Elise Hafvenström (convening), Julia Starck, Wilma Lindström
Our Campuses – Flemingsberg
In early 2020, the Flemingsberg group made the move of MF’s premises in Flemingsberg to the new corridor “Kårridoren” in ANA8 happen. The group is working to increase the community and accessibility of MF among students and the sections at Campus Flemingsberg.
Flemingsberg group:
Evelyn Olander (convening), Maryan Muse Mohamed
