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Finlandia University
Inaugural Celebration for President Philip Johnson
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Schedule of Events

8:00 am-2:30 pm
Welcome Center
Please stop here first to collect a schedule and campus map, and chat with students and staff.
Hoover Center Board Room
Refreshments served
8:00 am-2:30 pm
Open Classroom Visits
Entire Campus
Exhibits
8:00 am-7:00 pm
International School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit
Finlandia Gallery
Finnish American Heritage Center
8:00 am-10:00 pm

Local Finnish American Heritage Resources

Finnish Literature in Translation

Aileen and Sulo Maki Library
Wareglin Hall
10:00 am-6:00 pm

Focus on the Finnish Collection

20% off Finnish Collection books
10% off Finnish Functional Design Items

North Wind Books
Refreshments served
Informational Symposia
9:00-9:45 am
Suomi College of Arts and Sciences Finnish Studies Program
North Wind Books
Anna Leppanen, Lauri Anderson, Timo Koskinen, Finnish Studies Students
10:00-10:45 am
International School of Art and Design
Jon Brookhouse
11:00-11:45 am
Finlandia University Servant Leadership Program
Chapel of St. Matthew
René Johnson, Students
1:00-1:45 pm
Finlandia Connection, Nursing Students’ Report on May 2007 Study Abroad Trip to Finland
Wargelin Hall, Room 303
Debbie Karstu, Students
11:30 am-1:30 pm
Lunch
Mannerheim Café
Other Events
12:30-1:00 pm
Portage Campus Tour
Meet in Ground Level Lobby, Portage Campus
1:30-2:00 pm
Main Campus Tour
Meet at Hoover Welcome Center, Main Campus
2:15-2:30 pm
Call to Gather, Four Thunders Drum from KBIC/LVD
Upper Entrance, Paavo Nurmi Center
3:00-4:00 pm
Inaugural Ceremony
Paavo Nurmi Center
4:15-5:15 pm
Inaugural Celebration Reception
Finlandia Hall
Refreshments served
Evening Activities


5:30-7:00 pm
Nordic Film: “Mother of Mine”
Finnish American Heritage Center
7:30-11:00 pm
Inaugural Celebration Dance with the PasiCats and Erik Koskinen
$5 cover charge (Finlandia University students admitted free)
Paavo Nurmi Center

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