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October 11, 2016

Spring/Summer 2017 graduation application information

Graduation applications for spring 2017 and summer 2017 are due into the registrar’s office by November 14. The forms must be completed in full or they will be returned to the advisors, which could lead to a delay in processing.

Please remember that the following are the responsibility of the student and advisor to note correctly:

Progress sheet year. Finlandia Core Classes – The courses listed must appear on the Finlandia Core Class listings. If the class is a transferred elective that [...]

Poster for a night of learning and action

October 4, 2016

Dr. Gee hosting A Night of Learning and Action Thursday

Campus Read will continue on Thursday, October 6 from 7-8 p.m. in the Chapel of St. Matthew, as Criminal Justice Professor Dr. Richard Gee will facilitate a Night of Learning and Action around the issue of private prisons and racial injustice.

“Students will learn about the cessation of Federal Department of Justice use of private prisons and why,” said Dr. Gee. “They will also learn about state contract occupancy guarantees and Real Estate Investment Funds private prisons use to reduce [...]

October 3, 2016

Finlandia migrates official Campus Catalog to website

The official Campus Catalog for Finlandia University is now located natively on the university’s website. Previously, it existed only as PDF on the website. The 2016-17 catalog and archived versions dating back to 2008-09, are now online and accessible for all at finlandia.edu/academics/campus-catalog.

“Thank you for all of the diligent work done by our faculty and staff to make this happen,” said Fredi de Yampert, VP Academic and Student Affairs at the university. “This is a promising step forward for [...]

September 29, 2016

Study Abroad Workshop to be hosted October 4

Ready to travel to Finland? How about Ireland? Or South America? You’re only a college student once, and now’s your chance to study abroad!

Finlandia University students are invited to learn about all of the study abroad opportunities available to them on Tuesday, October 4 from noon to 1 p.m. at Mannerheim Central during the annual Study Abroad Workshop.

Topics at the workshop will include the following:

Why you should go on an exchange Opportunities for Finlandia students American and international exchange students share [...]

September 21, 2016

Minor updates made to 2016-17 Academic Calendar

The 2016-17 Academic Calendar has received some minor updates.

This updated calendar includes the MLK Day of Service (January 16, 2017), a correction to the date for the last day to withdraw with a “W” for the spring semester (Thursday, March 23, 2017) and a correction to the date for the last day to withdraw with a “W” for the fall semester’s first-half of semester classes (Friday, September 30, 2016).

The calendar can be viewed by visiting the Registrar’s Office page on [...]

Rekha Ambardar teaching class at Portage Lake District Library

September 16, 2016

Rekha Ambardar hosts workshops and publications in summer 2016

Associate Professor of Marketing Rekha Ambardar is known around the literary community for the many publications, presentations and workshops she’s hosted. The summer of 2016 was another busy one for her.

Locally, she conducted a fiction writing workshop on pacing in fiction for Copper Country community members at the Portage Lake District Library in June.

Associate Professor of Marketing Rekha Ambardar teaching a class at Portage Lake District Library in the summer of 2016.

Pacing is a tool that controls the [...]

September 8, 2016

Parade of Nations set for September 17

This story was originally published at mtu.edu/news, and has been republished with permission.

Plans for this year’s Parade of Nations are rolling right along. The headline act this year is Breaksk8, a professional jam-skating team that likes to push the limits of what can be done with wheels under your shoes.

They have toured the world and appeared in films. Breaksk8 will skate in the parade on Saturday, September 17 and put on a [...]

September 2, 2016

Youakim introduced as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Finlandia

Finlandia University is proud to introduce Dr. Claudia Youakim, a University of Florida graduate, as Assistant Professor of Sociology beginning this semester.

“Sociology allows us to deepen our thought process,” said Dr. Youakim. “It’s a subject that allows students to take a look outside of themselves. To examine their surroundings and their relationship to a broader societal context.”

Dr. Youakim earned a PhD in Sociology from the University of Florida with a dissertation titled Racial and Ethnic Identity: Arab Americans in [...]

August 30, 2016

Bourdage hired as assistant professor of communication

Finlandia University’s Suomi College of Arts & Sciences has hired Dr. Monique Bourdage as Assistant Professor of Communication.

Bourdage received her Ph.D. from the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan. She will be teaching a variety of communication and media courses at FinnU beginning during the Fall 2016 semester.

“Media is something we engage with every day, and we often do it without thinking about what some of the underlying messages are,” Bourdage said. “I will work with [...]

August 25, 2016

Maki Library update heading into 2016-17

The Sulo and Aileen Maki Library has new hours of operation for the 2016-17 academic year.

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. – 11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The library will be open the weekend before Labor day, with Sunday hours being 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tutors will be available in the library from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Regan Antila will be tutoring on Tuesdays for English and psychology.

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