Hanna-Maria Seppälä has always been ready to work for her dreams. She is a former top-class swimmer, and is now working in sport spheres as a mentor and swimming coach.…
Author Timo Parvela was born in Jyväskylä. He graduated from the University of Jyväskylä Teacher Training School and later from the Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä. While still…
Perttu Pihlaja is a physicist and entrepreneur. He is also a pioneer of Finnish parkour and the first professional practitioner of the discipline in Finland. In 2007 this athletic young man was…
Miikka Rokkanen from Jämsä was to become a history teacher. After working for a few times as a substitute teacher at Jämsä Upper Secondary School he soon realized that teacher’s career…
In the general election in spring three young JYU graduates were elected as Members of the Finnish Parliament: Joonas Könttä (Centre Party), Bella Forsgrén (Greens), and Janne Heikkinen (National Coalition…
Antti Kleemola is a multitalented musician whose career has taken him along three different paths. He graduated as a music teacher from the University of Jyväskylä and, at the moment,…
Juha Makkonen is an expert on working in organisations. At every stage of his career, he has been involved with organising and advocacy. Currently, he is hard at work reforming…
Lappalainen knew already as a little girl that she wanted to become a professional writer. At the University of Jyväskylä she majored in journalism, aiming at becoming a reporter of…
Minna Rytisalo is a Finnish teacher and writer from Kuusamo. After years of consideration she finally fulfilled her dream and wrote a book. Her first work, Lempi, published in 2016,…
Director of Culture and Development Mari Aholainen knows the roles of cultural management. When necessary you have to remain in the background, but in other settings you have to step…
