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…
An open-minded optimist Heikki Hämäläinen graduated from the University of Jyväskylä as a Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) in 1990. A resident of Mikkeli, Hämäläinen has managed Osuuskauppa…
Part of her soul remains in Jyväskylä Leea Mattila, coming originally from Hollola, graduated as a psychologist from the University of Jyväskylä in 2002. At present she is working as…
The most revolutionary thing for Matti Niskanen’s career was when he realised how the Internet will change the world. This happened in the mid-1990s when Matti, a young man from…
From Jyväskylä, with pride Sami Itani graduated from JYU in 2011 with an MSc in economics and business administration. In November 2018, Itani was elected president of the Finnish…
After graduation Jari Suni was told in the local employment office that philosopher or social scientist is not a profession. Yet listen to Jari talk about his career and one…
Motto: “Be better tomorrow” Mikko Tupamäki, born in Laukaa, is the head coach of the Jyväskylä Basketball Academy (JBA). He graduated with a master’s in sport sciences from the University…
University Days 2018 focuses on culture and is hosted by the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies. The programme on Friday 26 October will feature the department’s research activities…
Learning and development through challenges at work For a young student of folk poetry and ethnology, a career in top managerial positions in commercial and industrial life may seem quite…
