Academic Association & Tunas
History
The Academic Association of the University of Algarve (AAUAlg) was created on October 1, 1997.
With national notoriety and an increasingly active participation in the country's associative movement, AAUAlg has been improving its structure, spaces and services, in order to make available to students, as well as to the entire academic community , the best study and working conditions.
The areas he takes care of are essentially Pedagogy and Educational Policy; Social Action and Solidarity; Employability, Entrepreneurship and Professional Opportunities; Communication and Marketing; Student Organizations (nuclei and autonomous sections); Sport; Academic Culture and Tradition; Events.
Noteworthy are some important events for students, which the Academic Association also organizes, such as the Academic Week, the Freshman Reception and the Academic Arraiais.
The various bodies are made up of students, elected annually, who work with students in a variety of ways.
Services Provided
Restoration
AAUALG currently manages 2 restaurant spaces.
With hot and complete meals and cafeteria service work:
- Bar-restaurant of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Campus da Penha;
- Bar-restaurant of the wooden pavilions, Campus de Gambelas.
Reprography
The stores / copy center, in a total of two, distributed on the campuses of Penha and Gambelas, allow the sharing of information between teachers and students, as well as the printing of works, possible from home.
In stores / copy centers it is also possible to purchase badges, course tapes, finalist folders, pins, cans for tapes, t-shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts, among other items.
Sports Office
In promoting an active and healthy life, the Sports Office organizes an annual program of physical and sports activities called “Faz Esporte” for the entire academic community. This program is based on 4 different areas, internal competition (Rector trophies), external competition (competitions within the scope of the Academic Federation of University Sports), group classes and events.
Regarding internal competition, the rector's trophies are streamlined in the Football 11, Futsal, Football 7, Karting and Table Tennis modalities.
To participate in FADU competitions, they promote training in the collective modalities of Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Futsal, Handball and Rugby.
With regard to events, the highlights are the Campus on Holidays for children aged six to twelve (Easter and Summer) and the sports aspect of the UAlg Summer Courses, in addition to the organization of several FADU events.
There is also the possibility to participate in group classes and try out Zumba, Fitness Lunch, Tai Chi / Chi Kung, Pilates and even water sports like Surf and Bodyboard, among others.
More information on the official AAUAlg page at www.aaualg.pt
Tunas
Alongside this experience of associativism, we offer you the unique opportunity to live a centuries-old tradition: to integrate one of UAlg's tunas and perpetuate the academic spirit. At your choice you have the Versus Tuna - Academic Tuna from the University of Algarve, Feminis Ferventis - Female Academic Tuna from the University of Algarve, Real Tuna Infantina - Mixed Academic Tuna from the University of Algarve, Tunabebes - Academic Tuna from the Campus of Portimão and a Enfartuna - Nursing Tuna from the University of Algarve.
In a night between glasses and conversation, as all tunas are born, three renowned members of this academy launch the idea of the foundation of an academic tuna: José Artur Melo, Rogério Alexandre Simões Leal and João Carlos Rocha Catarino. They were joined by an honorable group of colleagues, thus meeting the conditions for the formation of the Versus Tuna - Academic Tuna of the University of Algarve.
On the night of November 28th to 29th, 1991, as a rehearsal, there was a serenade that turned out to be Tuna's first public appearance, even without the existence of a respective costume. The official presentation of Versus Tuna takes place on May 7, 1992, the day that marks for posterity the use of the first academic attire from the University of Algarve.
In 1999 he organized the I Fartuna - Iberian Festival of Academic Tunas. In 2000, during the second edition, this time under the name of Festival of Academic Tunas in the City of Faro, he edited a CD with the participation of the various tunas present in this edition. During the year of 2012 framed in the celebrations of its 20th anniversary it edits a DVD of the XIV Fartuna. This festival is organized annually and is now in its fifteenth edition.
For 20 years, many bohemians and troubadours proudly wore the University of Algarve's attire, following the tuna in different parts of the country and beyond borders.
Essay: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:30 pm, in the garages of the Pedagogical Complex of Campus da Penha.
Contacts: E-mail: versustuna@gmail.com http://versustuna.blogspot.pt/ https://www.facebook.com/Versus.Tuna
Feminis Ferventis - Tuna Académica Feminina at the University of Algarve was founded on December 10, 1992, by a group of girls from various schools and colleges at the University of Algarve who wanted to fill a gap in the academic environment.
Its first performance took place, however, on March 24, 1993, on the occasion of Student Day, in the now defunct Tasca do Estudante, in Faro, serving as a motto every year for the celebrations of the Anniversary of Tuna. From then on, until today, Feminis Ferventis never stopped. They sing and enchant those who want to see and hear them, in different parts of mainland Portugal and Islands, always with the same joy and desire to animate and transmit the spirit that characterizes the people of the Algarve. Wearing the standard attire of the University of Algarve, early on they adopted a garment that only characterizes us, distinguishing them from all other students, the cullotes they wear under their skirts. Among them they are distinguished by the color of the ribbon of the cullotes, being the white ribbon used by Projeto a Caloiras, blue by the Caloiras and orange, color of Feminis Ferventis, used by the many noble Tunantes of this Tuna.
Until the recording of the first CD - Feminis Ferventis -, in 1997, it was a skip, followed by the second, Encantos, in 2001. Both are characterized by the mostly original and traditional Portuguese repertoire, a tradition that this Tuna likes to keep. In 2003, a dream came true: Feminis Ferventis organized the I Moura Encantada - Festival of Female Tunas in the Algarve. He quickly became “the boy of our eyes” and, in 2010, Moura Encantada took a new stage: the Teatro das Figuras. In 2012, the X Moura Encantada was held. On December 18, 2010, Feminis Ferventis took another important step in its history as Tuna. This was the date of her Brotherhood with TUFES - Tuna Feminina Scalabitana from ESE de Santarém, as a result of the good relations and great friendship between the two tunas. Having already traveled Portugal from North to South, in the most diverse areas (always accompanied by her beloved Asunción, our usual scepter and oldest Tunante of this Tuna), Feminis Ferventis continues today to sing and enchant with the same claw and willingness with which he did it twenty years ago.
"May the music throb in your hearts and show in a wide smile." Feminis Ferventis
Essay:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8 pm to 10 pm, at the Pedagogical Complex of Campus da Penha.
Contacts:
E-mail: feminisferventis@gmail.com
http://feminisferventis.pt/
https://www.facebook.com/feminisferventisualgarve/
Founded on May 15, 1995, Real Tuna Infantina is made up of students from UAlg and includes elements of both sexes.
They cultivate the academic spirit and come together to foster that same spirit. They are based on the pride of belonging to the Academy, they contribute to its development and actively participate in its activities, in addition to trying to transmit to other students a good image of this University.
Essay:
Wednesdays, starting at 8 pm, in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Economics at the Gambelas Campus.
Contacts:
E-mail: infantina@hotmail.com
http://infantina.blogspot.pt/
https://www.facebook.com/rtinfantina
It all started with a small group of friends who liked to sing the academic life, it was the 95/96 school year.
They then remembered to form a Tuna with the name “Handa ká prá ki” - Tuna Académica de Portimão, but due to the lack of instrumentalists the project did not succeed. As the desire to create a Tuna was too strong, courage never abandoned the students of the then Pole of Portimão who, once again in 96/97, formed a Tuna called “Portunis Cantantis”, but fado was repeated and the project, again failed. The academic year 97/98 took place when will and courage were combined with instrumental knowledge, thus overcoming the sad fate of previous years. Finally Tuna avenges with the name "Polis Portuna" and it can be said that this was the year of affirmation of a group of friends like Tuna.
In the following year, 98/99, the lack of agreement in relation to the name of the same, leads once again to its change, becoming definitively the TunaBebes - Tuna Académica of the Campus of Portimão. Since then, TunaBebes has done everything in its power to bring and elevate the good name of the University of the Algarve and the traditions of this rich Algarve Region. At the Portimão Campus itself, TunaBebes has a fundamental role, as it acts in symbiosis with the Academic Association and with the Pedagogical Center of Portimão, as a way of “forgetting the size of the Campus”. The “size” problem is an issue that concerns TunaBebes. Since just over one hundred students enter a year, there is much less chance of entering someone with musical knowledge, so they are betting on the musical training of their Tunantes, in order to meet their needs.
The attempt to always do better in qualitative terms, to spread the academic spirit and the relations between tunantes, never failing to exalt this noble region is the main objective.
Contacts:
E-mail: tunabebes@gmail.com
http://tunabebes.com/index.htm
The Enfartuna - Nursing Tuna of the University of Algarve appeared on June 14, 2011, the result of the will and effort of some Nursing students, music lovers, as a way to overcome the absence of a Nursing Tuna in our very noble University .
It is with special pride that since then they have worked hard to develop themselves as a tuna and to remain united, because when Enfartuna was formed, only a minority of elements played instruments. Nowadays and after a great effort, practically all the elements have learned to play in favor of a greater instrumental diversity. They strive to fulfill the greatest purpose: to take the good name of the University of Algarve and Nursing around the world, spreading the academic spirit, good music, joy and bohemian life, of course!
Essays
Mondays and Thursdays, at 6:30 pm, in the auditorium of the Escola Superior de Saúde (ESSUAlg).
Contacts:
E-mail: enfartuna@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/Enfartuna
