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…
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…
