26.03.2021

POKA's Discord turns 1 year!

At POKA's Discord server you can exchange messages or chat with other students!

POKA's Discord offers a wide range of text and talk channels for all members of the community. Over the past year, the coffee room and game room have got alongside many new channels. In honor of the celebration, POKA and the NYT -project are organizing a birthday raffle for all members who joined POKA's Discord server by March 31, 2021. Read the contest rules here.

Share your thoughts, you are not alone

When you land on the Welcome channel, read the POKA’s Discord rules in the attached publication. Then you are ready to start your adventure on the server.

English channels are specially for our international students! You can find all English channels in the International section.

• English channel is the place where you chat about any topic. We also post topical information to the channel.

• Ask anything -text channel, as the name implies, offers the ability to ask anything. The questions are being answered by POKA employees and the board of POKA. If we do not know the answer, we will find out!

• Coffee room -talk channel is open to everyone to have a great chat with others, regardless of the day and time!

• Study circle -voice channel you can participate in a guided study circle or use the channel with your own fellow students for studying together.

We also have few channels where we use Finnish and English as language

• Kahvihuone - coffee room is the place, where you can chat freely on any topic and get topical info. Kahvihuone - coffee room -talk channel offers coffee break on every Monday at 14-14.30.

• Kuraattorin kanava - student welfare officers -talk channel is a place where you can chat with Karelia UAS Student Welfare officer twice a week. Student welfare officer is online on Tuesdays at 8-10 and Thursdays at 12-14.

Fun fun fun - Be a part of the community!

• Hobby corner is a channel where you can share your own hobby tips, find new friends and even put the team together for a hobby.

• On the recipe shelf, you can share your own favorite recipes and discuss food-related topics.

• The Power Songs -text channel is full of bangers! Invite the Groovy bot to play the best songs on the music corner or any other talk channel.

• The game corner and game room complement each other. Game channels are POKA Discord's most used channels. Invite your friends to join in great game sessions!

• IntoAfter -talk channel gathers a group every Wednesday at 16.30-17.30 to spend time with other students on weekly changing themes.

Study field chatting

Study field chatting gathers together the talk channels which are freely available to meet students from your own study field.