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May 16, 2016

Keweenaw Bike to Work Day is Friday

Everyone is invited to participate in the eighth annual Keweenaw Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 20. The event will be held on National Bike to Work Day, and is coordinated locally by Bike Initiative Keweenaw (BIKE!) in an effort to raise awareness of bicycle commuting as a transportation alternative, bike safety, and the importance of sharing the road.

Bike commuters, pedestrians, and other non-motorized travelers can visit one or more of eight rest stops located in Houghton, Hancock, Calumet, [...]

April 29, 2016

Hancock 2016 Construction Project starts May 2

Construction starts Monday, to last into early fall

PROJECT: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reconstructing about a mile of US-41 in Hancock from the Portage Lake Lift Bridge to Lincoln Drive. Work includes removing and replacing the existing roadway, with drainage improvements. Streetscape work includes decorative street lighting, curb bump-outs and landscape plantings. The City of Hancock will be performing water main and sanitary sewer improvements in addition to MDOT’s project.

CURRENT MAP

TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS: The project will require a detour, [...]

April 28, 2016

Summer Bridge Program designed to improve academic success

Last week Finlandia University introduced the Summer Bridge Program. This type of program is trending in higher education right now, and it’s clear why: Bridge programs can help ease students’ transition to university life and improve their academic performance and success rates.

According to Susan P. Ackerman, results from a study at the University of California Los Angeles “clearly suggest that these programs can help facilitate their transition and adjustment to university or college life, as well as improve their [...]

April 27, 2016

Missouri college names Klaver president

Finlandia University Vice President for Institutional Advancement Lenny Klaver has accepted the position of President at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri. He will begin in his new role Monday, May 16.

“I am very grateful for the opportunity to have served this quaint, interesting and growingly diverse institution of higher learning,” Klaver said Wednesday in a letter to Finlandia employees, Finlandia Alumni Board members and Finlandia’s Board of Trustees. “I depart with best wishes for continued progress and enlightened [...]

April 25, 2016

Dekker helps to publish 80-year-old Jean Toomer manuscript

Finlandia University Assistant Professor of English Dr. Carolyn Dekker played the key role of editor in the recently published book A Drama of the Southwest: The Critical Edition of a Forgotten Play. The book is put together from a manuscript written by famous writer Jean Toomer, who passed away in 1967. The heavily credited Harlem Renaissance author wrote the play back in 1935. The unpolished manuscript found the hands of Dekker, and was published in February of this year.

“I found it [...]

April 24, 2016

2016 Diploma Works

2016 BFA Diploma Works Exhibition Exhibit Dates: April 27 to May 25, 2016 Reception: Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m.

Finlandia University’s International School of Art & Design (ISAD) 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma Works Exhibition is featured from April 27 to May 25, 2016, at the Finlandia University Gallery. The Finlandia University Gallery is located in the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock.

A reception for the artists will take place at the gallery Saturday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 [...]

April 20, 2016

Shelby Winter

Student Rep comes for Finnish culture, leaves with incredible memories From travel, to art, to activism, Winter embraced life at FinnU

Finlandia University 2016 Student Representative is Shelby Winter, a Springfield, Illinois native who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Studio Arts / Illustration.

As student representative Winter will speak during the 2016 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Paavo Nurmi Center.

Winter, who entered her final semester [...]

April 19, 2016

Summer Bridge Program

Finlandia launches Summer Bridge Program New offering aims to help prepare students for college

This June Finlandia University is launching the inaugural Summer Bridge Program, a seven-credit highly discounted and structured program designed to help students bridge the gap from high school to college.

“Research tells us that summer programs, like our new Summer Bridge Program, set students up for academic success by easing them in to college,” Director of Student Life and Summer Bridge Program Director Erin Barnett said. “Our [...]

Students from Finlandia University's THE Project team pose for a photo in Grand Rapids at the competition.

April 15, 2016

Finlandia students compete in THE Project 2016 state-wide project management competition

For the second time Finlandia University participated in THE Project 2016, a project management competition sponsored by the Western Michigan Chapter of the Project Management Institute. This year’s competition featured 12 teams from eight Michigan universities. All teams spent the spring semester developing a project plan aimed at solving or improving a major challenge facing the state of Michigan. This year the task of all the participating teams was to select a county in Michigan and [...]

April 12, 2016

Dr. Sarah Kemppainen is 2016 commencement speaker

Finlandia University is proud to announce that Dr. Sarah Kemppainen will be the 2016 commencement speaker. Dr. Kemppainen is currently on the Finlandia University Board of Trustees, serves as principal at Graveraet Elementary School in Marquette and assistant principal at Marquette Senior High School.

Dr. Kemppainen has a long list of professional accomplishments including several leadership honors from Delta Kappa Gamma Society, the most recent coming in 2014 when she was named Delta Chapter Woman of Distinction, Delta Kappa Gamma [...]

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