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“Our World of Partnerships”New Fulbright–Hanken Distinguished Chair

Fulbright Center Grantees 2015–2016

Supporting the International Change Makers

"On the journey with Friends of Fulbright Finland…"

Passion and Professionalism

From the Executive DirectorThere would be no Finnish-American Fulbright program today, if it weren’t for partnerships. The program began from the partnership between the two governments, which continues as its bedrock. During the past decade, however, the program has gone through a major transformation, and the partnerships and collaboration have grown far and beyond the governmental ones. Today the Finnish-American program is among the largest in Europe with 89 grantees this year. This growth is thanks to the nearly 30 long-term partnership agreements that we have with higher education institutions, foundations, and organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. Today, in essence, the government alloca-tions help fund the Center’s infrastructure, while the partnerships help fund the grants. The col-laborative agreements have allowed the Finnish program to grow despite the challenging trends of global economy and public funding for higher edu-cation and exchanges in both of our countries. And the Center intends to grow further (p. 22).

The Fulbright Center’s newest partnership agree-ment was signed recently with Hanken, the Swedish-language business university in Finland, creating the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics (p. 4). The Fulbright program in Finland now prides itself with four Distinguished Chairs.

In the United States, we are so pleased to announce the Friends of Fulbright Finland Alumni Enrichment Award, funded entirely from an endowment cre-ated by alumni donations. This new grant was announced in May at our Friends of Fulbright Finland alumni event at the USS Constitution Museum in Boston (p. 20). We are privileged to have the event’s keynote speaker, our distinguished alumnus Dr. Bengt Holmström, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at MIT in the United States, and Member of the Aalto University Board in Finland, as the invited columnist of this issue (p. 2).

To further underline the importance we place on partnerships and collaboration, the Fulbright Center is pleased to introduce its Internationalization Services (p. 10). With its Speaker Program, national seminars, U.S. Study Tours, dialogues and roundtable series, the Center strives to help Finnish and U.S. institutions create linkages and develop long-term cooperation, tackle existing obstacles in transatlan-tic mobility, and support the internationalization of education and research in Finland.

Enjoy “Partnerships” in this Spring 2015 issue of the Fulbright Center News!

Terhi Mölsä

Exchanges, networks and inno-vation are integrally connected. Seeing that something is pos-sible and it can be done has a great value and significant impact. International scholarly exchanges such as ASLA-Fulbright offer this very opportunity. Exchanges open up a window to benchmark from best practices and to see with one’s own eyes how things are done by others. This is important for the sake of both knowledge as well as motivation.

A common misconception about innovation is that it somehow comes from within. In reality, all innovation begins with imitation. You first need to go out to see how others do things, learn from them as much as possible, and then you go back and adapt what you have learnt to your own special circum-stances, and then you do it all bet-ter. That is how innovations come about. One of the fundamental values of international exchanges is that, in essence, it provides you with an opportunity for imitation, and consequently for innovation.

It is not possible to overestimate the importance of networks. We have many levels and many kinds of networks from family and friends to distant acquaintances, both in the personal and business contexts. All of them can be important. But one does not always realize that the most valuable parts of your net-work are often what are called the “weak links”. Not the people that are closest to you, nor those who are very distant. But rather the middle level, the people you communicate with only periodically. These “weak links” in the network can actually turn out to be the most powerful and the most valuable, for exam-ple, in helping to secure a new job or offering an invaluable new con-nection helping your research break into new grounds.

Networking has grown enor-mously valuable in recent years particularly because of the inter-net. We need to do much more networking as we go forward. But it is not helpful to do it randomly. It needs to have some kind of a structure. And this is what is pro-vided for instance by Fulbright and its alumni.

I also want to point out the connection between network-ing and globalization and the creation of community—people coming together outside the gov-ernments, taking the initiative to do something for a local group or

for the broader society. The ASLA-Fulbright program fits perfectly with this idea, since it is essentially an independent entity. Although it has government connections from both sides, in the end it thrives on individuals organizing themselves and being motivated by a com-mon project. In this respect the United States is ahead of Finland, which may have less of a tradition in this kind of activity. However, right now in Finland we are seeing much more self-organized groups coming together and solving their own problems in diverse ways, also including giving money to various charities.

The advice I give to students both at MIT and at Aalto University is that when you see that some-thing needs to be done, go do it. For example, at Aalto a group of stu-dents asked the question: why isn’t Aalto doing anything for entre-preneurship? And in an inspired moment my answer to them was: has anyone prevented you from doing something? And that was all I really needed to say. They under-stood right away that if they strive to be entrepreneurs, they cannot wait for somebody to come and organize it for them. The best way to become an entrepreneur is just to go and do it. And in fact, it was the collaboration with students at MIT that resulted in the Aalto students seeing what was possible.

I was an ASLA grantee myself and have seen the impact of exchanges. And the impact continues. Students came to talk with me, and that is worth millions in the long run, because these small steps in these small groups, taking concrete ini-tiatives are crucially influential. This is especially if they are done with both passion and professional-ism. The Fulbright Center has been running its programs with both.

The column is an abbreviated version of Dr. Holmström’s remarks at the

Friends of Fulbright Finland alumni event at the USS Constitution Museum in

Boston on May 30, 2015 (see page 20).

Dr. Bengt HolmströmPaul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at MIT

Member of the Aalto University BoardASLA-Fulbright grantee to Stanford University in 1974

Fulbright Center News on Fulbright Centerin sidosryhmälehti, joka ilmestyy kaksi kertaa vuodessa painettuna ja verkkoversiona. Artikkeleissa ilmaistut mielipiteet ovat kirjoittajien omia. Aineisto vapaasti lainattavissa, lähde mainittava.

The Fulbright Center News is a biannual magazine published by the Fulbright Center Finland in print and online. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Fulbright Center. Reproduction allowed, source must be cited.

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the material in this publication, the Fulbright Center does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.

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Päätoimittaja/Editor-in-ChiefTerhi MölsäExecutive Director

Toimittajat/EditorsJohanna Lahti (toimituspäällikkö)Suzanne Louis

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Avustajat/ContributorsLouisa Gairn

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Advisory CouncilAnitta Etula Director of International Relations, University of Eastern Finland Outi Hakanen Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Protocol Services Sirpa Holmström Head of International Services, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Erika Holt Principal Research Scientist,  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Sanna Kangasharju Press Counselor, Media and Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C. Ossi V. Lindqvist Professor Emeritus

2 Kolumnit / Columns

4 New Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business And Economics

4 Two U.S. Fulbright Students to Finland Receive the Roth-Thompson Award

5 Celebrating the Finnish Fulbright Center Grantees 2015–2016

6 Grantees to Finland 2015–2016

7 Grantees to the U.S. 2015–2016

8 U.S. Fulbright Scholar Competition Now Open!

9 Fulbright Centerin stipendiohjelmat suomalaisille 2016–2017

10 Developing Global Competencies and Promoting Cultural Awareness – Fulbright Center Internationalization Services

13 Helsinki Universities and Multi-National Business Create Linkages to Improve Selling Capability

14 Introducing Fulbright Center's Partners: Hanken School of Economics

16 Enriching the Fulbright Experience

18 Supporting the International Change Makers

20 Our World of Partnerships: Celebrating the Finnish American Fulbright Experience

22 Uutisia / News

23 Fulbright Center

24 Kalenteri / Calendar of Events

In This Issue

Cover: The Friends of Fulbright Finland and the Fulbright

Center hosted an alumni event at the end of May at the USS

Constitution Museum in Boston to celebrate the 65th Anniver-

sary of the first ASLA-Fulbright academic exchange between

Finland and the USA and to recognize the 10th anniversary of

the American alumni program of Fulbright Finland. Read more

on page 20.

Cover photo: Greg M. Cooper, courtesy of USS Constitution

Museum of Boston.

Photo: Terhi Mölsä

New Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business And EconomicsThe Fulbright Center and Hanken School of Economics have signed an agreement establishing the Ful-bright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.

“For Hanken this agreement means yet another way of strengthening our international profile, especially among researchers and universitites in the Unites States. Our networks will be broadened in the U.S., opening up the possibility for development ideas”, says Hanken’s Rector Eva Liljeblom.

The agreement provides prominent American scholars the opportunity to lecture and conduct research at Hanken. During their stay, the scholars will also contribute to sharing Hanken’s research and knowledge within the business community and society at large.

“The agreement with Hanken also strengthens Finland’s profile interna-tionally. The Fulbright program oper-ates in over 150 countries. Yet, there are only 40 Fulbright Distinguished Chairs, and as many as four of them are in Finland”, says Matti Kokkala, Chair of the Fulbright Center Board of Directors and Senior Advisor at Smart Cities at VTT. In addition to the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair, three other Fulbright Distinguished Chairs are funded in cooperation with the Nokia Foundation, Aalto University, and the University of Helsinki.

Eva Liljeblom (left), Matti Kokkala, and

Fulbright Executive Director Terhi Mölsä

signed the agreement establishing the

Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in

Business and Economics.

The first application round for the academic year 2016–2017 is open until August 2015. The award is intended for conducting research and lecturing at Hanken School of Economics.

Read more about Hanken on page 14.

Grant News

Two U.S. Fulbright Students to Finland Receive the Roth-Thompson Award

U.S. Fulbright Students Michael Brown and Taylor Tyger have received this year’s Roth Thompson Award. The award will enable the two recipi-ents to forge new and valuable connections in their field in Finland and internationally.

With the assistance of the award, Michael Brown, who spent the academic year 2014-2015 at the Arctic Center at the University of Lapland researching gover-nance strategies in the Arctic, will travel to Helsinki to interview Parliament rep-resentatives and Specialists working for the Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA, and

participate in international seminars including the Calotte Academy meeting in Russia.

Taylor Tyger, who has been research-ing the environmental health benefits of urban aquatic environments at Aalto University and University of Helsinki, will participate and present at two inter-national conferences in Belgium and Denmark.

The Lois Roth Endowment supports exchanges across national and cultural boundaries to enhance international communication and understanding. The Fulbright Center has cooperated with the Lois Roth Endowment for many years.

Application Information

Fulbright CenterProgram Coordinator Ms. Sonja Kuosmanensonja.kuosmanen@fulbright.fi+358 44 5535 275www.fulbright.fi/en/grant-programs www.cies.org/programs

Hanken School of EconomicsScholarship Liaison OfficerMs. Lotte Granberg-Haakanalotte.granberg-haakana@hanken.fi+358 40 837 3751www.hanken.fi/en

Photo: Sonja Kuosmanen

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Celebrating the Finnish Fulbright Center Grantees 2015–2016The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the City of Helsinki hosted the Award Ceremony and Reception in honor of the Finnish Fulbright Center grantees 2015–2016 at the Helsinki City Hall in May. U.S. grantees, alumni, and Fulbright Center’s partners joined the new Finnish grant-ees for the celebration.

Before the award ceremony, the new grantees participated in a full day ori-entation filled to the brim with infor-mation preparing them for their time in the United States, expert sessions on visas, taxation, and social security, and discussions with Fulbright Center alumni who shared their own experi-ences and tips.

Congratulations to the new grantees!

Director General Jouni Mölsä (left) from the

Department of Communication and Culture

of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Deputy

Mayor of the City of Helsinki Pekka Sauri,

Executive Director Terhi Mölsä, and Chair

of the Fulbright Center Board Matti Kokkala

greeted the new grantees.

Mauri Sumén, ASLA-Fulbright Alumni

Ambassadorial Awardee 2015, thanked the

Fulbright Center and all of its sponsors on

behalf of the new grantees and urged his

fellow grantees to make the most of the

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Fulbright Center

undergraduate alumna

Eva Louhivuori moved

the audience with her

two songs, Kun aika on

and Cinnamon Hearts.

Photos: Jesse Terho

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Grantees to Finland2015–2016

Functional Brain Alterations in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease with Particular Attention to Baseline Cardiorespiratory Measures

Lemoyne College, NY University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Fall 2015

Harris, ChristopherFulbright-Tampere University of Technology Scholar Award Information Technology Studies Developing Cross-Cultural and Multi-Cultural User Experiences Through Human-Centered Technology State University of New York, NY Tampere University of Technology Academic year

Henry, KarenFulbright-VTT Grant in Science, Technology and Innovation Engineering and Technology Long-term Unsaturated Flow Properties of Geosynthetics and the Resulting Influence on Water Flow in Geotechnical Structures United States Air Force Academy, CO VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Fall 2015

Hodge, Bri-MathiasFulbright-VTT Grant in Science, Technology and Innovation Engineering and Technology Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Grid Flexibility Options for Integrating High Penetrations of Renewable Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CO VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Spring 2016

Li, YueFulbright-VTT Grant in Science, Technology and Innovation Engineering Advancing Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Design for Resilient Civil Infrastructure Michigan Technological University, MI VTT Espoo Spring 2016 (Flex grant for academic years 2013-2016)

Major, DavidEconomics Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation; Cross-cultural Guidelines for Coastal Cities Columbia University, NY University of Helsinki Fall 2015 (Flex grant for academic years 2014-2016)

Martusewicz, RebeccaFulbright-University of Tampere Scholar Award Education EcoJustice, Educational Politics, and Globalization: Toward Education for Diverse, Democratic and Sustainable Societies Eastern Michigan University, MI University of Tampere Fall 2015

Schindler, AntonFulbright-VTT Grant in Science, Technology and Innovation Engineering and Technology Development of Durable Infrastructure for the Long-term Storage of Waste Nuclear Fuel Auburn university, AL VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Spring 2016

Sivak, EdwardMedical Health Sciences Cost Comparisons in Healthcare: A Benchmarking Collaborative Between Finland and the United

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program

Crothers, LaneFulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies Political Science Globalization and American Popular Culture Illinois State University, IL University of Helsinki Academic year

Keisler, JeffreyFulbright-Aalto University Distinguished ChairBusiness Decision Analytic Modeling for Energy Technology Portfolios University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Aalto University Spring 2016

Rao, BhaskarFulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies Engineering and Technology Statistical Methods for the Sparse Signal Recovery Problem and its Applications University of California, San Diego, CA Tampere University of Technology Spring 2016

Salvucci, DarioFulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies Computer Science

Predicting Driver Distraction with Cognitive Architectures Drexel University, PA

University of Jyväskylä Fall 2015

Zhu, JunyongFulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair Engineering and Technology High Solids Enzymatic Processing of Forest Biomass USDA Forest Service, D.C. Aalto University Spring 2016

U.S. Scholar Program

Agblevor, FosterFulbright-VTT Grant in Science, Technology and Innovation Engineering and Technology Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis and Hot Gas Filtration of Pyrolysis Vapours of Lignocellulosic Biomass University of Utah, UT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Fall 2015

Bertone-Johnson, ElizabethFulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant in Health and Environmental Sciences Medical Health Sciences Cardiovascular Disease in Finnish Women: The Intersection of Gynecologic Conditions and Vitamin D for Predicting Long-Term Cardiovascular Health University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Fall 2015

DeRuisseau, KeithFulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant in Health and Environmental Sciences

Medical Health Sciences Exercise Effects on Adipose Tissue Iron Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Insulin Signaling Syracuse University, NY University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Academic year

DeRuisseau, LaraMedical Health Sciences Identifying

States Case Western University, OH

Aalto University Fall 2015 (Flex grant for academic years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017)

Wallace, MelissaFulbright-University of Tampere Scholar Award Linguistics The Transposition of Directive 2010&64/EU in Finland and Its impact on University-Level Court Interpreter Training University of Texas, TX

University of Tampere Spring 2016

Whitney, ElizabethFulbright-University of Turku Scholar Award Communication Journalism Arts Funding, Shared Values, and Digital Storytelling: A Comparative Approach Between the United States and Finland Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY

University of Turku Academic year

Fulbright Arctic Initiative Research Awards

Chamberlain, LindaPublic/Global Health Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project, AL

University of Alaska, AL

Mid-Career Professional Development Grant

Doyle, WilliamBusiness Global education Forum: The Schools of Tomorrow New York Public Library, NY University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Fall 2015

Fulbright-Schuman Program

Weintraub, CarrieInternational Relations Swedish and Finnish Security Policies: National, Regional, and International University of Pittsburgh, PA UPI-FIIA Finnish Institute of International Affairs Spring 2016

U.S. Student Program

Barrad, SimonVoice Laululle – To Song: A Finnish-American Song Exchange University of Cincinnati, OH Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Sibelius Academy

Horvath, StephenFulbright-Lappeenranta University of Technology Graduate Award Energy

Master’s degree in Energy Technology

Techno-Economic Analysis of Energy Storage Methods US Coast Guard Academy, CT Lappeenranta University of Technology

Jazmines, Stephanie AnneArchitecture, Urban planning Immersion into Finnish Building Culture and Wood-Focused Craftsmanship Yale University, CT Aalto University

Katz, HeidiFulbright-University of Turku Award Education Master’s degree in Learning, Learning Environments, and Educational Systems Principia, IL University of Turku

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Grantees to the U.S.2015–2016

Kim, Hyeong-JinFulbright-University of Helsinki Graduate Award Biological sciences Master’s degree in Molecular Biosciences Regulation of Integrin Activity by Phosphorylation Occidental College, CA University of Helsinki

Kim, SolFulbright-CIMO Grantee Geography Persistent High Pressure Over Finland University of California, Berkeley, CA

University of Helsinki

Lafond, KathrynFulbright-CIMO Grantee Public Health Sciences Doctoral degree in Global Epidemiology: “A Robust Global Estimate of Severe Influenza Disease Burden” Emory University, GA University of Tampere

Wong, EricEconomics Master’s degree in Economics

Global Competitiveness: How Finland Fares in an Increasingly Globalized World Columbia University, NY Aalto University

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching

Brandt, AnnBaggaley Elementary School, Latrobe, PA Special Education Improving Interdisciplinary Staff Education in the Use of Multisensory Environments Niilo Mäki Institute

Dowding, Erin Flushing International High School, Flushing, NY ESL/EFL Learning to Learn: Performance Based Assessments in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms University of Jyväskylä

Hanson-Peters, MeghanSteamboat Springs High School, Steamboat Springs, CO Social Studies Cooperative Learning Strategies as a Best Practice in Student-Directed, Globally-Minded Classrooms University of Jyväskylä

Marquardt, AnnaCarencro High, Lafayette, LA English Creative Literacy in the Secondary Language Classroom(s) University of Turku

Radday, ElizabethThe Marvelwood School, Kent, CT Mathematics, Special Education Special and Supplementary Education Beyond the Compulsory Years in Finland Niilo Mäki Institute

Tow, DavidTerra Linda High School, San Rafael, CA English, Journalism Boundaries Beyond Borders: Constructing Global Identities from National Civic Involvement Host to be confirmed

Walsh, PatrickCatlin Gabel School, Portland, OR History Globalized Youth Online: Communication, Debate, Solutions University of Jyväskylä

Sointu, ErkkoEducation Sciences Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and Technology Attitudes in Teaching and Learning of Pre-Service Teacher Students

University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu University of Nebraska-Lincoln & University of Nebraska Omaha, NE

Fulbright Arctic Initiative Research Awards

Sokka, LauraEnvironmental Sciences Energy VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Stanford University, CA

ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows

Ajo, PetriEnvironmental Sciences Advanced Oxidation/Reduction Processes: Degradation of Micropollutants Lappeenranta University of Technology California Institute of Technology, CA Cost-shared with Lappeenranta University of Technology Academic year Karila, SuviCultural History “Your God is No Longer Mine” - Experiences of Unbeliever Women in the 19th Century United States University of Turku Harvard University, MA Cost-shared with University of Turku

Academic year

Lahdelma, ImreMusic Psychology The Emotional Effects of Vertical Harmony Music University of Jyväskylä University of Washington, WA Cost-shared with University of Jyväskylä Fall 2015

Luotoniemi, TaneliArts Visualizing 4-Dimensional Geometry - An Artistic Research Aalto University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL Cost-shared with Aalto University Fall 2015

Pyhältö, KimmoComputer Science Empirical Study: Third Ager's Frequent Usability Problems and Temptations in Web Services University of Tampere Case Western Reserve University, OH Cost-shared with University of Tampere Spring 2016

Suominen, NikoTheatre and Drama Research Early Modern Drama and the Rhetoric of Theatre: The Stage Jew as a Rhetorical Device in Public Debate University of Tampere

Harvard University, MA Cost-shared with University of Tampere Academic year

Fulbright-Schuman Program

Ylönen, MattiSocial Sciences The Politics in Corporate Tax Information University of Helsinki Yale University, CT

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grants for Senior Scholars

Sari Havu-NuutinenEarly Years Science Education

Creativity and ICT in Early Years Science Education – Cross-National Comparative Study University of Eastern Finland

University of Ohio, OH Cost-shared with University of Eastern Finland Fall 2015

Kalland, MirjamFamily Research Can Effects of Mentalization Based Parental Groups for First Time Parents Show as Changes in Neurobiological Mechanisms of Parenting?

University of Helsinki Yale University, CT Cost-shared with University of Helsinki Spring 2016

Kopotev, MihailCorpus Linguistics Corpus-Driven Approach to l2 Language Teaching

University of Helsinki Harvard University, MA Cost-shared with University of Helsinki Fall 2015

Sundholm, DageComputational and Theoretical Chemistry Computational Studies of Molecular Excited State Dynamics University of Helsinki University of California, Irvine, CA

Cost-shared with University of Helsinki Fall 2015

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grants for Junior Scholars

Laiho, HemmoPhilosophy Kant’s Theory of Sense Perception University of Turku

University of California, San Diego, CA

Cost-shared with the University of Turku Spring 2016

Makkonen, Kaisa-EmiliaMolecular Medicine Characterization and Development of CELiD for Gene Transfer and DNA Vaccine Purposes University of Eastern Finland University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA

Cost-shared with University of Eastern Finland Academic year

Törmä, IlkkaTheoretical Computer Science Fault-Tolerant Parallel Computation with Cellular Automata University of Turku

Boston University, MA Cost-shared with University of Turku Academic year

Fulbright Center Travel Grants for Research Collaboration

Karimi-Aghdam, SaeedApplied Linguistics Developing a Metatheory of Second Language Learning and Teaching: A Cultural-Historical and Dynamic Systems Perspective University of Jyväskylä University of California, San Diego, CA

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ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grants

Akrenius, Mikaela Psychology Completing a Doctoral Degree in Cognitive Science in the U.S. University of Helsinki Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Kivinen, OscarMathematics Completing a Doctoral Degree in Mathematics in the U.S. Aalto University University of California, Davis, CA

Lahdenranta, AinoPhilosophy Philosophical Perspectives on Early Modern Sentimentalism University of Jyväskylä Boston University, MA

Cost-shared with University of Jyväskylä

Peltonen, Aleksi Law Completing a Master’s Degree in Law in the U.S. University of Helsinki New York University, NY Cost-shared with University of Helsinki

Poutanen, Johanna Peace and Conflict Studies Completing a Master’s Degree in Public Administration in the U.S. Graduate of the University of Helsinki Harvard University, MA Sumén, Mauri Cinema Studies Completing a Master’s Degree in Media and Film Studies in the U.S. University of the Arts Helsinki

Columbia University, NY

Tomi, MiikaPublic Policy Completing a Master’s Degree in Foreign Service in the U.S.

University of Tampere Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grants

Laine, HannuEnergy Gettering of Metal Impurities in Silicon Solar Cells with Implanted Emitters Aalto University Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistants

Hokkanen, MariaFinnish Language University of Turku

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Pitkänen, Anu ElinaUniversity of Oulu Finnish Language

Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Posio, IlkkaUniversity of Turku Finnish Language University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fulbright Center’s Undergraduate Grants

Lemetti, LottaPhotography Mäkelänrinne High School New York Film Academy, NY

Rimali, SakuSystems Science and Engineering

Ounasvaara High School University of Pennsylvania, PA

Tuomaala, EliasEconomics Mahindra United World College of India Harvard College, MA

The Study of the U.S. Institutes for European Student Leaders

Kähkönen, JuhoSocial Entrepreneurship Political Science University of Lapland

Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Möttönen, HelmiEnvironmental Stewardship English University of Jyväskylä Kansas State University, KA

Mid-Career Professional Development Grants

Elo, PetteriEducation Developing and Implimenting New Curriculum: High Quality Classroom Activity and Educational Leadership

Hiidenkivi Comprehensive School

Virginia Association of Superintendents, Salem City Schools, and Charlottesville City Schools, VA Fall 2015

Oksanen, SatuPublic Art Rethinking Curatorial Strategies in Public Art Commissions Helsinki Art Museum International Studio and Curatorial Program ISCP, NY Spring 2016

Tähtinen, AnttiMarketing and Advertising Digital Service Design – Connecting Marketing, Technology and Creative Innovation 358 Helsinki

R/GA New York, NY Fall 2015

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching

Mykrä, TarjaPedagogical Specialist Learner-Centered Teaching Methods: A Toolkit for Secondary Education Teachers Mercuria Business College, Vantaa Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Pohtola, TaruTeacher Differentiating Instruction in EFL Classrooms in Secondary Education Martinlaakso High School, Vantaa

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Study of the United States Institutes

Höyssä, AriInstitute for Secondary Educators

Teacher, Assistant Principal History Elisenvaara Upper Secondary School, Kyrö University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

Kallunki, ValdemarInstitute for Scholars on Religious Pluralism in the U.S. Chief Research Officer, Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki Docent, University of Turku Religion

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Grantees to the U.S.2015–2016

Grantees as of June 2015

U.S. Inter-Country Grants, U.S. Specialist Grants, and Finnish Renewal Grants will be announced later.

Up-to-date list will be available at www.fulbright.fi/en/grantees/fulbright-center-grantees-2015-2016

U.S. Fulbright Scholar Competition Now Open!During his stay in Finland, 2014–2015 Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair Jay Gillette was invited to give a large of number of public addresses, including the opening keynote speech at the 2015 BOBCATSSS Conference on information sciences in Brno, Czech Republic.

“My Fulbright appointment allowed me to have the opportunity to address this important academic conference. I would not have otherwise had the requisite European contacts, I am sure. Also the Fulbright appointment affords instant credibility for an academic. So I encour-age other scholars, and especially senior ones, to consider a Fulbright application to teach, and learn, and offer their ideas to the public.”

For applications and more information on U.S. Scholar Awards: www.fulbright.fi/en/pro-grams-american-citizens/research-and-lecturing-opportunities-scholars-and-specialists Photo: 2015 BOBCATSSS Conference

2016–2017Kenelle Stipendiohjelma Stipendikausi Stipendisumma Hakuaika päättyy

Opiskelijoille

Kandidaattitason opinnot Study of the U.S. Institutes for European Student Leaders

5 viikkoa Stipendi kattaa kesäohjelman kustannukset

Julistetaan hakuun 2015-16 vaihteessa

Kandidaattitason opinnot Fulbright Center Undergraduate Grant

Lukuvuosi Enintään USD 10 000 Julistetaan hakuun helmikuussa 2016

Maisteri- ja tohtoritason opinnot tai tutkimus

ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant

Lukuvuosi Enintään USD 30 000 15.5.2015 klo 10.00

Teknologiateollisuuden edus-tamien toimialojen kehitystä tukevat opinnot ja tutkimus

Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grant

Lukuvuosi Maisteri- ja tohtoritason opintoihin USD 35 000–50 000

15.5.2015klo 10.00

Suomen kielen ja kulttuurin opetustehtävät ja omia opintoja täydentävät kurssit ja tutkimus

Fulbright Finnish Language and Culture Teaching Assistant Program

Lukuvuosi Stipendi kattaa peruselinkustannukset. Stipendisumma määräytyy sijoituspaikan mukaan.

14.10.2015klo 10.00

Väitöskirjatutkimus ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows Program

Vähintään 6 kk USD 12 000 14.12.2014klo 10.00

Tutkijoille

TutkimustyöAlle neljä vuotta sitten väitelleille

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant for a Junior Scholar

4–12 kk Enintään USD 15 500

14.12.2014klo 10.00

Cost-share4–12 kk

Enintään USD 30 000

Teknologiateollisuuden edus-tamien toimialojen kehitystä tukeva tutkimus, alle neljä vuotta sitten väitelleille

Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grant

Lukuvuosi Enintään USD 36 000 14.12.2014 klo 10.00

Tutkimustyö, yli neljä vuotta sitten väitelleille

ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant for a Senior Scholar

3–12 kk Enintään USD 15 000

14.12.2014klo 10.00

Tutkijoille, asiantuntijoille, opiskelijoille ja kv-liikkuvuuden kanssa työskenteleville

Kaikkien alojen hakijoille Euroopan Unionia tai EU:n ja Yhdysvaltojen suhteita käsittelevät opinnot, tutkimus tai luennointi

Fulbright-Schuman Program 3–12 kk Enintään USD 30 000

Julistetaan hakuun syksyllä 2015, haku päättyyjoulukuussa

Luennoitsijoille

Luennointi. Vastaanottava yliopisto hakee apurahaa.

Fulbright Scholar-in- Residence Program

3–9 kk Vähintään USD 2 700 / kk 15.10.2015

Ensimmäisen ja toisen asteen opettajille, opettajankouluttajille sekä hallintohenkilöstölle

Ammattitaidon täydentämiseen ja kehittämi-seen tarkoitettu projekti

Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching

Lukukausi Stipendi kattaa peruselinkustannukset, lukukausimaksut ja matkat

Julistetaan hakuun syksyllä 2015

Työuransa keskivaiheilla oleville ammattilaisille ja asiantuntijoille

Ammattitaidon täydentä-miseen ja kehittämiseen tarkoitettu projekti

Mid-Career Professional Development Grant

3–12 kk Enintään USD 13 500

14.12.2015 klo 10.00

Ammattitaidon täydentämi-seen ja kehittämiseen tarkoi-tettu projeti lehtikuvauksen, kuvajournalismin ja visuaalisen journalismin alalla

Fulbright Grant in Photojournalism Sponsored by Patricia Seppälä Foundation

3–12 kk Enintään USD 15 000

14.12.2015 klo 10.00

Yhdysvaltoihin liittyvän opetuksen, tutkimuksen ja oppimateriaalien kehittä-miseen tarkoitettu ohjelma

Study of the U.S. Institute for Scholars and Secondary School Educators

5–6 viikkoa Stipendi kattaa akateemisen ohjelman, peruselinkustannukset ja matkat

Julistetaan hakuun loppuvuodesta 2015

Fulbright Centerin stipendiohjelmat suomalaisille

Internationalization Services

A Finnish delegation will travel to the U.S. in the fall of 2015 on a Fulbright Center Study Tour to immerse them-selves in Graduate Admissions and Strategic Enrollment Management.

The Fulbright Center will lead a delega-tion of ten experts from Finnish uni-versities and the Ministry of Education and Culture to the U.S. in late October. The Center has organized specially tailored study tours on higher educa-tion as a part of its Internationalization Services tours since 2008; the coming tour will be the seventh.

More information on the upcoming and previous Study Tours: www.fulbright.fi/en/internationalization-services/study-tours

• Tailored study tours for Finnish expert delegations to the United States on specific themes

• Opportunities to invite American grantees to speak at schools and institutions through the Fulbright Speaker Program

• Fulbright Dialogues on timely topics selected in collaboration with local institutions, and spiced with expert introductions to themes

• Fulbright Transatlantic Roundtables bringing together experts across fields to address and devise concrete solutions to current challenges in transatlantic academic mobility and cooperation

• Two annual national seminars open to the public featuring U.S. Fulbright scholars

• Open lectures with partner institutions on interesting international themes and innovative research subjects; as well as on studies, and conducting research in the U.S. and Canada.

• Institutional advising on how to utilize the Fulbright Center programs to advance the internationalization goals at your institution.

Developing Global Competencies and Promoting Cultural Awareness

The Fulbright Center helps U.S. and Finnish institutions create linkages and develop long-term cooperation, and supports the internationalization of education and research in Finland in a variety of ways. In response to the strong demand from both the higher education institutions and the sec-ondary education sector in Finland, the Center has developed a series of Internationalization Services.

Read more about the international-ization services on this and the fol-lowing two pages. More information can also be found on the Fulbright Center website at www.fulbright.fi/en/internationalization-services.

Coming Up! Study Tour on Graduate Admissions and Strategic Enrollment Management

First Summer School on Arctic Cooperation and Cross-Border Expertise

The first ever “Summer School on Arctic Cooperation and Cross-Border Expertise” was kicked off in Tornio in early June. Fulbright grantee Molly Schwartz’s course on “Spatializing Governance in the Digital Age: the Arctic Example” and Michael Brown’s course “Introduction to Arctic Governance and Politics” pave the way for future collaboration between Fulbright grantees and the organizer, Lapland University of Applied Sciences.

Photo: Molly Schw

artz

Fulbright Center Internationalization Services

“We aim for the Arctic summer school to become one of the most remarkable products offered in summer campuses all over Finland. The talented and enthusiastic teachers from Fulbright are representing the top-level educa-tion professionals needed in this kind of opening,” praises Mirva Juntti, Head of Education from the Unit of Business and Culture of the Lapland UAS.

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Program coordinators, lecturers and professors of North American Studies at Finnish universities gathered together with the Canadian and U.S. Embassies, and the John Morton Center for North American Studies for the 11th annual North American Studies Roundtable at the Fulbright Center.

Katsiaryna Mikalayeva (left), pre-sented her research findings on “Factors Influencing U.S. Student Program Grantees to Choose Finland as Their Fulbright Destination” at the Fulbright Center in May to an audience of invited experts as a part of the Fulbright Dialogues series.

Using surveys and in-depth inter-views, Mikalayeva investigates why recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student

Fulbright Dialogue Discusses Factors Influencing U.S. Students Choosing Finland

Transatlantic Roundtable Launches Joint Projects in North American Studies

Program grant choose Finland as the destination for their Fulbright year, looking at the interaction of various fac-tors of influence and exploring decision-making patterns behind the students’ choice. The expert participants also dis-cussed how Mikalayeva’s findings could be utilized for the benefit of Finnish higher education.

Mikalayeva has recently completed her Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree

in Research and Innovation in Higher Education (MARIHE). She interned at the Fulbright Center in 2014.

Mark Your Calendars for Fulbright Seminars in 2015–16!

SEMINAR

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Education, Innovation, Science and Art

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American Voices SeminarOctober 9–10, 2015University of Turku

Fulbright ForumMarch 17–18, 2016University of Jyväskylä

Both seminars are open for the public with free entrance. Come and meet the 2015–16 U.S. Fulbrighters! See p. 6 for a list of grantees.

American Voices at the University of Turku and the Fulbright Forum at the University of Jyväskylä are both annual, national Fulbright seminars and part of the Fulbright Center’s Internationalization Services.

More information www.fulbright.fi/en/internationalization- services/fulbright-seminars

Interested in North American Studies in Finland?

Check out this webpage:www.fulbright.fi/en/ north-american-studies

The group made a decision about the organization of a joint web-based course to be taught by previous Fulbright Professors. The Roundtable also decided to launch a joint webpage collecting together the information on all programs and course offerings in the field of North American Studies at Finnish institutions: www.fulbright.fi/en/north-american-studies .

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The first seminar day focused on Education, which is one of Jyväskylä’s strong fields of science. Speakers were inspired by Finnish Teacher Education and the Finnish education system’s suc-cess in international assessments. The second seminar day included a wide array of topics from how information and communication technologies shape human lives to American perspective on Finnish judges and the European Union.

Fulbright Forum’s theme day for Education attracted audience also from abroad; Abigail Vining traveled to Jyväskylä from Norway to attend the Forum. “The Forum was a fantastic mix of educational research and reflections on day one and a medley of environ-mental, social, and technological pre-sentations on day two. As an educator, Fulbright Center organizes the Fulbright

Forum in cooperation with the University of

Jyväskylä, and the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki

supports the seminar. Rector Matti Manninen

(on the right) and Executive Director Terhi

Mölsä opened the Forum. U.S. Ambassador

to Finland, Fulbright Center’s Honorary Chair

Bruce J. Oreck spoke about Vision and Risk

as Partners in Success.

Internationalization Services

U.S. Fulbrighters from around

Finland gathered in Jyväskylä

in early March to present

their projects and research at

the annual Fulbright Forum

seminar. Pictured here at

Yliopistoportti sculpture.

Fulbright Forum presentations and panels

engaged the audience and created lively

discussions on both days.

The annual Fulbright Forum at the University of Jyväskylä in March provided a unique opportunity to hear about the research and projects that the American Fulbright scholars, teachers, and graduate students are doing in Finland.

my primary interest was in the educa-tional initiatives segment of the Forum, however, I found that all of the pre-senters had some reflection on Finnish education to share”, says Vining, who is spending a year in Bergen, Norway, as a U.S. Fulbright Teaching Assistant. “The Forum was a great space through which American and Finnish educators could reflect on the systems in their own countries and the direction education is moving globally. It was valuable for me to be able to compare my experience teaching in Norway as an American to the Finnish experience. Presenters were knowledgeable and generous with their time and research and I came away from the conference with some great new perspectives and contacts in the educa-tional world!”

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Creating Linkages

I first became invested in Finland, and how people here sell, in 2006, when a colleague I had met at a conference reached out and asked for help in devel-oping a sales program at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. Since then, I have visited and/or worked with several Finnish universities in dif-ferent capacities. So when colleagues from Haaga-Helia suggested I apply for a Fulbright Award, I was excited! At the same time, researchers from sev-eral Helsinki Universities were submit-ting a grant, called MANIA, to Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, TEKES for a research project that really inter-ested me, and asked me to be involved. Long story short, TEKES funded MANIA, Fulbright honored me with the award, and I was coming to Finland for three months starting January, 2015. Haaga-Helia graciously offered to split my time on teaching and curriculum with research work on MANIA.

MANIA is a two-year research proj-ect focusing on complex business-to-business services selling. The research goal is to improve sales success of com-panies in Finland by creating new sci-entific knowledge, practical tools and sales methods. The MANIA research approaches selling as multi-disciplin-ary, involving researchers from several fields. It focuses on sales interactions and value creation at the individual and organizational levels. The project inves-tigates the role of emotions, hidden needs and differing motivations that influence sales meetings.

The consortium responsible for implementing and funding the research includes Haaga-Helia, Aalto University, University of Helsinki, TEKES, Barona Group Oy, Canon Oy, Fountain Park Oy, Happimaa Oy, Konecranes Finland Oy, Movenium Oy, Movenote Oy and Rocla Solutions Oy. The external part-ners are the Edward Schmidt School of Professional Selling (University of Toledo, Ohio USA) and the Snellman Institute, Helsinki.

Initial anticipated outcomes include scientific publications about basic knowledge and theory, but also practi-cal publications and presentations, new tools and methods for companies, and benchmarking information. The MANIA team has collected over 100 interviews

with professional salespeople and their buyers, and over 25 video recordings of actual sales encounters. We have debriefing interviews and a number of the participants have been engaged in personality profiling. Qualitative analy-sis of this data uses a number of differ-ent methodologies.

Several conference papers have been accepted and a number of journal publi-cations are currently being developed or under review. Eventually, we think there will be more than a dozen journal publi-cations to share basic knowledge across several disciplines. Company feedback sessions to identify tool development have been conducted with most of the firms, and will be completed this month, with tools and training to come in the fall. The first set of unique insights was shared with a group of about 150 cor-porate partners, alum, and students at Haaga Helia’s first sales summit in March. Currently practical writing and presentation development are under-way. We are also working on future grant proposals to continue the work.

So far, there are few things we have learned:

• Dialogue is critical: value can only be created when both parties collaborate.

• Value doesn’t necessarily come only from the product itself. The salesperson, through diagnosis and providing new insights from current trends and research, can provide value.

• Buying services is risky, so customers want a relationship they

can trust and makes buying easier. • The salesperson isn’t an individual

hero, swooping in to solve problems, but the focus is on internal and external collaboration, and teamwork.

• Salespeoples’ mental and psychological states are largely ignored by organizations. Culture and development of psychological capital should support the salesperson in this demanding role.

• There are clear gaps between what is known in sales theory and practice, and what is understood and executed by salespeople. Researchers need to translate concepts for understanding, and managers need to oversee execution.

One of the things I have often heard since my arrival in Finland is “Finns can’t sell.” I disagree. I have seen excep-tional capability in students and busi-ness people. I have seen extraordinary exceptions. Finns can sell. But, I believe wholeheartedly that this MANIA project can elevate that perception and change the way selling is viewed and executed. I know that this project is one giant step toward linking businesses and universi-ties in a way that will benefit Finland, as well as the profession of selling, in the future.

Text: Ellen Bolman Pullins, PhD Schmidt Research Professor of Sales & Sales Management, University of Toledo, and Fulbright-Haaga-Helia Scholar 2015

Helsinki Universities and Multi-National Business Create Linkages to Improve Selling Capability

Fulbright Professor Ellen Pullins (middle) with Timo Kaski, MANIA Project

Leader, and Sirpa Holmström, Head of International Services at Haaga-Helia.

Photo: Susan Heikkinen

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“Hanken represents the Nordic type of business school where the ties between research and education are close. We have low barriers between stake-holder groups, allowing for an informal exchange of ideas between professors, students, alumni and society in general, which is another hallmark of Finnish society”, says Rector Karen Spens (beginning 1 August, 2015).

Academic Freedom in an International ContextThe research environment at Hanken is dynamic, with scholars at the forefront of their respective fields of interest.

“Our researchers enjoy a high level of academic freedom with the opportunity to pursue both basic, applied and contract

research. Hanken’s professional research services and other support functions offer assistance in finding research funding, connecting to external research partners and handling all practical matters.”

The atmosphere at Hanken is inter-national, which is reflected in the broad network of international academic partnerships, the extensive exchange programs and the high number of inter-national students. Hanken has ambi-tiously worked to increase the share of international faculty, and today the share is among the highest of all Finnish universities.

In the U.S., Hanken has ongoing research projects with universities such as University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Temple University, MIT, and

Clark University. The projects are con-ducted within such fields of research as business ethics, entrepreneurship, humanitarian logistics, and intellectual property law.

Hanken is also a member of Scancor, the Scandinavian Consortium of Organizational Research that, since 2008, supports a small number of recent Nordic PhDs of exceptional promise to continue their training under the supervision of senior faculty members at Stanford University. Currently, two Hanken PhDs conduct post-doctoral research at Stanford.

“Having experience from working as a professor in both the U.S. and in Finland, I can truly say that the research conducted at Hanken is at an interna-tionally pioneering level. Evidence of this is that Hanken exceeds the world aver-age as regards indexes for both citations and publications in Top10 journals”, says Timo Korkeamäki, Dean of Research and Professor in Finance.

Nordic Brilliance In One Of The World’s Safest CountriesFor over 100 years, Hanken School of Economics, or more familiarly Hanken, has shaped the future of many successful scholars and business leaders. Hanken characterises itself by five elements that permeate all its activities: research orientation, quality education, internationalization, close ties to the business community, and the promotion of social responsibility.

Introducing Fulbright Center's Partners

The atmosphere at Hanken is international, which is reflected in the

broad network of international academic partnerships, the extensive exchange

programs and the high number of international students.

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HANKEN AT A GLANCE

Hanken in Figures • Founded in Helsinki 1909 • Unit also in Vaasa since 1980 • Research and teaching in Swedish and

English in five different departments • Number of students enrolled for bachelor

and master’s degrees – 2200 • Number of doctoral students – 160 • Academic staff – 120 • Number of partner universities worldwide – 105

Areas of Strength • Economics • Finance • Management and Organization • Marketing

Majors • Accounting • Commercial Law • Economics • Entrepreneurship, Management and Organization • Finance • Information Systems Science • Management and Organization • Marketing • Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility

Executive Education • Hanken Executive MBA • Hanken Executive Education Vaasa • Hanken & SSE Executive Education

Quality GuaranteeAdditional proof of the high quality in teaching, research, internationalization and corporate interaction at Hanken is that the school has been awarded two of the most prestigious international accreditations, EQUIS in 2000 and AMBA in 2008. Hanken aims at being a triple-accredited university by 2016, as the process for securing the AACSB accredi-tation is under way.

Hanken values responsibility, sus-tainability and ethics in all operations. In fact, Hanken was the first university in Finland to sign the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and has since then been appointed PRME Champion and been awarded for its PRME report.

As a further sign of quality, today Hanken is the holder of one of the four Fulbright Distinguished Chairs in Finland.

Hanken has units in Helsinki, the dynamic capital of Finland, and Vaasa, the center of the Finnish energy cluster, both offering an inspiring setting for a stay in Finland.

“A visit at Hanken is the per-fect opportunity not just for a schol-arly fruitful exchange but for a trip to remember for the whole family!” rector Spens concludes.

Text and photos: Hanken

Fulbright Center has a cooperation agreement with nearly 30 selected higher education institutions, foundations and organizations. Get to know them

by reading the earlier articles in the series online at www.fulbright.fi.

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My doctoral research focuses on Finnish and American world news. In 2012, I applied for the ASLA-Fulbright grant as I thought it would provide me with a unique opportunity to become acquainted with American news media, and to share my understanding about Finnish communication culture with American students and scholars. I also wanted to learn how interdisciplinary studies were organized and promoted in the U.S. My aspiration was to become a visiting scholar at New York University during the academic year 2013–14. When learning that I had won the grant, I felt like the most fortunate person on earth.

Still, I did not realize just how much this Fulbright grant would transform and deepen my understanding about the United States and the surrounding world, until I arrived in New York City and began receiving invitations from an organization called One To World: Experience an authentic Thanksgiving din-ner in an American family! Come help the victims of hurricane Sandy in our community work project! Improve your communication skills in our public speaking workshop! Take part in a discussion with leading experts at the Council on Foreign Relations! Meet

and mingle with other Fulbrighters in our Twilight Cruise Around Manhattan!

Since 1987, the U.S. Department of State has designated One To World as the official coordinator of Fulbright enrich-ment programs in the greater New York area. In my view, the opportuni-ties provided by One To World are fun-damental for our Fulbright experience: thanks to these programs, Fulbrighters get to exchange ideas with Americans and other Fulbrighters with distinct backgrounds beyond the university where we are conducting our studies. “We develop partnerships with a large variety of social, cultural and volunteer institutions in the metro area. The aim is to create activities that highlight local culture and history while also build-ing cross-cultural understanding,” Ms. Asya Dinets, Director of One To World Enrichment Programs explains.

Ms. Jane Brown, One To World’s Director of Membership and Sponsorship, adds that “when an inter-national student comes to study in the United States, it is an opportunity not only for a wonderful educational expe-rience, but for a chance to see the world from a different perspective. Instead of

being an outsider examining the U.S. from afar, they are immersed in our daily lives. In some small way, they get to walk in someone else’s shoes. This exposure to another culture, to different ways of thinking and doing will, hope-fully, permeate the rest of their lives.”

Reciprocal LearningOne of my favorite programs was “Conversations with World Leaders,” which introduced me to successful Americans like Mr. Jonathan Schwartz, Executive Vice President of the Univisión

Enriching the Fulbright Experience

Conversations with World Leaders program with Mr. J. Frank Brown, Managing Director

of the global growth investment firm General Atlantic (in the middle). Every conversation

in the series is attended by a group of Fulbright students from different countries

specializing in a range of academic fields. Kirsi Cheas from Finland on the right.

Meetings and workshops significantly increased my self-confidence and public speaking skills, making me perform better in my presentations at my university and preparing me for my career as a researcher.

Enrichment activities are an integral part of the Fulbright Program. Fulbright partners with organizations to be able to offer a variety of programs in multiple locations. In this article, ASLA-Fulbright Graduate grantee Kirsi Cheas shares her experience from New York City.

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Communications network; Mr. Steve Ross, Director of the Books Division of the Abrams Artists Agency; Mr. John Zogby, famous public opinion poll-ster; and Mr. J. Frank Brown, Managing Director of the global growth investment firm General Atlantic. These leaders did not only describe the highlights, but also the difficulties they had been through in their careers, teaching us important lessons about persistence when pursu-ing goals we are passionate about. For every conversation, One To World would compile a group of Fulbright students from different countries specializing in a range of academic fields. The leaders were always interested in hearing more about our thoughts and backgrounds, eagerly expanding their knowledge about the surrounding world.

I was also very fond of the “Global Classroom” program, which gives foreign Fulbright students a chance to share our cultures in public schools around New York City. “It is wonderful to bring Global Guides into the classroom and see NYC students so excited to taste new food, learn new dances, play new games and ask questions,” describes Ms. Marissa Munn, Director of the project at One To World. “I am challenged every day to think about my own cultural norms and expectations. I constantly think about how to communicate in a culturally sen-sitive way.”

While the Conversations with World Leaders would take place in elegant offices in midtown Manhattan, Global Classroom exposes Fulbrighters to com-pletely different American realities in neighborhoods like the Bronx and Long Island City. The children attending these elementary, middle and high schools often came from low-income families. “I love our community work programs. Seeing instances where America is not perfect and how people respond to it is a wonderful lesson to bring home,” phrases Ms. Jane Brown.

Still, the premise of Global Classroom is very similar to all of One To World’s programs: reciprocal learning. Just like the “World Leaders” are expected to be open to the ideas of Fulbright students, we Fulbrighters are supposed to inter-act with the American students. In the words of Ms. Arianny Amador Padilla, Fulbright student from the Dominican Republic, “Global Classroom has not only given me the chance to teach American students about the traditions in my home country and guide them through my journey as an international

student – the program also gave me the opportunity to listen to their thoughts and learn from their experiences.” This way, the enrichment programs instruct us to appreciate ideas of different peo-ple, regardless of their age, socioeco-nomic status or specialization.

Building a Better FutureNext to being cultural ambassadors, Fulbrighters are expected to perform excellently in our studies. There were times when I would receive a fascinating invite from One To World – to commu-nity work projects, culinary expeditions to restaurants and vineyards, parties, visits to American families… – only to realize I had a seminar or a research paper due. Sometimes I was obliged to prioritize schoolwork over the events.

Still, I find that the enrichment activities always filled me with positive energy, helping me with my research rather than stealing time from it. The meetings and workshops significantly increased my self-confidence and pub-lic speaking skills, making me per-form better in my presentations at NYU and preparing me for my career as a researcher. Thanks to the enrichment activities, I made close friends with so many Fulbrighters from around the globe. I saw Russians develop mutual understanding with Ukrainians; Israelis with Palestinians.

“One To World creates these incred-ible connections, in which two people of two different cultures that were once confronted are now sitting on the same table, one sharing with the other his/her culture’s most cherished traditions,” marvels Giselle Diez, an Argentinean who has coordinated enrichment pro-grams for several years.

In addition to working with Fulbright grantees, One To World promotes connec-tions with roughly 75,000 self-sponsored international students in the NY area.

“One To World is a seed of mutual understanding that we plant in all of the people that get involved with us. But the bigger impact comes with time and will be seen in future generations, cre-ating a more peaceful world,” concludes Giselle Diez.

Text: Kirsi Cheas, ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grantee 2013-2014, New York University.

Photo: One To World

The Fulbright Center in Finland strives to provide opportunities for its U.S. grantees to connect and col-laborate across borders. Every year the Center sponsors grantees to international seminars in Europe. Beyond their specific content focus, the international seminars are fruitful networking opportunities. Fulbright Scholar Paul Flikkema’s experience is a good example of this.

When Paul Flikkema (Finland 2013–2014) applied to attend the Fulbright-Schuman Program’s EU-NATO Seminar, he hoped to meet other researchers working in smart grid technology, his new area of research. At that event, in Belgium and Luxembourg in February 2014, he met Ian Rinehart (Germany 2013–2014), who was working on a project to under-stand Germany’s Energiewende (Energy Transition) and the remunicipalization of energy utilities in Germany. They quickly found common ground in dis-cussing the socio-technological forces that are driving the evolution of the smart grid, the integration of renew-able and clean energy technologies, and the differences between Germany and the United States.

In summer 2014 they collaborated on a proposal to the National Council on Science and Environment’s Energy & Climate Change Conference for a symposium. With the leadership and staff at NCSE, and researchers Gary Radloff and Bruce Beihoff at the Wisconsin Energy Institute, they orga-nized a series of symposia around the smart grid of the future through the autumn of 2015. Their efforts paid off: at the conference in January, Rinehart and Flikkema co-moderated two symposia (‘Integrating Clean Energy Across Scales: Buildings-to-Nations’ and ‘Utilities in 2050: Which Possible Futures are Likely and Desirable’), where scientists, technologists, and policy analysts from many states gath-ered to learn from experts in the field, including researchers from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Fulbright Seminar Ignites Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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Alumni in Focus

Suzanne Louis is one Fulbright grantee who has made international exchange her life’s work. The former director of the University of Virginia’s interna-tional center, and now the driving force behind the Friends of Fulbright Finland alumni program in the U.S., Suzanne is passionate about intercultural under-standing and the value of interna-tional experience. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Suzanne describes herself as a “domestic nomad”, her family having moved around the U.S. several times in her early years. “I developed early on the capacity to adjust to new environments and develop new relationships with people in each place. It seemed a natural part of life.”

This outlook developed and expanded during her time studying cultural anthropology, leading her to study Mandarin Chinese, then spend a year teaching and studying in Taiwan, before embarking on a successful career in international educational exchange. “I’ve spent my career with students coming from 150 countries around the world. From the earliest days of my

working life, I’ve been fascinated by the reasons why young people choose to go abroad to develop their education.”

Fostering International Exchange and MobilityIn more recent years, Suzanne’s nomad-ism has taken a Nordic turn, moving between her adopted hometown of Charlottesville in Virginia and the other place she feels most at home, Helsinki in Finland, where she volunteers with the Fulbright Center as a Project Consultant and expert panel member.

“I first came to Finland in 1991 to attend a conference in Jyväskylä, and I was hooked! Afterwards I traveled to Finland several times, on holiday as well as business trips related to international education. Eventually it was clear to me that I had to find an opportunity to stay for longer if possible. That’s what led me to apply for the Fulbright grant.”

Suzanne was awarded a Mid-Career Professional Development grant in 2001, hosted by the International Relations office of what is now Aalto University in Helsinki. “My goal was to immerse myself

in how international exchange activities were handled at a non-American uni-versity, to compare best practices with my home institution, and to learn how mobility programs were being developed in Europe, and how they were expressed at the local level in universities.”

“At that time, bringing international students onto the campus was quite a novelty for Finnish universities, but we had quite a lot of experience of this in the U.S., which I was able to share,” Suzanne explains. “My host university particularly wanted to develop its intake

Supporting the International Change Makers Fulbright Finland alumna Suzanne Louis talks about her passion for internation-alization, her belief in the value of student mobility and cultural exchange, and the positive impact international collaboration has on society at home and abroad.

It’s very common for us to hear from grantees that their year in Finland was life changing, but for it to continue to add value to the rest of their career is something even better.

Suzanne Louis who has been volunteering at

the Fulbright Center since 2006 spearheads

the initiative to develop the American alumni

program, Friends of Fulbright Finland.

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of Chinese students, exploring how best to support them during the admissions process and once they were on campus.”

Suzanne was impressed by the num-ber of academic exchanges being orga-nized for Finnish and other European students, especially through Erasmus, the European Union student exchange program. “At the University of Virginia, we had maybe half a dozen one-to-one exchange programs with foreign uni-versities. But the volume being handled through Erasmus was really something else.”

“In the U.S. we had lots of students coming in from abroad from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, but very few from Europe. I felt that was kind of an imbal-ance. The European exchange programs have been extremely successful, and are much easier for European students to manage and negotiate, while U.S. insti-tutions may appear more inaccessible, for example requiring tuition fees.”

Suzanne reflects that this imbalance has remained, but that Fulbright plays a significant role in enabling educational exchanges between Europe and the U.S., something she feels is important not just for the individual but also for the community.

“I think that everyone benefits if stu-dents and researchers are free to travel and study anywhere in the world. The more individuals are able to travel in a significant way, not just as tourists, but to really get to know people in the host country, the better. Through media we only get a very lopsided point of view of what other countries are about. It’s not until you spend time with people from different cultures that you can reach a deeper understanding.”

Social Justice and Cultural Understanding Developing this understanding is a par-ticular success of the Finnish Fulbright program, Suzanne notes. “Coming to Finland is an excellent opportunity for Americans to learn more about the Nordic countries, particularly social jus-tice programs that could be adapted for the United States in some way. Of course we can’t compare the two countries directly, because the population size and history are so different, but I think the societies’ goals are similar, in terms of using research and education to improve our lives.”

Something that particularly impresses Suzanne is the number of Finnish grant applications focus-ing on environmental issues. “It’s not

just trendy, it’s something that’s very important to these people. They really want to make a difference, and that’s a very compelling argument.”

“We’re very interested in finding individuals pursuing research that has a larger meaning in the rest of the world, who want to reach out to their commu-nities through their work.”

Social justice for Suzanne means the potential to change communities or societies for the better. “For example, we may have someone in medicine doing bench research, but their goal is to find ways to eliminate diabetes. We’re look-ing for people with this additional mind-set, who are passionate about their work because it can have a broader effect, perhaps as part of a larger team. These are people who think ‘I’m not the only bright light in the sky, but I want to add my light to others who are working to solve this problem.’”

The physical sciences are not the only fields that can make this kind of impact, Suzanne points out. “Social justice hap-pens in many different ways and in many different contexts. It may as well come from literature or performance art as it would come from studying biology or medicine. Ultimately, it’s the applica-tion of research that’s interesting, valu-able and useful.”

Exchange as a Lifelong ProcessCurrently, Suzanne is spearheading an initiative to develop the American alumni program, Friends of Fulbright Finland. “This is a new aspect of the Finnish Fulbright program,” she explains. “We’re trying to establish closer links between the Fulbright Center and the Finnish experience with the Americans who were in Finland on their Fulbright grant. It’s very common for us to hear from grantees that their year in Finland was life changing, but for it to continue to add value to the rest of their career is something even better.”

“We already have a number of U.S. scholars who return to Finland on quite a regular basis to collaborate with their previous hosts. So we have these ongo-ing bonds between researchers and students, a creative team approach that includes both Finns and Americans. This type of active participation in the Fulbright community is something we want to develop even further.”

Growing an active network of alumni is an ambitious goal, says Suzanne, potentially including more than 1700 Americans who visited Finland on a Fulbright grant since the 1950s.

“Every year, we’re building the Finnish Fulbright community by 35-40 American grantees, so this is definitely a growth industry! But developing an alumni pro-gram takes a long time, and is not some-thing that can always show measurable success in just a few years. Because the USA is a huge place and our American alumni are scattered throughout the country, it makes it difficult to have large face-to-face events. A lot of what we do is in very small groups, maybe just a few people getting together infor-mally. We count that as a success too. It’s gratifying that more and more alumni are also taking leadership roles in the alumni network initiatives.”

The value of these ongoing relation-ships is something Suzanne and col-leagues highlight to each new intake of Fulbright grantees. “We talk to them about the alumni program virtually on day one when they’re in orientation with us. Being a participant in Fulbright is a lifelong opportunity.”

To support this, a new grant is being developed specifically for American alumni of the Finnish Fulbright pro-gram. “The grant is designed to encour-age alumni to continue or renew their contacts with their Finnish hosts or partners,” explains Suzanne. “We aim to develop a large and diverse network of partners who share Fulbright Finland’s vision, which is ‘to empower the minds that will find global solutions to tomor-row’s challenges’”.

Text: Louisa GairnPhotos: Johanna Lahti

At the Friends of Fulbright Finland Boston

event in May, Suzanne Louis was recognized

for her nearly 10 years of volunteer service

for Fulbright Finland.

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Alumni News

Alumni and friends of the Finnish Fulbright Program gathered in Boston at the end of May to celebrate the 65-year history and vigor of the program and the 10th year of the Friends of Fulbright Finland American alumni network. The theme of partnerships carried the day and allowed participants to see the inside story of the Fulbright Finland…for the Future campaign.

Fulbright Center Executive Director Terhi Mölsä (left), Friends of Fulbright Finland Liaison

Suzanne Louis, Distinguished Alumnus and the event’s keynote speaker Dr. Bengt Holmström,

Cultural Counselor Keijo Karjalainen from the Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. and Deputy

Consul General Anna Yletyinen from the Consulate General of Finland in New York.

Our World of Partnerships:

The venue, the USS Constitution Museum, proved to be very educa-tional, as the historic naval vessel USS Constitution was nearby in dry dock awaiting repair. The ship is well over 200 years old, and its hull will be recovered with new copper sheeting containing the signatures of our alumni, utilizing the past as grounding to move forward into the future. This opportunity sym-bolically cemented the mission of the Finnish Fulbright Program.

Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Bengt Holmström, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at MIT in the United States, and Member of the Aalto University Board in Finland, gave an inspira-tional talk on Exchanges, Networks and Innovation, and Cultural Counselor Keijo Karjalainen brought greetings from the Finnish Embassy in Washington DC. Karjalainen together with Deputy Consul General Anna Yletyinen from Consulate General of Finland in New York City were also on hand to meet alumni and

Institute of Art and Framingham State University in Massachusetts.

“In Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See, an old man explains to the novel’s young protagonist, Marie-Laure that crystals grow in the same way that stories do. A story is the result of the gradual layering of different voices, as a network of crystalline atoms extends slowly under the precise conditions. The particular shape of a crystal tells a story of how it has been formed. As an art-ist and a writer, my work is likewise the product of my cumulative experiences and encounters,” Jacquelyn Gleisner says.

learn more about their experiences as Fulbrighters in Finland. The event planners are most grate-ful for the valuable sponsorship provided by these partners to enable this celebration to take place.

Artist of the EventThe featured Artist of the Event was Jacquelyn Gleisner who also designed the event’s logo illustrations. Jacquelyn Gleisner (b. 1984) studied art as a Visiting Researcher at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland on a Fulbright grant in 2010. The same year, Jacquelyn began writing about the arts for the non-profit Art21’s online magazine. This summer one of Jacquelyn’s paint-ings will be installed at the Embassy of Botswana through the Art in the Embassies Program, supported by the U.S. Department of State. Jacquelyn cur-rently teaches at the New Hampshire

The Artist of the Event, Jacquelyn Gleisner,

created the visual image for the event.

Gleisner is a Fulbright U.S. Graduate Student

grantee 2010-2011 at Aalto University

School of Art and Design.

Celebrating the Finnish American Fulbright Experience

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Edward Sivak signing copper. Sivak's Fulbright term is still

ahead--he has received a Flex grant, which will bring him to

Aalto University in the fall 2015 and also during the following

academic year.

Our World of Partnerships event gathered together Friends of Fulbright

Finland (FoFF) in Boston. It was a perfect afternoon for meeting with old

and new friends while raising a toast for the ASLA-Fulbright program and

the FoFF network. Artist of the Event Jacqueline Gleisner is on the right.

The Friends of Fulbright Finland Alumni Enrichment AwardTerhi Mölsä, Executive Director of the Fulbright Center and Suzanne Louis, Friends of Fulbright Finland Liaison announced the Friends of Fulbright Finland Alumni Enrichment Award in the event. The Award highlights the three-year initiative to establish an endowment to fund a new grant for American alumni. The Alumni Enrichment Award will be open for the first time on August 1, with the applica-tion deadline being October 15. Donations to build the endowment are most welcome, thereby enabling the grant to be awarded annu-ally. Information about the Grant is on the Fulbright Center website at www.fulbright.fi.

Friends of Fulbright Finland Alumni Council The Boston event also saw the announcing of the first Friends of Fulbright Finland (FoFF) Alumni Council. The FoFF alumni network in the United States has developed to a stage where it benefits from the regular input of a coordinated group of alumni who can voice their opinions on a variety of matters important to the alumni. Council members are recruited from the American alumni of the Finnish Fulbright program, representative of all the different grant programs and recruited from around the U.S. The first council mem-bers announced at the Boston event are Bradley Boehringer, John Helling, Kenneth Kolson, Suzanne Louis, and Paul Majkut. More information on the Alumni Council on the Fulbright Center website www.fulbright.fi

Text: Suzanne LouisPhotos: Johanna Lahti

More information and photos of the Boston event can be found here: www.fulbright.fi/en/events/65th-anniversary-commencement-asla-educational-exchange-program-between-finland-and-us

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News / Uutisia

Emilia Holopainen (left) began at the Fulbright Center in January as Exchanges Assistant. Emilia has a Master’s degree in General and Adult Education from the University of Helsinki. She has also studied Human Resource Management at Oklahoma State University.

Hwa-hyun Min works at the Fulbright Center for two months as an intern. The internship is part of Hwa-hyun’s studies in a Research and Innovation in Higher Education Erasmus Mundus Master’s program (MARIHE) at the University

of Tampere, Danube University Krems (Austria), Beijing Normal University (China), and University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck (Germany). Hwa-hyun comes from South Korea.

Olivia Koivisto, a third year under-graduate student from the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communications interns at the Fulbright Center as an Events Management Assistant this summer. She is coming to the Fulbright Center through the UW-Madison’s

International Internship Program (IIP) which identifies and promotes intern-ship opportunities that advance the professional training of UW-Madison undergraduate students and reinforce their academic learning through practi-cal application.

Olivia will be assisting in organizing the Arrival Orientation Week for the new U.S. Fulbrighters arriving in Finland this August. After graduation, her goal is to pursue a career in the field of advertis-ing, marketing and public relations.

Fulbright Finland…for the Future is an invitation for partner-ship! This 3-year campaign lasting from 2014 through 2016 is a remarkable joint effort that aims to bring the Finnish-American Fulbright program onto a completely new level. There are numerous ways to be involved and to contribute by donating time, talent, or treasure. Which will you share?

List of current partners and more information on how to be involved

www.fulbright.fi/en/fulbright-finland-for-the-future

New Team Members at the Fulbright Center

Fulbright Center serves as

the national EducationUSA

center in Finland.

Fulbright Center advises on

higher education in Canada.

ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association New PresidentAnna Kronlund was selected as the 2015 President for the ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association Board. Kronlund is an ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grantee at the Columbia University from 2009-2010. She is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (UPI/FIIA).

Join the Association!Join the ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association by paying the 20 € annual membership fee. The Association welcomes also supporting members. If you are interested in ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association and Fulbright Center activities, join your fellow Fulbrighters and become a member!

www.fulbright.fi/en/asla-fulbright-alumni-association/registration-instructions

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Vaihtotoimikunnan jäsenet / Fulbright Center Board of Directors

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Toimikunnan sihteeristö / Fulbright Center Staff

Suomen ja Yhdysvaltain opetusalan vaihtotoimikunta Finland-U.S. Educational Exchange Commission

(FUSEEC)

Ms. Emilia HolopainenOhjelma-assistenttiExchanges Assistantp. (044) 5535 277

• Program services support • Sosiaalinen media • Verkkopalvelut • Tapahtumat

Ms. Karoliina KokkoVastaava ohjelmapäällikköSenior Program Manager(grant program oversight)p. (044) 5535 268

• Maisteri- ja tohtorivaiheen stipendit

• Neuvonta opiskelusta USA:ssa ja Kanadassa

• Alumnikoordinaattori

Ms. Sonja KuosmanenOhjelmakoordinaattoriProgram Coordinator p. (044) 5535 275

• Distinguished Chairs • Tutkija- ja luennoitsija-

stipendit • Inter-Country-stipendit

• Fulbright-tapahtumat • Verkkopalvelut • Rekisterit

Ms. Johanna LahtiApulaisjohtajaDeputy Directorp. (044) 5535 278

• Fulbright Center News (toimituspäällikkö)

• Undergraduate- stipendit suomalaisille

• Renewal-stipendit suomalaisille

• Inter-Country-stipendit • Testaus ja testeihin

liittyvät asiantuntijapalvelut • Neuvonta opiskelusta USA:ssa

Ms. Suzanne LouisProjektikonsultti (osa-aikainen)Project Consultant (part-time)

• Friends of Fulbright Finland -verkosto

• Alumnikoordinaattori • Fulbright Center News

Ms. Mirka McIntireOhjelmapäällikkö, Koulutus- ja opettajavaihto (osa-aikainen)Manager, Teacher Exchange and Education Programs (part-time)p. (044) 5535 269

• Opettajaohjelma • Study of the U.S. Institutes

for Scholars and Secondary School Educators

• Asiantuntijastipendit • Verkkopalvelut • Seminaarit ja

koulutustapahtumat

Ms. Hwa-hyun MinProjektiassistentti (harjoittelija)Project Assistant (Intern)

Ms. Terhi MölsäToiminnanjohtajaExecutive Directorp. (050) 570 5498

E-mails: firstname.lastname@fulbright.fi

Honorary Chair: H.E., Bruce J. OreckAmbassador of the United States to Finland

Finnish Members:

Dr. Heikki RuskoahoProfessor of Pharmacology and Drug development University of Helsinki

Dr. Matti KokkalaSenior Advisor, Smart Cities VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandChair

Dr. Bo PetterssonProfessor of the Literature of the United StatesUniversity of Helsinki

Mr. Immo AakkulaCounsellor of Government, Legal AffairsMinistry of Education and CultureTreasurer

American Members:

Ms. Jeanie DuwanAssistant Counselor for Press and Public AffairsAmerican Embassy

Mr. Jeffrey K. ReneauCounselor for Press and Public Affairs American EmbassyVice-Chair

Mr. David YokenSenior Music LecturerArts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences

Dr. Laura StarkProfessor of EthnologyUniversity of Jyväskylä

Ex-officio: Ms. Terhi MölsäExecutive Director, Fulbright Center

Finnish members:

Mr. Jouni Mölsä Director of CommunicationsDepartment for Communications and CultureMinistry for Foreign AffairsChair

Ms. Jaana PalojärviHead of International RelationsFinnish Ministry of Education

American members:

Ms. Susan ElbowDeputy Chief of MissionAmerican EmbassyVice-Chair

Mr. Jeffrey K. ReneauCounselor for Press and Public AffairsAmerican Embassy

Agent / Säätiön asiamies:

Ms. Terhi MölsäExecutive DirectorFUSEEC/Fulbright Center

The Finnish members are appointed by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The American members are appointed by the American Embassy.

TukisäätiöFUSEEC/Fulbright Centerin toimintaa rahoittaa Suomen ja Yhdysvaltain Stipenditoiminnan Tukisäätiö / Säätiön hallitus:The Finland-America Educational Trust Fund / Board of Directors:

Hakaniemenranta 6FI-00530 HELSINKIFINLAND

Toimintaamme tukevat mm.: Support comes to us from:

12. 5.ORIENTAATIO:Suomalaisten stipendiaattien lähtöorientaatio ja stipendien julkis-tamistilaisuus

15. 5. hakuaika päättyy:

• ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grants

• Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grants

30. 5. Friends of Fulbright Finland alumni event in Boston

2. 6. hakuaika päättyy:

• Fulbright Center’s Renewal Grants

11. 6. Vaihtotoimi- kunnan kokous

Fulbright Center Board Meeting

6. – 17. 7. Fulbright Center suljettu

Syksyn infotilaisuudet

julkaistaan Fulbright Centerin

verkkosivulla alkusyksyn

aikana

24. – 27. 8.ORIENTAATIO:Yhdysvaltalaisten Fulbright- stipendiaattien tulo-orientaatio

26. 8.ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association Welcome Event

23. 9.ORIENTAATIO:Suomalaisten Fulbright Graduate -stipendiaattien orientaatio

24. 9. Vaihtotoimi- kunnan kokous

Fulbright Center Board Meeting

9. – 10. 10.American Voices -seminaari Turun yliopistossa

26. – 30. 10.Fulbright Center’s Study Tour on Graduate Admissions and Strategic Enrollment Management

www.fulbright.fi

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