Finlandia University Student Senate members during a cruise down the Portage Lake Shipping Canal in the summer of 2016. Finlandia’s campus is located right on the shore of this inland lake that connects with Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world. gion. According to Manninen, “since coming to Finlandia, I’ve tried to apply my Finnish experience and knowledge of the education system, as well as my established contacts, to promote educational and business cooperation and exchanges with Finland.” In recent years, Finlandia students have shown more and more interest in studying in Finland. Manninen continued by stating that “we’ve had our business students studying for an entire semester as well as in the shorter three week summer school at JAMK in Jyväskylä. Experiencing another country such as Finland gives a student a new perspective and helps make them a more mature and enlightened individual. the Finns go into the classroom at a local elementary school to student teach. While the Finns coming into campus is exciting, what’s more of a selling point for the university is the incredible opportunities our students have to travel to Finland. Dean of the International School of Business Kevin Manninen lived 15 years in Jyväskylä, where he taught international business and marketing at the JAMK University of Applied Sciences. His last two years he worked in business development for the Jyväskylä re- Sanni Niemela, a Finnish exchange student at Finlandia University, holding the Finland flag during the area’s Parade of Nations celebration in September 2016. Niemela is one of more than a dozen students who have come to Finlandia University during the 2016–17 academic year. SUOMI – USA 23
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