Finlandia News

January 31, 2017

Apply now to reside in the Servant Leadership House next year

Female students with at least a 3.0 GPA are invited to apply to live in the Servant Leadership House next school year. The Servant Leadership House is a unique living and learning community for female students who are committed to personal growth and servant leadership as a means of building a vibrant and caring community.

Applications are due March 1, 2017.

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Core Commitments of Servant Leadership House SERVICE

The practice of seeking, knowing and doing the truth for the [...]

January 30, 2017

Nordic Film Series to show Swedish dark comedy

A Swedish film based on a best-selling novel of the same name is February’s selection for the Nordic Film Series at Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center. The film will show at 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 9 in the Heritage Center’s Martha Wiljanen Community Hall.

Based on the internationally acclaimed book by Jonas Jonasson, “The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” is the unlikely story of a centenarian who [...]

January 30, 2017

Applications now being accepted for Brule Scholarship at FinnU

$20,000 competitive art & design scholarship for incoming students

Finlandia University is now accepting applications for the Dave and Elsa Brule Scholarship. This competitive scholarship is for students interested in studying art and design in the university’s International School of Art & Design.

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The scholarship recipients will be selected based on a portfolio competition. Applicants will need to be present for the Portfolio Review Day on Finlandia’s campus on Saturday, May 6, 2017. That event is [...]

January 27, 2017

Finlandia Fridays with Board of Trustees President

This week Finlandia Fridays sits down with Board of Trustees President Julie Badel. Badel was in town, from Chicago, for the annual winter Board of Trustees meeting. She explains her joy of coming to the Upper Peninsula every year as it is where her mother grew up. It is a place she has grown to love and she “never complains about coming up here. It feels like home.”

Badel became interested in Finlandia University while attending the

January 25, 2017

Finlandia Success: Alex Chutskoff ’15

This month’s Finlandia University alumni success story is focusing on recent alumna Alex Chutskoff – a Liberal Studies major who is now working as a Senior Injury Adjuster at Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. In this question-and-answer session she talks about the meaningful experiences she had at Finlandia that prepared her for her career.

MEET Alex Chutskoff Majors: Liberal Studies Graduation Year: 2015 Hometown: Abbotsford, British Columbia Current Location: Abbotsford, British Columbia Job: Senior Injury Adjuster at Insurance Corporation of British Columbia You were recruited here to play hockey – what [...]

January 24, 2017

Studying business in Finland a rewarding experience for Schwartzen Jarmond

Schwartzen Jarmond (second from right) at the Näsinneula tower in Tampere, Finland with exchange students from the Czech Republic and France.

After visiting Finland in May of 2015 as part of the Paloheimo Fellows Program, Schwartzen Jarmond decided he enjoyed it so much he would like to return someday. That opportunity came when he decided to spend the fall 2016 semester as an exchange student at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä. The city of [...]

January 24, 2017

Meet Alyson DeLandsheer, new Coordinator of University Relations

Finlandia is proud to introduce Alyson DeLandsheer, one of the newest additions to the Finlandia University family. DeLandsheer takes a lead role at our university as the Coordinator of University Relations.

“I love this community,” DeLandsheer expressed. “Being here makes me feel like I have another family. I am also excited to be working in a higher ed environment.”

DeLandsheer is originally from Ironwood, Michigan. After living in Colorado for many years, she and her husband came back to their roots in [...]

January 23, 2017

You asked, we answered: Here’s how to pronounce Heikinpäivä

Every year Finlandia University welcomes hundreds of new students to campus, and each January those students are welcomed to town by a new mix of familiar letters – two of which have an unfamiliar pair of dots above them. That word:

Heikinpäivä

But seeing it is one thing, it’s another thing to learn how to pronounce it. That’s what happened today as Media Intern Walker Enstad made his way through campus asking students and staff how to pronounce the word. The answers, [...]

January 23, 2017

Finlandia Foundation Scholarship opportunities for students involved in Finnish culture

A man wearing traditional Finnish garb at Heikinpäivä 2015.

The Finlandia Foundation National (FFN) is an organization dedicated to the perpetuation of Finnish-American culture through the provision of financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, especially those with strong and diverse ties to Finnish tradition and community. At Finlandia University, ideal candidates for the opportunities provided by FFN are students with strong academic performance and involvement in supporting Finnish cultural heritage.

Candidates must full-time students and have maintained a [...]

January 23, 2017

Alternative Spring Break meeting scheduled for Feb. 1

Students interested in taking part in Finlandia University Campus Ministry’s Alternative Spring Break are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday, February 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the basement of the Chapel of St. Matthew.

The event will feature dates, times and what to expect during the trip to Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp in Iron River, Michigan. If you have any questions prior to the session, please reach out to Campus Pastor Soren Schmidt.

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